Comments on: Senator Boxer needs to put on some big girl panties and suck it up.

By: $peciallist

$peciallist — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 04:17:25 +0000

but, he needs to decide if he’s running..

By: CSUFBomb

CSUFBomb — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 03:40:54 +0000

…is Larry Elder. Excellent name recognition and never afraid to fight for his principles. If Sweetie (to borrow Obama’s favorite title for women) Boxer is ever vulnerable, it’s right now when there’s an emerging grassroots movement in CA against confiscatory taxes and reckless spending.

Chuck DeVore is my representative, but I’m afraid he’s virtually invisible outside of O.C.

By: noufa

noufa — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 02:52:41 +0000

He looks good, though.

Problem is that Boxer has sort of developed a cult following. She’s an embarrassment to the BlueDogs. But she’s working the Ted Kennedy “Liberal Lion of the Senate” angle & national Dems seem willing to rally around her. What’d they say about Washington being Hollywood for ugly people? Name recognition is such a big deal in CA. Too big a deal.

Good news is that Boxer doesn’t enjoy the same good vibes that the Kennedy family does in MA.

The CA R party needs to develop a bench & stop treating state contests like a stepping stone for wannabe national leaders. It hasn’t worked since 1980. So that old liberal saw that “Republicans need to get over Reagan” is sort of correct. Though they’re wrong when they say we should abandon Reagan’s policies.

Even if we lose with DeVore, he’ll build on the experience. At least that’s how I justified my vote for McClintock.

By: mom2oneson

mom2oneson — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:37:08 +0000

you hit the nail on the head with insecurity. You see this when they have their first baby or they are faced with a caretaking role for a spouse or parent. They basically freak out instead of stepping up. On the surface it appears they are self centered but I think it’s fear, they have no confidence in their skill as a caretaker.

By: mom2oneson

mom2oneson — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:22:16 +0000

By: Mike gamecock DeVine

Mike gamecock DeVine — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:12:34 +0000

we can both be right unless you are very young or from another country and claim incompetence based on those factors.

By: izoneguy

izoneguy — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:40:02 +0000

and if you saw the film you know what happened to the Ned Beatty character.

By: USNJIMRET

USNJIMRET — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:12:14 +0000

Portraying fictional Senator Charles F. Meachum, declaring that “I am a United States Senator”, to excuse a truly deplorable belief that his point of view was vastly superior to all others just because of the Senator part.
As many have noted, the military refers to a superior officer by the term “Sir” or “Ma’am” rather then the constant reference to their specific rank.
Boxer was/is just being prissy.
Which, while nothing new, is all to typical of folks like her.

By: jfpurdue01

jfpurdue01 — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 05:06:51 +0000

He should have responded by saying “Yes, Madam Senator.”

By: redtillimdead

redtillimdead — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 05:03:00 +0000

Did you seriously tell a General not to call you ma’am and call you Senator? You think YOU worked hard to become a Senator? Do you know how HARD he WORKED to get the title of General? Are you aware that in the military ma’am is a sign of respect? It is FOOLS like you that give the US Congress a bad rep. You are a good excuse for term limits.
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By: navychick1993

navychick1993 — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 04:59:28 +0000

I just don’t think she does. (smile)

By: furious

furious — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 04:31:56 +0000

…back when she was (D-Larskpur) and kiting checks at the House Bank. Unfortunately it never took. 400+ kited checks, if reports were to be believed.

We came THIS close to “Sen. Herschenson” back in ’92, but an ill-advised strip-club visit and sympathy for Anita Hill got her a fat sinecure in the Senate. Seventeen years and counting.

I have some Huggies “L’il Swimmers” that our l’il swimmer no longer needs. What was that Senate office address, again?

By: furious

furious — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 04:31:56 +0000

…back when she was (D-Larskpur) and kiting checks at the House Bank. Unfortunately it never took. 400+ kited checks, if reports were to be believed.

We came THIS close to “Sen. Herschenson” back in ’92, but an ill-advised strip-club visit and sympathy for Anita Hill got her a fat sinecure in the Senate. Seventeen years and counting.

I have some Huggies “L’il Swimmers” that our l’il swimmer no longer needs. What was that Senate office address, again?

By: itrytobenice

itrytobenice — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 04:12:24 +0000

And I just want it known, that I very much appreciate it any time a guy holds a door open for me. And I always make a point to say thank you and smile, just to make up for the stupid harpy he may run into some day that gives feminism a bad name.

By: TNJim

TNJim — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 03:52:40 +0000

By: ocleverone

ocleverone — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 03:43:17 +0000

In essence, she diminished her position by insisting he call her by her rank instead of a term of respect.

By: navychick1993

navychick1993 — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 03:36:46 +0000

I was the same way when I served. You would be hard pressed to get me to refer to an officer as “Sir” or “Ma’am” if I didn’t respect them as a person. I always respected the uniform, but some of the people wearing it were less than desirable.

By: cannedjam

cannedjam — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 03:33:11 +0000

…who has to abruptly remind a man that she has “worked hard” by insisting on the use of a title, must secretly think little of herself to be so caught up in labels.

This is especially evident in the fact that she took offense to being called “ma’am”, a term many woman take as a sign of respect and would welcome. But I guess to her “Senator” outranks “Ma’am”.

I wonder what Sen. Boxer thinks of those women who are delighted to be called ma’am.

By: discerningconservative

discerningconservative — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 03:32:55 +0000

You are a true hero, and raising your children with such respect is admirable. Keep up the good work, and God bless you!!!!

By: Repair_Man_Jack

Repair_Man_Jack — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 03:31:10 +0000

growing under each of them…