Barbara Boxer: Serving in Uniform Just Like Being a Politician
by Paul ChabotDuring a campaign stop in Inglewood, California this past weekend, Barbara Boxer’s disrespectful attitude toward our armed forces was on full display when she equated the experiences of Members of Congress with the experiences of those who have put their lives on the line serving our country in uniform.
Boxer said this, at an event during which she was supposed to help break ground on new housing for homeless veterans:
“We know that if you have veterans in one place where they can befriend each other and talk to each other. You know when you’ve gone through similar things you need to share it. I don’t care whether you are a policeman or a fireman or a veteran or by chance a member of Congress. Maxine and I could look at each other and roll our eyes. We know what we are up against. And it is hard for people who are not there to understand the pressure and the great things that go along with it and the tough things that go along with it.”
She followed this up by appearing later in the day at a campaign fundraiser featuring none other than “Hanoi Jane” Fonda.
Barbara Boxer has never been loved by the military, veterans, their friends or family. She has a history of voting against troop funding and opposing military missions undertaken abroad. She voted against condemning MoveOn.org’s disgraceful, full-page New York Times ad that attacked the integrity of General David Petraeus. More recently, of course, she dressed down a brigadier general on national television, insisting that he call her “senator” instead of “ma’am.”
But her suggesting that the rigors of campaigning for public office and sitting through Committee hearings on cap-and-trade are on a par with being shot at offers a fresh insight into her distorted worldview. On the one hand, she’s sufficiently out-of-touch with reality to think this is a message that would be well-received at an event focused on veterans. On the other, she’s sufficiently uncurious to ponder the patently absurd nature of her comments.
There are a lot of reasons why Barbara Boxer is not well-loved by her constituents. However, for members of the military and veterans, she added to them this past weekend.
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Why do the people of California keep sending this half-wit to Congress? Unbelievable.
I love it when these Libs keep talking in public. If it weren't for the REAL new Media, NONE of these insane comments would ever be heard.
Aren't you stretching a bit? The headline is completely misleading. As an ex military person I appreciate all that the military does, and also find our current government laughable and embarrassing, but I have to say, we are stopping a bit with this piece.
What is it with these lefties and their fingers forever pointing at people? With their arrogant…"I am better than you are" attitude.
The pathetic Barbara Boxer, always counted on to be an embarassment to herself and California…Remember Babs…
"Americans sleep peacefully in their beds at night only because brave warriors stand ready to do violence on their behalf" Rush Limbaugh 1984
Please make a note of it….Babs and Jane and Maxine…
I would love to have her on the front-line as I salute
She is one disgusting piece of politician. And she certainly does not even warrant the respect of the term "Ma'am". What a glorious day it will be in California the day she no longer has her slimy, corrupt fingers in the till.She turns my stomach.
My God California! …do the right thing, and get rid of that troll Babs Boxer, she’s a national embarrassment, parasite herder extraordinaire.
Barbara, "Don't call me mam" Boxer is gone come November. And may the door hit her in the tush on the way out! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p46c_3g7FEE
They learned it from repeatedly viewing muslim extremist videos.
I can't wait till this nasty old skank is kicked out on her tukas in November.
Another self important arrogant twit!
Lived here since 1969 and growing more difficult every day. Boxer is like a leach stuck to your balls….. very difficult to remove.
She has lived the hardships of our veterans? Wow, I got out before we flew 1st class, ate hot meals at all times including deployments, were allowed to bounce thousands of dollars in checks, and were all assigned servants. Those guys in Iraq and Afganistan must be just living it up!
Moron
That statement indicates a level of disconnection from reality so high its a wonder that she doesn't regularly bump into walls.
That's about as coherent as Boxer ever gets, which is to say, not at all! If she is advocating for a facility where we can lockup all the members of congress, I'm definitely in favor of it.
I want to see this woman cleaning toilets in a public restroom. This woman is, is, is I would have to resort to foul language to describe her. Not just because of her non–nonsensical comments this past week or her disrespect of a brigadier general, she is worthless as a representative except to a handful of elitist in California who by the way will start feeling the pinch of tough economic times. Let me also state that Carly Fiorina is not going to be that much better she is a RINO who loves amnesty but I don't think she would be stupid enough to tell a Brigadier general to 'Call me Senator'. See Babs Boxer in all her glory here http://callmebarbara.com/news/default.aspx
Barbera Boxer is not good enough to lick the sand from my son's combat boots.
