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GMA Highlights Boxer's Jab at Condi's Personal Life By Mark Finkelstein (Bio \| Archive) January 12, 2007 - 09:22 ET As NewsBuster Warner Todd Huston has noted, Sen. Barbara Boxer took an unseemly jab at Condi Rice yesterday. Of all the members of the Senate, the one you might expect to be least likely to call attention to a woman's single, childless status for purposes of scoring political points would be Boxer. And yet it was the oh-so-broadminded senator from the Bay Area who did just that when Condi Rice appeared before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee yesterday to defend President Bush's newly-announced Iraq plans. In a segment narrated by ABC senior national correspondent Jake Tapper, today's Good Morning America highlighted Boxer's questionable comment, running a good-sized clip of the exchange. Story Continues Below Ad ↓ <a href="http://harvest.AdGardener.com/noscript.aspx?s=16&c=fa99ab07-42c2-43e0-abfb-b47f96e4b9b9" target="_blank"><img src="http://harvest.AdGardener.com/noscript.aspx?s=16&w=336&h=280&c=fa99ab07-42c2-43e0-abfb-b47f96e4b9b9" width="336" height="280" border="0" /></a> Rice: "I can never do anything to replace any of the lost men and women in uniform, or the diplomats, some of whom . . . " An interrupting Boxer: "Madame Secretary, please, I know you feel terrible about it; that's not the point. I was making the point about who pays the price for your decisions. Now the issue is who pays the price? Who pays the price? I'm not going to pay a personal price. My kids are too old, and my grandchild is too young. You're not going to pay a particular price, as I understand, with an immediate family." Whoah! Tapper noted that the exchange "seemed to many people to get a bit personal" a view echoed by the "Tough Words" of the screen graphic. Back in the studio, Diane Sawyer observed: "I want to go back to congresswoman [sic] Boxer, Jake, for a second and the Secretary of State. And by the way, we saw the Secretary of State's eyebrow just go up when that question came in. I know that congresswoman [sic] Boxer has felt some pressure. Any new word from her on what she meant?" Tapper: "Well, Sen. Boxer's office says all that she meant to say was that Secretary of State Rice, just like Sen. Boxer, does not have any family members in the military. They say she was not trying to draw attention to the Secretary's personal life in any way." Note: Boxer's dubious remark has attracted major media attention. But at least in its crucial first half-hour this morning, "Today" made no mention of Boxer's blow. Think the folks at NBC might have covered the comment had a Republican senator addressed it to a Dem woman in similar circumstances? Hot Air has video of the GMA segment. AP Going Victorian?: The Associated Press used this phrase to describe Boxer's slap: "Even Rice's status as a single woman was fair game." Single woman? In an age in which 30% of all children, and over 70% of black children, are born to single women, how oddly Victorian of the AP. Was this just a slip, or was AP reluctant to use the expression "Rice's status as a childless woman" because that would have cast Boxer in an even crueler light? Mark was in Iraq in November. Contact him at mark@gunhill.net —Mark Finkelstein is a NewsBusters contributing editor and host of Right Angle. Contact him at mark@gunhill.net. 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ABC actually was putting Boxer on the hotseat by highlighting her dubious comment. If anything I believe Condi is cast in a sympathetic light. Login or register to post comments Email this page I don't disagree with you Mar January 12, 2007 - 10:01 ET by The Real Tony I don't disagree with you Mark, but I just want to add that I'm not shocked or surprised at how low liberals will gladly stoop. Fight Terrorism at home - defeat a liberal! Login or register to post comments Email this page I doubt any of us are, real January 12, 2007 - 12:05 ET by Dyne I doubt any of us are, really. After all, they're constantly in that position so they can do as much of the butt-kissing that they do. Not all Americans are stupid, it's just that all of the idiots are given jobs within the MSM. Login or register to post comments Email this page So much fodder, so little spa January 12, 2007 - 10:02 ET by Edhenry So much fodder, so little space. Let's turn this around and say Condi has 10 children, all in the military. Given the Senator's illogical comment, Boxer could then "argue" Condi's decisions would be based on personal circumstances. If Boxer goes this direction, where national security decisions are supposedly based on personal risk, she belongs at "The View", not in the most powerful chamber in the world. Either the decision is right for the country, as advance by the Secretary of Sate, or it isn't. The "personal" issue degrades the arguement (and ironically the women in power initiative) Login or register to post comments Email this page I like your mind Edhenry... January 12, 2007 - 10:07 ET by acaiguana I like your mind Edhenry... Having said that, (don't you love it) the point about where Boxer's brain might possibly be is very good. Here we stand, in a War in Iraq and Afghanistan