Audio: Boxer compares serving in Congress to serving in the military?
posted at 5:51 pm on July 26, 2010 by Allahpundit
That’s not quite what she’s saying, I think, but after years of her barfing up obnoxious soundbites, I can’t blame anyone for not wanting to give her the benefit of the doubt.
“Barbara Boxer’s disrespectful comments underscore just how out of touch she has become after her 28 years in Washington,“ Veterans for Carly Coalition Co-Chairman Lt. Commander Paul Chabot said in a press release, in response to Boxer’s comments. “Equating the experiences of members of Congress with those of brave soldiers who have fought to defend our country is just the latest example in a failed career marked by disrespect for our men and women in uniform.”…
When asked for comment, Boxer’s campaign manager, Rose Kapolczynski, responded, “Regardless of what she says now, Fiorina has to face the fact that when she was CEO of [Hewlett-Packard], HP equipment was sold to Iran, a state sponsor of terror, contrary to U.S. law.”…
This is not the first time, however, that Boxer has made comments or taken actions that were considered offensive to those serving in the military. Remember, for instance, Sen. Boxer’s over-the-top rebuke of an Army brigadier general last year when he referred to her as “ma’am” during a committee hearing?
Indeed we do. Who could have guessed that Barbara Boxer was an egomaniac? As for the clip, her comparison isn’t merely between serving in Congress and in the military; she mentions cops and firefighters too, which I think is her clumsy way of saying that public servants in high-pressure jobs of whatever stripe forge a certain camaraderie to cope with the stress. Fair enough, I guess, although it takes a singularly tone-deaf politician to lump her own profession in with those that risk death daily in the interest of saving lives, especially given the mood among voters at this particular moment. Just four days ago, Gallup put out a survey assessing public respect for various American institutions. Go compare the very top of the list to the very bottom. Great work, ma’am.
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Barbara Boxer is the dumbest person in whatever room she enters.
Inanemergencydial on July 26, 2010 at 5:52 PM
The mind reels at the idiots who put jerks like Boxer in a position of power.
The fault, as always, is with the voters.
rickyricardo on July 26, 2010 at 5:53 PM
GET…HER…OUT…NOW!!! Where is the stage hook when you need it?
CynicalOptimist on July 26, 2010 at 5:54 PM
General Ma`am.
ThePrez on July 26, 2010 at 5:54 PM
I heard Caligula had the same problem…
Wyznowski on July 26, 2010 at 5:54 PM
Does this mean that officers appearing in front of Congress may now refer to her as her military name, “Major B!tch”?
teke184 on July 26, 2010 at 5:55 PM
It’s true. Corporal Boxer took out a whole Battalion of Taliban because they called her “ma’am.”
GreenBlade on July 26, 2010 at 5:55 PM
Barbara Box of Rockser. Get lost Lady
400lb Gorilla on July 26, 2010 at 5:56 PM
Lets see…in the military you attain rank by being smart and skillful.
That would put Boxer at the rank of, say, Corporal.
BobMbx on July 26, 2010 at 5:56 PM
say GOODNIGHT babs…..errrr I mean Ma’am!
SDarchitect on July 26, 2010 at 5:56 PM
Then shouldn’t she had received 4F?
Oil Can on July 26, 2010 at 5:57 PM
I was an officer in my High School Class, isn’t that like being Speaker of the House?
barnone on July 26, 2010 at 5:57 PM
O.k. That was waaaaaaay better than my title for her.
ThePrez on July 26, 2010 at 5:57 PM
This woman needs to be retired.
What a disaster she is, even for the Democrats.
Brian1972 on July 26, 2010 at 5:57 PM
Patty Murray disagrees
AndrewsDad on July 26, 2010 at 5:57 PM
I’d vote for a mange-covered junkyard dog if it were running against Barbara Boxer, and this year I’d crawl over broken glass to pull the lever.
cthulhu on July 26, 2010 at 5:58 PM
No, it isn’t. It is her way of saying “when I served in Iraq”.
BobMbx on July 26, 2010 at 5:58 PM
In that case, it’s time to drum her out of the corps.
MainelyRight on July 26, 2010 at 5:59 PM
As a member of the House of Representatives Boxer’s expertise bouncing checks on the House Bank was second only to Chuck U. Schumer.
She should be in jail, not our senate.
Zorro on July 26, 2010 at 5:59 PM
Boxer even ordered her office staff to set the thermostat up from 72 to 78 degrees, just so she could show solidarity with the troops enduring 115 degree temps in Iraq; now THAT is leadership.
Boxer 2012
Bishop on July 26, 2010 at 6:00 PM
Moritch.
