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CA-Sen Video: Barbara Boxer Gets Mixed Up On CNN – Not the First Time She is Confused With Facts
Good grief and Barbara Boxer is a U.S. Senator? She cannot even get her own career facts straight = OLD.
California incumbent Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer spent some time today with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer straightening out her arithmetic. Boxer is in a toss-up race with GOP challenger and former Hewlett Packard CEO Carly Fiorina.
“I voted for over $2 trillion of tax cuts, the largest one was in the stimulus bill,” Boxer said. Blitzer, confused, thought she meant $2 trillion in the stimulus, when she meant over her career.
Then Boxer got confused: “No, no, no — $1.2 trillion with the stimulus.”
That confused Blitzer even more, since the entire stimulus was about $800 billion. He asked, “There was $1.2 trillion in tax cuts in the stimulus?”
Boxer replied, “There was a lot. About, well, I will put it this way, over time, that’s what it will be, when you figure all the tax cuts over time. And what we did for the senior citizens, giving them back those refunds. So there was a lot.”
She finally got back on track, adding, correctly this time, “Actually, a third of the stimulus was tax cuts. That I can tell you.”
That’s the “Making Work Pay” cut that President Obama mistakenly thought would bring Republicans along to support the stimulus. Democrats bitterly complained later that the tax cut showed up as a few dollars a week in people’s paychecks that almost no one noticed.
But, you know this is not the first time. Look at this video:
Senator Barbara Boxer confused again
Now, California voters understand why Boxer only agreed to one face to face debate with Carly Fiorina. Boxer really does not have the command of herself necessary to be a Senator.
Sen. Barbara Boxer appeared on Ed Schultz’s MSNBC show earlier, and her performance was a pretty stunning demonstration of how little clue she has about what’s actually in the health care legislation she was on air to promote. A frustrated Boxer appeared on the show to defend the bill against attacks from the liberal Schultz, who began the segment by hammering Democrats for caving into moderates and watering down the government-run plan.
In the clip below, Boxer tried to reassure Schultz by touting all of the government programs that are expanded by the bill. But she stumbled when trying to say how many new Medicaid beneficiaries would be added, said she needed to fact check it, looked off camera as if for guidance, and ended up asserting that the Medicaid expansion alone would cover 30 million more people. Yet anybody with an inkling of understanding of the Senate bill knows that the entire bill only covers 31 million according to the Congressional Budget Office. The expansion of Medicaid and SCHIP accounts for 15 million of that. I may sound like I’m nitpicking, but this is not some obscure provision of the bill or esoteric statistic. The coverage provisions account for the bulk of the overall cost of the legislation. It’s alarming that a sitting Senator would be this utterly clueless on the most sweeping domestic policy initiative since Medicare was created in 1965.
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CA-Sen Poll Watch: Barbara Boxer 49% Vs. Carly Fiorina 46%
Republican Nominee Carly Fiorina and California Democrat Senator Barbara Boxer
This is what the latest Rasmussen poll says about this closely fought California U.S. Senate race.Incumbent Democrat Barbara Boxer continues to hold the slightest of leads over Republican challenger Carly Fiorina in California’s U.S. Senate race.
The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Voters in California shows Boxer with 49% support and Fiorina with 46%. Two percent (2%) prefer another candidate in the race, and three percent (3%) are undecided.
The race remains a Toss-Up in the Rasmussen Reports Election 2010 Senate Balance of Power rankings.
Just over a week ago, Boxer, who is seeking a fourth six-year term, posted a similar 49% to 45% lead over Fiorina, a former CEO of Hewlett-Packard. Boxer has held a small lead in every survey but one since February with 42% to 49% of the vote. Fiorina, in those same surveys, has earned 38% to 47% support.
With Carly Fiorina now running statewide television ads, it may be time for her to start showing a move.
Larry Sabato earlier today moved the race back to “leans Democrat” from toss-up. This is likely premature as early California voting and the televised ad wars continue.
Note that if Barbara Boxer had this race in the bag, why would President Obama be coming to Los Angeles to campaign for her next week. The internal polls obviously show a close race.
The survey of 750 Likely Voters in California was conducted on October 13, 2010 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 4 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.