and possibly in Somalia and the Phillipines; Boxer makes it personal beyond the level of intellect sitting in front of her. Boxer wouldn't know how to go one on one with Condi if her head depended on it. How mindless can she be? Well, look at her record in the Senate. How silly can things get in California - dumb question, sorry. ACA ... Acaiguana says: "I love blind Monkeys and any inference that I am making fun of blind Monkeys would be wrong. Login or register to post comments Email this page Why do Democrats get a pass on the "XXX meant to say..." January 12, 2007 - 09:59 ET by acaiguana Why do Democrats get a pass on the "XXX meant to say..." "Duh, soldiers are stupid." "What our distinguished and overly brilliant Senator meant to say was..." "It was a joke, come on..." You know Mark, before 2006 elections I stood up for the common sense of Americans and never once thought they were buying into the charade of hollow Democrat talking points. Now, I'm not so sure. ACA ... Acaiguana says: "I love blind Monkeys and any inference that I am making fun of blind Monkeys would be wrong. Login or register to post comments Email this page Why do Democrats get a pass January 12, 2007 - 11:22 ET by Tom1969ca Why do Democrats get a pass on the "XXX meant to say..." Notice, too, that whenever a Republican/conservative misspeaks (i.e., "misunderestimated"), the MSM and the left never, ever allows the "what the person meant to say..." defense. The person was just stupid to have said that. (Of course, all Republicans are stupid. Reagan was stupid. Bush (41) was stupider than Reagan, Quayle was stupider than Bush (41), and Bush (43) is stupider than the lot of them. And I'm probably stupid for making up a word like "stupider".) ~~~ VOTE DEMOCRAT! (It's easier than thinking) Login or register to post comments Email this page I dunno Tom, I'm a big fan of making up words. January 12, 2007 - 11:27 ET by acaiguana I dunno Tom, I'm a big fan of making up words. Democrats can make up facts, or ignore the inconvenient ones. I can make up words. My daughter at 5 made up the word: "am'nt" to mean "am not". Worked for me. ACA ... Acaiguana says: "I love blind Monkeys and any inference that I am making fun of blind Monkeys would be wrong. Login or register to post comments Email this page (Of course, all Republicans a January 12, 2007 - 11:52 ET by deus_ex_machina (Of course, all Republicans are stupid. No, Reagan was stupid. No, Bush (41) was stupider than Reagan, No, Quayle was stupider than Bush (41), Yes, and Bush (43) is stupider than the lot of them. Yes. And I'm probably stupid for making up a word like "stupider".) Not necessarily. Does that help? Login or register to post comments Email this page Amazingly... January 12, 2007 - 12:08 ET by Unsane For some reason he was stupid enough to run a baseball team, win two governor's races (the last with 69% of the vote), and the Presidency twice. What was that you said you done (except intervene on dire situations in Roman drama)? "HAV3 TH3 BRIDG3S OF INSANITY B33N CROSS3D AND FOR3V3R R3TRACT3D???." - Meshuggah, "3ntrapm3nt", from Catch Thirty Thr33 (2005) Login or register to post comments Email this page For some reason he was stupid January 12, 2007 - 12:46 ET by deus_ex_machina For some reason he was stupid enough to run a baseball team, You believe he actually "ran" that baseball team? Thanks for the morning chuckle. win two governor's races (the last with 69% of the vote), and the Presidency twice. Money and connections can get you many things in politics. The Bushes are merely the Republican version of the Kennedys. What was that you said you done (except intervene on dire situations in Roman drama)? I've provided people with jobs. I wouldn't hire Bush to lick postage stamps. Login or register to post comments Email this page "I wouldn't hire Bush January 12, 2007 - 12:51 ET by MightyMouth "I wouldn't hire Bush to lick postage stamps" Sounds like a job for Bubba. "There are two types of people in this country; those who provide freedom and those who enjoy it." MM says... Login or register to post comments Email this page bubba & deu ex machina January 12, 2007 - 12:56 ET by tumbler_2007 Both of them are from French Lick, IN aren't they? Lol! Login or register to post comments Email this page We Have A Trifecta Winner! January 12, 2007 - 12:55 ET by Jimbo Actually, I know for a fact that the President had a real stake in the Rangers and had a significant amount of decsion making policy, so you are wrong on your first point. If money and connections get you so much in politics, and if the Bush's are merely the Republican version of the Kennedy's, why hasn't Teddy been elected President once, never mind twice? So you are wrong on your second point too. Gee - you wouldn't hire a former President assuming President Bush would want to work for you? Doesn't say much for your desire to make money. Perhaps you are are against capitalism too. So you are wrong on your third point too. Congratulations! You have won the trifecta! Login or register to post comments Email this page Why don't you do a little res January 12, 2007 - 14:43 ET by blarsen Why don't you do a little research and find out how Bush basically tried to ruin the Curtis Mathes family