[antimedia] antimedia: The talk of the day was....

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The talk of the day was....
http://www.antimedia.us/posts/1168666621.shtml


   ....Barbara Boxer's [1]incredibly classless remark to Condoleeza Rice.

     Rice appeared before the Senate in defense of President Bush's
     tactical change in Iraq, and quickly encountered Boxer.
     "Who pays the price? I'm not going to pay a personal price," Boxer
     said. "My kids are too old, and my grandchild is too young."
     Then, to Rice: "You're not going to pay a particular price, as I
     understand it, with an immediate family."
     Breathtaking.
     Simply breathtaking.
     We scarcely know where to begin.
     The junior senator from California ap parently believes that an
     accom plished, seasoned diplomat, a renowned scholar and an adviser
     to two presidents like Condoleezza Rice is not fully qualified to
     make policy at the highest levels of the American government
     because she is a single, childless woman.
     It's hard to imagine the firestorm that similar comments would have
     ignited, coming from a Republican to a Democrat, or from a man to a
     woman, in the United States Senate. (Surely the Associated Press
     would have put the observation a bit higher than the 18th paragraph
     of a routine dispatch from Washington.)
     But put that aside.
     The vapidity - the sheer mindlessness - of Sen. Boxer's assertion
     makes it clear that the next two years are going to be a time of
     bitterness and rancor, marked by pettiness of spirit and political
     self-indulgence of a sort not seen in America for a very long time.

   Pettiness indeed, but if you're waiting for an angry outcry of
   "racism" or "chauvinism" from feminists or all the other requisite
   special interest groups, don't bother. Condi works for a Republican,
   so she's exempt from the usual kneejerk defense mechanisms.
   Boxer's remark ignited a firestorm in the blogosphere, especially from
   some of the women. AJ Strata pointed out that dying in war is [2]not
   the act of a victim. Kim, at Whizbang blog, [3]demanded an apology
   from Boxer and Lorie Byrd [4]agreed with AJ. The Anchoress pointed out
   that many great American leaders haven't [5]paid Boxer's "price". The
   Bookworm pointed out that Boxer had [6]departed from her feminist
   principles. No surprise there. If we've learned anything since Bush
   took office, it's that principles are not something that get in the
   way of liberals' ambitions.
   The Political Pitbull [7]begged to differ claiming the whole affair
   was much ado about nothing and Condi is quite capable of defending
   herself. I think he missed the point.

References

   1. http://www.nypost.com/seven/01122007/postopinion/editorials/boxers_low_blow_editorials_.htm?page=0
   2. http://strata-sphere.com/blog/index.php/archives/3227
   3. http://wizbangblog.com/2007/01/12/barbara-boxer-must-apologize-to-secretary-rice.php
   4. http://wizbangblog.com/2007/01/12/on-paying-the-price.php
   5. http://theanchoressonline.com/2007/01/12/boxer/
   6. http://bookwormroom.wordpress.com/2007/01/12/barbara-boxer-bon-mots/
   7. http://www.thepoliticalpitbull.com/2007/01/boxers_comments_on_condis_fami.php