Here is the latest Real Clear Politics poll average graph:
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CA-Sen: Barbara Boxer, Countrywide Home Loans and Ethics
Senators Christopher Dodd, Democrat from Connecticut and chairman of the Banking Committee, and Kent Conrad, Democrat from North Dakota, chairman of the Budget Committee and a member of the Finance Committee, received loans from Countrywide Financial through a little-known program that waived points, lender fees, and company borrowing rules for prominent people. (Friends of Angelo Mozilo)
California U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer, Chair of the Select Committee on Ethics has some explaining to do.Public records show that Sen. Barbara Boxer, chair of the Select Committee on Ethics, needs a training class on conflicts-of-interest.
Deeds of trust compiled by Leslie Merritt and Frank Perry of the Foundation for Ethics in Public Service show that the California Democrat and her husband, Stewart, held seven mortgages with Countrywide, the company which gave VIP mortgage discounts to influential customers, including Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-CT, and Sen. Kent Conrad, D-ND.
Senate rules prohibit members from accepting deals not available to other borrowers. The loans and properties associated with them are not listed on her personal financial disclosure forms because she deemed them non-income generating, the type exempted from public airing.
Countrywide was once one of the biggest home lenders before the housing collapse, so it is not surprising for the couple to have financed home purchases through the company. But it should raise red flags that she investigated two colleagues for receiving preferential treatment from Countrywide without first disclosing the full terms of her loans, which greatly outnumbered those of the people whose conduct was scrutinized.
Boxer has said she received no preferential treatment and that she paid off the loans prior to the investigation. But even if she did not receive preferential treatment, she should have recused herself from proceedings to avoid the appearance of self-dealing.
Read the entire piece.
Barbara Boxer should really come clean and disclose all of her dealings (the complete terms of the loans) with Countrywide Home Loans and Angelo Mozilo.
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CA-Sen: Barbara Boxer Votes But Declines to State Positions on Five California Propositions
U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., fills out her absentee ballot as she votes in her campaign for re-election, at the Registrar-Recorder’s office in Riverside, Calif., Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2010
Say what?Senator Boxer just voted and she cannot state how she voted on them?
U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer voted early today in Riverside, and likely cast her vote for a host of statewide propositions on the November ballot.
But after dropping off her ballot, Boxer did not say how she weighed in on five of those measures — propositions 21, 22, 24, 25 and 26. She already has taken a public stance on propositions 19, 20, 23 and 27.
“Well I have taken a position on the major propositions, but we’ll be working on all of those and will be putting some information out on that,” Boxer said at a news conference.Prop. 21 would charge car owners an extra $18 a year to help pay for state parks and wildlife programs. Prop. 22 deals with funds for transportation and local government. Among its provisions, Prop. 22 would prohibit the state from borrowing from funds used for transportation, local government and redevelopment agencies.
Prop. 24 would repeal recent changes to state tax law that allows some businesses to pay less in taxes. Prop. 25 would eliminate the two-thirds requirement in the Legislature to approve state budgets.
Prop. 26 also deals with taxes and fees. If approved, the proposition would treat many state and local fees as taxes that require a two-thirds vote by lawmakers to take effect.
Jeeeeeez Babs – just tell us how you voted.
Or, do you need your staff to prepare position papers for you – AFTER YOU ALREADY VOTED.
I mean, how ridiculous can you be – lifelong POL – Sheesh.Time to retire Boxer.
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CA-Sen: Retire Barbara Boxer Money Bomb Today
The Carly Fiorina Campaign is having a fundraising drive today to retire Barbara Boxer.Go here and donate generously.
Keep those amazing Fred Davis ads pummeling Barbara Ma’am Boxer on air as much as possible.
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CA-Sen: S.E. Cupp’s 8 Questions for Carly Fiorina
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Read the light-hearted and more personal interview of Carly Fiorina here.
SE: Politicians are much maligned in America right now. If you want some love, why not go into the NFL or hip hop?
CF: Because I throw like a girl, and my hip-hop skills are worse than Betty White’s.
But in all seriousness, the last thing I want to do is become a politician. I am doing this because I think our nation is headed in the wrong direction and I think that my experience in job creation can help inform the solutions to our challenges.
