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New Ad: Fiorina Slams Boxer‘s ’Say Senator’ Demand
- Posted on September 23, 2010 at 9:12am by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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In the California Senate seat battle, Carly Fiorina has released a new ad poking fun at Barbara Boxer’s infamous “say Senator instead of ma’am” line.
In case you missed it, last June Boxer awkwardly called out General Michael Walsh during a Senate hearing for calling her ma’am instead of Senator (an odd request considering military members are programed from day one to address superiors as sir and ma’am). “I worked so hard to get that title,” she told the General.
Fiorina replays the moment in her new ad, while claiming “I’ll really go to work, to end the arrogance in Washington”:
H/T: Hot Air
According to the recent RCP numbers, Boxer leads Fiorina by an average of 5.5 points.
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Comments (212)
ForMyKids
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 10:04amI hope that Carly wins. I also hope that this is not her only ad. It is easy to show Boxer’s arrogance as her tenure in the Senate is replete with examples. If I were a voter in California, and for the districts that I am looking at here in my own area, I’m looking beyond the mud to see what it is that the person stands for. I have not seen all of her ads so I cannot say what she has run, but I hope there are some out there that speak to what she stands for and not just against the blind arrogance of her opponent.
Report Post »sabastionhalf
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 10:01amAll Boxer did was show how much of a pig she is, and she would do well to recognize that the general earned his title.
Report Post »billmaherscombover
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 9:56amGood ad, but she should show that the General actually addresses Boxer as Ma’am in a very respectful and polite manner. This ad should run around the clock until the polls close in November. The exchange illustrated the complete disconnect between the liberals and our military in a way that an advertising firm could only dream of. As a veteran it made me sick to see this.
Report Post »leftiesaredangerous
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 9:56amHow appropriate.
Report Post »BreeZee
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 9:54amTerm limits, Term limits, Term limits! People like boxer and mccain are prime examples as is frankendodd on why we need term limits. My idea is two terms but not in a row. In four year term they work one year and campaign for three. By seperating the terms they have no reason to campaign.
Report Post »Marylou7
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 10:05am:D Very thoughtful. One term…………GREAT IDEA.
Report Post »VERACIOUS
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 12:10pmI like your “examples” in support of term limits, but let me give you one that everyone overlooks because he tends to fly under the radar…..John Spratt, SC District 5, Chairman of the Congressional Budget Committee. Pray hard that we’ll be replacing him with Mick Mulvaney come November!
Report Post »chrisser
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 11:41pmI like your idea. Heck, we wouldn’t even need limits – you can run as many times as you want, just not concurrently. I‘d add that you can’t run for any offices concurrently at any level. That would sure eliminate “professional” politicians.
Report Post »NickDanger
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 9:51amShe reminds me of Fredo In Godfather II.
Report Post »‘I’m smart – I want respect’.
eddvoss
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 9:45amThe General started out as a Shave Tail, Butter Bar, 2nd Lt and earned his way up through the ranks to earn the stars on his shoulder, Boxer manged to get a few more people than her opponent to vote for her. Now who earned what?
Report Post »BSdetector
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 9:43amGuys lets have a little compassion for Boxer here. We all know it took SO much more dedication for her to earn the title of “Senator” than it was for the man she was speaking to, to earn the title of “General.”
Report Post »Oh wait.
wheresmystick
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 9:42amThere‘s a word for females like Ms Boxer but I won’t use it because my Momma might come up out of the ground get me. Imagine a civil servant who’s likely never even been caught in the rain, speaking to a General officer in that manner. Come on Novermber!
Report Post »thewarriorscry
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 9:41amWhen Titles are more important than Deeds, then we are in a Tyranny.
Report Post »Honest Abe
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 10:24amExcellent point, the power struggle in government is out of control. We the People run the Country not the washington elites.
Report Post »AMERICANCITIZEN
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 9:40amBarbara Boxer is another one of those elected officials that feels she is entitled to her position in the government. This senator has been in Congress way to long. Please California do the right thing and FIRE HER! she is part of the problem.
Report Post »IX-XI
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 11:47pmOh, how I wish that had been me instead of the General in front of her.
I would LOVE to have answered, “What an interesting idea of respect you have. I too worked very hard for my title when I got my Master’s Degree. Henceforth I will consider it a terrible breach of etiquette if you do not address me as Master.”
