Meet The New Face Of The Democrat Party (Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA): Star Of The New Democrat Party)

Republican National Committee ^ | January 26, 2005

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MEET THE NEW FACE
OF THE DEMOCRAT PARTY
Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA): Star Of The New Democrat Party
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CNN’S BILL SCHNEIDER: “And Privately, Another Democratic Senator Told Me, A Lot Of Her Democratic Colleagues Were Saying, You Go, Girl.” (CNN’s “Inside Politics,” 1/24/05)

BOXER ATTACKS CONDOLEEZZA RICE

Boxer’s Questioning Of Rice Described As “The Most Aggressive…” (Barbara Slavin, “Both Parties Press Rice For Answers,” USA Today, 1/19/05)

Boxer’s Staff: “‘This Is Just Boxer Being Boxer,’ Said David Sandretti, The Senator’s Communications Director.” (Zachary Coile, “Where Feinstein Woos, Boxer Wallops,” San Francisco Chronicle, 1/24/05)

The [Riverside, CA] Press-Enterprise: “This Week’s Biggest Grandstander Was Sen. Barbara Boxer …. Chairman Richard Lugar … Didn’t Step In Until Boxer Had Far Exceeded Her Allotted 10 Minutes. … Lively Debate Is Essential To Any Deliberative Process, Of Course, But ‘Advise And Consent’ Shouldn’t Be Confused With ‘Scold And Berate.’” (Editorial, “‘Scold And Berate’?” The [Riverside, CA] Press-Enterprise, 1/21/05)

Boxer Even Got Off Jury Duty “To Prepare For … Hearings Of Condoleezza Rice.” “When Sen. Barbara Boxer showed up for hometown jury duty in Marin County a little while back, she gave the judge a unique excuse for why she couldn’t serve: ‘I need to prepare for the confirmation hearings of Condoleezza Rice.’” (Phillip Matier and Andrew Ross, “Battling Boxer Just Doin’ What Comes Naturally,” San Francisco Chronicle, 1/23/05)

BOXER CHALLENGES OHIO RESULTS

Boxer Was The Only U.S. Senator To Challenge The Results Of The Presidential Election In Ohio. “When House Democrats needed just one senator to sign a challenge to Ohio’s electoral votes, they knew who to ask - California’s Barbara Boxer, among the fieriest liberals in a state full of them.” (Erica Werner, “‘Making Waves’ Nothing New For Fiery California Democrat,” The Associated Press, 1/7/05)

The Columbus Dispatch Called Boxer’s Ohio Effort “Childish,” “Tantrum,” And “An Embarrassment…” “Thursday’s tantrum by a handful of Democratic members of Congress who refuse to accept the outcome of the vote was an embarrassment to the Democratic Party. … In the Senate, where California Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer led the protest, the vote went 74-1 against her, with 25 senators not voting.” (Editorial, “Throwing A Fit; Effort To Block Electoral College Tally Was Childish,” The Columbus Dispatch, 1/8/05)

BOXER’S LEFT OF LIBERAL VOTING RECORD

“Boxer’s Voting Record Has Been Strongly Liberal, The Most Liberal In The Senate In 1999, 2000 And Second Only To Paul Wellstone In 2001 And 2002 In National Journal’s Ratings.” (Almanac Of American Politics, http://nationaljournal.com/pubs/almanac/2004/people/ca/cas2.htm#ratings, Accessed 1/24/05)

Boxer Has A 96 Lifetime Rating From The Liberal Group Americans For Democratic Action. (Americans For Democratic Action, http://www.adaction.org/lifetimesencalifornia.html, Accessed 1/24/05)

League Of Conservation Voters Rated Boxer At 92% In 108th Congress And 96% In 107th Congress. (The League Of Conservation Voters Website, www.lcv.org, Accessed 1/24/05)

NARAL Gave Boxer A Grade Of 100 For the 108th And 107th Sessions. (NARAL Website, http://www.prochoiceamerica.org, Accessed 1/24/05)

• NARAL Promoted Boxer’s Co-Sponsoring Of Legislation That Keep Abortions Legal Even If Roe Was Overturned. (“Pro-Choice Leaders Introduce Freedom Of Choice Act,” U.S. Newswire, 1/22/04)