I think our government was designed to be comprised of citizens from the real world who took time to serve a term or two in Congress
and then to return to private life. That’s what I think our Founding Fathers intended in establishing a citizen government. But in recent decades, we’ve seen more and more career politicians who become beholden to the special interest groups that fund their campaigns and who are more interested in winning re-election than they are in serving their constituents.SE: Who would you want to play you in a movie?
CF: Annette Bening.
SE: Your house is going up in flames and you can save one (non-living) thing. What is it?
CF: A painting my mother completed that hangs in our living room.
SE: If you can make one promise to voters, what would it be?
CF: I will never forget whom I work for. I will always want to hear from my employers, the people of California, and I will always want them to be honest with me, whether it’s the good, the bad or the ugly.
And, Carly can have some fun.
Quite a contrast from Babs Boxer, no?
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CA-Sen: Time For “Out of Touch” Boxer To Go
Republican California U.S. Senate candidate Carly Fiorina’s latest television ad, “Label.”So says the North County Times (San Diego) in their editorial endorsing Carly Fiorina for U.S. Senate.
Finally, Barbara Boxer’s air of entitlement —- an arrogance aired for all to see when she upbraided a general testifying before Congress for addressing her as “ma’am” instead of her preferred “senator” —- is intolerable. We need public servants who understand they work for us, not career politicians who believe themselves a modern form of royalty.
Her combination of apparent personal humility and substantive emphasis on growing the economy and creating jobs through the private sector lead us to believe Fiorina would be a far better representative of the people of California than the out-of-touch Boxer.
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CA-Sen: Carly Fiorina Launches New Statewide Television Ad – “Buck”
California Republican U.S. Senate candidate Carly Fiorina’s latest television ad – “Buck”I was waiting for this Fred Davis Ad pointing out the failure of Barbara Boxer, Obama’s economic policies and the sad state of California.
From the press release:
Facts About “Buck”
NARRATOR: “The reckless spending must stop.”
SALLY: “Boxer voted for trillions in spending.”- The 2010 Annual Deficit Is Forecasted To Reach A Record $1.47 Trillion, Which Will Force The Government To Borrow 41 Cents Of Every Dollar It Spends. “The latest forecast from the White House budget office shows the deficit rising to $1.47 trillion this year, forcing the government to borrow 41 cents of every dollar it spends. Contrary to official projections, the budget gap will not begin to narrow much in 2011, because of an unexpectedly big drop in tax receipts.” (Lori Montgomery, “Federal Budget Deficit To Exceed $1.4 Trillion In 2010 And 2011,” The Washington Post, 7/24/10)
- Today, The U.S. Government Has A Total Debt Of More Than $13.5 Trillion, An Increase Of Nearly $3 Trillion Since Democrats Took Control Of Washington. (U.S. Treasury Department Website,www.treasurydirect.gov, Accessed 8/16/10)
- In Just Over Two Years, Boxer Has Supported Raising The U.S. Debt Limit By Nearly $4.5 Trillion.(H.R. 3221, CQ Vote #186: Motion Agreed To 72-13: R 27-13; D 43-0; I 2-0, 7/26/08, Boxer Voted Yea; H.R. 1424, CQ Vote #213: Passed 74-25: R 34-15; D 39-9; I 1-1, 10/1/08, Boxer Voted Yea; H.R.1, CQ Vote #64: Adopted 60-38: R 3-38; D 55-0; I 2-0, 2/13/09, Boxer Voted Yea; H.R.1, CQ Vote #397: Passed 60-39: R 1-38; D 57-1; I 2-0, 12/24/09, Boxer Voted Yea; H.J. Res. 45, CQ Vote #14: Passed 60-39: R 0-39; D 58-0; I 2-0, 1/28/10, Boxer Voted Yea)
- According To The National Taxpayers Union, Since 2001, Boxer Has Sponsored 655 Bills To Increase Government Spending, And Just 14 Bills To Cut Government Spending. (National Taxpayers Union, “NTUF BillTally — 111th Congress, 1st Session — Dollar Figures In Millions,” www.ntu.org, Accessed 9/27/10; National Taxpayers Union, “NTUF Bill Tally Senate Sorted By Net Spending,” www.ntu.org, Accessed 9/27/10)
- Boxer Has Voted Four Times Against The Bipartisan Sessions-McCaskill Budget Caps Amendment That Would Have Restrained Spending, On Average, To 1.5 Percent For Three Fiscal Years Beginning In 2011. (H.R. 4213, CQ Vote #181: Rejected 57-41: R 40-0; D 16-40; I 1-1, 6/9/10, Boxer Voted Nay; H.R. 1586, CQ Vote #57: Rejected 56-40: R 40-0; D 15-39; I 1-1, 3/18/10, Boxer Voted Nay; H.R. 4213, CQ Vote #42: Rejected 59-41: R 41-0; D 17-40; I 1-1, 3/4/10, Boxer Voted Nay; H.J. Res. 45, CQ Vote #11: Rejected 56-44: R 39-1; D 16-42; I 1-1, 1/28/10, Boxer Voted Nay)
JOANNA: “Billions in new taxes.”
