Letter from Boxer - right-wing extremists ratcheting up attacks on me

[dzika]

A letter from Senator Boxer:

Dear Lindsay,

On Election Night last November, I told you how honored I was that Californians elected me to a third term in the United States Senate. I explained that I would be so proud to walk onto the Senate floor and fight for you.

Little did I know that I would need to be fighting so soon after I was sworn in. My actions last week were desperately needed to shine light upon the rampant voting irregularities that occurred during the 2004 Presidential election. In my floor statement, I wondered, "How can we ask our brave men and women to fight a war to bring democracy to Iraq, if we allow the disenfranchisement of so many here at home?"

Seeing no other way to get my colleagues to focus on this issue, I stood up to challenge the Electoral College vote.

And, I'm going to keep standing up.

I'm going to stand up and fight for our shared American values -- economic justice, social justice, environmental justice, electoral justice, and a woman's right to choose.

But, I can only continue to do this if you are behind me. We need to stick together. In response to my actions last week, the right-wing extremists are ratcheting up their partisan attacks on me -- and I need you now more than ever.

So, stay tuned in the coming days as we enter the next phase of our movement to change America for the better.

In Friendship,

Barbara Boxer
U.S. Senator

http://www.livejournal.com/users/zee_katai/204799.html

[Darknyte7]

1. We've got her back!

No doubt! I'm a DC resident, but I'm down with Barbara Boxer like four flat tires! Just call and I'll be there...

[roenyc]

2. Power to the people and Barbara Boxer N/T

[Pooka Fey]

3. I'm not going anywhere. I've got your back, Senator Boxer!!! n/t

[sportndandy]

4. If you haven't already SEND HER A THANkYOU E-MAIL!

Just a gentle reminder.

[pbartch]

30. POST HER EMAIL ADDRESS PLEASE SO LOTS OF FOLKS

can thank her........

[dzika]

40. Contact info for Senator Boxer

Boxer, Barbara

[e-mail]
webform: http://boxer.senate.gov/contact/webform.cfm

[Cadence]

51. What's her mailing address?

I can't tell from that site. I want to send her a Truth! bracelet to let her know we support her and to keep fighting!

[Carolab]

5. Barbara, you have millions at your side.

Whatever you need us to do, we'll be there.

[emlev]

6. kick to support Boxer--do you know what help she wants?

[NickiWitch]

7. She'll always have my support!

She doesn't even have to ask! Damn! I love that woman!!!

[Ian David]

8. Heck, I want Barbara Boxer to be our President!

We should try and find the contact information of anyone harassing Ms. Boxer and make a point of making a coordinated effort to show them the error of their ways.

[NickiWitch]

21. Booyay!

Boxer would make a kick ass President and she would take shit from nobody.

It would be sweet to find out who's bugging her....so so sweet! :evilgrin:

[understandinglife]

9. I'm requesting Brad to post this on both BradBlog and VelvetRevolution.

[understandinglife]

11. I just spoke with someone in Senator Boxer's SF office and...

...have sent them the links to this posting and the original post. I've requested confirmation that this actually came from Senator Boxer.

As I explained to the delightful person in Senator Boxer's office: we are ready to respond in whatever way helpful, just want to know how the Senator would want support expressed.

Peace.

"God to Bush: hey dude, stop slandering and misrepresenting my Son."

[RevCheesehead]

23. love the last line.

O8)

[Amaryllis]

41. Smart move. What time was it when you did that? That's what I have been

wondering is exactly how do we support her?

[EFerrari]

10. Do we have a plan? Playing catch up. nt

[Time for change]

12. Very nice letter

We need more like her.

[DearAbby]

13. GO Senator Boxer...I support you all the way!

She is Dynamite in a small package. I hope her actions will inspire the rest of the Demcratic body of congress to stand with her. What a powerful strong leader! :kick:

[Alizaryn]

14. Keep up posted as to what she needs will you?

[Bill Bored]

15. see these threads and take action:

See these threads and take action:

Tell the Republicans, they brought it on themselves!
<http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=203x264034>

Sample Letter
<http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=203x277831>

And let her know!