Babs is very scary- in appearance and actions.
Idjit.
Boxer has NO CLUE as to what it is to be in the military. She has never sacrificed anything in her cushy, privileged life. WHAT A JOKE SHE IS. And Maxine Waters, whom she refers to in her comments, is dumb as a rock (yet she got elected by her even dumber constituents). When are even these idiots who live in CA going to wake up and free themselves from the government run slavery they are living under?
What a disgusting , well I really do not even know what to call her… not in public anyway..
How the hell would she know about what it means to wear the uniform, she despises the military…
For her, who as I recall is a PUBLIC SERVANT, to speak to a General in the U.S. Army, who also serves his country, in the way she did is typical of the leftist arrogance and disdain directed towards the Military men and women on a daily basis by the left.
She really needs to be retired.. Looking at California I just wonder what great things she and Pelosi have accomplished for the FORMER Golden State…
The state is bankrupt, public services are broken, businesses and people are leaving in droves, except for the Illegals who are moving in.
Just what is the future for Californians?
The leftist, spoiled little kids who are killing the goose that allows us all to pursue our ideas… It is that goose that makes it possible for them to do what they do, don't they see that??
Our military is on OUR side.
A glaring difference even if her analogy was accepted as factual–it isn't.
What is worse – someone who puts their lives on the line serving big government or those who get rich doing it? The military serves the government, NOT the country (that is the job of the militia.)
Accidentally hit thumb down. Sorry, Stan!
SCRAM, MA'AM !!!!
Our military is on OUR side.
Some parts of it are – some aren't. http://www.ssrsi.org/Onsite/BBStext/shootus.htm
"About one in four U.S. Marines would be willing to fire upon American citizens in a government gun confiscation program, according to the results of a survey undertaken nearly a year ago at a Marine Corps base in southern California."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-taU9d26wT4
Good Ol' Babs Boxer-shorts.
She's a gift that keeps on giving.
She really wants to make the comparison that serving in the military is like being a politician?
There was a far off place, in another time called Phu-cat Airbase. A lot of pompous Second Leiuy's could never figure out what those white pieces of adhesive tape stuck to the back of their helmets were for.
Until it was too late.
And she's a racist. Remember how she treated Harry Alford? Here's his take on her…………… http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0oGdDAv4FJMCxUAQZFXNyo...
STFU, moron, you're about a chromosome short of a Biden.
Why don't you slip into something more comfortable…like a coma.
There they are, it's almost 10:30 and they finally start posting. I guess the daily talking points were late getting out.
You know NOTHING about the HONOR of serving for THIS Country. You'd best just go away before you dig your self deeper (not that you give a flying F about your lying, hypocritical ways).
That's just wrong.
Funny, but wrong.
I will rejoice and sing praises to God when this prune is tossed out. I live in California and the consensus of everyone that I talk to is that she needs to go.
We call that natural selection……
Please, please, please California please do not re-elect BB. She is so far out of touch with reality it's scary to think she writes our laws. Boot the %^&&* out.
There is honor if you wish it. There is honor in serving in Congress. It is all in one's own mind. But the military serves big Federal government – NOT the country as a whole. That is empirical fact.
Why did those pilots turn back instead of saving other AMERICANS on the USS Liberty? They just "followed orders" and let the Israeli torpedo boats use Americans as target practice. How shameful. Now, if the military served the country (aka "the people") and not government there would have been a coup over that alone, plus a myriad other indignities.
Survival of the fittest.
Most of them weren't fit to survive.
Dizzy clown….retire her ignorant a$$
Unfortunately, not until it's too late……
Are you really an idiot today. I have no doubt whatsoever that some parts of our Military will follow the Constitution and fire on the Traitors in D.C. None whatsoever.
Oh, yeah, that's not what the Hack Lib wanted people to know, so he had to spin. Pretty sad and low, but still not the lowest you've been.
and who knows where that finger's been……
Barbara Boxer is one of the dimmest bulbs in the Senate. She doesn't deserve re-election. Someone needs to put a video of these remarks into a campaign ad and just keep running it.
Isn't she precious?
Get out, Babs! You aren't doing us any favors by hanging around and insulting the good people of this nation anyway. You're a disgrace. If I had been in that General's seat when you combed his ears for calling you "mam," I would have gotten up and slapped your ugly face.
