Sen. Chuck Schumer apparently doesn't like when people tell him to stop talking. The senator was flying from New York to Washington with Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand on Sunday when he muttered a curse word under his breath after a flight attendant asked him to hang up his phone before take-off, according to Politico's Shenanigans blog. An announcement was made telling passengers to turn off their cell phones, but Schumer and Gillibrand, who was reportedly sitting beside him, kept jabbering away, a House GOP aide who was seated nearby told Shenanigans. A flight attendant then came up to the veteran New York Democrat and asked him to turn off his phone, after which point he muttered "bitch," the source said/Jennifer Millman, New York. More here.

Question: Increasingly, the B-word is used on television by actresses describing themselves and others. Is it becoming an acceptable term for females that someone dislikes? Is it acceptable for a U.S. senator to use to describe a flight attendant?