Sen. Boxer Offers No Apology for Rebuking Brigadier General


	Sen. Boxer Offers No Apology for Rebuking Brigadier General

lakotahope

6-19-2009 10:14 PM

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lakotahope says:

Hard not to say something negative about this senator.....

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6-20-2009 10:27 AM

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Why didn’t Barbara Boxer object earlier when the general was referring to her as “toots”?

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      Boxer's Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works and he summoned the audacity to call the California senator "ma'am."</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/06/19/sen-boxer-offers-apology-rebuking-brigadier-general-called-maam/"><P>Boxer
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