On Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:05:38 -0400, Gene Kearns
wrote:



|Turns out Democratic senator Boxer was wrong. Protocol DOES say a
|military person should address a superior as either "Sir" or Ma'am".
|The pentagon says they will not get in the middle of this but I say it
|is a great example of the arrogance of Dems.

I don't think so. I don't care for her, either, but she isn't his
"superior" and he should have referred to her as senator....

just as one would address a female judge as "judge _____" or "your
honor"?

I don't think it was as big a deal as she made out.


Ma'am is the same as sir in my book and that seems to be an adequate
term of respect for a senator.

Don't know what got her goat, his testimony, tone or she was just
having a temporary hormone imbalance (men have them too so don't
accuse me of bigotry) -- but it sure seem blown out of proportion.

I wonder if Letterman will dedicate some jokes to her going off. Maybe
she needs a dose of Alex Rodgrigez more than the Palin tweener.