Posted on 12/07/2016 3:11:50 PM PST by NormsRevenge
WASHINGTON California Sen. Barbara Boxer held back tears as she delivered her formal farewell to the Senate on Wednesday, capping a four-decade political career as a liberal fighter that began in 1972 on the Marin County Board of Supervisors.
With the surprising exception of Sen. Dianne Feinstein, her California colleague of 24 years, Boxer was joined in the Senate chamber by numerous allies and one-time foes from both parties, along with members of her family, all gathered to wish her well. Boxer reserved a special hug for her longtime friend, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of San Francisco, who arrived with a dozen House colleagues to hear her send-off.
Feinsteins absence was glaring because she and Boxer arrived together in the Senate in 1992, symbols of the Year of the Woman when they and other women made big inroads into the male-dominated institution. The two have steered clear of disputes during their time in the Senate and put up a united front on state issues.
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I think she was replaced by someone even more dangerous.
Boxer hasn’t had an EEG for many years that I know of. Could have opened up her seat decades ago.
The person replacing her is younger, even more dangers in that she is energetic and if possible, even more misguided.
DiFi has no use for Harris
Maybe wish she was down the well.
It was the first cut on side two on The Bridge Over Troubled Water album ('70?). Here was Paul's entire acceptance speech on receiving the Grammy for Album of the Year:
Flush twice just to be sure...
Extremely clever!
They misspelled the county where she got elected to the board of supervisors, it is Moron County not Marin...
"That's Senator to you......I earned that title"
Good riddance bi*ch !
And she is further left than Boxer. At least she won't have the seniority to push people around.
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