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Senatress Barbara Boxer has written a novel, A Time to Run. Her generosity with other people's money is legendary; her generosity with her own advice is too. Who else would have had the courage to lecture the military not to call her "Ma'am" when she had worked so hard to be come a senator? It's so hard pulling her husband for the money for that position.

And she is generous with other people's words too, for she has a contributor, Mary-Rose Hayes, in writing this Pulitzer bait.

One reviewer on Amazon, a knuckle-dragging Konservative Thug, is not as generous to the good Senatress as he should be. As he will be, come the Progressive World of Next Tuesday(tm):

Steven Mason wrote:All the liberals are smart, principled, and are dedicated and effective good-deed-doers. All the conservatives are greedy, corrupt, and yes, even evil. An intelligent, accomplished, and conservative Supreme Court nominee is implausibly naive. The story is melodramatic; the characters are two-dimensional. I had high hopes of gleaning genuine political savvy from "someone who really knows," but Boxer decided to write a pedestrian political thriller that doesn't inform or thrill.
I have already booked Comrade-to-be Mason at Jiffi-Lobo(tm) for three back-to-back sessions with Dr. J. M., straight in from Brazil for the operation. As soon as he regains a measure of motor control, I'm sure he'll retract his review on Amazon.

Senatress Boxer is generous with her brain-power, not wanting to expend any so she can save it for the collective republic and she doesn't want to show people up. She is also generous with other people's brain power, not wanting them to have to use any to read it.

I nominate Senatress Boxer as the most generous and kind Senator of all because nothing that she has ever done could make even the village idiot look bad. She makes Jay Rockefeller look like Albert Einstein.

What a gal.

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"On the eve of the nomination of an ultraconservative Hispanic female Supreme Court justice, liberal Senator Ellen Fischer of California is given the perfect weapon: sensitive documents that could wreck the nomination. With less than 24 hours to take action, Ellen is bombarded with advice from her aides."

I have always had the fantasy of being a femynist Senator who had the dirt on a conservative Hispanic judicial candidate. And, now, thanks to Comrade Boxer's wildly imaginative literary talents, I will be able to vicariously fulfill this long held dream.

I'll go to the store tomorrow, purchase some Baked Lays Potato Chips (Comrade Oprah's favorite), a Godiva chocolate candy bar, some M & M's, a package of Quaker Rice cakes, some organic corn chips, plant myself in my patio lounger and delve in. I wonder what's going to happen? Will the Senator use the information against the Evil Hispanic Judge? Even if she does, will it be enough to keep the judge from confirmation? Oh, the suspense is just killing me. I can't wait.

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Not only did I not know that Boxer wrote a book, I didn't even know she could read a book.

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Fascinating as to how these people have time to write books but don't have the time to read the effing bills they're voting on.

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Not only did I not know that Boxer had written a book, it appears she wrote at least two or three from what I saw on Amazon. How does she find the time? She must truly be a superwoman.

Congrats, Barb. You've worked so hard to get to the position you are now. You deserve a little leisure time to indulge your literary hobbies. You can make a few bucks off your adoring constituents (the hippies and femynists who fawn over this tripe on Amazon), and Jeff Bezos slides another shingle or two into his own wallet! A win-win! Have lots of fun masturbating to your own image in the mirror while the world burns around you, starting with your own district. This can be the theme of your next book (non-fiction):


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Yes, it would appear she had another that just came out, also with the collaboration (read, "ghost writing") of Mary Rose Hayes.

And it's the collaboration that would explain where Babs finds the time to do this but not read any bills in Congress. Mary Rose does all the work. At least she gets a little bit of credit (her name in smaller print on the book) unlike Hillary's collaborator.

But I think Leninka hit on the motive--these books are Babs' way of living out fantasies she has about getting back at conservatives through means other than Marxist legislation, but because she can't write (or doesn't have time) she has the collaborator put the fantasies on paper/computer screen for her.
<br>Indeed, just from reading the blurbs and reviews, I can't shake the feeling that the character of Ellen Fisher is nothing but a Mary Sue.

