Is "Boxer" Serious?

Here is a story by Audrey Hudson, Sen. Boxer takes victim role after hearing for Rice, Senator Boxer takes victim role? Is she serious, how can Senator Barbra Boxer actual be the victim during the confirmation hearings? Let's take a question that applies to "sexual discrimination" cases. Who has the power; Condi Rice or Senator Boxer? I would suggest that Senator Boxer has the power, is the questioner, and in no way could be a victim in this type setting - I believe her attempt to even claim she is a victim indicates that she believe Condi Rice a strong person, strong than herself, and is evidence of Condi Rice's qualifications. Some snippets:

Sen. Barbara Boxer says she is the real victim of last week's confirmation hearing for Secretary of State-designate Condoleezza Rice, yet continued yesterday to question the national security adviser's honesty.
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"And I would hope that we can have this conversation and discuss what happened before and what went on before and what I said without impugning my credibility or my integrity," Miss Rice said.
Mrs. Boxer yesterday called that response a "good debating technique."
"When you really don't know what to say about a specific, you just attack the person who is asking the questions," Mrs. Boxer told CNN.
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On CNN, Mrs. Boxer accused Miss Rice of intentionally "frightening every American, and that was the point."
"She didn't hesitate to go out and sell this war to the American people," Mrs. Boxer said. "She said things that were flat-out not true." [Now in Boxer-ese or Boxer-ism this statement does not constitute an attack - You buy that?]

Read the whole article here.