The Box!

I love Barbara Boxer, or as I like to call her The Box. Hands down one of the best politicians alive today. She's not the type to sit quietly and watch the administration fuck up this country. She listens to the people. She speaks boldly when others are afraid.



On Tuesday, October 18th, John Bolton will be testifying before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and she's gonna holla and get up on it and make you, John Bolton, very uncomfortable on national television. She's gonna call you on your mistakes, past present and future. Sure you'll have some slick answer to spill forth from that dead rodent sitting above your lip, and you'll weasel your way out of it as usual, but still The Box is gonna Box you in. Here are some of the questions she plans on asking John tomorrow, in addition to others she's collecting from her constituents here.

Why did you not authorize the release of documents that Senators requested during your confirmation process -- a simple request which would have ultimately allowed a vote on your nomination to proceed?

At a time when America's perception in the world community is at an all-time low, what specifically have you done since assuming the UN Ambassadorship to rebuild relationships with our global allies?

Recently, you said, "...It cannot be a situation where the difficulties that we encounter in Iraq stop us from taking the necessary steps against countries like Iran seeking nuclear weapons." But don't you think that that's exactly what has happened? That the Bush Administration became distracted by rushing to war in Iraq, allowing Iran and North Korea to move their nuclear programs forward?

On Monday, October 10th, you blocked a key UN envoy from briefing the Security Council on human rights violations witnessed first-hand during a recent visit to the Darfur region of Sudan. Why would you block such a briefing?

In September, nearly 3,000 nongovernmental organizations convened for the UN World Summit. At the last minute, you unilaterally proposed hundreds of changes to a draft "outcome document" which many observers said threatened to "jeopardize the summit and the very future of the UN itself." Your changes eliminated all references to the UN's Millennium Development Goals, aimed to reduce poverty, improve education,
reduce mortality rates, protect the environment, and reverse the spread of AIDS. Why did you seek to eliminate these important goals?