Career Day

It’s debate day, and that means voters around California will be tuning in to watch tonight’s face-off between Barbara Boxer and Carly Fiorina. What will they see? They’ll witness firsthand the stark contrasts between an out-of-touch, out-of-reach career politician who has spent nearly three decades in Washington with few positive results to show for it, and a proven leader who has actually had experience in the real world creating jobs, meeting payrolls and managing billion-dollar budgets.

But for anyone who doesn’t believe that Barbara Boxer is truly a career politician, don’t take our word for it. Turns out even Boxer herself refers to her time in the U.S. Senate as a career – one she enjoys greatly, we might add.

  • Boxer Repeatedly Referred To Service In The Senate As A “Career.” BOXER: “Already my opponent says she will only stay 12 years in the Senate. She hasn’t even gotten there. And she got fired less than six years from Hewlett-Packard. So I guess that would be a long-term job. But, um, I find it kind of amazing. But if she doesn’t think it’s a good career, and a career where you can help people, why would you ever want to do it?” (Sen. Barbara Boxer, Remarks At San Francisco Chronicle Editorial Board Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 8/31/10)

  • Boxer Says “It’s True” She Enjoys Her Career As A Politician. “On her race with Fiorina, Boxer acknowledged she's been cast by Republicans as a ‘career politician.’ ‘It’s true that this is what I like to do. I'm proud of it,’ she told The Chronicle.” (Carla Marinucci, “Barbara Boxer Pushes For Afghan Exit Strategy,” San Francisco Chronicle, 9/1/10)
Barbara Boxer hasn’t had a job in the real world in more than a generation, and her “career” as a U.S. senator is one she’ll fight tooth and nail to keep. In contrast, Carly understands that people lose touch with reality after too many hours inside the Beltway. On that front, Barbara Boxer is Exhibit A … no wonder she’s so adamantly opposed to term limits. Unfortunately for the people of California, Boxer’s résumé in Washington includes voting for more than $1 trillion in higher taxes and making it more difficult for small businesses to grow and succeed. It’s a résumé she has been desperately trying to re-write in her election-year effort to extend her employment contract to 40 years … but the facts are the facts, and her record is her record. And both show that, as a result of Barbara Boxer’s failed career in Washington, our state is today facing an unemployment rate of 12.3 percent and more than 2 million Californians being out of work.