Is “Arrogant Twit” an Acceptable Form of Address, Senator Boxer?

We’re all familiar by now with the recent brouhaha stemming from Sen. Barbara Boxer’s single-minded insistence on making a complete jackass of herself.  With that goal firmly in focus, the senator dressed down U.S. Army Brigadier General Michael Walsh during last week’s hearing about the progress of restoration along the Louisiana coast in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.  As we’ve all heard, Boxer, exuding great irritation, took issue with the general’s repeated reference to her as “ma’am,” a perfectly respectful and appropriate form of address given the forum and principals involved, and asked to instead be referred to as “senator,” because, as she put it, it’s a title for which she worked very hard.

Let’s set aside that Boxer is herself both supremely arrogant and a pathetic blowhard.  The real issue here is the highly insulting presumption on the part of our elected officials that they are better than the rest of us, demonstrated here by Boxer through her silly demand and associated lecturing tone.  Let me ask…is the entitlement mentality to which elected officials seem privileged something that’s instilled in all who go to Washington, or do you have to have some of it already before you seek office?  Any ideas?

The verbal exchange itself was admittedly minor, but its significance isn’t.  This is but one more piece of evidence that shows we must endeavor to bring an end to the “service” of any elected official who, quite despicably, goes through life convinced that he/she/it is better than the rest of us.

 

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Comments

[Dave Dubrow]

Nobody goes into politics who doesn't think he or she can run your life better than you can. I think you have to have at least a little of the scumbag entitlement attitude to want to become a politician.

Boxer clearly considers herself to be a higher order of being than the general because she's a Senator, by God(dess), and she deserves respect. Not unlike a Duchess, really. And it's HER party that's in charge now: you war-mongering military types better remember who's boss.