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NORTHRIDGE, Calif. -- Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) has been an elected official in the Washington for the last 28 years (10 years in the House and 18 in the Senate), and in an election year when many voters are looking to bring in fresh blood, she sought Friday to portray her opponent and her policy proposals as "so yesterday."
She brought up a candid moment in which her opponent, Carly Fiorina, was caught on camera with an open mic before a television appearance talking about the senator's hair in an unflattering way.
"She said that my hair was 'so yesterday,'" Boxer said, speaking to a crowd of about 100 t0 150 here at the student center at Cal State-Northridge.
"Your hair's perfect, Barbara!" a woman from the crowd yelled.
"Maybe my hair is yesterday," Boxer said, "but my policies are for today and tomorrow and her policies are so yesterday!"
"Box-er! Box-er! Box-er!" the crowd chanted.
And thus, started the refrain. "So yesterday!" the crowd would yell after Boxer's critiques of Fiorina.
Whereas her opponent, the former CEO of Hewlett-Packard, often paints her business experience as a plus, Boxer, today, painted a very different picture. She reminded the crowd it was a job from which Fiorina was fired.
"She said she wants to do to America what she did to HP and that's just what we're afraid of," she said, charging that Fiorina shipped jobs overseas while at HP.
"To her, HP stood for 'Huge Payout,'" Boxer said. "She got $21 million on the day that she was fired. The average Californian would have to work 400 years, full-time to come up with that amount of money. She's not in touch."
"And her policies are..." Boxer prompted the crowd.
"So yesterday!" they said in concert.
She talked about "women's right to choose," saying she remembered the days when abortion was illegal.
"Women died," she said. "We cannot go back."
"Roe v. Wade was decided in 1973. Okay?" she added, "My opponent is so...."
"Yesterday!" came from the crowd
The audience consisted of mostly students. Also in attendance was the area's congressman, Brad Sherman (easy to remember, Sherman represnets Sherman Oaks, which is about 10 minutes away). Boxer also took time before her remarks to inform the crowd about the "interception of some very suspicious packages that were coming from Yemen into Chicago."
"They were intercepted, and that is good news for us," she said, "because it means that all of the work that we are doing to build these relationships across the world, its working."
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) introduced Boxer as the "great present and future" senator from California. Between the two of them, they have 46 years of experience in Washington.
"This is an election where we see so much that is hyperbole -- so much like 'I'm for freedom, and you're not. I'm for liberty and you're not. I'm for small government and you're not,'" she said. "And yet think: how many real solutions have you heard come out of all this hyperbole.
"The business that experience doesn't matter is something I don't agree with at all."
She said that when she and Boxer first went to the Senate, they were "back-benchers."
"It takes time to accrue the seniority," Feinstein said, "which allows you to be a major voice in the Senate."
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LAME DUCK HARRY WILL FORCE THROUGH--AMNESTY...Perhaps?
This is all you need to know about Senator Harry Reid, Barbara Boxer, Gubernatorial Jerry Brown and the majority of Liberal Progressives, hiding in the Shadows of the Democrats. Sen. Harry Reid on return to Senate will force through an AMNESTY of epidemic proportions. REID doesn't seem to acknowledge that 15 million American can't find work? Harry Reid’s own State of Nevada is a good paradigm, of the highest jobless rate in the USA, that shows him completely out of touch. The non-partisan Pew Hispanic Center shows immigrant workers continue to gain jobs during the current jobs depression, even though U.S.-born workers are continuing to lose jobs. In Nevada the casino industry, entertainment and service workers are heavy with illegal labor, same with trade unions across the country, and low wages are the profit attraction to hire people without documentation. This is certainly a reality in Las Vegas and other gaming cities.
NOTHING MORE NEEDS TO BE SAID, OTHER THAN VOTE FOR THE TEA PARTY CANDIDATES. SAVE YOUR OWN STATE AS ARIZONA IS DOING FROM THE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT INVASION. THE TEA PARTY WILL CHANGE THE MISDIRECTED AGENDA ROUTES OF BOTH THE GOP AND THE DEMOCRATS. THE TEA PARTY HAS SWORN NO COLLUSION WITH THE ELITES, CORPORATE ENTITIES, THE FAR LEFT OR THE THE POWERFUL LOBBYIST GROUPS, NOR THE OPEN BORDER ZEALOTS. THERE WILL BE RENEGOTIATIONS OF FREE TRADE TREATIES AND MONEY FOR THE SMALL BUSINESS ENTREPRENEURS WHO SHAPE THE JOBS IN THE US. THE END OF TAX AND SPEND MENTALITY AND THAT AMERICA WILL BE RETURNED TO THE PEOPLE, THE LEGAL IMMIGRANTS AND AN OPEN SOCIETY THAT WAS BEING COMPROMISED BY THE FAR LEFT. THE MAJORITY OF LIBERAL PROGRESSIVES OR LEANING LEFT DEMOCRATS INCLUDING GOVERNORS, MAYORS AND ELECTED LOCAL GOVERNMENT ARE OF THE OPINION WE SHOULD PANDER TO ILLEGAL ALIENS.