Maquis on July 26, 2010 at 6:05 PM
General, Ma’am, um… er, Sir!
Oink on July 26, 2010 at 6:05 PM
I am at a loss for words on this one. My husband is an OIF veteran and she does not even have a clue of what she speaks. Veterans and police/firemen often go through actual traumatic events. The most traumatic thing she’s ever gone through is belonging to the democratic party and that is entirely self inflicted.
thevastlane on July 26, 2010 at 6:06 PM
She accurately represents her constituency????
Works for me….
Wait….I got Franken….
never mind….
BigWyo on July 26, 2010 at 6:06 PM
Yes! Congrats!!!
Oink on July 26, 2010 at 6:06 PM
I wasn’t aware that Congress Critters had to go thru Basic Training.
Remember when her daughter married Hillary’s brother? That was a laugh riot for about 5 minutes, which is about how long the marriage lasted.
Del Dolemonte on July 26, 2010 at 6:07 PM
I thought that was to match her IQ…
right2bright on July 26, 2010 at 6:08 PM
Meh, she needs to go but for some reason, I’m not feeling the outrage. I’d be feeling the outrageous outrage if a Conservative got beat up some someone in the media for saying something like that when a Donk would get away with it, but it would only be the outrageously outrageous outage I have for the media again.
Seriously, it’s just hard to take this very seriously after she dressed a general down in open chamber testimony.
hawkdriver on July 26, 2010 at 6:08 PM
That’s a tough call if Obumba is there also.
Dingbat63 on July 26, 2010 at 6:10 PM
So I guess that’s what she thinks also justifies her ugly remark to a high ranking officer like a Brigadier General. Those two positions cannot be compared to on any level field. If she see’s her seat in congress as something to be honored like that of our fighting men and women, then she has delusions of grandeur.
FontanaConservative on July 26, 2010 at 6:11 PM
If this below slug slime gal had to serve in the military in a war zone, I have a feeling her panties would be full of.. well you know! DO not ever compare anything you are doing to our wonderful military you old hag! If you do, give each one the same salary you are getting!
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letget on July 26, 2010 at 6:12 PM
Well, I think the moron that votes for her is one step up the stupid ladder from Boxer.
katieanne on July 26, 2010 at 6:12 PM
GFY.
Corporal is a rank that has to be earned. Corporals are NCOs who are in charge of other troops, gear, fire teams, squads, are ground vehicle crew chiefs and commanders, and are air crew chiefs. I don’t know what your job is, but I’m guessing I ran more as a corporal than you do on a day to day basis.
Even the lowly rank of private has to be earned by completing boot camp and having some degree of proficiency at one’s MOS.
She rates neither, and neither does anyone else who rags on troops of any rank.
CPL 310 on July 26, 2010 at 6:12 PM
My only child is serving in the USAF in Korea. FU, ma’am.
ladyingray on July 26, 2010 at 6:13 PM
Boxer obviously has a very low opinion of the military and guess what, Babs? It’s mutual!
You know who’s loving this? Carly Fiorina!
It’s a win-win for CA, too.
Jenfidel on July 26, 2010 at 6:14 PM
New administration. It’s pronounced corpse.
CPL 310 on July 26, 2010 at 6:14 PM
oh the sacrifices she has made!
rob verdi on July 26, 2010 at 6:14 PM
Thanks for that!
My dad (who died in 1966) was a Corporal in the Army in WWII, serving in Western Europe and Germany until well after the war.
I knew I was right to be proud.
Jenfidel on July 26, 2010 at 6:16 PM
lol, I understand you not liking the idea of her being compared to one of our corporals, but GYF? Really, that guy is a pretty good commenter here. lol (really, you made me laugh) Now soldier on!
hawkdriver on July 26, 2010 at 6:18 PM
Obviously some of the botox went too deep.
Maybe we should have a rule, more than 12 years and you must resign.
tarpon on July 26, 2010 at 6:20 PM
“Unf-ck her in November!”
Electrongod on July 26, 2010 at 6:20 PM
Thanks. And interesting that your Dad was a WWII vet. All my older Uncles were.
hawkdriver on July 26, 2010 at 6:21 PM
Clueless. Completely clueless. And her village is calling.
av8tr on July 26, 2010 at 6:21 PM
No, ma’am.
publiuspen on July 26, 2010 at 6:21 PM
If one serves in the Military one takes an oath of duty and had better damned well obey it. If one serves in Congress one takes an oath of office and then go into the ‘wink wink, nod nod’ mode…
JIMV on July 26, 2010 at 6:23 PM
CPL, I second Hawkdriver. I’m Army Ret and Soldiers of all grades have saved my butt many a time. BobMbx is on our side and I sure no disrespect was intended. Babs can make the best of us furious.
