[Paul Bunyan]

And who can forget the great "Call me Senator, not Ma'am" incident?



Is it any wonder California is in the toilet?

[Saqwnht]

She's always struck me as a weak senator. Not really even worth making fun of. Wonder why Californians reelect her all the time.

[sandracuk]

Are you too stupid to consult the video evidence?

[Klorissana]

Apparently she thinks a black man disagreeing with the NAACP is a bad thing. Black people leaving the plantation is a bad thing.

[pE71J5Sw]

In her defense, the guy was from a "racial" organization. So it doesn't seem unreasonable to put into the record the position of another organization that supposedly represents the same race. That is completely irrelevant.

The guy is from a "racial" commerce organization. I'm not familiar with his actual background in commerce/economics, but despite NBCC's obvious ethnical slant, the proper thing to do is confronting him with other commerce organizations. Not with other black people.

Does it also make it reasonable to confront his view with that of Lil' Jon or 50 Cent?

[nmnrIjGB]

Drake sure does love those deceptively edited and misleading political attack videos.

[TZids16I]

Wow, did you just try and deny the stupidity of Boxer above Oerdin? Really?

1.) Please point out the editing of the video

and

2.) Please explain to us the justification Boxer had in bringing up the opinion of the NAACP and the 100 Black Men resolutions.

This should be fun.

[Yifnvmzp]

Ah, but the NAACP isn't just any organization. As that one Senator stated, it has views on a broad range of issues.

And when you stick "Black" in your organization's title, you are implying that you are representing all black people. So if another "Black" organization has differing views, why is it wrong to point that out?

Of course, she should address the relevant economic issues, and she probably did after the video ended.

NAACP isn't for "Black" people. it's for Colored People. Please use the preferred term in the future.

[cQT6nmEc]

Politico: Democratic Staffers in Congress Think Barbara Boxer is a Dumb *****

Democrats raise concerns about Barbara Boxer

A big chunk of the House climate change bill is in the hands of Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairwoman Barbara Boxer — and some of its supporters are worried that she’s not up to the task.

In private conversations, Senate staffers say that Boxer’s abrasive personal style helped tank the climate bill that Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) and former Sen. John Warner (R-Va.) sponsored last year. And several recent embarrassing episodes involving the California Democrat have them worried about a repeat performance.

During a committee hearing in June, Boxer upbraided a brigadier general for calling her “Ma’am” rather than “Senator.” During another hearing this month, Boxer found herself in a testy exchange with the CEO of the National Black Chamber of Commerce, who accused her of “condescending” to him.

For some Democratic staffers, the incidents underscored the danger of having an outspoken partisan liberal in charge of making the kinds of compromises needed to get cap and trade through the Senate.

“One of the criticisms that comes down on Boxer a great deal is that she takes it to really a very personal level,” said one Democratic staffer.

Added another Democratic aide: “People don’t look at her as the person who’s going to make a deal and bring both sides to the table. Her way is the only way.”

Boxer says that she doesn't regret the recent episodes — and that any attention her political opponents devote to them will help her in her 2010 reelection bid. ...

Although the Lieberman-Warner bill cleared her committee last year, Democratic staffers complain that Boxer failed to win over enough Democratic senators to get it through the Senate and relied on moralistic global warming arguments to guilt Democrats into backing the bill — even though several thought they lacked the information they needed to vet or alter it.

“You can’t just do this by guilting folks,” said one senior Democratic aide who, like others, would speak only on the condition of anonymity. “It has to be an orderly process where every member has their say.”

This time around, Democratic leaders have spread Boxer’s workload among six committee chairmen.

“I don’t think anyone is going to let her take the ball this year,” said one staffer at an environmental group. “Not after last year.”

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0709/25309.html

[Chubrehege]

A few years back I worked as an expert witness for the defense in a $4 trillion lawsuit Boxer filed against a railroad for spilling metam sodium into the Sacramento River. Spilling hazardous materials carries some serious penalties. But this case was in and out of court in about five minutes once it was pointed out that metam sodium was not clasified as a hazardous material at the time of the case. (It is now.)

[AssinHT]

Black people leaving managing the plantation is a bad good thing.

[baronaaba]

Shup honkey!

[Gadarett]

Barbara Boxer: Healthcare reform opponents at town halls are too well-dressed to be for real. Also, conservatives should respect me because Reagan was also from California.

[Smalmslobby]

Boxer Compares RNC Reaction To Nobel Prize To Taliban's

[Mr Andrews]

You make the best ones, Zhib, because you are honestly clueless about your failing is that regard.

[maclaudser]

Boxer Compares RNC Reaction To Nobel Prize To Taliban's

To be fair, that's orders of magnitude less dumb than Limbaugh comparing his own Nobel Prize reaction to the Taliban's.

[66paptroump]

A few years back I worked as an expert witness for the defense in a $4 trillion lawsuit Boxer filed against a railroad for spilling metam sodium into the Sacramento River. Spilling hazardous materials carries some serious penalties. But this case was in and out of court in about five minutes once it was pointed out that metam sodium was not clasified as a hazardous material at the time of the case. (It is now.)

That's very strange considering: (a) she's never been a lawyer and (b) she's a member of the leglislative, not the executive, branch of government. How did she file a lawsuit??

BTW, does anyone really think Obama deserved the Nobel Peace Prize? Stop trying to jack your own thread!

[Signabeademia]

Adam Smith

[Kokomoxcv]

That really isn't cool, Zkrib.

[Erwtbimp]

What happened to Adam Smith?

Yeah, what?? (It must have happened when I was away.)

--Sorry if I offended anyone. I didn't realize that Drake had resurrected an old thread. I thought this was current stuff.

Really, what happened to Adam Smith?