Voted YES on continuing federal funds for declared "sanctuary cities". (Mar 2008) Voted YES on comprehensive immigration reform (Jun 2007); (AMNESTY) Senator Barbara Boxer is Pro-Amnesty and even when there is 12 percent jobless in California, she has Joined with Senator Reid to pass this massive Amnesty, adding the Dream Act and even more agricultural farm workers. After the last 1986 Amnesty--once naturalized the farm workers deserted their jobs on the farms and headed for the mainstream in cities and communities. Voted NO on declaring English as the official language of the US government (Jun 2007); Self explanatory--but the US government had to spend billions of dollars for interpreters, judicial documents just to appease foreigners. No other country in the world spends this sort of money; either you learn the National language or you’re out-of-luck.
Voted NO on building a fence along the Mexican border (Sept 2006); The--DOUBLE--fence is not completed and the original design under the 2006 Secure Fence Act was dismantled. Voted YES on establishing a Guest Worker program (May 2006); Voted YES on allowing illegal aliens to participate in Social Security (May 2006); this would be an absolute tragedy to all Americans who will depend on this money in their old age. Voted NO on a limiting welfare for immigrants (Jun 1997); This has been happening for years, which has cost the unaware taxpayers billions upon billions of dollars, specially where Instant citizenship babies are concerned (The A-N-C-H-O-R baby syndrome.) This should be revised--that the parents must be deported, but the children can return at 18 as a authorized citizens. This law is a travesty and must be changed, as the illegal parents can establish a foundation and have the opportunity to access Welfare and government handouts.
During this time period the Mother may have even more children that allow them even more access to child entitlements. Voted YES on visas for skilled workers (May 1998); This has remained an open book for fraud, as the business owners are still collecting massive profits on medium skilled labor, not the scientists, engineers and computer innovators we expect. Voted YES in providing funding for social services for non-citizens (May 2006); No non-citizen or illegal alien should be able to take advantage of any welfare program. GOOGLE--the facts--NOT LIES such as Illegal alien costs; illegal alien and Social Security and other keywords. As loyal citizens we must be especially watchful of voter fraud in this election, as the consequences will have a disastrous effect on our nation. No Copyright on any Comments or Articles. Copy and Paste and Distribute Freely
Casca
REID doesn't seem to acknowledge that 15 million American can't find work? Harry Reid’s own State of Nevada is a good paradigm, of the highest jobless rate in the USA, that shows him completely out of touch. The non-partisan Pew Hispanic Center shows immigrant workers continue to gain jobs during the current jobs depression, even though U.S.-born workers are continuing to lose jobs. In Nevada the casino industry, entertainment and service workers are heavy with illegal labor, same with trade unions across the country, and low wages are the profit attraction to hire people without documentation. This is certainly a reality in Las Vegas and other gaming cities.
Are you aware that Steve Wynn and Harry Reid built Vegas? Harry Reid rid Vegas of the mob when he served as chairman of the Nevada Gaming Commission from 1977 to 1981. If not for Harry — modern Las Vegas wouldn't exist today. Things have turned because of a worldwide financial calamity, and the houses are under water, and the tourists aren't coming in great numbers, Nevada is bearing the brunt. And if they didn't know or care where the credit should've gone before, they know exactly who to blame now.
Harry Reid helped to get the credit for the developers in Vegas. What has Sharon Angle done? In fact, Angle said... "well that’s not my job as a US Senator”. There is an ad which highlights another quote from Angle saying, “I am NOT in the business of creating jobs”.
Sharon Angle like the rest of the dunces who run from the press. The people need to know what their plans are and how they plan to implement their plans if elected; rather than hide behind the same thing keep government out of our lies; especially that dingbat Cristine O'Donnell who pretty much mirrored Sharon Angle.
Desperate states looking for money in gambling and drinking may well be out luck, because a sin tax isn't all that helpful when people aren't sinning.
Nate Silver quote
Read more: http://www.esquire.com/features/data/nate-silver-sin-tax-1009#ixzz13sWJf0BN
Why oh why would tea baggers want to drag novices from off the streets who ain't that bright and send these insane greenhorns to DC in lieu of a brilliant man?
Meg Whitman had an undocumented worker at less that a living wage ditto the other greedy corporatist. That wouldn't happen if the businesses would pay a living wage .
Vote against the Tea Party, they are voilent and anti American.
