Xeni Jardin of BoingBoing.net travelled to SF for the opening of the new Lucas campus at the Presidio, and reported that California’s most obnoxious statewide elected official is annoying even when her mouth is shut, she’s sitting down, and cameras are pointed the other way:

… One thing that didn’t make it in to either story: Senator Barbara Boxer’s cellphone going off repeatedly throughout Lucas’ speech to reporters at the press conference. It was kind of an obnoxious polyphonic ringtone of some awful song. She was right in the front row, like 5 feet away from him on the podium, so it was super awkward. Everyone else in the room heard it loud and clear, but she seemed to be having a tough time finding the device in her purse.

It’s not surprising that Senator Boxer doesn’t know that cell phones can be muted, since she never considers keeping quiet herself.

[More on our nemesis Senator Boxer here]

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