Dingbat63 on July 26, 2010 at 6:23 PM
Everyone rolls their eyes at Maxine Waters.
LASue on July 26, 2010 at 6:24 PM
You’re right, she hasn’t even earned the title of unorganized grabasstic piece of sh!t maggot.
What is her major malfunction?
I don’t know but I’ve been told, this liberal Senator has got to go! Right, left. Right left.
Brian1972 on July 26, 2010 at 6:24 PM
Dumber. She actually sucks intelligence from those around her. She’s a black hole of ignorance and stupidity: Not even Bart Simpson can manage that.
Babs “Dumber than a” Boxer has to go.
And you can take that to the Fing bank, Ma’am.
HBowmanMD on July 26, 2010 at 6:29 PM
Just goes to show how stupid Murray is, too
HBowmanMD on July 26, 2010 at 6:31 PM
Well in that case s/he’ll see that s/he posted a load of flaming drek and move on from it. If not, like the Japanese proverb – “The conduct of one hour can determine the history of a thousand years.”
You’re quite welcome.
The NCO ranks aren’t very appreciated. Sergeant has a nice Hollywood ring to it (especially since the Army calls everybody sergeant even if they’re higher ranking), but Corporals, who do the same amount of heavy lifting (or more, depending on how an individual MOS promotes) don’t get crap for recognition.
Being the first rank of NCO in the US military, it’s the break where a soldier, sailor, or Marine is given a hefty amount of authority and responsibility. While it’s MOS dependant, in my MOS, I was in charge of up to 22 troops (sometimes that outranked me, but my billet outranked them) and about $3 million in vehicle & equipment. Motor T Corporal bubbas are put in charge of vehicles and cargo, plus convoys; APC/IFV/AAV Corporals are put in charge of not only vehicles but vehicle sections; infantry corporals are put in charge of not just fire teams but also squads; air crew corporals are in charge of making sure the bird flies, naval PO3s are what makes the ships run to begin with.
Jenfidel, I don’t know what your dad’s MOS was, but regardless of the job, there can be a heavy burden of responsibility for somebody who not only has the authorities of an NCO, but is expected to act as liason to the troops – as he just was one. It’s also the rank of a lot of guys who do one enlistment and get out – representing the one-term soldier/Marine (or PO3 for sailors).
CPL 310 on July 26, 2010 at 6:33 PM
..said the Boxer spokesman, grasping at the straws on Boxer’s head.
The War Planner on July 26, 2010 at 6:33 PM
OMG! Photoshop contest!
bitsy on July 26, 2010 at 6:33 PM
Two corrupt morons for one: Boxer and Feinstein.
HBowmanMD on July 26, 2010 at 6:34 PM
Sounds like she’s saying Congress is soooo stressful—it’s almost like a war zone. I say let’s give her a compassionate reassignment and send her home.
texabama on July 26, 2010 at 6:34 PM
Maxine is venal, corrupt and quite rude. Smart as a whip at those things, though.
Babs and Dianne are just stupid
HBowmanMD on July 26, 2010 at 6:35 PM
Maybe she can be the Nanny to suckandblowbama.
HBowmanMD on July 26, 2010 at 6:36 PM
HBowmanMD on July 26, 2010 at 6:37 PM
Bingo. She didn’t step foot on the yellow footprints at PI; she didn’t go to Great Lakes, she didn’t go to Ft Benning; she never went to a police or firefighter academy. She didn’t even go and drop out.
Her frame of reference is so far off she probably can’t even fathom that it would even be offensive. Ruling class v country class, again.
CPL 310 on July 26, 2010 at 6:38 PM
Oh, and lest anyone think I’m picking on the Senators from the State of my birth exclusively, we need to get rid of the witch of the bay, San Fran Nan, too. Damned carpetbagger POS.
HBowmanMD on July 26, 2010 at 6:39 PM
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I was only 10 when he died…and my mother wasn’t the best about details, but he was a clerk in the office of General Roderick Allen (I think) in Berlin, and had been in combat before that under Patton.
He stayed on duty quite awhile after combat was over to help with the “cleaning up” in Germany.
I have his letters to my aunts and they are fascinating.
Jenfidel on July 26, 2010 at 6:41 PM
Wow! Boxer’s arrogance and stupidity know no bounds.
Lizzy on July 26, 2010 at 6:43 PM
Well she may not be a soldier, but she was pinned down by sniper fire at a Holiday Inn Express last night.
Lily on July 26, 2010 at 6:45 PM
So, in other words, members of Congress and the Senate have developed a foxhole mentality and everybody outside of it is the enemy? They know best inside what those outside need?
