Rampaging Ego: Barbara “Call Me Senator” Boxer Has Democrats Anxious about Success of Global Warming Tax Bill
Posted By Vicki McClure Davidson on July 24, 2009
Abrasive Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-California) is treading on thin ice with Democrat leaders | AP Photo/Ron Edmonds
UPDATE, August 14, 2009: Here’s the reason Barbara Boxer won’t be addressing her constituents at any town hall meetings on national concerns like socialized health care… she has a BOOK TOUR scheduled. Priorities, Babs, priorities… read Jude, Big Hollywood: Boxer’s Book Signings: Bold, Open Forums for the locations where SENATOR “Don’t Call Me Ma’am” Boxer will be hawking her book in the cities of Danville, San Jose, and San Francisco in California. Thank me later.
 
Barbara Boxer, the abrasive Democrat senator from California, has been in the news lately, and it’s all been none too flattering.
Democrats are worried that Boxer’s inflated ego and antagonism will sabotage her work on the controversial global warming energy tax bill.
They should be worried.
Boxer has been openly dismissive of the military and blacks, and her nasty, condescending exchanges have been viewed by countless people on YouTube and on grassroots blogs, and audio replays of Boxer’s snide comments have been listened to on talk radio by millions of Americans.
Public approval is a fleeting, fragile thing, and should Sen. Boxer have yet another unsavory exchange like she’s had with Brig. Gen. Michael Walsh and National Black Chamber of Commerce Harry Alford, her own political career may be sabotaged, in addition to the horrible cap-and-tax energy bill. To both, I’d say good riddance.
This just out from Rasmussen: Boxer is clinging to a measly four-point lead in her bid for re-election.
If any of the Democrat leaders should discuss it with her, let’s hope they remember to address her as “Senator.” She’s worked dang hard for that title.
From Politico:
Democrats raise concerns about Barbara Boxer
Politico
By LISA LERER & MANU RAJU | 7/23/09A 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.
“That only revs up my people,” she told POLITICO. “I use that to send them letters and say, ‘Help me.’ So I get millions of dollars because these people are attacking me in the most ridiculous, unfair way. The more they do it, the more I get energized for my [reelection] race, and the more my supporters help me because they think it’s so ridiculous and unfair.”
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.
Michelle Malkin has responded to this Politico piece: Barbara Boxer: My jerkish behavior is great for fund-raising!
Related reading:
National Black Chamber of Commerce: NBCC Study Finds Waxman-Markey Reduces GDP by $350 Billion: New study finds Waxman-Markey could cost 2.5 million U.S. jobs each year through 2030 and reduce earnings
Christopher C. Horner, Big Government: Climate Change: The ‘Planned Recession’ Strategy and Who Is and Who Isn’t Qualified to Speak on Global Warming
The American Pundit: Barbara Boxer Taken to the Woodshed For Racial Condescension
Bret Jacobson, Big Government: Kerry and Boxer’s Wheel of Misfortune
Hot Air: Audio: Harry Alford calls Barbara Boxer a racist and Boxer gets snotty with general: Address me as “senator,” not “ma’am” and Audio: DeMint goes nuclear on Boxer for getting snotty with general
Chuck DeVore, Big Hollywood: Barbara Boxer: A Bad Actor
GayPatriot: Barbara Boxer Ma’amapalooza and The more people know about Ma’am Boxer, the less likely she’ll keep her seat
Barking Moonbat: Where Is Al Gore? July 22: Worst snowstorm in 50 years hits Buenos Aires.
The Barton Bulletin: Boxer: “I Will Continue To Be A Race Baiting Elitist”
Frank DeMartini, Big Hollywood: Obama’s Six-Month Report Card
Temple of Mut: THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN: Californians Talk to Boxer’s SD Rep. and California Eco-Bureaucrats’ Voodoo Science Kills Jobs
The Hamilton Post: Boxer finds herself on the hot seat
El Campeador’s Weblog: Another Democrat, Another Racist…‘God Awful’: Black Chamber of Commerce CEO Rips Sen. Boxer for ‘Condescending’ Racial Remarks
Founding Bloggers: (VIDEO) Barbara Boxer Called Out As A Racist!
JustOneMinute: Barbara Boxer Using That Old Black Science
Noel Sheppard, NewsBusters: Black Chamber CEO Blasts Boxer for Being ‘Racial’, Will Media Notice?
Wise Conservatism: It seems some of us are awake after all….
VotingFemale Speaks! Sarah Palin Makes Bombing Run on Cap and Trade; GOP and Socialist Pundits run for cover
Ed Driscoll, Pajamas Media: “Never Have I Heard Such A Racial Slant Directed Towards Me In All These Years”
The Anchoress, First Things: Obama, “no excuses,” Boxer inexcusable – UPDATED
Casey Fiano: Barbara Boxer ripped by witness; calls her “condescending” and “godawful”
Write Wing Politics: Dumbocrat Barbara Boxer Plays Race Card from the Bottom of the Deck
The Mudville Gazette: Progress
The Harrington Report: Boxer Takes Heat from CEO for Racist Remarks
Jewels’ Jungle: Senator Boxer makes Energy Policy into race issue… and is called out for it
nakedEric: Barabara Boxer Is A True Patriot. No, Not Really…
Michelle Malkin: The Cone of Shame Awards and Pressure’s on: Senate Dems put cap-and-tax on ice and Barbara Boxer meets Dr. Evil and Cap-and-trade, “reconciliation,” and the death of deliberation
Axis of Right: Boxer Places Cap and Trade on Back Burner
Frugal Cafe´ Blog Zone: Mark Levin Rips on Sen. Barbara “Don’t Call Me Ma’am” Boxer (video) and Priceless… Sen. Barbara Boxer Meets Dr. Evil
The Western Experience: Lefty Racism: Barbara Boxer keeping “them” on the plantation.
America, You Asked For It!: Sen Barbara Boxer’s (D-CA) Racism Displayed
Start Thinking Right: Barbara Boxer Caught In The Act Exhibiting Classic Liberal Racism
Rob’s Rantings: Barbara Boxer Gets A Smack Down
Captain Slackchain: Barbara Boxer gets her ass handed to her
The Great Illuminator: Barbara Boxer Offended When Called ‘Ma’am’ By Brigadier General; UPDATE: DeMint Not Pleased
Jeffrey Jena, Big Hollywood: Boxer Demotes Herself From ‘Ma’am’ to ‘Senator’
William Yeatman, Townhall.com: A Real Choice on Climate Change: Do Nothing
FOX News Politics: Sen. Boxer Offers No Apology for Rebuking Brigadier General Who Called Her ‘Ma’am’
Ken Shepherd: MSNBC’s Matthews Portrays General Dissed by Sen. Boxer as ‘Political Sideshow’
The National Republicrat: Barbara Boxer: Please Call Me ‘Senator’
Independent Sources: Barbara Boxer’s Novel: Coming Soon To A Bargain Bin Near You
The Conservative Post: Babs “Ma’am” Boxer Show Her Disdain for Our Military
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