Thank you letter to Barbara Boxer:

Thank you for your courage in challenging the Ohio presidential results.

I applaud your historic decision to stand with members of the U.S. House
to force discussion of the many election irregularities in Ohio and
elsewhere.

I would just like to take this opportunity to emphasize the importance of
not only the voter-verified paper ballot, but also the mandatory random
recounts (audits) required to verify the vote. As I'm sure you realize,
all the paper in the world won't accomplish anything if there are no
statistically sound auditing procedures to verify the vote.

Thanks to you, we are off to a great start, but we need verified voting as
soon as possible to save our democracy. Please talk to Sens. Reid and
Ensign as their bill is quite flawed at the moment as I understand it.

And if the GOP doesn't put verified voting into law this time, they should
pay the price in the court of public opinion. Please don't back down on
this issue! The system is broken. We have nothing to lose. We've got your
back Senator, with or without John Kerry!

Sincerely,


And then Blast the media here:
<http://www.independentmediasource.com/>

[marions ghost]

27. as bill bored said...

"...we are off to a great start, but we need verified voting as soon as possible to save our democracy. Please talk to Sens. Reid and Ensign as their bill is quite flawed at the moment as I understand it."

Seems we need to take a good look at HAVA and the "improvements" known as VIVA --Reid and Ensign are leading this--and lobby for corrections to the flaws. If we could work with Barbara in this, it would be a good start.

As other have said, maybe we can find out specifically where Barbara needs us to put emphasis.

Maybe we could get regular "To Do for Barbara" updates or something? To stay focused on it.

[bluedonkey]

16. Kick for Senator Boxer

What does she need?
Anybody know?

[loritooker]

17. We support you Sen. Boxer!!

[earth mom]

18. This is exactly

one reason why I think that the other senators should have voted yes. Now Boxer has to take ALL the heat?! Egads! That's B.S.!

Meanwhile I'm behind her 100%-the other #%*@&! senators can take a hike.

[dalloway]

19. another kick for Boxer n/t

[bush_is_wacko]

20. Ready and waiting!

What kind of crap are the Thugs starting now? Thug debunking smear team member bush_is_wacko reporting for duty Senator Boxer! I'll be looking for the follow up on this one.

[Woodstock Liberal]

22. We are here for you Sen. Boxer

I think we need to keep our eyes and ears open and every time we hear of a right wing smear we should organize a campaign of protest. Be the protest emails to the offender, letters to the editor etc. Needless to say when she needs financial support we have to be there for her.

[bluedonkey]

24. This really worries me

These thugs are capable of anything!

[smartvoter]

25. Started a thread to work on an action plan here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=203x280723

[Al-CIAda]

26. done, kick -eom

[TexasLawyer]

28. Election protest was "televised lunacy"

Just one of the many partisan attacks on Sen Boxer. Unbelievable.

http://www.gopusa.com/commentary/jking/2005/jk_0107.shtml

Liberal Lunacy
By Jennifer King
January 7, 2005

We learned today that the Democrat Party has still not learned anything from their last several years of disastrously lost elections. Senator Barbara Boxer, as promised, joined her House colleague John Conyers in a petulant and ultimately futile protest against the Ohio Electoral College results. The rest of Ms. Boxer's and Mr. Conyer's colleagues were not supportive enough to sign onto this travesty, but many of them nevertheless felt compelled to get up on the stump in order to make pious and sanctimonious remarks about the shortcomings of the American voting process.