by condemning their land so the Rangers could buy the land at a huge discount for their stadium. All of his oil businesses failed as well. "A 1991 internal SEC document suggested George W. Bush violated federal securities law at least 4 times in the late 1980s and early 1990s in selling Harken stock while serving as a director of Harken. This is essentially the same kind of activity that Martha Stewart went to prison over. Except at the time of the investigation, Mr. Bush's father was president and the case was quietly dropped." Login or register to post comments Email this page Well, damn! I ain't gonna vot January 12, 2007 - 21:46 ET by Roger the Shrubber Well, damn! I ain't gonna vote for that George W Bush ever again! If only the Democrats had brought this amazing revelation up back in 2000. Or 2004. They had two presidential elections, yet this was never an issue. Hmmm, that's odd. That damn Karl Rove must have drugged all of us. Login or register to post comments Email this page Libertarian journalists (al January 13, 2007 - 07:31 ET by sarcasmo Libertarian journalists (along with a libertarian ranter going by the 'nym "sarcasmo") brought up the stadium-welfare issue many, many times (including some times regarding some welfare-stadiums before the Texas/Bush welfare-stadium was even an issue) but the biased news media once-again ignored us. Why? IMO because journalist-advocates actually LIKE welfare in all its myriad forms, no matter which "major" political party is milking the public at the moment, welfare/subsidies/em-domain all mean even-bigger government -- a good thing for the news media. This is the same bias that's causing them to refuse to cover Dr. Ron Paul's presidential bid -- it's possible that fair coverage could lead to popularity for smaller government, and we can't have THAT!!! JMR Login or register to post comments Email this page "1991 internal SEC d January 13, 2007 - 06:21 ET by ckc1227 "1991 internal SEC document suggested George W. Bush violated federal securities law at least 4 times in the late 1980s and early 1990s in selling Harken stock while serving as a director of Harken.This is essentially the same kind of activity that Martha Stewart went to prison over." No, it isn't. NEW YORK — Martha Stewart was convicted Friday of obstructing justice and lying to the government about a superbly timed stock sale Why should anyone take you seriously when you can't get the simplest of facts correct? Login or register to post comments Email this page Sounds like you have serious January 12, 2007 - 13:12 ET by Unsane Sounds like you have serious issues with jealousy, envy, and bitterness you should work a bit harder to resolve. (P.S. - That does not mean using the government to steal from the successful.) You've provided people jobs? So, you run a business? I'd never consider taking advantage of a service provided by one as contemptuous of people such as yourself. "HAV3 TH3 BRIDG3S OF INSANITY B33N CROSS3D AND FOR3V3R R3TRACT3D???." - Meshuggah, "3ntrapm3nt", from Catch Thirty Thr33 (2005) Login or register to post comments Email this page Sounds like you have self-est January 12, 2007 - 13:29 ET by deus_ex_machina Sounds like you have self-esteem issues that compel you to defend authority figures who are unworthy of you. Login or register to post comments Email this page What? January 12, 2007 - 13:38 ET by Unsane Huh? I'm not the biggest Bush fan, but unlike you I can articulate better reasoning for that than "I hate Bush, he's stupid." "HAV3 TH3 BRIDG3S OF INSANITY B33N CROSS3D AND FOR3V3R R3TRACT3D???." - Meshuggah, "3ntrapm3nt", from Catch Thirty Thr33 (2005) Login or register to post comments Email this page Let me get this straight...A January 12, 2007 - 10:29 ET by midnight cowboy Let me get this straight... A die hard liberal feminist from the bay area personally attacks a single, childless minority female's private life, but the same feminists defend a sexual predator in the white house saying you can't question his private life. Modern day feminisim, you just can't make this stuff up. Login or register to post comments Email this page Very well said. Amazing, hu January 12, 2007 - 12:37 ET by steviep831 Very well said. Amazing, huh? Login or register to post comments Email this page Was going to save this, but i January 12, 2007 - 17:02 ET by FastEd Was going to save this, but is most appropriate now. There is no sense in being stupid, if you can't prove it! - my dad Login or register to post comments Email this page when you live in a state with January 12, 2007 - 10:36 ET by buddyc when you live in a state with: 1. a horrible public education system 2. a large percentage of the population doesn't speak or read english 3. an extremely high percentage of the employed are government employees 4. a press that is not objective and which is openly partisan 5. a politicized teacher union this is what you get. you get b. boxer. i can't think of a worse senator than boxer. she has done NOTHING for this state. but, hey, hollywood loves her. i am sure she got many calls from people at the la times and in hollywood that congratulated her for what she said to condi. the people she represents are those with big big dollars and with extreme liberal views. Login