July 16, 2009
Taking Babs Boxer to the woodshed
This is perhaps the most satisfying video to come out of Washington in years. Watch as Babs Boxer grows increasingly confused as her bullying and condescending race-baiting tactics fail to have the desired effect on a businessman testifying before her committee. Delicious.
The Hill reports on the confrontation:
The President and CEO of the National Black Chamber of Commerce (NBCC) tore into Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) Thursday for what he said were "condescending" and "God awful" racial statements at a hearing.
NBCC head Harry C. Alford took strong exception to Boxer having referenced an NAACP report favoring climate change legislation during a hearing of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, of
which Boxer is the chairwoman."Madam chair, that is condescending to me," Alford said. "I'm the National Black Chamber of Commerce, and you're trying to put up some other black group to pit against me."
Boxer defended including the report, however, saying the report reflects a "diversity" of support behind climate change legislation facing the Senate.
"If this gentleman were here, he would be proud he's being quoted," Boxer said in defense of the NAACP support.
Alford, however, struck back against Boxer, accusing her of "getting racial" in the climate change debate.
"All that's condescending, and I don't like it. It's racial. I take offense to it. As an African-American and a veteran of this country, I take offense to that," he said. "You're quoting some other black man —
why don't you quote some other Asian or some other… You're getting racial here.""You're speaking on behalf of the black community?" Alford asked. "Why are you doing the colored people association's study with the black Chamber of Commerce?"
He finally concluded:
"We've been looking at energy policy since 1996. And we are referring to the experts, regardless of their color. And for someone to tell me, an African-American, college-education veteran of the United States Army, that I must contend with some other "black group" and put aside everything else in here — This has NOTHING to do with the NAACP, and really has nothing to do with the National Black Chamber of Commerce. We're talking about energy. And that — that road the chair went down, I think is God awful."
The amazing thing is that Alford did a better job showing what a despicable, condescending, smarmy elitist she is than any of the Republican members of the Senate -- none of whom has deigned to take on Boxer, even though she is manifestly unsuited to a battle of wits and incapable of mounting a cogent defense of her scatterbrained beliefs.
Somebody ought to try and convince Alford to return to California and run against Boxer.
Posted by Mike Lief at July 16, 2009 09:59 PM
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Outstanding! Alford for President. Fire the crapweasel.
Posted by: Schmedley at July 17, 2009 10:02 AM