That’s what I get from her analogy: That they’ve become a very chummy club that protect their own, right or wrong.
Time to send the whole lot back out to find real jobs, if they can.
PastorJon on July 26, 2010 at 6:45 PM
Oh, I forget to add about this boxer thing (per thefoxnation.com). It seems that j. fonda is going to help boxer out with election. Hubby and all at the VFW, when they do their function after a beer or so, has a picture of jf where they can tell her how they feel about her. Frankly, having jf support boxer, says it all!
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letget on July 26, 2010 at 6:46 PM
No big surprise, but the “biggest loser” in that Gallup data is….wait for it…”the presidency” down 15 points since Jan ’09.
dont taze me bro on July 26, 2010 at 6:47 PM
I’d say it’s a toss-up if she’s ever walked into the Oval Office.
Rovin on July 26, 2010 at 6:47 PM
Yeah, it’s tough, what with that high salary, air conditioned offices, all those expensive pant suits…
yubley on July 26, 2010 at 6:52 PM
You may have noticed the recent poll that only 37% of the political class support free markets, whereas 75% of “those outside” did?
They really have isolated themselves from reality.
Merovign on July 26, 2010 at 6:58 PM
Sounds more like a pity party. No one has forced her to campaign for an elected office.
If she wants to cry about how tough it is, how about she just not do it?
The hoi polloi obviously don’t deserve her great sacrifices.
ButterflyDragon on July 26, 2010 at 7:07 PM
Congress like the military? I hardly think so. Congress is much more like a whorehouse.
Tav on July 26, 2010 at 7:08 PM
Boxer knows her enemy. When a world of Disney like characters stroll around Hollywood being cheered for, than courageous Barbara Boxer can be highly exalted too. But bring in the REAL heroes that really die for us, and the Hollywood vibe vanishes. Today’s military is Kryptonite to the Boxer fantasy governing style. Remember that she came in with the generation that picked Shakespeare in Love for Best Picture over Saving Private Ryan.
jimw on July 26, 2010 at 7:11 PM
Tav on July 26, 2010 at 7:11 PM
I wonder if Ms. Boxer has ever made the decision to go to bed hungry so one of her children can have dinner? Or whether she needs to make a decision between paying the electric bill or gas bill on time?
Or scrounge through the cushions of her couch to see if she could get up some gas money to go to work.
Or wear threadbare clothes because it’s more important to pay the rent?
Until she’s in that position, she wouldn’t understand. And that is what the vast majority of Americans are pissed off about. Because the vast majority of us have been through the experiences I just listed while members of Congress either haven’t, or haven’t in so long they forget what it’s like.
ButterflyDragon on July 26, 2010 at 7:12 PM
Barbara Boxer is the reincarnation of Barbara Boxedhead, who served with great distinction in both the Union and Confederate armies.
Tav on July 26, 2010 at 7:14 PM
In that case, it’s time to drum her out of the
corpscorpse. [obamao speak]MainelyRight on July 26, 2010 at 5:59 PM
lukespapa on July 26, 2010 at 7:14 PM
I loath Barbara Boxer. She has a long list of things said which she should be spanked for.
This story is manufactured BS. This kind of crap will backfire eventually.
lexhamfox on July 26, 2010 at 7:15 PM
Somebody call Code Pink.
Dead Hand Control on July 26, 2010 at 7:20 PM
With Union seniority….
HBowmanMD on July 26, 2010 at 7:30 PM
As soon as the enlisted ranks of each branch make much money as she does, until then STFU
milwife88 on July 26, 2010 at 7:34 PM
…convicts (or as they refer to prison inmates here in Texas, “offenders”) also have a degree of camaraderie…and yet another similarity…that old saw about “honor among thieves”….
The reason that Ms. Boxer (er…sorry…SENATOR Boxer) has an elephantine tin ear is that she and most of her ilk (er…sorry…SENATOR Ilk) see their constituents not as citizens but as peasants, and view themselves as aristocrats (in the pre-1789 French mode). Why should the Countess of California have to listen to the burblings of the potato-digging poor?
If you get the government you deserve, what has California done to deserve her?
Puritan1648 on July 26, 2010 at 7:46 PM
Sorry Barbie,
NOTHING you’ve ever done will even begin to compare with “honey pot” detail in 110 degree heat during monsoon season with a flurry enemy 122 rockets raining in on top of you.
??? What’s that you ask? What’s a “honey pot”??
You’re a joke.
Veteran, US Army Vietnam 1969-70
bannedbyhuffpo on July 26, 2010 at 7:52 PM
I care little about what she may have meant—she should never have gone there.