or register to post comments Email this page buddy,Would just like to ad January 12, 2007 - 10:43 ET by MightyMouth buddy, Would just like to add that all those people you talked about have huge energy draining homes and drive SUV's and/or Limos. But at least they don't wear baby seal coats. That makes them O.K. <thumbs up><wink> "There are two types of people in this country; those who provide freedom and those who enjoy it." MM says... Login or register to post comments Email this page "Ohh-day Spanky!" January 12, 2007 - 10:51 ET by Eric Turner "Ohh-day Spanky!" (Buckwheat giving the thumbs up) "Perpetual itching without benefit of scratching to the enemies of America." - July 4th toast during the Revolution Login or register to post comments Email this page Don't get me wrong vet, I w January 12, 2007 - 10:59 ET by MightyMouth Don't get me wrong vet, I wish I could afford a Limo & big house. Just pointing out the hypocrisy of the high and mighty liberal. "There are two types of people in this country; those who provide freedom and those who enjoy it." MM says... Login or register to post comments Email this page I was just voicing my approva January 12, 2007 - 11:05 ET by Eric Turner I was just voicing my approval! I agree with you! I think I can afford a limo, but then I'd be living in government public housing. "Perpetual itching without benefit of scratching to the enemies of America." - July 4th toast during the Revolution Login or register to post comments Email this page <chuckle>, I sense th January 12, 2007 - 11:12 ET by MightyMouth <chuckle> I sense that you, like I, sometimes have people miss your sarcasm. :-) "There are two types of people in this country; those who provide freedom and those who enjoy it." MM says... Login or register to post comments Email this page Sir, you are right! If ther January 12, 2007 - 11:26 ET by Eric Turner Sir, you are right! If there's one thing you learn in the military it is sarcasm and it's effective use as a teaching tool! "Perpetual itching without benefit of scratching to the enemies of America." - July 4th toast during the Revolution Login or register to post comments Email this page I was just voicing my approva January 12, 2007 - 11:05 ET by Eric Turner I was just voicing my approval! I agree with you! I think I can afford a limo, but then I'd be living in government public housing. "Perpetual itching without benefit of scratching to the enemies of America." - July 4th toast during the Revolution Login or register to post comments Email this page Egads! My first dreaded dou January 12, 2007 - 11:07 ET by Eric Turner Egads! My first dreaded double post!! "Perpetual itching without benefit of scratching to the enemies of America." - July 4th toast during the Revolution Login or register to post comments Email this page That's easy to do, we have January 12, 2007 - 13:30 ET by MightyMouth That's easy to do, we have all done it. The ones that get me are 4 and 5 of the same post. Reminds me of a recent commerical where a guy is in his garage trying to figure out what a particular light switch does. He keeps turning it off and on and nothing happens... camera pans out to see neighbors garage door pounding her car in rhythm to his switch flipping. funny stuff. "There are two types of people in this country; those who provide freedom and those who enjoy it." MM says... Login or register to post comments Email this page I can think of a worse January 12, 2007 - 11:28 ET by misterbill I can think of a worse one (maybe ) Feinstein? Login or register to post comments Email this page Agreed Mr. Bill. Everytime January 12, 2007 - 11:39 ET by MightyMouth Agreed Mr. Bill. Everytime I see Feinstein on the tube I want to throw a brick at the TV. She reminds me so much of Anne Bancroft's character in G.I. Jane. The resemblance is uncanny. "There are two types of people in this country; those who provide freedom and those who enjoy it." MM says... Login or register to post comments Email this page my latest CA concern January 12, 2007 - 11:53 ET by misterbill Hasta la vista baby, what is happening to AAhnold?? Does he want to keep office so bad that he will violate our laws??? Oh well. on my post-apocalyptic map, CA is not part of the US. It is the country of Mexifornia. The country with the highest crime rate in the world. Login or register to post comments Email this page I'm confused. I thought IR January 12, 2007 - 12:00 ET by MightyMouth I'm confused. I thought IRAQ had the highest crime rate in the world? "There are two types of people in this country; those who provide freedom and those who enjoy it." MM says... Login or register to post comments Email this page How about an obvious one...(m January 12, 2007 - 12:55 ET by Senior Chief How about an obvious one...(mis)Speaker Pelosi- another from bay area. Go figure. Login or register to post comments Email this page How about another female from January 12, 2007 - 12:57 ET by Senior Chief How about another female from the bay area...