Report Post »JD Carp
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 9:39amGo Carly! Go Carly! Go Carly!
Report Post »dantom
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 9:39amGreat ad Carly hope and pray you win.
Report Post »onenation
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 9:34amGreat ad. Shows the outright arrogance of this gangster government. VOTE THEM ALL OUT.
Report Post »ron the veteran
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 11:25amvote them out then throw them in jail. for their acts of treason aginst the american people. we must demand this!
Report Post »enduro
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 9:32amI love that broken down image of Boxer towards the end of the ad. Whoops i didn’t say Senator. lol…..
Report Post »Marylou7
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 9:32amYou go Carly.
Report Post »doglady
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 9:30amGo Carly – hope you win in November.
Report Post »capitalideals
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 9:28amShe needs to play this ad over and over again.
Report Post »JJ Coolay
Posted on September 26, 2010 at 11:12amA l l t h e t i m e
Report Post »anti-victim
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 9:27amBoxer is an iconic member of the Ruling Class and one of the most arrorogant.
Report Post »mtnclimberjim
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 9:27amBoxer. stinky old crack. What a pathetic piece of pulp.
Report Post »adifftake
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 9:26amMmmm. Good commercial. Wondering why republicans aren’t running commercials highlighting all the votes verses the polls when it came to voting against the will of the majority of Americans to drown us in debt and how we can do better.
Report Post »SanjiHimura
Posted on September 24, 2010 at 12:12amI bet you that they are saving that stuff until the week before the election. Unless you are Bill Flores down here in Texas, in which case, that is the only weapon that he needs against Chet Edwards(not my congressman thank god).
Report Post »Obi-Wan Kenobi
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 9:24amIf you have to ask for respect, you don’t deserve it.
Report Post »Jsor2112
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 9:36am@ OBI-WAN I don‘t think ma’am is disrespectful at all and I think Boxer is off her rocker but EVERYONE deserves respect, that’s one major thing that sets us apart from them.
Anonimouse
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 9:37amBingo!
Report Post »Anonimouse
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 9:43amThat bingo was for obi wan’s comment, not js.
Report Post »Yes, every human deserves respect until/unless they give you a reason not to. Babs has given us plenty of reason to despise her, not respect her.
independentvoteril
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 9:54am@Jsor2112Respect needs to be EARNED.. however, calling someone MA‘AM IS respectful unless of course it’s a MALE than SIR is respectful.. Boxer THINKS being Senator is like being a QUEEN or some other royal title.. since when is SENATOR, CONGRESSWOMAN/MAN or for even that matter PRESIDENT become something that goes before who they are?? when they address the CEO’S of companies do they say CEO such and such?? Well that’s THEIR title.. That is WHY our government is out of control they THINK they are more than mere servants of the people PAID by the people..
Report Post »Buck Bagaw
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 9:58amRespect is earned not “deserved”. Seems there is a little confusion on the subject, but now back to the show. Ma’am is a polite term of respect while “Senator” is a name for one hundred elected people who sit in Washington and do little to earn respect. Boxer is right, the officer was wrong to address her in such a respectful tone.
Report Post »Jsor2112
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 10:00am@ANON, OK i agree with you. Let me rephrase, I may dispise someone and my not respect what they do or stand for but I would always treat them with respect if or when I would interact with them. It’s all about treating everyone with respect for me. Like how Boxer disrespected General Walsh.
Report Post »Anonimouse
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 10:11amI hear you js, and agree. The problem here is that Babs was disresectful towards Walsh. He is also deserving of respect. And he was treating her in a respectful manner. She wanted to make a point of the power she wields. It was petty and rude and displayed her ignorance.
My conclusion is that she’s an arrogant clod. If she wants respect, she’s now in the hole and needs to earn it back. I wouldn’t bet a buck on that happening. ( lol! )
Report Post »Jsor2112
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 10:24am@ANON, Like I said in my 1st reply to OBI-WAN. I think she’s totally off her rocker. I was raised to call all women Ma’am and men Sir. Especially in a situation like they were in. And I totally agree with your conclusion of her as well. There is no doubt in my mind she is a power hungry liberal elitist.
