California Conservative

In a just world, I wouldn’t have believed it had Sen. Boxer criticized Carly Fiorina about creating jobs. Since we don’t live in a just world, I shouldn’t be surprised with this NPR article. Here’s what’s rich to me:

“She laid off American workers without a second thought,” Boxer said at the site of a highway transportation project near the Golden Gate Bridge that is partly funded by federal stimulus dollars. “And if she had been in the Senate instead of me, the economic recovery act would not have passed. And these people would not have their jobs,” she said of the construction workers surrounding her.

If Sen. Boxer wants to argue that California is better off because she voted for the failed stimulus bill, that’s her right. The First Amendment certainly lets Sen. Boxer say extremely foolish things. It appears that she’s just exercised that right. Why anyone would willingly tie themselves to the failed Obama/Pelosi stimulus bill is beyond me.

That’s before we start talking about the damage that the Endangered Species Act, legislation that’s under the jurisdiction of the Environment and Public Works Committee, which she chairs, has had on killing jobs in California’s San Joaquin Valley. Sen. Boxer could dramatically improve the employment conditions in the San Joaquin Valley if she wasn’t such a committed environmentalist. Her not lifting a finger has helped drive up unemployment rates in the San Joaquin, a rate that’s been high for well over a year. (more…)