(mis)Speaker Pelosi. Go figure. Login or register to post comments Email this page I just want to know when the January 12, 2007 - 10:49 ET by Eric Turner I just want to know when the National Organization of Women is going to comment on this and chastise Sen. Boxer for the thoughtless comments she made about someone's personal choices. Oh wait, I'm sorry. That may take place if they were actually a non-biased organization. But we're in "opposite world." "Perpetual itching without benefit of scratching to the enemies of America." - July 4th toast during the Revolution Login or register to post comments Email this page boxer January 12, 2007 - 11:01 ET by misterbill sent Boxer an email castigating her for her treatment of Condi. Told her I was glad she did not represent me. Login or register to post comments Email this page I assume you also sent an e-m January 12, 2007 - 15:50 ET by crshedd I assume you also sent an e-mail to Laura Bush for her treatment of Condi. "Dr. Rice, who I think would be a really good candidate (for President), is not interested. Probably because she is single, her parents are no longer living, she's an only child. You need a very supportive family and supportive friends to have this job." http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bella-depaulo/laura-bush-gives-condi-ri_b_36563.html Strange that I went through 10 Google pages and didn't find a SINGLE conservative site that ran this story. Weird. Login or register to post comments Email this page A bizarre suggestion January 12, 2007 - 16:15 ET by Unsane Strange as this suggestion may sound...maybe that is because Mrs. Bush and Dr. Rice have, oh, I don't know, talked about that very issue? "HAV3 TH3 BRIDG3S OF INSANITY B33N CROSS3D AND FOR3V3R R3TRACT3D???." - Meshuggah, "3ntrapm3nt", from Catch Thirty Thr33 (2005) Login or register to post comments Email this page Sure would like to see a site January 12, 2007 - 16:22 ET by crshedd Sure would like to see a site that says Condi told Laura she doesn't want to be President because 'I have no family'. I'll be waiting. Login or register to post comments Email this page So, you require the Internet January 12, 2007 - 19:11 ET by Unsane So, you require the Internet to validate everything? Should I send you a link to validate the sky is blue? Certainly, with your trillions of degrees and your brilliance as an educator, you can understand that they just might have possibly conversed on this subject behind closed doors before Mrs. Bush revealed the content of the conversation? Besides, it is academic anyway. I have resigned myself to the sad fact that Dr. Rice won't run for President. (I was in full panic mode when Paul Tagliabue resigned as NFL commissioner; Dr. Rice is on record as saying that NFL commissioner is her dream job.) "HAV3 TH3 BRIDG3S OF INSANITY B33N CROSS3D AND FOR3V3R R3TRACT3D???." - Meshuggah, "3ntrapm3nt", from Catch Thirty Thr33 (2005) Login or register to post comments Email this page In addition to what others ha January 12, 2007 - 16:36 ET by Mean Gene Dr. Love In addition to what others have said about your claim, look carefully at what Mrs. Bush said: "...is not interested." Her statement implies intimate knowledge on the matter, like she had a conversation with Ms. Rice about the subject. Your claim might have an inkling of validity if Mrs. Bush said, "...probably not interested" or if she said something like "because she is lacking those things she is not qualified." Furthermore, this is about Boxer's ludicris and insulting comments. Most people in America do not have a personal interest (loved one) at stake in the war. So by the logic of her comments the majority of Americans can't have any interest in the decisions made in the war. Preposterous! All of America will pay a much higher price if we wave the white flag in Iraq and refrain from confronting Islamic Terrorism world-wide. Gun Safety Tip #8: No matter how responsible he seems, never give your gun to a monkey. (www.imao.us) Login or register to post comments Email this page Since your source is the huff January 12, 2007 - 16:58 ET by Andrew H. Since your source is the huff post--it's probably a lie. Liberalism is a convenient lie. Login or register to post comments Email this page Dumbass,In one of the above p January 12, 2007 - 21:42 ET by Roger the Shrubber Dumbass, In one of the above posts there is a link from People magazine. Took me all of 30 econds to find it. Weird how the Hufftard "opinion piece" twisted the facts to suit their needs, and you lap it up like a little kitten. You are worse than the fans of Fox News, which you despise. You are what you hate. Login or register to post comments Email this page Sen.Boxer a standard bearer for catty women everywhere! January 12, 2007 - 11:13 ET by CT Seems there is more than one catty women in the Democrat Party (Pelosi-v-Harman). One wonders if it is a California thing or a Liberal Democrat issue. Sen.Boxer sets a fine example for women in politics, meoooow! Login or register to post comments Email this page Naw, it's a girl thingy. January 12, 2007 - 11:16 ET by acaiguana Naw, it's a girl thingy. I'd never (as a guy) comment on this woman's hair, mouth, screech, brain, dress or habit of picking her nose. Never ACA ... Acaiguana says: "I love blind Monkeys and any inference that I am making fun of blind Monkeys would be wrong. Login or register to post comments Email this page Excuse me, but I think I t January 12, 2007 - 11:24 ET by kathleenirish