Her Highness Barbara Boxer

[Pressing-On]

Originally Posted by Praxeas

Oh right....cry her a river why don't you? She is a politician and a very shrewd one. She has been around.

Even if she was right to correct the guy, how she did is not necessarily appropriate.

People in the military are trained to refer to people higher in the chain of command as "sir" or "ma'am." It is certain that General Michael Walsh meant no disrespect to Senator Barbara Boxer when he referred to her in the same way that he would have referred to, say, a female Lt. General or even the President were the President a female. According to Hot Air's Allahpundit, General Walsh referred to the male Senators at the hearing as "sir" without receiving even a dirty look for any faux pas in protocol.

http://www.associatedcontent.com/art...e_senator.html

[Jermyn Davidson]

Originally Posted by Praxeas

We all know that is what you are telling us. Why should I trust you? Are you a general in the army?

nope, I am a SGT and that's why you should trust me in this situation.

In this case, I know what's right.

The Senator was right and she was not rude or unprofessional towards the BG.


What he meant and what was proper are two different things.

Yes we are trained to say, "Ma'am and Sir" , but boot camp (OCS) was a long time for this BG.

I am sure he has learned a lot more along the way-- like the proper way to address a U.S. Senator.

[Praxeas]

Originally Posted by Jermyn Davidson

nope, I am a SGT and that's why you should trust me in this situation.

In this case, I know what's right.

The Senator was right and she was not rude or unprofessional towards the BG.


What he meant and what was proper are two different things.

Yes we are trained to say, "Ma'am and Sir" , but boot camp (OCS) was a long time for this BG.

I am sure he has learned a lot more along the way-- like the proper way to address a U.S. Senator.

As far as appropriate, I was speaking of what she said and being a SGT does not make you an expert on what is rude or unprofessional. I thought the way she handled it, particularly with the attitude of working hard to get that title as opposed to working hard FOR US,,,said it all

[Jermyn Davidson]

Originally Posted by Praxeas

As far as appropriate, I was speaking of what she said and being a SGT does not make you an expert on what is rude or unprofessional. I thought the way she handled it, particularly with the attitude of working hard to get that title as opposed to working hard FOR US,,,said it all

Agreed.

I was speaking on the fact that she was right in correcting him.


I missed what she said about working hard for that title as opposed to working hard for us. Quite revealing indeed. Unfortunately, I think there are far too many career politicians-- she's one of them.

[berkeley]

Originally Posted by LUKE2447

well... like they say respect must be earned and voting for idiot liberals loses a lot.

Who are you that I should care? Are you someone special?



Man, I did a lot of things out of spite as a backslider. Chill..