House of Eratosthenes

Barbara Boxer, one of my two hardcore-lefty aging hippie female senators, will not be apologizing for making a public spectacle out of a Brigadier General as retribution against him for following well-established military protocol.

Aside from a briefly worded statement about a “friendly” conversation she had with Brig. Gen. Michael Walsh after dressing him down for calling her “ma’am,” Boxer remained silent Friday in the face of growing calls for her to apologize.

“Senator Boxer spoke with General Walsh yesterday and he said he was fine with her comments at the hearing,” Boxer spokesman Zachary Coile said in a statement sent Friday to FOXNews.com.

“It was a very friendly conversation and they reiterated their respect for each other and how much they look forward to working together,” he said.
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The Pentagon refused to jump into the fray Friday.

“The matter was between the two and we have nothing to add,” Pentagon spokeswoman Eileen Lainez said in a statement to FOXNews.com.

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.

“There are far more important issues facing America — from national security to the proper care and treatment of veterans, military service member and their families — and this difference of opinion in salutations is not one of them.”

Because if this had any consequences more meaningful than bottom-layer rabble like us simply jawing about it, it would be unprecedented. Seriously unprecedented. A left-winger getting in real trouble for just plain shitty behavior. That, you will notice, doesn’t happen. No, losing a pound or two of ass flesh for lying, cheating on your spouse, or acting like a dick to someone who plainly deserves better…that only happens to non-liberals.

In fact, I have an additional observation I think is somewhat interesting: According to the rule summarized above, the country herself is non-liberal. “Arrogant, dismissive, derisive”; remember that? Alienating our allies. Thinking we’re all that & a bag o’ chips, living in our little plastic-bubble world, being ignorant, not being sufficiently concerned with the challenges faced in other nations, not being sufficiently concerned with the reservations they have about what we do, not stopping everything and asking their permission for things…et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. There was supposed to be a day of reckoning coming for all that, and maybe it’s here.

But aging liberal senators get a pass. They worked hard for their titles. They get to be arrogant and everyone else better get used to it. Senators, I guess, aren’t really Americans. Or if they are, then nobody looks to anyone in the Senate to represent America. The country is to start acting more humble, right away, starting with…I guess…our, uh, janitors or something? Bank executives maybe? Not our national politicians. Their privilege of obscene anti-Jeffersonian aristocracy and the accompanying douchebag dripping snobbery it brings with it, have only just begun.

Up there, anyway. In the ~~Senate~~…er, uh…ma’am-tower or whatever.

Exactly why should I or anyone care what the Veterans of Foreign Wars has to say about this? No offense, they are a fine organization but this hardly has anything do to with them. It’s as if the reporter intentionally went out and found an organization that would give legitimacy and would give a good quote in support of Boxer.

While they are correct that this is hardly the most important thing going on presently that is not an excuse for the Boxer to act like a schmuck. If that’s the threshold than I guess Boxer shouldn’t have taken offense in the first place since there are more important things to worry about, no?

Which is such a cop out anyways; one can always present issues that are more important than what is in dispute. That doesn’t justify or excuse bad behavior…unless you’re a Liberal.
- tim | 06/23/2009 @ 09:57
It’s as if the reporter intentionally went out and found an organization that would give legitimacy and would give a good quote in support of Boxer.

I would have to summon the spirit of Captain Renault if that turned out to be the case.

Which is such a cop out anyways; one can always present issues that are more important than what is in dispute.

Well said. I wonder if it would be legit to call that out as a purely liberal tactic. I’m trying to recall when Dick Cheney told Patrick Leahy to fuck off…were there any Republicans or conservatives dishing out the sound bites that golly gee, there sure are some important things going on in the world and maybe there’s nothing to see here. Can’t come up with any examples of that just yet. I’ll keep thinkin’.
- mkfreeberg | 06/23/2009 @ 10:29
In light of Boxer’s demand to be addressed as “Senator,” since she “worked so hard for it,” it’s interesting to note that she won her first Senatorial campaign when her opponent was mysteriously forced to withdraw due to – scandalous disclosures!!! (just in time for the election.)

Does this remind anybody of a another prominent leftie pol, tactics-wise? The Dems have become an open cesspool. Seems to me our only hope is the continued application of sunlight and fresh air. Keep exposing these creatures through ridicule.
- rob | 06/23/2009 @ 12:13
I misspoke – Boxer’s predecessor, Alan Cranston, “resigned” in the face of revelations injurious to his reputation. Suddenly there was a seat available for Barbie to run for. This, btw, was in 1992, the Year Of Feeling Youah Pain…

Scum. All of them.
- rob | 06/23/2009 @ 12:21
Boxer. Like the dog breed, eh? And she’s a female.

Whaddaya call those again? 😉
- philmon | 06/23/2009 @ 22:26

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