Various voices were recorded for posterity by the usual suspects. Hillary Clinton railed against "disenfranchisements" and advised the U.S. to look to India and the Ukraine for proper voting procedures. Jerrold "the Hutt" Nadler thundered, "The right to vote has been stolen." Cynthia McKinney alleged that "voting machines were hacked." Carolyn Kilpatrick was aghast that "men in suits" were actually keeping watch over polling places where *gasp* voters were asked for ID. Jesse Jackson, Jr. advocated voting rights for convicted felons. The exquisitely coiffed Sheila Jackson Lee ridiculously averred, "I came here as a slave, and I deserve to vote." Maxine (hereafter affectionately known as Marxine) Waters dedicated her bromide to Michael Moore, and further asserted that she was "ashamed" that Ken Blackwell was an African-American. Further delusionists posited that the demonic Karl Rove actually manipulated voting machines from within the White House!

Is there no end to the televised lunacy? When will the adults take over? Mr. Conyers and Ms. Boxer will no doubt be feted by the media and we can expect to see them on all the cable shows over the next week or so. Perhaps their little stunt will dovetail nicely in solidarity with their Leftist brethren's expected protest at George W. Bush's Inaugural. This year, they will valiantly try, but won't really succeed with the "selected, not elected" mantra but their actions will be red meat for the Democratic Underground Internet conspiracy crowd - perhaps enough to sustain them until 2006 when the proletariat will finally win over the evil capitalist corporations. Or not. Americans appear to be increasingly fed up with the childish, petulant silliness of the Left.

They yell and scream like thwarted two year olds, they accuse the Bush Administration and Republicans of ridiculous motives, they stamp their feet and declare that Bush, Rummy and Rove are liars, Nazis and madmen. And then they seat Michael Moore, aka "Lumpy Reifenstahl", next to an ex-President at their convention. Who can take them seriously, anymore?

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[Peace Patriot]

34. Texas Lawyer, a friend just posted this letter at the GOP site:

http://www.gopusa.com/

"This kind of hack piece ("Liberal Lunacy," By Jennifer King, January 7, 2005) does you no honor and is utterly unconvincing to someone like me who reads a lot. Words like "petulant," "pious" and "sanctimonious" simply tell me that the writer is so biased against these brave, patriotic, eloquent defenders of democracy (I can do it too!) that nothing else she has to say will be worth reading. These red-flag words tell me that what she has to say will be unreliable and untruthful. I watched the entire debate in Congress, and I was shocked that not a single Republican had a word of sympathy or concern for the black voters who stood in the rain for ten hours to vote, and suffered other serious inconveniences. If that had happened to Republican voters, I would be appalled and demand action. Do you approve of such treatment of voters? If not, why do you publish a writer who ridicules Senator Boxer and Congressman Conyers for pointing these things out?

"I have another election topic that I want to ask you about: Why did Republicans in Congress oppose a paper trail for electronic voting, and how can you abide a private company whose executive is a Bush campaign donor "Pioneer" holding the source code that tabulates all our votes as secret, proprietary information? Don't you realize how this looks? How can anyone trust the results of an election which is so unverifiable and non-transparent?

"I expected that you would want to go out of your way to establish the legitimacy of this election, after the debacle in 2000 with half the country believing that Bush stole it. But you didn't do this. Instead, Republican House members and Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell acted in ways that aroused more suspicion. I don't understand how you think this could be good for you or for the country.

"Senator Boxer and Congressman Conyers did not create these suspicions. They were inherent in the behavior of Republican officials, in their advocacy of non-transparent election processes, and commission of unfair actions against black and other traditionally Democratic voters. Why would you want to give the appearance of such unfairness?

"Again, if it were the other way around, if a big Democratic donor owned and held as secret the electronic source code, or if a Democratic official acted in any prejudicial way against Republican voters, I would be disgusted and demand change. I really and truly don't understand your ridicule of these problems and the people who spoke of them.

"When I was young, Republicans were known as responsible, law-abiding citizens who believed in good government. Republicans I knew were reliable, steady people, and always just and kind. I don't see these traits in your party any more and it puzzles me and worries me. How can we work together as a community or a nation when one side is so blatantly unfair to the other?"

