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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.
David Zucker, a long time liberal democrat has gone over to the dark side, another casualty of the 0bama era. Zucker has released a very funny spoof on the above incident:
Zucker: I remember immediately feeling embarrassed that a member of Congress would treat an officer of the U.S. military like that. And doubly embarrassed that back in the early 90’s I had contributed to Barbara Boxer’s campaign. I was so outraged at the pure arrogance of that moment, that I sat down to write the spot, highlighting the pure absurdity of our California Senator dressing down a Brigadier General for calling her “Ma’am.”
If she had any decent manners, she would have talked to the General on the side to avoid embarrassment.
That's the way to handle protocol. If its no crisis, just step aside with someone afterward and get things squared away. The open fashion in which she did it exemplifies her arrogance and attitude.
I'd even consider that it implies a certain degree of disdain toward our military folks in general.
If she had any decent manners, she would have talked to the General on the side to avoid embarrassment.
That's the way to handle protocol. If its no crisis, just step aside with someone afterward and get things squared away. The open fashion in which she did it exemplifies her arrogance and attitude.
I'd even consider that it implies a certain degree of disdain toward our military folks in general.
As was pointed out in the video, its just a common courtesy for military members to address men as "sir" and women as "ma’am".
Did Boxer refer to him as "General Walsh," or just "Mr. Walsh?"
Senator, like General, is an earned title and if one deserves respect, so does the other.
That's different. In the military all underlings call their superiors sir or ma'am. The only people that the military formally refer to their superiors by anything other than sir or ma'am are the president and vice president and even then they throw sir in there
Loved the clip - spot on. Fiorina is practically a shoo-in despite all her shortcomings (including that constant expression of constipation she has on her face) because of Boxer's unprecedented arrogance.
That's different. In the military all underlings call their superiors sir or ma'am. The only people that the military formally refer to their superiors by anything other than sir or ma'am are the president and vice president and even then they throw sir in there
Not true, when addressing a general grade officer it is customary to use "General" instead of "Sir." At least this is the case in the Marine Corps, not sure about the other services though. In the Air Force I'm sure "dude" works for most all occasions.
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