Report Post »kavine
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 11:06amI second that. She obviously does NOT deserve it!
Report Post »ron the veteran
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 11:15amjsor2112 respect is earned not demanded. or didnt your parents teach you any better?
Report Post »FlameCCT
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 11:17am@Jsor2112
Respect is earned not demanded. While one may treat people respectfully, that is different than being respected. The General was treating her with respect by using ma’am. Boxer has now made calling her a “Senator” a pejorative.
Report Post »IX-XI
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 11:44pmHey JSOR, that’s a mighty respectful thumbnail of yourself there. It almost makes me think you’re putting us on with all this talk about respect.
Report Post »Huckabee Gingrich 12
Posted on September 24, 2010 at 11:50pm@JSOR2112
Report Post »There is no “us and them”, there is at emnity with God or not. Please consider where your fleshly desire to give us all the finger puts you. Pinhead or Patriot: you make the call.
AMERICA4EVER
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 9:21amArrogant elites. If she is married, I wonder if she demands her husband call her Senator?
independentvoteril
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 9:48ammost likely while she gets the whips and chains ready.. LOL
Report Post »Vickita
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 11:08amThank God I read this in the morning. Otherwise, the nightmares from that image…UGH.
Report Post »ron the veteran
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 11:11ami got a name for her, it rimes with witch.
Report Post »Persimmon Knob
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 1:06pmBut, so very, very …..progressive
Report Post »SEBtopdog
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 6:18pmTo Ron the Veteran:
Report Post »It upsets my 2 female dogs to be associated with Barbara Boxer ;)
chrisrbloom
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 9:21amTrue servants don’t demand recognition.
Report Post »Docrow
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 9:28amAmen!
Report Post »dkspiers
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 9:31amAmen Brother !!!
Report Post »Poverty with a view
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 9:43amRonald Reagan lived by a quote that I will paraphrase “There is no limit to where a man can go or what a man can do if he doesn’t care who gets the credit”. This is an ideal progressives could never live by. It’s all about building legacies for them and taking credit for the “good” things and blaming others for the “bad” things. That is why our current president continues to blame Bush for all that’s wrong with our economy. The word “Humble” does not exist in the progressives vocabulary.
Hugh Williams
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 10:25amchrisrbloom
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 9:21am
True servants don’t demand recognition
You got this all wrong. The people are here to serve the ruling elite.
Report Post »powhatan
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 11:34amTrue Dat!
Report Post »NoMeS.
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 11:52amSo true! But sadly…there is no servitude in Washington. Servants don’t travel in private jets and expect their employers to put them up in $3,000 a night hotel rooms! They’ve forgotten that they are employed by the people and can be fired by them as well.
Report Post »Freelancer
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 9:20amAbsolutely LOVE the commercial!
Report Post »drhunt
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 9:38amBoxer worked so hard for her title? Yeah…in her election against Bruce Herschenson she smeared him in the final week, and barely won the election, was involved in the House Banking scandal and is just another in a long line of east coast elites that have moved to california and driven this economy into the dirt. Simply put, she sucks.
Report Post »BehindBlueEyes
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 10:49amThey should play it day and night until Nov!
Report Post »starman70
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 10:50amHOLY COW!!!!!! What a beautifully done piece.
Babs Boxer’s total ignorance of the military and the respect due a superior officer is blatanty obvious.
In the Military, the trem Ma’am is the correct way to address a female superior officer. The general was applying the CORRECT address. The biggest problem is Babs Boxers own ego and the fact that she considers herself some kind of royalty.
KEEP UP THE PRESSURE CARLY!
Report Post »GENZERO
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 10:59amBB was one of the reasons I moved from California. I totally love the commercial too.
Report Post »ishka4me
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 11:07amThe general is right. Military and congressional courtesy protocols uses the term Maam or Sir as approriate respectful addresses
Report Post »FedUpAlready
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 11:20amI was a Sgt. in the Army and on occassion, someone would call me Ma’am (usually reserved for Commissioned Officers not NCOs) and I would give the standard response of most NCO’s which is ” Don‘t call me MA’AM I work for a living”! I‘m sure the General wasn’t calling her MA’AM out of respect, but, more out of proper protocol. I bet he was really choking on the word Senator!