AFL-CIO Gives Boxer A 94% Lifetime Rating. (AFL-CIO Website, http://www.aflcio.org, Accessed 1/24/05)

• Boxer Is The Top Senate Recipient Of Big Labor Money Since Her Election In 1992. (The Center For Responsive Politics Website, http://www.opensecrets.org, Accessed 1/24/05)

National Taxpayers Union Has Given Boxer A Grade Of F In Every Session Since She Has Been In The Senate. (National Taxpayer’s Union, http://www.ntu.org, Accessed 1/24/05)

U.S. Chamber of Commerce Rated Boxer With A Cumulative Score Of 28% Since 1997. (U.S. Chamber Of Commerce Website, http://www.uschamber.com, Accessed 1/24/05)

National Federation Of Independent Businesses (NFIB) Said, “Boxer Has Not Been A Strong Voice For Small Business In The U.S. Senate. In The Current 108th Congress, She Has Failed To Supported NFIB And Its Members On Any Of The Six NFIB Key Votes.” (National Federation Of Independent Businesses Website, http://capwiz.com, Accessed 1/24/05)

BOXER AND MICHAEL MOORE

“Mrs. Boxer Attended The ‘Fahrenheit 9/11’ Premiere In Washington In The Summer With Other Top Democrats, Including Democratic National Committee Chairman Terry McAuliffe And South Dakota’s Tom Daschle, Who At The Time Was Senate Minority Leader.” (Jennifer Harper, “‘Fahrenheit’ Inspired, But ‘Didn’t Influence’“ The Washington Times, 1/7/05)

Boxer Said “Fahrenheit 9/11” “Gave Her Guilt Feelings” And Made Her Rethink Her Inaction On The Floor In 2000. “But “Mrs. Boxer said ‘Fahrenheit 9/11’ gave her guilt feelings about her deference to Vice President Al Gore’s request that his Democratic colleagues not contest the Electoral College count over the disputed 2000 race in Florida. ‘It did make me, again, think about the fact that I didn’t stand up those years ago, because I was relying on Vice President Gore, and I felt I should have stepped back and looked at the bigger picture in retrospect.’ ‘Looking back on it, I wish I had,’ she said.” (Jennifer Harper, “‘Fahrenheit’ Inspired, But ‘Didn’t Influence’“ The Washington Times, 1/7/05)

BOXER’S HOLLYWOOD FRIENDS AND ALLIES

Boxer Has Received Contributions From Such Celebrities As Cameron Crowe, Tom Cruise, Ted Danson, Larry David, Michael Douglas, David Geffen, Don Henley, Robert Reiner, Paul Reiser, Steven Spielberg, Sharon Stone, Barbara Streisand And Rita Wilson. (Center For Responsive Politics Website, www.opensecrets.org, Accessed 1/24/05)

Boxer Received Contributions From Hollywood Mega-Donors Stephen Bing And Haim Saban. (Center For Responsive Politics Website, www.opensecrets.org, Accessed 1/24/05)

• Bing Contributed “A Total Of More Than $16 Million Of His Money To Democratic Candidates And The Supposedly Independent Groups That Support Them.” (Brian Ross, “Fattest Cat,” www.abcnews.com, Accessed 7/28/04)
  
• Saban “One Of The Largest Individual Donors In The Country To The Democratic Party And Its Candidates…” Hosted Kerry In Beverly Hills And Vacationed With Bill Clinton. (Andrew Ross Sorkin, “Schlepping To Moguldom,” The New York Times, 9/5/04)

Boxer Received Contributions From Activist/Obstructionist Norman Lear.

• Lear Is Hollywood Producer Who Founded Ultra-Liberal Group “People For The American Way,” Which “Worked To Block Several Of Bush’s Appointments To The Courts…” (Ann Gerhart, “Norman Lear, Hoping Youth Will Tune In To Vote,” The Washington Post, 11/14/03; Deb Riechmann, “Bush To Renominate 20 Individuals For Federal Judgeships,” The Associated Press, 12/23/04)

[SMARTY]

Half those clowns would not even attend, it there were not cameras rolling.

[grobdriver]

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[BibChr]

Right.

...and the rest of the title should be:

And Yet the CAGOP Still Can't Back a Decent Opponent to Unseat Her!