Very well put Casca,
Boxer is a train wreck when you put here voting record all together. I can't even believe most of that crap gets brought up much less someone actually votes for them. What the heck are they thinking? You have to wonder if she is a US citizen or a Mexican one.
Good lord Beverly,
Trying to paint Harry Reid as some kind of saint is just disgusting. The guy is known as "Backroom Reid" in Congress. He trades millions in pork all night like most men play cards for tooth pics. Oh he may steal more federal tax dollars back for Nevada than they put in but he is a country destroyer on the Federal level.
He made all the wrong decisions before the meltdown, during it and after it. If this guy rid Las Vegas of the mob he must have moved them all to Washington employed as union and corporate Democratic lobbyists. Reid is a lobby owned nightmare that is pure poison for the country. This guy has been taking bribery/campaign money for decades and owes favors until doomsday.
Boxer will be so-yesterday if Californians have any brains at all.
If they vote her back in, they deserve to lose everything they have left and slide into the ocean.
Don't expect us to come to your rescue and bail you out. Keep passing out the IOU's, losers.
You are so yesterday. You must be a Tea Party member, you are filled with hate. I really doubt if you could bail anyone out.
She will be voted back in because all her supporters are the unions and the people wanting there free housing and welfare checks.
Yes she will be voted in. Because voters do not want their jobs sent to China. The way HP sent 33.000 jobs overseas.
The career politician-Barbara Boxer and her cronies is one of the main reasons we are in this mess right now. Vote out the party in power and restore the balance of power. In Brazil the voters sent a message by voting in a real circus clown with 1.3 million votes that ran on the platform "He could'nt do any worse" I would rather have him in office than Barbara Boxer right now.
Do you people work for Kar Rove? You are just recorded Fox news bits.
Because of the loathsome ideology and hypocrisy of the rightwing GOP, Tea Party and all their FUX news droogies, all progressive voters must stand in unison and vote Democratic because as Bill Maher said a couple of weeks ago
I would rather stand with a friend that disappoints than stand with an intractable enemy....
The Tea Party is the dredges of the republican party.
The word you're looking for dear is "DREGS". So much for your bona fides as an intelligent anything.
However, I hope you're unintentionally right - I hope the Tea Party dredges out Washington DC Tuesday night - there is a lot of pollution and dead wood in the channel our ship of state is trying to sail through.
I would think that the folks from Tennessee would want to continue to get all those jobs. They have no vote in California so it's more of the fear and hate. California will survive. She always has and experienced politicians are needed not rich women buying votes.
That has got to be one of the most idiotic statements I have ever herd!!California is bankrupt and you want to vote the same people back in???Idiot!
You are the idiot, paid and delivered idiot. Now go and kiss Glenn Becks behind.
Fiorina to Boxer .....'Go Get a Real Job you anti-american leftist sponge!'
Fiorina to her old employees, go get another job, I am sending yours to China.
The naivety of some people is astounding. The country is going bankrupt from corrupt leadership the past 30+ years and you continue to deny that there has been no real leadership from these career morons. How long will you delude yourself into believing lies just to say you're party won. Both sides of the aisle are to blame. It is time to clean house of these career politicians. Vote in new people with new commonsense ideas. I have heard of going down with the ship but this is ridiculous. What is wrong with sending some regular people to serve? Could they do any worse than the bought and paid for jokers that are in there now? You mean to say that people that are patriotic and have the best interest of the country are no good for us. That having a government live within its means is not logical. That closing the border against illegal immigration and drug trafficking is contrary to a common sense position. I suggest you get your head out of the sand, do some soul searching, get off the rag and do something for the country not just your own ego.
This country will get better and not go into bankruptcy. George Bush and the republicans tried to destroy America. Stand up and fight for America. Do not give it back to the idiots that created the problems.
Californians, do not forget that someone was fired as a CEO and cost 40'000 people their jobs...
Well Boxer got 14 million people laid off, got 2 million home foreclosed on, shipped countless companies overseas, doubled our national debt, handed out trillions to corrupt bankers without even an audit and votes to have all of Mexico made a US citizen just because she feels charitable. Boxer has no concept of a budget or knows the meaning of the word "unfunded". etc etc etc
Yes, she is a real pearl.
Adams101===Your post is one of the most unbelievable statements I have seen. The only thing I have seen more untrue are the ads Dino Rossi and unnamed contributors for him are running against Patty Murray in Washington State. Rossi ads would have you believe that every problem we have is Murray's fault. Such as deficit,high unemployment,large government, and so on. Maybe even responsible for George W. Bush and the Republican Party for putting us in this mess. Like I said UNBELIEVABLE!
I don't know how Carly "That isn't a birds nest on top of my head, that is my hair" Fiorina could make comments on anyone's hair. Even James Carville has better hair than Fiorina.
Barbara sure does look out for her own. Conspiracy at its finest...
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