Boxer is an utter buffoon that is the poster woman for everything that is wrong with career beltway politicians. Boxer has got to go, the woman is a moron and a light weight. Maybe Babs should spend sometime in a fox hole and see how though the military really is.
I have seen it happen–Kent State Ohio in the 70's when the Ohio national guard sent in by the gov at the time.
Wackco<sp> Texas too. In both case they were on our side, just that our was the government and not the citizens…you have a point.
i have only lived here since 7/5/08 and I have noticed that a lot of people in California are half-wits. There are exceptions to the rules but if you sit down with a random Californian one thing you notice first is their 'entitled' attitude. Then you notice a little bit of a superiority attitude, like "I live in the greatest state in the nation..in the world". I've often heard "Well, WE in California don't feel the other States…" as if California had an answer for the world's ills. California is headed for a big down fall, I think the only 'boom' that can same them now is if they start to drill for oil, otherwise we have exhausted all our money generating resources. I will be here for the collapse it's going to be interesting to see
You sound as if you are speaking from experience of serving in the military, what branch did you serve in?
I almost gave you a thumbs down for that and screamed TROLL LOL just kidding. You know it's really bad when someone like SamHamilton with a negative -31 rating thinks Boxer is a loser. Babs, Babs, Babs, it's time to go home for good.
Barbara Boxer-shorts is a prime example of why things are so screwed in Kal-i-forn-i-yeah!
Add Diane Feinstien, Nancy Pelosi, Henry Waxman and a few other flakes and nuts and you have just made the case for euthanasia. Keep going with the list, and it doesn't bode well for our kosher brethern.
I gave him a thumbs up for you
Ain't it great when the filter gets plugged and they accidentally say what they really think…she just gave Fiorina a great political add–hopefully some of Obama's support of Boxer will splash some mud on him too.
If I thought about it for awhile I could come up with an add to hit both–his support as idiocy and her idiocy.
Ahhh, now it comes out – you are citing some BAD decisions and mistakes and "assuming" that's the Military 100% ALL the time.
See, there's a theme that is present in EVERY SINGLE Military screw up you are going to site (believe me, I already know your list, because I know it too) – and that's when the POLITICIAN in D.C. – who "think" they know better – start micro-managing from a fricken desk in a cozy office building, and NOT let the troops and officers ON-SITE make those decisions.
Go ahead… bring us the NEXT lame attempt.
And you just blew your who point – Babs up there doesn't "serve" in Congres – she's RULING (Hint: the politicians are SUPPOSE to serve, but they have turned to RULING and not SERVING. It's fun when your own posts blow your whole ideals and arguments out of the water. Please keep posting!!)
A recent poll says that 20% of Californians believe they need mental health care. Seems like that could be part of the problem…?
When the left looses the loosers, they have lost.
Ever watch South Park? All elections are a choice between a turd sandwich and a giant douche. Pick the one who will be less likely to cause you to slit your writs. In California that's the absolute best for which you can hope.
It's more that they HATE other people….
ain't that the truth!
imagine if this era was before cable tv (Fox News), the internet and video cams. what kind of country would this be right now?
If Boxer died tomorrow California would still re elect her….
Yeahhh hmmm I live in California and I barely hear a word from her campaign. I gotta go outside to big govment. Your article is correct and she knows that when she speaks it only reveals her left wing tax and spend hate the military attitudes. There is a growing wave here in Cali and it doesn't look good for babs. uhhh buh bye DLTDHYOTWO Boxer.
"Please make a note of it….Babs and Jane and Maxine… "
And by the way…
The three of them together "couldn't pour piss out of a combat boot if the instructions were written on the heel"…
—-USMC circa 1945—
If you hate it here so much just leave. Otherwise shut up.
You're wasting your time Dave. talkzalot's Indian name is seznuthin
"But the military serves big Federal government – NOT the country as a whole."
You, sir, are a moron.
"just "followed orders" and let the Israeli torpedo boats use Americans as target practice."
And an anti-semite.
This just keeps getting better and better.
"Now, if the military served the country (aka "the people") and not government there would have been a coup over that alone, plus a myriad other indignities. "
A kooky, anti-semitic moron.
Strike three, you're out.
That is, like, so stolen.
More importantly, she's talking down to veterans as if they are children and need to be exposed to "their own kind" as Shirley Sherrod would say.
I can easily imagine that being a politician is a hell of allot more stressful than being a soldier. The problem is that most politicians suck.