- Since Obama Took Office, Boxer Has Voted In Favor Of More Than $500 Billion In Higher Taxes, Including Tax Hikes On The Poor. (“Estimated Revenue Effects Of The Amendment In The Nature Of A Substitute To H.R. 4872, The ‘Reconciliation Act Of 2010,’ As Amended,” Joint Committee On Taxation, 3/20/10; H.R. 2, CQ Vote #31: Passed 66-32: R 9-32; D 55-0; I 2-0, 1/29/09, Boxer Voted Yea; Matthew Sturdevant, “Tanning Tax Called Unfair,” The Hartford Courant [Connecticut], 7/19/10; H.R. 1586, CQ Vote #228: Motion Agreed To 61-39: R 2-39; D 57-0; I 2-0, 8/5/10, Boxer Voted Yea; “Estimated Budget Effects Of The Revenue Provisions Contained In Senate Amendment #4575,” Joint Committee On Taxation, 8/5/10)
- In 2009, Boxer Voted In Favor Of Raising Taxes On Individuals And Small Businesses That Earn More Than $250,000 Each Year. (S. Con. Res. 13, CQ Vote #173: Adopted 53-43: R 0-40; D 51-3; I 2-0, 4/29/09, Boxer Voted Yea)
DENNIS: “Millions unemployed.”
- More Than 2.2 Million Californians Are Currently Unemployed. (Bureau Of Labor Statistics Website,www.bls.gov, Accessed 10/11/10)
STEPHANIE: “Yet, Boxer says the stimulus is working?”
- Boxer: “The Stimulus Bill Was Very Successful.” “I also wanted to inform colleagues and this is very good news for us that AASHTO which is the group that represents the State Highway and Transportation folks that we work with so closely at home, they’ve released a new report today, Senators. They are basically saying that the stimulus bill was very successful, that it created hundreds of thousands of jobs. They have it actually summarized here, and all the various projects.” (Sen. Barbara Boxer, U.S. Senate, Committee On Environment And Public Works, 2/9/10)
ROGER: “It isn’t working for me.”
- California Has Lost 573,000 Nonfarm Payroll Jobs Since The Stimulus Passed In February 2009.(U.S. Bureau Of Labor Statistics Website, data.bls.gov, Accessed 9/24/10)
CARLY FIORINA: “We can make Washington work. Cut spending. Ban earmarks. But Washington won’t change unless you vote to change the people we send there.”
Note the faces of every day ordinary Californians who are saying that Barbara Boxer and Obama’s Economic Stimulus has failed.
Guess that is why Obama is returning to Los Angeles in about ten days to campaign AGAIN for Senator Boxer. The White House is worried about this seat – and they should be.
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CA-Sen: Rudy Giuliani Endorses Carly Fiorina and Disses Barbara Boxer
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and Republican California U.S. Senate candidate Carly Fiorina
During a new conference this morning in Orange County, Rudy Giuliani, the former New York City Mayor and Republican Presidential candidate endorsed Carly Fiorina for U.S. Senate.
“Carly Fiorina is a proven leader who shares my commitment to keeping our fellow Americans safe, restoring accountability to Washington and getting our economy back on track, and she has my full support. Her record of success in creating jobs in the business world stands in stark contrast to Barbara Boxer’s 28 years of partisan grandstanding and unproductive leadership that failed to protect the people of California from a 12.4 percent unemployment rate and sky-high taxes that threaten families’ and small businesses’ ability to make ends meet,” said Giuliani. “Barbara Boxer is an extreme partisan. She’s not a person who is interested in reaching across the aisle to get things done, but instead, she’s someone who looks to score partisan points at the expense of the people she represents. She’s everything that is wrong with Washington today, and by ousting her on November 2, Californians will take a big step toward making real change in our government.”