Excuse me, but I think I take offense to your characterization, aca! It's a hypocritical, elite liberal way. Not a 'girlie' thing. P.S. My opinion: Men are constantly judging women on their looks and sex appeal, much more than any woman does with men. "He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, and he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere" -Ali ibn-Abi-Talib, 4th Islamic Caliph Login or register to post comments Email this page I forgot my /sarcasm switch. And stop picking your nose! January 12, 2007 - 11:30 ET by acaiguana I forgot my /sarcasm switch. And stop picking your nose! ... Acaiguana says: "I love blind Monkeys and any inference that I am making fun of blind Monkeys would be wrong. Login or register to post comments Email this page How did you know it's one o January 12, 2007 - 11:35 ET by kathleenirish How did you know it's one of my favorite secret hobbies???!!! Are you one of those Republican/Conservative privacy spies I have heard so much about from the Left? AARRGGHH! I'm ruined! "He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, and he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere" -Ali ibn-Abi-Talib, 4th Islamic Caliph Login or register to post comments Email this page kathleen an exception January 12, 2007 - 11:33 ET by misterbill kathleen an exception--that silly reporter in Chicago who was raving about Obama's physique. I may get a lot of guys on my case, but she acted just like most men do over women. Login or register to post comments Email this page Now that women are supposed t January 12, 2007 - 11:43 ET by kathleenirish Now that women are supposed to be like men, even emulating their more negative traits, because that's what Feminism wanted, right? Women to be like men, because men are superior to women? Huh? I'm confused...anyway, you're right. It is in vogue to be lecherous or rude for either sex. Remember when people used to try to be civilized and show some class? That's WAY out, man. Just like that low-life Barbara Boxer, going after Condi. She knew Condi wouldn't respond in kind in that setting, making it even a more cowardly act. Condi will respond in a dignified way. Or not at all, which is also in keeping with her demeanor. I'd like to see someone go after these punks. But, you know how the media will play that if it did ever happen. "He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, and he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere" -Ali ibn-Abi-Talib, 4th Islamic Caliph Login or register to post comments Email this page I guess liberal unAmerican January 12, 2007 - 11:16 ET by kathleenirish I guess liberal unAmerican Senators from California have been so emboldened that they feel free to get in their ignorant (and bigoted) digs in on our Secretary of State, a minority, a female, and a single one at that! If that doesn't say,"total hypocrite", and "real hater", nothing does. The proof is in the pudding. What's worse: these Democratic legislators have shown that they only care about scoring political points and making sure they undermine whatever plan the president has rather than working towards victory for the US. This woman sickens me, like all her like-minded low-life colleagues. We are living in very sad times for America. Can you imagine if a Republican senator had said such a thing to Madeline Albright in a similar setting. It doesn't take much imagination. "He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, and he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere" -Ali ibn-Abi-Talib, 4th Islamic Caliph Login or register to post comments Email this page It's all about power. The Liberals are vested in the US losing. January 12, 2007 - 11:21 ET by acaiguana It's all about power. The Liberals are vested in the US losing. It can't be said enough. They will trash anything anytime anywhere regardless of how silly it makes them look sitting in a seat in the US Senate or standing on a road in Crawford, TX. Their whole thing is that we have to lose the war. They have invested their entire intellectual bank on the idea that we cannot win a war in the Middle East, we cannot introduce an idea as alien as 'democracy' in the Middle East, we are inferior to European Culture, we are destined to prove Lenin right and Adam Smith wrong, and we are the biggest bully and problem in the world. Pretty much sums it up. Power. ACA ... Acaiguana says: "I love blind Monkeys and any inference that I am making fun of blind Monkeys would be wrong. Login or register to post comments Email this page Agreed. Power. Their own January 12, 2007 - 11:27 ET by kathleenirish Agreed. Power. Their own self-interests before the US. They would eat their young if it guaranteed them more power and control. US interests? The greater good for their country? What's that? No habla anglais! (or similar sentiment) "He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, and he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere" -Ali ibn-Abi-Talib, 4th Islamic Caliph Login or register to post comments Email this page It is ALL about arranging thi January 12, 2007 - 12:12 ET by Unsane It is ALL about arranging things so the American people are nothing more than serfs for the government who pray every