Today "Mary Sue" carries a connotation of wish-fulfillment and is commonly associated with self-insertion (the writing of oneself into a fictional story). True self-insertion is a literal and generally undisguised representation of the author; most characters described as "Mary Sues" are not, though they are often called "proxies"for the author. The negative connotation comes from this "wish-fulfillment" implication: the "Mary Sue" is judged a poorly developed character, too perfect and lacking in realism to be interesting. Such proxy characters, critics claim, exist only because authors wish to see themselves as the "special" character in question.

I was also amused by the reference to Wesley Crusher as a "Mary Sue." I'm married to a Trekkie so have more exposure to the whole Star Trek universe than I would otherwise choose to have; but if you were to ask me which ST character I would most like to whack with a shovel, without hesitation I'd name Wesley.* He's such an obnoxious little puke.

*Followed by, in no particular order, the crew of ST Voyager.

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Actually, rather than a strict "Mary Sue," I think Peloccio is more like the Self-insertion variant. She is such a freak. Unfortunately, she is one of my Senators. I remember her as a Marin (Moron) county supervisor, when I used to live there 30 years ago. Her political history is enough to make a skunk vomit.

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But SfT, she's taking cues from Diane Feinstein, who wanted be mayor of San Francisco. So she met with leaders in the gay community--nothing wrong with that if you believe in communities, another point--but they went on a trawl through the S&M and leather bars.

Now <i>that's</i> progtastic.

As a Made Prog I think that we ought to liberate the ghosts of Senatress Boxer and Our Many Titted Empress. After all, it must be galling to stand in the shadow of those two super women.

Especially Ms. Boxer. Who with no discernible ability can shake her finger at an admiral.

Well, Our Many Titted Empress had White House military assistants--very intelligent and accomplished people--serving canapes.

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Senatress?

Senatorette?

Senatrix?

Senatit?

Senabitch?

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Um. I think that I'll switch to "Senatrix." It gives her a classical air.

And I won't be a cuncator in doing it. That's her job.

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She ought to be made Czar of Torture by Condescension, Pretension, and Insouciance.

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Oooh... Insouciance! Sounds... saucy!

Like a czar of character molestation.

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Comrade Krispy Kremlin,

Indeed, it does. Insouciance can be inherited, as it seems to be in our Dear Leader. Or, it can be drug induced, as it is with many proles who take pills like Zoloft or whatever they take to feel better.

Senatrex Boxer seemed completely indifferent to the feelings of Mr. Alford, the businessman whom she was questioning. She is a master at treating all proles like "its."

A perfect example of the "it" treatment is in the film, "Silence of the Lambs":

The serial killer who killed women for their skin who had a woman down in a hole lowered a bottle of lotion down on a rope and said:

"It puts the lotion on its skin."

In the gulag, we are all its, and the Senatrex Boxer, a true prog, spoke of the members of the NAACP as its, in her own fashion, when she brought them up as a group in favor of whatever it was she was a proponent of (I don't remember, exactly), using them as a common kitchen tool, like a cheese cutter, or a paring knife, to make her point.

Senatrex Boxer's ultimate example of insouciance was when she, a woman who condescendingly demanded that a general not refer to her as "Ma'am," turned around and called Mr. Alford, over and over again, "Sir. Blah blah blah blah. Sir. Blah blah blah Sir. Blah blah blah." Instead of properly calling him either President Alford, or Mr. Alford. So, heedlessly, she called one man "Sir," after being insulted when another man called her "Ma'am."

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Comrades!

Babbling Babs the Carpetbagger California Senator New York Transplant, like Our MTE Carpetbagging New York stead her backwoods state of Arkansas due to her Jiffi-Lobo in Chicago....

Is Glorious indeed!

I second the motion...
Babs Boxer, Czar of Torture by Condescension, Pretension, and Insouciance

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I was also amused by the reference to Wesley Crusher as a "Mary Sue." I'm married to a Trekkie so have more exposure to the whole Star Trek universe than I would otherwise choose to have; but if you were to ask me which ST character I would most like to whack with a shovel, without hesitation I'd name Wesley.* He's such an obnoxious little puke.

*Followed by, in no particular order, the crew of ST Voyager.

The actor that played Wesley also agrees with you, and actually lothes the character, to his credit.

