Senator Boxer's Hard-Earned Title: Bitch

That scene is exactly what I thought of when Senator Boxer went all officious on an Army Brigadier General who addressed her as "Ma'am" - in accordance with military protocol for addressing female Senators - during a hearing before her Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works last Tuesday.

Although it goes against my grain to use the word bitch, her behavior fits the dictionary definition, specifically Merriam-Webster's entry 2(b): "a malicious, spiteful, or overbearing woman."