Must not address a senator as 'Ma'am'
A pathetic little Leftist ego again:
"In case you forgot, Barbara Boxer is a senator. The feisty California lawmaker felt the need to remind an Army brigadier general of that fact Tuesday during a hearing before her Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, where the military officer testifying had the apparent gall to call Boxer "ma'am."
Brig. Gen. Michael Walsh, with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, was testifying on the Louisiana coastal restoration process in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. He began to answer one of Boxer's questions with "ma'am" when Boxer immediately cut him off.
"You know, do me a favor," an irritated Boxer said. "Could say 'senator' instead of 'ma'am?'" "Yes, ma'am," Walsh interjected.
"It's just a thing, I worked so hard to get that title, so I'd appreciate it, yes, thank you," she said. "Yes, senator," he responded.
However, Walsh surely meant no disrespect, as military protocol advises that officers may use "sir" or "ma'am" when addressing anybody higher than them on the chain of command.
Tuesday's hearing was hardly the first time a military officer used those terms during sworn testimony. The same day at a Senate Armed Services subcommittee hearing, two Navy officials repeatedly referred to Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., with the title, "sir." "Yes, sir," Navy Vice Adm. Bernard McCullough said when answering questions. Wicker raised no objections.
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Video of Boxer's tirade here
If you ask me, one Brigadier general is worth 50 senators. The respect should have flowed the other way. But we know what Leftists think of the military. Their various bans on the ROTC and military recruiting are evidence enough of that. Leftists are such egotists that they think anyone must be stupid who volunteers to risk his life for the safety of his country.
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Anyone who has any experience or knowledge of the military knows that we refer to our superiors as "Sir" or "Ma'am" in many cases.
The General was referring to her respectfully, so she should get over herself. She has every right to request that she be referred to by her title, but she did not have to be so snarky about it.
That General did more for protecting this country than she ever did, or ever will. He deserves her respect, not the other way around.
Not a bit surprising coming from one of Mexifornia's biggest socialists, who BTW, is the sister-in-law of fat Teddy (lady killer) Kennedy. Respect? What has she ever done to warrant any respect from anyone, other than the anti-American Left?
If Senator Boxer understood the contempt most Americans hold for their elected politicians, she would've taken the "ma'am" as a compliment and not insisted on the derogatory "Senator" instead.
"Senator" is a big step down in the respect book from "ma'am."
The thing that struck me about this was that the General was addressing her respectfully yet she seemed to think it was not. How out of touch is she with the military to even think that?
Secondly, in order to tell the General not to address her as "ma'am," she interrupted him.
She wants the respect of someone who is being polite and respectful by her being impolite and disrespectful?
This is all too common from people in the higher levels of government: don't do as I do, do as I say.
when I was in the military if you respected someone you called him SIR, if you thought he was a Bozo you called him by his rank, Major, Lieutenant, etc.
"I worked so hard to get that title"
Like what? Is Senator as difficult a title to get as General? It seems to me if Franken can get the title, it can't be that hard to get.
Maybe she should have said "I paid so much to get that title".
What has she done with that title?
The word senate derives from the Latin word senex, which means "old man", and so senate literally means "board of old men."
I wonder if she realizes that senator is similar to senile.
Blue said,when I was in the military if you respected someone you called him SIR, if you thought he was a Bozo you called him by his rank, Major, Lieutenant, etc.
I suppose it is covered under etc., but you forgot to add Senator!
He addressed her correctly according to the Army Code Of Conduct.
Is she deliberately trying to make him have to think about extraneous bullshit while he should be trying to concentrate on making an acurate report?
If it is so important for her to remind everyone that she is a senator, why doesn't she simply do it herself, by appending, "I am a senator" to each of her statements?
Anonymous said...
"Is she deliberately trying to make him have to think about extraneous bullshit while he should be trying to concentrate on making an acurate report?"
No, she was simply trying to make herslef look important, an almost impossible task. And at the same time, degrade a member of our military, a group she loathes. She is a pathetic, useless, old hack who is in desparate need of attention, and obviously doesn't care how she gets it. Even her fellow socialists should demand that she "publicly" apologize!
She's always been a snob bitch and she certainly didn't help clear up that image by denigrating a senior military member....Heck, she out performed Nancy Pelosi this time.
Well maybe Obama chuckled??
It wouldn't surprise me.
boxer is a woman? could have fooled me.
Here is Calif. a lot of us just call her "THAT C**T.
In parallel, judges are entitled to 'Your Honour'. Male judges are also routinely referred to as 'sir' but many female judges dislike 'ma'am'...
Don't know why.
What's wrong with full word - "Madam", that used to be used as the opposite of "Sir"? - or does that now suggest the proprietor/trix of a less than respectable establishment?
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