Yes, as a Kalifornia expatriate I too have always had a hatred for carpetbagging politicians like Barbra Boxer and Nancy Pelosi.

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One of the nice things about Texas is that in the 30s we had some Clintonesque govenors--Ma and Pa Ferguson. Who were so gut-grindingly awful that we amended our constitution (as I remember) to strip the governor's office of most powers. In addition, the Texas constitution doesn't have the "necessary and proper" clause, meaning that the bastards can only do what they're <i>permitted</i> to do.

How much better America would be if the nation were so constituted.

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In addition, the Texas constitution doesn't have the "necessary and proper" clause, meaning that the bastards can only do what they're permitted to do.

How much better America would be if the nation were so constituted.

Actually, if you read the Federalist Papers, you will see that the necessary and proper clause did cause much debate.

...and to make all laws which are necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers.

The authors of the FP said that the only necessary and proper laws are those that have a foregoing power. We can see that has been ignored.

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Tenth amendment. Tenth Amendment? Ever heard of that?

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Tenth amendment. Tenth Amendment? Ever heard of that?

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Yes that easy to ignore 10th Amendment, thank Stalin states and feds blow it off... otherwise each state might be free to create our socialist utopia or not.

This just sent to me from a comrade, Barbara Boxer, A Time To Run....

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And speaking of Wagging The Dog with Trihn T. Mihn Ha inspired novella's like Barbara Boxers, A Time To Run, how about wagging the finger...

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Comrade Red Rooster,

It's lovely to see that someone is chronicling the ultimate self-actualization of Comrade Boxer. She's cool, she's calm, and she's confident, and it all shows in her wagging.

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Comrade Leninka,

Yes cool, calm, and confident wagger wagering willfully in the muckety of monetary malevolence might make a mortuary more malleable or something like that....

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<br>And comrades let us have Hope that there is no Change in The Peoples Perspective in Comrade Boxers district, for Carly Fiorina the kapitalist of HP reign may be throwing her hat in Comrade Boxers Muckety.

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Splendid, comrade Rooster! But let me suggest you forgot the dotted line relationship to George Soros...

I had no idea she could think, much less read, all the more less write. That is, ghost write. She is living proof that all can prosper in the collective, even those dumb as a brick.

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OOH. Senatrix works for me. Er, not in that way, but it is a fitting title.

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One of the nice things about Texas is that in the 30s we had some Clintonesque govenors--Ma and Pa Ferguson. Who were so gut-grindingly awful that we amended our constitution (as I remember) to strip the governor's office of most powers. In addition, the Texas constitution doesn't have the "necessary and proper" clause, meaning that the bastards can only do what they're <i>permitted</i> to do.

How much better America would be if the nation were so constituted.

In my Arizona homeland, our gubernatorial embarrasment of the ages was Evan Mecham, a car salesman-cum-politician of the reactionary sort. He kind of used state funds to help get over a small cash crunch at his car dealership...you know, the new Pontiacs are coming in, and we have to clear our inventory of last year's models...and he took the big I. Impeached. His most endearing quality was his concern that transmissions from outer space could affect our behavior, which tells me he was receiving Laika's regular messages WITH NO DISCERNABLE TIN FOIL.

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General, a man who can receive Laika with no discernible tin foil is either a client of Isaac Mizrahi or a very advanced prog.

Do you recall how designers came together to design wear for His O'liness? You could pay, oh, $75 for an O tee-shirt. Or was that two hundred dollars? Silly me. We all get one. For $10 trillion! That's right. What a bargain. We will completely destroy this country and get a designer tee-shirt out of it.

And if we don't want it we will be flagged at [email protected].

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Not to worry Commissar, The Party™ is working so that every prole may have a glorious O tee-shirt with his O'linesses own likeness on it...

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It is only fitting that New England get all those dairy price supports. I personally, here in Texas, want price support for greasewood. No one makes any money off greasewood and so the price should be supported, right? Hell, there ought to be a price at all. So let's have greasewood price supports.

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Just take out the sarcasm lobe of his brain, and what he said at first is true. The critic will make a fine addition to our collective without his sarcasm.


 
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