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I also came across this tidbit on their front page, which I'm posting below as a reply to this message. It's another Christian rightwing morals "crusade," this time to rid the Inauguration of rock rapper Kid Rock and singer JoJo for vulgar lyrics and their "bad boy" image. Bush twins Jenna and Barbara will be attending the event. These young women must get very tired of the hypocrisy required of Republicans by the unholy alliance of corporate war profiteers and those who support repression and war in the name of Gentle Jesus. See below, for:

"Pro-family Group Leads Effort Against Kid Rock Performance At Bush Inauguration,"
By Jimmy Moore, Talon News, January 12, 2005

[Peace Patriot]

37. The trials of Jenna and Barbara...

Excerpts:

http://www.gopusa.com/news/2005/january/0112_kid_rock_inauguration.shtml

"Pro-family Group Leads Effort Against Kid Rock Performance At Bush Inauguration,"
By Jimmy Moore, Talon News, January 12, 2005

"WASHINGTON (Talon News) -- A pro-family group is leading an effort to lobby the Presidential Inaugural Committee (PIC) to remove rock-rapper Kid Rock from the line-up scheduled to perform at the Youth Concert at President George W. Bush's inauguration on January 20.

"The American Family Association (AFA), which dubs itself as America's largest pro-family online action web site, is asking its supporters to send an e-mail to the PIC urging them to 'uninvite Kid Rock' because his vulgar lyrics and immoral onstage antics are an example of what 'values voters voted against in the last election.'

"'We asked a few of our supporters to call the Presidential Inaugural Committee (PIC) and ask that Kid Rock be uninvited,' wrote AFA Founder and Chairman Donald E. Wildmon in an e-mail to its nearly 2.5 million supporters on Monday. 'We were hoping that this situation would be resolved without becoming a major issue. Those who called were told that what AFA had said about Kid Rock performing was only an Internet rumor, that AFA did not know what we were talking about and that AFA was not telling the truth.'

"But an article last week in the New York Times confirmed the controversial performer would be one of the acts at the inauguration ceremonies.

"'The Bush twins, Jenna and Barbara, will be hosts of the youth concert, where the teenage singer JoJo will appear along with Kid Rock,' the New York Times wrote on January 3.

"....Several attempts made by Wildmon last week to contact PIC Executive Director Greg Jenkins were unsuccessful, and messages were not returned. // As a result, the AFA is asking its supporters to send an e-mail to Jenkins or to call him directly at 202-863-2005.

"'I urge you to send an e-mail asking PIC to uninvite Kid Rock, and then ... please call and ask that Kid Rock be uninvited,' Wildmon requested. 'If the phone is busy, call until you get through. If you do not get a satisfactory answer, I suggest you call the Republican National Committee. Their number is 202-863-8500. Ask them to express your displeasure with the choice of Kid Rock. Maybe the RNC can convince PIC to uninvite Kid Rock.'

"The sample e-mail provided by AFA to be sent to Jenkins reads, 'I ask that Kid Rock be uninvited to perform at the Inauguration's Youth Concert. It is time for the Republican Party to walk their talk when it comes to values. If Kid Rock does appear, it will seriously erode the trust that Values Voters have in your party.'

"Kid Rock is known for his 'bad boy' image as a rock-rapper in the musical entertainment world. His songs often glorify oral sex and feature frequent uses of offensive language, including the F-word.

"Bush spokesman Tim Goeglein responded on Tuesday to concerns over Kid Rock performing at the inauguration by stating that he is not aware of any contract the PIC has made with him. // Goeglein added that President Bush 'would never endorse such lyrics and would never condone them.'

(To Wildmon's annoyance, the PIC has "neither confirmed nor denied" the rumor.)

