Okay, Barbara Boxer, the Senator from the great state of California, pointed out with all the tact of Donald Trump and Rosie O'Donnel, that Condi Rice has no children. Therefore, she implied that she is not qualified to advice the president on issues of war.
Really, Barbie? Senate democrats (not all democrats) generally make the meanest comments of anyone I hear of in public --I mean that too. I can't think of anyone who is consistently more insulting, less polite, than senate democrats (as a group, I'm sure there are exceptions).
However, instead of just calling Barbie names, let's examine this intellectually. What Boxer is saying is that because of being single and having no children, all the experience and education of Rice is useless. Perhaps what she also implying is that Rice is a shallow person, who would change what she recommends if she had children in the service. If so, that is, obviously insulting.
So, then, when Bill Clinton used the military, knowing he only had a civilian daugther to worry about, he was likewise disqualified?
Reality: people from military families in great majority support the war anyway (like me, and my brother is a Marine). So, odds are, if Condi had a kid in the service, there's a 70's chance she'd support the action of the president, just by chance. Add to that, she has been in on it from the beginning.
I'd rather give her some credit. I say she makes recommendations according to what she thinks is right, not personal cost. As for Boxer? I'm not so sure. Normally, people accuse other people of the things they themselves are guilty of. But, who can say. What I know for sure: Condi has class. Boxer?
post script, true to form, Boxer's office stands by her comments. So does Rosie O'donnel.
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