[Utah Girl]

And now Barbara Boxer is playing the victim card.

[NonValueAdded]

In an interview on Friday, Senator Boxer said her comments had been misunderstood

No good, Babs, we all heard your remarks. You cannot put enough lipstick on that pig to turn it into a thing of beauty. The botched joke defense has been tried and it failed. Telling us we're too stupid to understand your nuance is also a non-starter.

[donna]

It's sort of turning out that all professional women are all victims all the time.

[Peach]

Boxer may as well have said that, because Rice is black, she shouldn't be the Secretary of State of a nation comprised of 85% white people.

[NonValueAdded]

And notice that the NYT does NOT give the Boxer quote so we can all judge whether the remarks were subject to misunderstanding or if they were as crude and hateful as they sounded plopping from Boxer's lips. More cover from the MSM for their patrons.

[technomage]

Just another liberal coward who will not stand up and say:

"Yes, I said that and I meant it".

[Just sayin]

Senator Boxer saying that she is like Secretary Rice shows just how far out of touch she really is.

[abner]

Barbara Boxer and 'common ground' with a Republican????

I've seen it all now.

[ArmstedFragg]

Passing exchange, huh? It was a thoroughly planned partisan attack, over the top even by Boxer standards. She finally got some flak back, and suddenly she's a victim.

Typical.

Being a liberal means you never own your own behavior.

[Army MP Retired]

A "Passing Exchange" ???? Holy DOWNPLAY BatMan! It was a friggen Senate Hearing ~! A passing exchange takes place in the mall.

[Lucas McCain]

I notice that all the Senator's apologists on TV want to move the discussion away from the insult and onto the "bigger point," being, that someone who has children in Iraq is likely to veiw the war there differently (implied, more correctly) than someone who does not. I wonder if these people ever stopped to consider that those who do not have children in Iraq are more likely to make a logical judgment about it. That's the reason why we don't allow the victim's family members serve on a jury.

[Godzilla]

In an interview on Friday, Senator Boxer said her comments had been misunderstood

Well Senator, if you cannot express yourself clearly, perhaps you should find another line of work.

[OldFriend]

A passing exchange!!!!!!!!!!!!

This was a well thought out attack on Dr. Rice.

The left fears her. They want to be sure she is never going to be a threat to her heinous.

They set out to destroy Dan Quayle, Dick Cheney, and now Dr. Rice.

They want no competition.

[mozarky2]

Lighten up on poor ole Babs-it was probably just a botched joke!

[fat city]

Why is it, with a wholly sympathetic mass media, the Dems are always "misunderstood"?

[Wilhelm Tell]

Countering complaints of being insensitive, Barbara Boxer accused Ms. Rice of being "uppity" and suggested that Rice should "not speak unless spoken to" and should "learn to stay in her place."

[Wally_Kalbacken]

Boxer will be the gift that keeps on giving for the next two years - she's a blithering idiot and likes to prove it daily. Without cue cards or questions fed by staffers - she is stranded without a coherent thought.

[RunningWolf]

If it had been me there, what I would have laid into the Bxr B* with would probably have cost me my job.

Wolf

[ozzymandus]

"Passing exchange"??? Screw you, NYT! Boxer made a total ass of herself, and PO'd a lot of people.

[TChad]

I expected that the New York Times would somehow report this story incorrectly, since it hurts Democrats, and in fact they misquote Pelosi's statement to Condi:

You’re not going to pay a particular price, as I understand it, with an immediate family.

What exactly is "an immediate family," and how would Condi pay a price with one? It's nonsensical.

Here is the Washington Times version of the quote:

You're not going to pay a particular price, as I understand it, within immediate family.

That makes sense, and it shows more clearly why Condi was right to be offended.

The NYT, wrong as usual.

[Tuscaloosa Goldfinch]

And now Barbara Boxer is playing the victim card.

Actually, I think the NYT is playing the victim card FOR her.