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Sen. Boxer Offers No Apology for Rebuking Brigadier General Who Called Her 'Ma'am'
Fox ^ | 6/19/09 | staff

Posted on 06/19/2009 1:53:52 PM PDT by Nachum

Aside from a briefly worded statement about a "friendly" conversation she had with an Army brigadier general after dressed him down a day earlier for calling her "ma'am," Sen. Barbara Boxer remained silent Friday in the face of growing criticism as to whether she owed an apology.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: 111th; apology; barbaraboxer; barbie; boxer; maam; michaelwalsh; offers; rudedems; sen; walsh
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To: Nachum

bitch seems to fit the best.


61 posted on 06/19/2009 3:55:17 PM PDT by bfree (Obamie the Commie-- FBO)
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To: Nachum

She said to the General,”I worked so hard to get this title.”
Yeah, And she has the scars on her knee’s to prove it.


62 posted on 06/19/2009 4:16:22 PM PDT by Pompah
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To: counterpunch

Me too!


63 posted on 06/19/2009 5:51:45 PM PDT by missanne (That's all I can stands and I can't stands no more”? This is one of those days!)
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To: bfree

Dear Senator Boxer,

Glad to know you feel you’ve worked hard to be called “Senator” and deserve to be called such by a General during testimony at the Capitol.

You’ve hardly got any understanding of our military. Ma’am is drilled into young men by good mothers and drill sargents. Apparently, you aren’t aware of that concept, so please publicly apologize for your arrogant ignorance. It would go a long way to those who serve and BTW remember when you were elected “Senator” you were elected to be a servant to the people; us!

God bless,
miss anne


64 posted on 06/19/2009 5:55:04 PM PDT by missanne (That's all I can stands and I can't stands no more”? This is one of those days!)
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To: Nachum

Neal Boortz presented the perfect reply to her request today. Of course, if the General were to use it, he’d be unemployed but it was the perfect reply.


65 posted on 06/19/2009 5:58:41 PM PDT by meyer ( "The world is a beautiful place and worth fighting for. But not without Freedom.")
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To: Nachum
This is exactly the kind of boorish behavior you should expect from the most stupid human being to ever set foot in the Capitol Building. It is a basic part of military culture to say “sir” and “ma’am” to every civilian, especially while you are wearing the uniform and speaking for your service. No way would anybody who has never served a day in the military - - especially somebody as stupid as a rock (no insult to rocks intended) - - ever understand this. But you would think a US Senator would have a slight clue. No, not Boxer. Boxer is a simpleton, a freaking idiot.
66 posted on 06/19/2009 5:59:52 PM PDT by Lancey Howard
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To: 60Gunner
How about just plain, “Self-absorbed b*tch?”

If you're gonna be generic, why not "Big Box".

67 posted on 06/19/2009 6:01:51 PM PDT by MARTIAL MONK
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To: MrB
The word “Ma’am” was a recognition of her femaleness, and she took it as an affront.

You got it. A male senator would never take offense to being called 'sir'.

Babs just isn't comfortable being a female.

68 posted on 06/19/2009 6:29:29 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: Nachum

What an imbecile. What a blindingly stupid halfwit.

The modern Democrat party enshrines ignorance as “wisdom.”


69 posted on 06/19/2009 6:34:44 PM PDT by denydenydeny ("I'm sure this goes against everything you've been taught, but right and wrong do exist"-Dr House)
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To: Nachum

WTF is this?

The Veterans of Foreign Wars supported both Boxer and Walsh and downplayed the exchange.

“The general is 100 percent correct in responding to members of Congress with ‘Sir’ or ‘Ma’am.’ The senator, on the other hand, is also correct, though probably everyone now agrees that this should have been handled differently, if at all,” the group said in a statement.


70 posted on 06/19/2009 6:35:00 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA (If guns cause crime, then all of mine are defective!)
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To: keats5

Yes. This whole bunch is always about pushing their particular agendas. One of hers, of course, is disrespect of our military.


71 posted on 06/19/2009 8:51:17 PM PDT by Binghamton_native
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To: MARTIAL MONK
If you're gonna be generic, why not "Big Box".

Wow. The connotations of that title just triggered my gag reflex.

72 posted on 06/21/2009 8:36:46 AM PDT by 60Gunner (It's RINO Season!!!)
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To: Irish Eyes

“There must be someone in CA that could beat Boxer in her next run.”

Too busy bringing plastic bags from the overpriced organic fruits and vegetables back to the supermarket, sipping skim milk lattes, and figuring out how many times “multicultural” can be used in a paragraph without losing all meaning.


73 posted on 06/21/2009 10:13:41 AM PDT by Seeing More Clearly Now (.)
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To: Seeing More Clearly Now

Yeah I couldn’t take it. I Faxed this letter to Boxer and snail mailed it:

Well Done

Thank you for putting that Brigadier General in his place. You really showed him how to address Senators with the proper respect they so deserve. I’m sure the reason why your voice mail boxes are full is due to well wishers like myself.

After all you really “worked hard” to become a Senator didn’t you? Writing checks is hard.. having your husband write checks is probably hard too.

Senator is a title you should be very proud of. Your the Junior Senator from California, a state facing bankruptcy to the tune of $25 Billion. Well done Junior Senator! You have proven you value a Delta Smelt more than the livelihoods of farmers. Well done Junior Senator! You HAVE worked hard haven’t you?

By all means keep on demanding respect without any proof you deserve it and please continue to disrespect our men and women in uniform. You are a PUBLIC SERVANT. And you disrespected and brow beat a PUBLIC SERVANT. Well Done Junior Senator!

But please carry on. It will make it easier to defeat you in 2010.

“Ma’am”

Proud Marine Dad


74 posted on 06/22/2009 7:51:19 AM PDT by LimaLimaMikeFoxtrot ("If you don't have my army supplied, and keep it supplied, we'll eat your mules up, sir"-Gen.Sherman)
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To: Jim Scott
The fact is that a majority of Americans likely hold an Army brigadier General in higher esteem than a political hack like Senator Barbara Boxer ....

Hell, I have more respect for a half-traned recruit than I have for an arrogant broad like boxer.

75 posted on 06/22/2009 12:33:23 PM PDT by Turret Gunner A20
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To: Eagle Eye
She doesn’t owe any apologies. She has a right to express her preference on address.

Then you don't think that a bully, who is deliberately rude to someone who, by reason of his subordinate professional position, cannot give his opinion of her churlisness, owes her target an apology?? Hmmm.

76 posted on 06/22/2009 12:40:06 PM PDT by Turret Gunner A20
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