Dan

[sarasota]

Excellent. Just look what Moore did for the party and now Boxer take his lead. This will do more for the GOP than we could hope.

[standupfortruth]

This could not be better for the Republicans in the next election. All they have to do is trot her out as a reminder of what we avoided in previous elections and wish to avoid in the future. The whacked out, "blame America first", sympathize with terrorists, loose morals wing of the former Democratic Party. (I like saying that, it reminds me of the often used phrase "former Soviet Union).

[mlbford2]

The Dem answer to losing yet another election: Go further left.

Gawd, GOP strategist probably can't believe their luck. The loons are running the show over at the DNC. Sound and rational thinking Dems(yes, they do have them) must be beside themselves. Watching the destruction of their party by a dominating fringe of the party. I can honestly forsee a break up of the Dem party into two factions. The socialist part and the more centrist part.

[mental]

make the scary lady go away

[Grendel9]

Yes, but the reason Boxer is so audible and has taken
the Dem lead against the Bush Admin. is that SHE and
Kerry are the only Senate Honchos who just won reelection and aren't facing the voters for 6 more years!
Kerry, of course, doesn't want to be too far out in
front on this issue of a Female Black confirmation.
Byrd doesn't look healthy...Parkinson's? WIll he
really run again?

WHO are the DEM Senators up for 2007 rebid?
AKAKA HI
BINGAMAN NM
KKK BYRD WV
CANTWELL WA
CARPER DE
CLINTON NY
CONRAD ND
CORZINE NJ
DAYTON MN
FEINSTEIN CA
JEFFORDS VT (A Democrat voting Independent)
KENNEDY MA
KOHL WI
LIEBERMAN CT
NELSON FL
NELSON NE
SARBANES MD
STABENOW MI

[sasquatch]

http://www.pipebombnews.com/readerimages/demoseal.jpg

[ThisLittleLightofMine]

Why doesn't her husband tell her to sit down and shut-uo, she is making an ass out of herself (my husband would).

[Piquaboy]

Looks as if she is ready for Bill C.

[Jazzman1]

OOOH.... Nice zinger!

[FormerACLUmember]

Botox Babs Boxer brings a knife to an intellectual gunfight.

[ravingnutter]

"Iraq made commitments after the Gulf War to completely dismantle all weapons of mass destruction, and unfortunately, Iraq has not lived up to its agreement." -- Barbara Boxer, November 8, 2002

Source

[keysguy]

Faces like that need at least two of those new 17 cent paper bags.

[Republicus2001]

sounds great BOXER/HILLARY '08!!!!

SHOUT IT OUT

delicious

[Republicus2001]

Boxer Has Received Contributions From Such Celebrities As Cameron Crowe, Tom Cruise, Ted Danson, Larry David, Michael Douglas, David Geffen, Don Henley, Robert Reiner, Paul Reiser, Steven Spielberg, Sharon Stone, Barbara Streisand And Rita Wilson

[altura]

C-Span has much to answer for.

[hermgem]

First, Bush one got nailed by ongoing accusations of delivering WM D's to Hussein.
Such accusations no longer are "in." What's in now, nothing was there...
Condoleeza Rice gets insulted by Boxer, quite obviously selected to be sufficiently fit by being insultive enough to measure up to the level of a Democratic spearheader.
Then Rice did not remain in awe of Boxers false, distorted, diatribes.
Boxer appeared incredible, dishing up falsies, and gunning for character assassinations of a human brought up, raised and believing in honesty and trustworthiness.
What does Boxer do to retaliate or cleanse herself?:
Accusing Rice of having attacked her, Boxer, by stating this on liberal talk shows the following Sunday.
Again, no credit for that.
To the rescue: extended hearings peppered with designated Senators. One from Minnesota reading from scripted accusations to heighten and legitimize Boxers smears.
Such repeating is designed to embed, within the radical left, animosity towards members of Bush's team.
The left went from Ashcroft, to Cheney, Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, Rice.
All designed and selected to create enemies to hate, both domestically and internationally.
Consent and support of a liberal elite media is a prerequisite to succed in destructive politics.
Will it stick?
This Secretary of State has to and will overcome the Democrat's campaign of character assassination.
She is self made.