"'What kind of answer is that?' Wildmon inquired.... 'All you have to say is yes, he's is going to be here; no, he's not going to be here.' // 'But they refuse to do that -- which leads me to think that they have the man signed up...but they're afraid of the backlash and they're waiting to see what's going to happen."

(Wildmon said, "(Kid Rock) represents everything that the values voters who voted for George W. Bush voted against....And to have him up as the star attraction for our young people is a big a slap in the face as conservatives who voted for George Bush could receive."

"(Copyright © 2005 Talon News -- All rights reserved.)

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I can't remember who said it, but it went something like this: "A Puritan is a person who suspects that someone, somewhere is having a good time."

[Amaryllis]

43. Wonderful letter! Thanks so much for posting this. Says it all.

[dmac]

57. My! What a find and what a totally appropriate response

to the condescending article(?) "Liberal Lunacy". If only more people on the right would speak out like this, we could actually get somewhere! At the beginning of this response I noticed that the writer refers to him/herself as an avid reader. Perhaps therein lies the clue as to why we do not get more right-leaner's to speak so openly and passionately about this subject which should be equally important and sacred to people of any party. I do not mean to join Jennifer King's condescending tone as to imply that they (right-leaning people) do not read but do have to wonder if perhaps reading isn't somehow the key. I am confident there are readers on both (all) sides, but is it possible that only an avid reader or a highly political-minded person would have read enough about this particular subject to have realized the real crime and all of its implications in what was broadcast on CSPAN January 6th.

If a large percentage of our population (and I believe this to be true) gets the majority of their news from CNN, NBC,, CBS, FOX or in USA Today/Time/Newsweek, or any other media outlet that condenses (to make our job easier (?) I guess since everyone's time is so limited in the worlds we have created), then they are essentially being spoon-fed sound bites that reflect what the corporate media has decided to sell. And all of us who have been hungering for news regarding the election fraud certainly know, that one would have to be actively seeking information about this subject in order to be able to find information on this subject. So I was doubly impressed by the writer; this response assures me there are Republicans who value Democracy for Democracy sake - just like we do. Whoever wrote that response has painstakingly taken the time to read, research, and stay informed about what really took place - even though (I am guessing) his/her candidate won. There is also the reassurance of something I know in my heart, but tend to forget, and that is there are some Republicans who are truly proud, fierce, and fair-minded people, who want to win, but only if playing by the rules. That response carried much more of a wallop delivered by someone who is clearly a Republican than if the same words had been written by you or me and any other Democrat. I know there are good Republicans out there and I wish more of them would stand up to this whole Anne Coulter style of journalism - and in the same breath, in our anger, we shouldn't give in to that same demeaning, degrading manner of reference ourselves.

Damn-it. I know it is hard sometimes not to give in and call names and bash the right but it is wrong. It is wrong to lump all people of one party into one negative category like that. Yes, there are some who deserve it and there are some Dem's who deserve some of what we "liberals" get too. But by in large, we are all people, who need each other desperately if we are ever to break the stronghold that holds our entire country's fate in the balance. When we fall prey to making our points that way, our points fall flat. I honestly believe it is part of the evil that is allowing so much of what has happened. We get temporary relief from our frustration by letting it fly - Jeez, I do it too! But it solves nothing. And in fact, I think it makes us become part of the problem. I think if we really want to start affecting change, even in tiny increments, before we do or say anything we should probably be asking ourselves if our actions are going to become part of a solution or part of the problem.

