Overheard at a Senate hearing yesterday:
"Could you say 'senator' instead of 'ma'am?' It's just a thing. I worked so hard to get that title. I'd appreciate it."
--Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) to Brigadier General Michael Walsh during Senate hearing Tuesday, when he the general repeatedly said, "Yes, ma'am," and "No, ma'am," when answering Boxer's questions at hearing she chaired on New Orleans' levee system.
She needs to step down from the pillar which she has placed herself upon. Ma'am is a term which follows appropriate protocal when referring to a female Senator; just as with a female judge appropriate protocal would be referring to her as Your Honor, Judge, or Ma'am.
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