That crazy old heater would have been fragged long ago.
Is that a brown spot on her finger? I guess she pulled it out of her butt long enough to point it at somebody.
Olive
You are so clever.
Oh, a coward, too.
Better and better.
Rats, I had money on the apple branch.
Boxer is a typical liberal; they all believe that they are the salvation of the human race.
Even if she is a senator, she will NEVER rise to the rank of Ma'am
Is that all you got?? Really? How about commenting on the actually STORY and not a 2nd grade playground taunt. Or don't you know anything BUT a 2nd grade playground taunt?
So, how are Babs' rulings enforced? Ultimately, the military!
How about a case of the Federal government forcing their morals on local state-level decisions?
http://www.eagleton.rutgers.edu/programs/egov/ap_...
And an anti-semite.
I guess the truth is anti-Semitic, then.
http://www.counterpunch.org/stclair1126.html
So you're comparing something that happened a half CENTURY ago to her comments today?? (And it's kinda funny you bring up THAT – where a Democrat Governor was trying to keep Blacks out of school…but you won't MENTION that very SAME incident when talking about Sherrod…..Things that make us go Hmmmmmm)
Is that all you got?? Besides being busted AGAIN by your own posts??
You got twenty foot long arms you're reaching so hard to concoct this conclusion. Her comment was about how people in like professions can benefit from comraderie with their peers. Mentioning soldiers and congress critters in the same sentence isn't enough to stretch to this flawed conclusion she is equating them. Y'all are some bona fide idiots.
Huh? What's that got to do with anything with THIS story?
Or is this YOU bringing YOUR anti-semite Red Herring into EVERY THREAD YOU POST IN??
And then you argue against yourself.
Me thinks she looks like she got left out in the sun too long
and is autopsy ready judging by the brain function not going on.
Another Helen Thomas in the green room waiting.
I know, I know feeding the trolls again. To CP7768 Ha! There's no way I'm leaving I can't wait to see the likes of you begging in the streets or breaking and entering to make a living. Lucky for me I don't subscribe to the California credit way of life. Go back to WI, nah it would be like leaving in the middle of an awesome movie you just paid $12 a ticket to see. Thanks for the offer anyway! I will see this to the end.
People are leaving California in droves? Where are they going?
Why do you need a goose to pursue your ideas? Wait, don't answer that.
It seems to me one is more of a spoiled little kid by pointing fingers and blaming others for one's supposed problems.
Free market at work baby.
"She has lived the hardships of our veterans?"
Is that what she said?
Yet another example of a politician consumed with arrogance and bloated with self-importance. This is the same one who told a General officer not to call her "Maam", but "Senator" because she'd earned the title. I know another title she's earned. This troll-like creature serves as the poster child for why Americans hate and despise their government. Honey, I've worn my country's uniform on the battlefield and there is NOTHING you've ever done that can compare. I can't tell you how much I wish you bad things.
So you're comparing something that happened a half CENTURY ago to her comments today??
You think they are more or less likely to use military force against Americans today? Ever hear of NorthCOM?
Good one! An article pointing fingers and making stretched conclusions turns into a case of lefties forever pointing. Awesome. Don't you ever let reality get in the way of your delusions, don't change a bit.
If you ever wonder why someone thinks they're better than you, its because they heard you talk. zing!
As opposed to bravely bombing shepherds because they pose a "threat" to us?
ALL the things you say would have absolutely NO force if the military was with the people and not the government. You can sit in a room and pass bills if you like. Only thing that makes that different is the military they command.
Remember in November, vote out all democrats and rinos.
Unless you are willing to vote 3rd party that will not be achievable.
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You are so not………..
Barbara, could you please me call me…
…… "Taxpaying, sovereign citizen when you address me, I've worked so hard to earn that title"……….. Thank you.
.
Better than screwing the sheep like you, coward.
Nice "scare quotes", btw.
This woman is utterly insane! What an embarrassment to our country. Pathetic!
http://www.youtube.com/user/CultureWarriors#p/u/2...
You mean like laws against murder, moron?
Sweet Cthulu on a hot dog bun, you are sooooo easy.
Ever hear of patriotism?
Thought not.
You wouldn't know truth if it bit you on your shriveled little scrotum, hater.
"The anti-Semite necessarily defines himself as monumentally inferior to the Jew. "
Please California…do the right thing…release this poor woman from her duty.
p.s. She would make a great corpseman!
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