I was swearing off of DU earlier today but of course, here I am - still. I had been so frustrated by my inability to DO anything. I was spending too much time here reading everything (it is a lot to keep up with!) and having a hard time justifying it because nothing constructive was coming from it. Sometimes it made me feel better but I constantly left the DU site with this nagging feeling of uselessness. I would read the post that offered suggestions of things to do and I would think, no, I can't do that, I am not smart enough for that, or I am chicken to do that. Worthless. But maybe tonight I had a real break through because I don't feel chicken anymore. I have friends who have encouraged me to write letters to editors (one of the suggestions here as well) and I have always been too damn scared. Scared of not being good enough, scared of having my name and views highlighted in my community, scared of being called names or thought of as a lunatic. But reading that response posted by Peace Patriot has given me the shot of courage I needed and by golly, it may not be very good, but I can do it. And only by hanging around here a while longer tonight, did it finally come to me. So now maybe I can justify more time here ??? (Feeling guilty about the laundry, the dishes, the grocery store, SLEEPING . . . .)

[TexasLawyer]

60. Wow, great letter. n/t

[kitkat65]

35. Couldn't help myself - had to reply to this one

Got a kick out of your Liberal Lunacy commentary. First of all, you're not from Ohio and probably haven't got the first clue about what happened here - it's just something the media doesn't like to talk about. Go figure.

All I can say to you is read the House Judicial Committee's Final Report. If you find that the voting irregularities that kept thousands of people from voting constitute a fairly run election then I advise you to wake the fuck up and see systematic voter suppression for what it is.

Time and again in the debate, the democrats said the issue wasn't about overturning the election, it was about how the election was run and how there are no federal standards to protect citizens from stacked elections run by partisan Secretaries of States. Republicans said the democrats were being petty by not tending to the IMPORTANT matters of state as if the very core of our democracy - a fair vote - was too beneath them to even discuss. They cried it was the wrong time and place to discuss such an issue and only brought our nation down by casting doubts about THE best democracy in the world. I just wish someone would have reminded those same republicans there WAS legislation that could have been passed last term that could have dealth with a lot of the issues you saw in Ohio. Unfortunately not enough republicans thought it was an important issue even then.

So, dear, if not now when? To not object to the Ohio vote was the least patriotic thing a person could do. I might also add a dare for Ohio Senators Voinovich and Dewine who vehemently claimed the election ran smoothly to say that crap in one of Ohio's inner city neighborhoods. I'm sure it would be a real eye opener for them.

[Helga Scow Stern]

50. Woo hoo! Good letter.

[TexasLawyer]

61. I think I'll reply too. Thanks n/t

[fearnobush]

38. Better to be seated next to Moore than Iranian Spy Chalabi.

Yes Mr. Chalabi is a traitor by definition and while he was being investegated by some Feds, he sat next to the Chimps wife during the 2003 SOTUA.



Go Barbara Go.

[TexasLawyer]

62. Damn straight! n/t

[Amaryllis]

42. I don't recall ANYONE saying this:

Further delusionists posited that the demonic Karl Rove actually manipulated voting machines from within the White House!

Did I miss something? Not that I would put it past Karl, but none of them are stupid enough to SAY that!

[Samantha]

46. A Republican who spoke out during the objection to the Ohio slate

made a remark very, very similar to this on the televised CSPAN coverage. This remark was intended to ridicule the entire protest of the election in a manner which suggested all who participated are crazy. So to answer your question, you must have missed that speech -- and how fortunate you are to have done so.

[Amaryllis]

55. I remember the republican saying that but I didn't know what he was

eferring to because I sure didn't hear any of the Dems saying that. If anything they really toned it down from how bad it really was, I assume to appear more credible.

[kitkat65]

63. I just glanced over the judicial report and there's absolutely no mention

of Karl Rove with computers in the White House controlling the vote. Must have been one of those CRAZY THEORIES (imagine flailing arms here) runnin' rampant on the internet!

[kitkat65]

58. Somebody did - don't remember who.

I meant to go back to the judicial report to find out what the heck he could have been referring to but got caught up in other things.

If it's not in the judicial report wouldn't it be funny if they just showed their hand?

[BeFree]

29. To The Honorable Senator from California, Ms. Boxer

Your courageous stand for open, honest elections was one of the most honorable things I have ever seen take place in the United State's Senate.

We citizens who are educated and informed about the November election, owe a large debt to you for standing up and speaking for us.