hour on the hour for the State to make their lives better by tossing them a few more crumbs. Why else does the Left want a toothless, Nanny State America? "HAV3 TH3 BRIDG3S OF INSANITY B33N CROSS3D AND FOR3V3R R3TRACT3D???." - Meshuggah, "3ntrapm3nt", from Catch Thirty Thr33 (2005) Login or register to post comments Email this page aca closing line January 12, 2007 - 11:56 ET by misterbill aca closing line -- what happened to which city is next? I hoped it would keep people aware. Login or register to post comments Email this page Well, I'm a creative guy, ya know. Also, it's the same thing. January 12, 2007 - 12:05 ET by acaiguana Well, I'm a creative guy, ya know. Also, it's the same thing. Aside from my natural good looks, my sense of humor, my wit, my charm, my innate modesty - the first thing people think when I come to mind is: "What a creative guy!" ACA ... Acaiguana says: "I love blind Monkeys and any inference that I am making fun of blind Monkeys would be wrong. Login or register to post comments Email this page I have the same pppppproblem January 12, 2007 - 12:20 ET by misterbill I have the same pppppproblem, exceppppt, I sttttuttterrr! Login or register to post comments Email this page Was this your inspiration?The January 12, 2007 - 16:57 ET by FastEd Was this your inspiration? There is no sense in being stupid, if you can't prove it! - my dad Login or register to post comments Email this page Naw, FastED, this was my inspiration. January 12, 2007 - 17:06 ET by acaiguana Naw, FastED, this was my inspiration. My system has been encountering serious slow downs due to problems with a switch. I hope to resolve it with my server farm guys before the end of the year. But for the last week, I've been thrown off the Internet intermittently for up to three/four hours. Since I'm the boss, they are slaving away. ACA ... Acaiguana says: "I love blind Monkeys and any inference that I am making fun of blind Monkeys would be wrong. Login or register to post comments Email this page Funny thing about Madeline Al January 12, 2007 - 11:28 ET by Eric Turner Funny thing about Madeline Albright. Apparently her father was one of Condi Rice's graduate professors while at Univ of Colorado and said that she was his favorite student. "Perpetual itching without benefit of scratching to the enemies of America." - July 4th toast during the Revolution Login or register to post comments Email this page Interesting! And, I lik January 12, 2007 - 11:47 ET by kathleenirish Interesting! And, I like your tag line. P.S. Does anyone remember how the Democrats/Clintonites reacted when the little film making fun of Madeline Albright and the appeasement of Kim Jong Il appeared on YouTube? They tried to get it banned! "He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, and he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere" -Ali ibn-Abi-Talib, 4th Islamic Caliph Login or register to post comments Email this page Rice/Boxer January 12, 2007 - 11:49 ET by iveseenitall This is one of the most despicable examples of liberal hypocrisy on record. It is proof positive of liberal shallowness. This is the same woman who would stand in the well of the Senate to support abortion, praise independent and intelligent women, fight to crash the "glass ceiling", and defend modern feminism to the death. Yet she immediately attacks what she feels is Seretary Rice's "vulnerability". Almost unbelievable, but, then again, nothing should surprise you when it comes to modern liberalism. If this doesn't make you sick, nothing will. NEVER,NEVER trust a liberal Login or register to post comments Email this page Considering that Boxer is one January 12, 2007 - 14:02 ET by Prester John Considering that Boxer is one of the most maniacally pro-abortion members of the Senate I find her concern for the "children" a bit disengenuous. That's it!! If only Condi had had an abortion, then she would have some credibility. Login or register to post comments Email this page What's Janet Reno's marital a January 12, 2007 - 14:08 ET by Jack Bauer What's Janet Reno's marital and maternal status? If it's childless, maybe that explains her penchant for removing children by hook or by crook. Exhibit #1. Waco. Exhibit #2. Elian Gonzales. Proud member of the all-powerful and vast *militarist/industrialist/capitalist/zionist-bagelist complex* Login or register to post comments Email this page Great memory Jack - this half January 12, 2007 - 16:51 ET by FastEd Great memory Jack - this half states it! There is no sense in being stupid, if you can't prove it! - my dad Login or register to post comments Email this page Boxer is the walking, talking January 12, 2007 - 14:14 ET by bigtimer Boxer is the walking, talking, perfect definition of the word bitch. I watched the hearing, I wanted to reach out and slap her silly, along with most others on the dais. Btw...Half or more are running for President. On top of that, Rice does not need to ask someone behind her for answers, look through pages and pages of pretend info. from a booklet in front of her, she rarely if ever says 'I will get back to you'...she is a walking talking encyclopedia...I have never seen anyone like her. I for one am amazed at her mind, and thank her. A true patriot. A great