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CA-Sen: Barbara Boxer and the Indian Tribal Legislation that Benefits her Non-Native American Son
While the Golden State struggles under the weight of an unemployment rate that has soared to 12.3 percent and with more than 2 million Californians out of work, Barbara Boxer is living off the spoils of elected office, having watched her salary more than double, become a millionaire and paid her family members hundreds of thousands of dollars out of her special-interest-funded political committees.Well, Democrat Senator Barbara Boxer has NOT sponsored much legislation during her 18 years in the United States Senate but the laws she does seem to benefit her own family members, particularly her son, attorney, Doug Boxer.
Ten years ago, Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA)– currently chair of the Senate Ethics Committee– personally moved legislation that has financially benefited her son, Capitol Confidential has learned.
Boxer, then in her second term as a U.S. Senator, carried legislation restoring federal recognition to a Native American tribe, the Coastal Miwoks. At the time, the Miwoks claimed to be a “nongaming tribe.” However, Boxer’s legislation, as signed into law by President Bill Clinton, allowed for a casino to be constructed– a result that would specifically have been blocked under similar legislation introduced by Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-CA).
Now, with a major relevant condition having been met, local residents are bracing themselves for construction of a new casino, a project that has been pushed by none other than Boxer’s son, Doug Boxer. Questions are being raised about the younger Boxer’s involvement and his mother’s legislative actions that paved the way for what looks like a financially lucrative deal benefiting him personally.
Less than a year after Boxer’s tribal bill was signed into law, Doug Boxer helped negotiate a casino partnership between the tribe and Station Casinos of Las Vegas. Doug Boxer’s firm also acquired options on 2,000 acres of land that was later transferred to Station Casinos for an undisclosed price, but which some reports indicate could have been as much as $24 million.
In addition, Doug Boxer’s firm took a consulting fee for brokering the land deal. The amount of that fee has also remained undisclosed, but in May 2003, tribal chairman Gregory Sarris told the Santa Rosa Press-Democrat that the consulting fee was “too much, more than I would like.”
If and when the casino does in fact open, Doug Boxer will profit then, too: According to Boxer campaign spokesman Matthew Kagen, Doug Boxer and the developer involved in the project are partners in a limited liability corporation that would financially benefit from such a move.
Sen. Boxer, for her part, appears to have been aware of the bad optics surrounding this situation for some time.
Back in 2003, when news broke regarding Doug Boxer’s involvement in efforts to develop the casino, but long after her legislation was signed into law, Boxer “recused” herself from further Miwok dealings, citing a “flip-flop” by the tribe on the gambling matter.
However, she predicted that the legislation, and her son’s apparent profiting from it, would prove a liability in future re-election campaigns. Since then, Boxer has remained tight-lipped about the entire matter, with one notable exception: Pinned on it during an interview with the Sacramento Bee last month, Boxer said “I can’t talk about any developments because my son was a lawyer who was part of some consultant that was somehow related to this.”
Indeed, Boxer’s pursuit of the legislation and her son’s involvement in the casino negotiations have riled fellow Democrats. In 2003, Sonoma County Supervisor Valerie Brown told the Los Angeles Times “when the son of a senator works with a tribe to negotiate with an investor from Las Vegas, I have some questions. … It just doesn’t look good.”
Barbara Boxer is a sleazy POL who has been caught sponsoring legislation which enriches her son. In the meantime, some California cities are experiencing over 15% unemployment. How about sponsoring some legislation for them, Ma’am?
Granted this deal was ten years ago but what other sweetheart deals for Doug Boxer are there? And, he as already received over $500,000 from Mama Boxer’s campaign committees from 2001-2009.
Strictly speaking, Boxer’s payments to her son are not illegal, the Senate having repeatedly rejected moves to change rules relating to the employment of family members. In 2008, Boxer voted “present” on a Senate amendment that would have blocked campaigns from paying relatives for campaign work. She has also defended payments to her son as ethical and appropriate.
Ethics are not in Barbara Boxer’s vocabulary list.