I swear that I will come to your aid as those CONservative arrows begin invading your space. And, I believe, the other good DU'ers will be there for you also.

Just let us know what you need from us.

In unity,

BeFree

[rumpel]

31. She always had my support and will continue so

[keepthemhonest]

32. I am irish so

an eye for an eye alwasy come to mind when someone does something against me or anyone that I care about.So what i propose is we personally attack anyone who personally attacks our beloved heroine(sp?)

Remember when they were going to impeach Clinton, and the owner of Hustler(love that guy now) had a bunch of info on a bunch of senators and said that if they tried to impeach he would come forward with info on them.They began to drop like flies.

[Timebound]

33. We've got your back, Senator!

And not in the phantom-like John Kerry 'had our back.'

We REALLY have your back, and we'll fight for you tooth and nail!

[buddysmellgood]

36. INK! people. The woman needs ink! Write a letter to the editor. Let your

neighbors know how this senator stood with Conyers and defended your right to vote. Wishing her well, sending her flowers and nice emails is all well and fine, but politicians need ink and voices on talk radio that support their positions. The voices of support must respond to these evil pukes that would tear her down. Send letters to your own paper and to California papers. Let it be known.

[Number_6]

39. Take a hatchet to that ratchet

The weak ones now will later be strong, and all of that. I believe the ghost of Senator Sam sometimes looks down upon us.

[errorbells]

44. I'm wearing her face on my shirt the 20th

I'm proud to be part of
"The Boxer Rebellion!"
it reads.

and will be passing out copies of her
Statement on her Objection....

[spooked911]

45. I always liked her, but now she's my heroine

[FreepFryer]

47. Tell your friends/family in California to voice their support as well...

Watch her back and strengthen her base...

[CoffeeCat]

48. I'm not from CA, but...

I will do everything possible to help her--whatever she needs.

I'll donate money, write letters to Californians when she is up for re-election and encourage my California friends to support her.

Barbara Boxer may be a senator from California--but she is truly America's senator!

I'll never forget what she did for America on 1/6.

She may get some flack from select bullies in the Republican party. However, history will serve her well. This gracious stateswoman will be forever known as the heroine who stood alone for democracy, freedom and fair elections.

[Democrat Dragon]

49. Barbara

makes me proud of being a native Californian!

[Niche]

52. I haven't gotten email from Boxer regarding this.

[ailsagirl]

54. Nor have I... perhaps it's on its way??

[LittleClarkie]

53. She's not even my Senator, and I've got her back

If there's anything us non-Californians can do, let us know.

[Bill Bored]

56. did anyone catch Trent Lott on Jan 6

asking for the yeas and neas in the Senate before the debate even began?
He was not shown, but it can be heard. Am I wrong, or was this his way of trying to get the vote over with without ANY debate on the issue?

If I have this right, in addition to the suggested emails above, please tell him you think he's some kind of dirtbag for even suggesting this.

BTW, as Charmian of the Senate Rules Committee, he has blocked 3 Senate Bills for Verified Voting from ever coming to the floor.

[Carolab]

59. Right wingers are terrorists!

This is so wrong.

[zimba]

64. As much as I dislike bushites, I havent been able

to make the leep of "nazi" or "fascist" in reference to them. Until recently that is. Ive spent a bit of time reading some of the crap over at FR, and been getting into many lengthy arguments with bushites, and it seems to me that we are very close to the same climate that existed in Germany in 1932. The bullies are so convinced that they are right and everyone else is wrong that they are slipping towards the mentallity of "the end justifies the means". Slander, insults, and frame-ups in Germany were only precursers for the violence that followed.

There has never been a time in American histroy when staying united and standing up for what is right has been more important.

Senator Boxer and all who fight for justice have my support forever.

[AmerDem]

65. We have her covered

The right-wing scum wont get through. Thanks again Ms. Boxer!