Posted on 01/16/2007 8:14:21 AM PST by SmithL
LAST FRIDAY'S exchange between Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice turned into the chew toy of cable news shows over the weekend -- with Democrats arguing that Boxer was right to point out that Rice, a single woman, has no children fighting in Iraq, and White House spokesman Tony Snow indignant that Boxer had made "a great leap backward for feminism."
Debbie Argel Bastian, a Lompoc mother who lost her son Derek Argel in Iraq in 2005, told me over the phone that Boxer's remarks were "rude," "shameful" and "cruel."
In case you missed the exchange, this is what Boxer said to Rice at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing: "Now, the issue is who pays the price? I'm not going to pay a personal price. My kids are too old, and my grandchild is too young. You're not going to pay a particular price, as I understand it, within immediate family. So who pays the price? The American military and their families, and I just want to bring us back to that fact."
Actually, Rice is paying a personal price. She has not lost a son, but Rice has had to live with whatever policy mistakes she helped make, and she has put her life at risk when visiting Iraq.
Bastian, who visited Iraq in December with the pro-war group Move America Forward, came back saying that "Each and every one of those troops, I feel, are my children. I believe that Condoleezza Rice feels that, too."
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Did Madeline Albright have children serving?
No, Boxer was pitching the propaganda to fellow liberals who don't really respect those who pay a personal price, but say they do.
Barbwire Boxer is very good at rude, shameful and cruel, these being her majors in college, and where she has concentrated her practice since then.
Barbara Boxer, infighter extrordinaire.
Bruce Hershenson knows too well..
Bad Quote Alert.
Everybody else quotes her as "You're not going to pay a particular price, as I understand it, with an immediate family."
Another great example of Democrats in Congress pretending that someone else is governing the country.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
I would suspect that the mom, in the article, who lost her son was mocked by her comments. As if no one would care about her child but her. Boxer managed to offend all kinds of people with her attack on Condi.
It would be an interesting study if somebody examined the exact service record of both sides of Boxer's family since they arrived off the boat. My guess is that it would be fairly meager, especially after 1973.
Did you read the article? I think the author hit the nail right on the head.
Other than the "pro-war" term - what was wrong with this article?
Of course, that would have sent the MSM into overdrive saying Condi trashed Albright.
The Trial Lawyer Party makes their money riding the backs of relatives suing over the loss of loved ones. There's an unwritten law that if someone loses a relative their losses are in the $10 million range, which is sufficient to sooth their pain. Trial Lawyers are against war because they can't successfully sue the government for $10 million a customer.
I was unaware that President Bush was a Democrat. Or that Congress had secretly been controlled by Democrats for the past 12 years.
"Now, the issue is who pays the price? I'm not going to pay a personal price. ....You're not going to pay a particular price, as I understand it, within immediate family."
The price she pays, besides being ridiculed in the media, is to have people like Barbara Boxer disparage her in the Senate.
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