woman. "If we ever forget that we are a Nation Under God....then we will be a Nation Gone Under." Ronald Reagan Login or register to post comments Email this page Maybe secretary Rice should'v January 12, 2007 - 14:24 ET by Itty-Bitty-Committee Maybe secretary Rice should've said she aborted three babies. Then, she'd be cool again with Boxer. Login or register to post comments Email this page Serves me right for just read January 12, 2007 - 14:25 ET by Itty-Bitty-Committee Serves me right for just reading the first 20 replies. I see another person had a similar thought. Login or register to post comments Email this page Just shows great minds thi January 12, 2007 - 14:40 ET by kathleenirish Just shows great minds think alike, right? The Barbara Boxers of the world are above scrutiny and being held accountable for anything they say or do. The Media, whose job it should be to ask those questions, never does. Compliant little lapdogs! "He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, and he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere" -Ali ibn-Abi-Talib, 4th Islamic Caliph Login or register to post comments Email this page Let's give credit to ABC in January 12, 2007 - 15:17 ET by Mark Finkelstein Let's give credit to ABC in this case for highlighting Boxer's comments on GMA. Over at "Today" there was no mention - at least not in the crucial first half-hour that I monitored. Login or register to post comments Email this page can't allow ourselves January 12, 2007 - 16:57 ET by tumbler_2007 We can't allow ourselves to get over-emotional (Sniff!) But at this juncture, I for one am PRAYING the Secretary of State is nominated to run for President. With every confidence in her victory I'll dance at the thought of Barbara Boxer coming before Condi with her tail between her bow-legs, and addressing her as "President Rice; how charming to meet you here! Hee, hm.-mm, ch-choke!" Login or register to post comments Email this page Senator Boxer's comment is AL January 12, 2007 - 15:16 ET by crshedd Senator Boxer's comment is ALMOST as bad as Laura Bush's comment on why Condi would never run for president (because she is single w/o children or family in case you forgot). Stupidity on both sides. Login or register to post comments Email this page Whatever, shed. Your compar January 12, 2007 - 15:36 ET by kathleenirish Whatever, shed. Your comparison is asinine. More moral equivalency from the leftist. 1. Barbara Boxer is a United States Senator. 2.Trying to demean our Secretary of State and get in a sucker punch during what should be a setting where the interests of the United States are the only topic. Boxer's political gain (and ego-stroking) appears to be higher on the list in her loser mind. Sickening. She also regularly beats her chest and stands on soap boxes about women's rights, minority rights, blahblah, but it's okay to make boorish comments that, if spoken by a male or Republican colleague, would get them run out of town. And, the flaming hypocrite Boxer would be fighting to lead the charge to run that guy out of town. Laura Bush's comments have none of that context. Also, I she isn't coming from a nasty point-of-view. She's probably right, unfortunately. I think it is probably something that would lessen your chances of winning votes. For men, as well. Boxer should be run out of town, but for other reasons. COW! "He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, and he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere" -Ali ibn-Abi-Talib, 4th Islamic Caliph Login or register to post comments Email this page very true, kathleen January 12, 2007 - 15:45 ET by tumbler_2007 You nailed it. AND, shred: Boxer hasn't made any slight comment. She gave Condi a LECTURE, and anybody who's ever witnessed Boxer on her soap box knows what a complete, unmitigated fool she is. She makes it PLAIN. To everyone except of course, her own knee-jerk robots on the left. Login or register to post comments Email this page Laura Bush's comment was that January 12, 2007 - 16:32 ET by crshedd Laura Bush's comment was that Condi DIDN'T want to be President because she has no family, not that she would lose votes because she didn't. The only ones who would be real concerned about a single person, especially a female, would be conservatives. Unfortunately, Condi would lose votes because she is African-American and a woman. Gee, who would that upset the most-conservatives or progressives? Throw in the single aspect and conservatives see 3 strikes. Login or register to post comments Email this page Looooooser. January 12, 2007 - 21:37 ET by Roger the Shrubber Looooooser. Login or register to post comments Email this page Condi would lose votes beca January 12, 2007 - 21:50 ET by Jack Bauer Condi would lose votes because she is African-American and a woman Gee, who would that upset the most-conservatives or progressives? Why, the laughably named "progeressives" would cheer their tiny hearts out at every vote Condi lost. Hey, never ask a question you don't already know the answer too. And by "progessives", I take it that's your code for "reactionaries" who believe African-American conservatives... (I believe the correct term -- as coined by Harry Belafonte -- is HOUSE NEGROES) ..