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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 07:28 PM Original message |
What's all this about Barbara Boxer correcting a General for calling her ma'am |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 07:29 PM Response to Original message |
1. yes. nt |
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cloudbase (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 07:29 PM Response to Original message |
2. It was unbecoming of her |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 07:35 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. She did so firmly but politiely after he continued to do so for some |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 07:35 PM Response to Reply #2 |
12. I disagree, since what the general did was rude and disrespectful. |
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Sinistrous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 07:48 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. Do we know for a fact that he did not initially |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-15-09 01:37 AM Response to Reply #19 |
35. He called the male Senators "Senator" but not Boxer. After the hearing |
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Sinistrous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-15-09 01:48 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Rank had nothing to do with it. |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-15-09 01:24 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. Boxer is a Senator, not an officer. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 07:44 PM Response to Reply #2 |
17. Deleted sub-thread |
undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 07:52 PM Response to Reply #2 |
22. It was belittling of him to fail to acknowledge her status. |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 07:29 PM Response to Original message |
3. Barbara Boxer is never and I repeat never whacked at. |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
4. Nevermind...nt |
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tularetom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 07:33 PM Response to Original message |
5. I don't think she was whacked out at all |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 07:35 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. it would have been the same as her referring to him as 'mister'. he would have been pissed. |
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Sinistrous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 07:51 PM Response to Reply #13 |
21. No, it was the same as her calling him "Sir", which is a proper term of address in the military. |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 09:27 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. I would think "General sir..." would be more appropriate for him... |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 09:43 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. no, sir will do nicely |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 09:45 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Thanks for the info. |
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Cid_B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-15-09 05:20 AM Response to Reply #27 |
39. I usually look through a thread... |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-15-09 04:39 PM Response to Reply #27 |
41. never mind... |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 07:33 PM Response to Original message |
6. I love Mame! |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 07:33 PM Response to Original message |
7. " 'mame"??? Do you mean "ma'am" which is short for madam? |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 07:33 PM Response to Original message |
8. During a Senate Hearing a General kept referring to her as |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 07:38 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. You know, you could be right about that. Women of Boxer's age have fought long and hard for respect |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 07:41 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. I have seen men do it to female physicians too... |
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LuvNewcastle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 07:34 PM Response to Original message |
9. I read about that today. |
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timeforpeace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 07:46 PM Response to Reply #9 |
18. This happened months ago. |
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LuvNewcastle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 07:58 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. The story that I read was really about |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
11. I was a bit startled, but she was within her rights as a Senator. I just thought the General ... |
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DURHAM D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 07:41 PM Response to Original message |
15. It happened months ago. |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 07:51 PM Response to Original message |
20. If you intended this thread as a wingnut trap |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 09:29 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. It was unintentional but if it rid us of some bad rubbish - then awesome! |
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catnhatnh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 08:49 PM Response to Original message |
24. Umm... |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 09:47 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. Referring to a superior only by their rank is one of the more contemptuous |
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catnhatnh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 10:37 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Yeah... |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-15-09 12:32 AM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Never seen a military officer object to Sir or Ma'am in context |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-15-09 12:39 AM Response to Original message |
32. It wasn't a very good showing. |
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donheld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-15-09 12:43 AM Response to Original message |
33. I thought she was spot on! |
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A-Schwarzenegger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-15-09 01:21 AM Response to Original message |
34. Goddamn civilians sapping and impurifying our precious bodily fluids. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-15-09 02:20 AM Response to Original message |
37. Did she call the general "Mr."? Or, by the more apt title, "Shithead"? . |
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A-Schwarzenegger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-15-09 02:36 AM Response to Reply #37 |
38. . |
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