How about “petty, arrogant, rude, self-important, out-of-touch bitch”? How would that be, ma’am?
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Most times I am not paying attention enough to catch these political references. A referential link might help to illuminate your attempt at wit.
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Actually, no, MA’AM, you didn’t work hard to get to where you are. You are an elected official, which means you got to where you are by conniving people into liking you.
The man you publicly derided is a Brigadier General in the United States Army – HE worked hard to get where he is today. He EARNED his title (which you never used when speaking to him), and he earned it by defending the country that allowed you to rise above yourself and become such an arrogant C-U-Next-Tuesday.
Here endeth the rant.
You know, all day I kept hearing in my head Alan Ruck as Cameron Frye as George Peterson yelling on the phone to Edward R. Rooney, Dean of Students: “Call me SIR, goddammit!”
NHfalcon: Interesting that you chose that term, as I chose “bitch” intentionally as well. I think she must be perceiving sexism in the way he chose to address her, which is absurd, but that’s all I can figure.
Certainly I can’t imagine a male senator objecting to being called “sir.” And, as has already been pointed out many times today, Boxer had no problem calling Condoleezza Rice “madam.”
(Wow, you want to talk about someone considerably more impressive than Barbara Boxer…)
“Sir” and “ma’am” are equal terms of respect. I’m sick to fucking death of perceived sexism, racism, homophobia, or any other sort of prejudice you care to name, when none exists. It belies an appalling lack of respect for the genuine battles that have been fought and won on these fronts. Some malcontent standing/sitting around waiting to be offended is just stealing oxygen.
I think from now on, when I find “petty, arrogant, rude, self-important, out-of-touch bitch” too much of a mouthful, I’ll just call her “that babbling girl senator.”
Yo Chick, works too
Not only are sir and ma’am equal terms of respect, they are also the terms used by army when addressing higher ranks: The universal terms of respect that lower ranks must use when addressing senior officers are “Sir” and “Madam.” These terms are not applied to noncommissioned officers, however; the appropriate affirmative response to a sergeant, for example, is “Yes, Sergeant.”
So, he was addressing her as though she were a higher ranking officer which is what she seemed to want, but is too stupid to realize it is what she got.
And, perhaps, I will refer to her from now on as Senatress.
“And could you please call me Grand Poobah, Lord High Chancellor of the Sith? I worked so hard to pluck that title from the pathetic Rebellion.” Words fail me. Some people need to be converted to food.
‘seester: “Senatress”! Indeed. The most elegant answer eluded me.
BamaDan: I wondered at the time if it was enough of a big deal to do a post on it, but if anything, I’m madder about it now than I was yesterday. The triviality plucked from gravity, of which this is a shining example, is a large component of the entire problem with our political system today.
Fat lot of good it’ll do (-5), but I’m considering a letter to her underscoring that it is a privilege for her to sit there, as opposed to it being a privilege for us for her to sit there. I suspect the words “public servant” shall also appear.
You could always call her, Bo. Mike Gallagher was having a field day with this on Thursday. He was giving out her phone number every chance he could. Then one of his listeners told him that Boxer’s office was asking for the zip code they were ecalling from, and if it wasn’t the zip code from Boxer’s district then the office would hang up on them.
So Gallagher started giving out the zip code, too. 🙂
NHfalcon: Interesting division of concern. I don’t have to live in California for the behavior of Senatress Boxer to be my business. She’s still a voting member of a national body, is she not?
Moreover, last I checked, my dollars, including my dollars donated to political campaigns, still spend everywhere in the country. I don’t live in South Dakota either, but I helped run Tom Daschle out of the Senate. You’re welcome.