CWforFreedom on July 26, 2010 at 7:57 PM
Except for those room in the current White House. Accidental stupidity can never be as stupid as deliberate stupidity.
year_of_the_dingo on July 26, 2010 at 8:09 PM
At first, I thought GFY meant “Good For You”. Alas, as it is late in the day I’m a little slow on decoding text-onics.
But after reading the thread, its clear what you meant.
I’ll be watching you……
If you want to establish bona fides, thats fine. You go first. You might be surprised.
BTW, if I could F myself, I’d never get out of bed.
BobMbx on July 26, 2010 at 8:30 PM
Army Ret. here and Babs Box-o-Rocks would not have lasted 5 min in any of my Platoons.
Come to think of it she would have flunked out in AIT!
Old Dog on July 26, 2010 at 8:30 PM
Box meets Rocks?
DSchoen on July 26, 2010 at 9:09 PM
Carly Fiorina is running against Senator Barbara Boxer for California’s Senate seat.
Check out Carly Fiorina’s website here:
http://carlyforca.com/
Vote for Carly! Get Barbara Boxer out of the Senate!
wren on July 26, 2010 at 9:36 PM
Stop insulting whorehouses. Congress doesn’t offer value for the money.
Slowburn on July 26, 2010 at 9:45 PM
So that makes the Dimocrat Congress REMF impersonators who FUBAR the Constitution ?
Time for Cal-eee-forn-ya to give Barbara Blockhead a forcible, dishonorable discharge from the Senate to go tax-dodge yachting with Hanoi John Kerry over in Rhode Island.
viking01 on July 26, 2010 at 9:54 PM
Butterbars only get disrespect because they have the extremely unenviable position of being put in charge of something they have no idea how to run. Most of them know to listen, learn, and then they begin to lead.
They’re privates with an education who are given a gunny’s job to start. Their displays of ignorance are rarely willful and forceful. And more often those are the Hollywood cliches rather than actual 2ndLts.
As long as you stand by your statement, I stand by mine. You’re free to correct yourself – I think I made that clear, and if not, I am here.
I doubt I’d be surprised, whether you’re a griping PFC, an ironic hipster Cpl who doesn’t think much of his peers (or who’s griping about low cutting scores), a haughty 30 year SgtMaj who doesn’t think his NCOs are worth crap, or any level of officer who thinks the same.
Given your first response is “I’ll be watching you” and “I’ve got bonafides” rather than “yeah, my bad, that’s a dumb thing to say”, I can’t say that your creds will matter any more than if you were calling Michelle Obama a “w–kie” and then said “well I have a black friend so it’s okay!”
“An error doesn’t become a mistake until you refuse to correct it.” –Orlando A. Battista
CPL 310 on July 26, 2010 at 10:00 PM
Who knew that botox could make you stupid.
GarandFan on July 26, 2010 at 10:01 PM
Nails! Pleasure to read you posts. My Dad was a Cpl. in WWII and I was also before I made E5.
Vince on July 26, 2010 at 10:17 PM
Cripes, If I had only known! I would have skipped all that working from Private to LTC… all that time overseas, getting shot at, etc… and all I had to do was enter the halls of Congress to be the same?!
Thanks Senator!
LTC John on July 26, 2010 at 10:24 PM
Dude, you completely lost me now. What in Gods name are you trying to prove to this guy? Look, I am certain he meant no specific offense. Why are we taking this to another level? What would you say if one of our commisioned officers who comments here took offense to you calling LTs.. butterbars. That’s disrespectful too. God, just stand down troop.
hawkdriver on July 26, 2010 at 11:04 PM
I’ve held off comment since this headline first appeared.
I just can’t serve up my hide to Allah that easily.
Limerick on July 26, 2010 at 11:13 PM
During my enlistment it was easy to identify the rank of the pilot based on his attitude. The most arrogant officer rank I found was the Major. Pilots start out humble, become arrogant, and then respectful in their career.
My squadron may have even ground aborted a Major three times, on the same flight, until he got the hint that his attitude was not appreciated among the enlisted ranks (including the E-9 who suggested the plan). We let him go up in the 4th jet he had to climb into.
That never really happened of course. ;)
F15Mech on July 26, 2010 at 11:23 PM
I will be glad when the Mexicans take Califa back.
borntoraisehogs on July 27, 2010 at 12:30 AM
Does that mean she wants to be called “Sir” instead of “Ma’am”?
Dr. Charles G. Waugh on July 27, 2010 at 1:37 AM
Whoopsie!
I do believe that’s a political faux pas.
There Goes The Neighborhood on July 27, 2010 at 2:23 AM
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