Report Post »JD Carp
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 12:27pmDitto! Go Carly!
Report Post »nomad360
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 12:53pmMaybe Boxer would feel even better if the general had addressed her as “Yes, Your Highness” She swims with all the rest of the elitist pond scum in that cesspool on Capital Hill. That is meant to include both parties. The progressive action is rampant on both sides of the isle, far more on the Dem side, but Repubs are guilty as well, just not quite as many.
Report Post »GrantFromOhio
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 5:30pmSimply put: Awsome!
Report Post »Compete or Lose
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 6:14pmGood luck CArly!!
GOOD BYE BOXER
RGS
Report Post »formersocialistwhiner
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 8:53pmI say we just address her as The Totally Unemployed Crybaby from the former union state of California
Report Post »msnbciscomedy
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 9:55pmI would have politely told her no ma’am, I wont call you senator.
Report Post »Big Alby
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 10:09pmGIVE HER HELL CARLY! That Snit oughta be kicked in the butt for imitating a senator… The General earned his stars by being a hero putting his life ON THE LINE for the USA.. Her?
“Lord,
please keep Your arm around my shoulder and Your hand over my mouth”…
*****I’ll pay for the boots for the kick*****
Report Post »DaytonConserve
Posted on September 24, 2010 at 3:15amJust another example of why we should not name public property after politicians. It subverts the reason they came to work for us in the first place. Instead of coronate, let us repudiate.
Go Carly!
Report Post »79USMC83
Posted on September 24, 2010 at 6:50amWhy was Beck’s rally so popular? Why does the Tea Party even exist? Thousands of people saw the FEW reports on Rev.Wright and Bill Ayers and made their decisions right then that the “Speech Giver” was a RADICAL. Then came along the SPENDULAS BILL and believe it or not the HOMER SIMPSON”S read it!! The Tea Parties started after this. It is NOT the paying of tax’s but the CRAP they are spent on!! More people became aware!!
Then the Health Care Bill and the way it was FORCED down the throat of the Blue Dog’s and backroom deals. More people became AWARE!!
The TEA PARTY is sick and tired of the “Government Stupid” as a whole and believes ALL of congress needs to be fired!!
People like me who have let APATHY set in started to watch Beck and learned many NEW things,like what a PROGRESSIVE was!!
The story is not about how the TEA PARTY is taking over the repubs. IT IS ABOUT the PROGRESSIVES,SOCIALIST and COMMUNIST that have taken over OUR “Government Stupid”
The center has moved RIGHT and the RIGHT has moved FAR-RIGHT because we all know “BETTER DEAD THAN RED ”
This country was based on INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS and we became a land of INDIVIDUALS. Our ancesters moved from the east coast to the wildernesses to be as far away from GOVERNMENTS as possiable. They knew TYRANNY.
Read the history of Olgethorpes’s grand plan for Georgia. It was a purely SOCIALIST set up. The people were governed in evry aspect of their lives. It FAILED just because of this. The colonist fled to FREEDOM which was right across the Savannah River in S.C.!! Or into the Indian lands west!!!
Now they are after the FOOD we CHOOSE to eat!! The fact is we live longer today and there are MORE healthy people than OBESE!!
WE THE PEOPLE might be Homer Simpson’s but we understand that ole Homer just might have done a better job in Congress than all of these so-called educated ELITIST with their POLITICALLY CORRECT CRAP!!! spewing NON-SENSE from their pie-holes!!
TERM LIMITS NOW !!
FAIR TAX NOW !!
NO PENSIONS FOR THE “GOVERNMENT STUPID”
Report Post »cjhdd
Posted on September 24, 2010 at 7:44pmI would Love to Vote for Ms. Fiorina. California needs to really clear out the dead wood ….
Report Post »ehbardin
Posted on September 24, 2010 at 10:11pmThis add is absolute genius, and every newcomer trying to oust the self absorbed incumbent should follow Carly Fiorina’s lead,and expose their opponents for the self centered, power hungry, its all about me, repugnant, hypocrites that are destroying our country so that they can live the good life, on our dime.
Report Post »JJ Coolay
Posted on September 26, 2010 at 11:08amLets see: who works harder……the men and women of our armed forces or a politician that sits in her chair and looks down her nose at people?
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