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Our founders never intended us to have a professional political class,” Fiorina says in a video. “We know the only way to reimagine our government is to reimagine who is leading it. I’m Carly Fiorina and I’m running for president”
“Carly for President” is already bucking expectations, drawing larger crowds than expected, and building the kind of campaign that just might pack a punch down the line.
“It never occurred to me that there might be another female choice,” Renee Duvall told msnbc in Concord, New Hampshire “I love it! I’m excited about it.”
Fiorina’s criticism of Clinton has been a constant in her campaign so far.
“Like Hillary Clinton, I too have traveled hundreds of thousands of miles around the globe but unlike Mrs. Clinton, I know that flying is an activity not an accomplishment,” she quipped in New Hampshire.
“Leadership is not about position, or power, or title, or perks,” she said in New Hampshire in mid-April. “The highest calling of leadership is to unlock potential in others and to change the order of things for the better.”
23 comments:
Could she be running for a VP slot in Rand Paul's campaign?
If she runs in the primary, I will vote for her, If she wins the primary, I will vote for her as POTUS, and if he makes it, Rubio as VP. He can run again for POTUS from the VP slot. Her strength will be as a POTUS candidate...shutting off Hillary's water as "isn't it time for a woman POTUS?"
Why yes, my dear, it really is...just NOT you.
PS: I really liked Fiorina's catch and retort on the female hormonal issue....reference horndog Bill's "hormonal" issues in the Oval Office no less.
Cigar anyone :-)
I remember her California governor campaign and so am against her no matter what she says now.
Should add that I've like to see Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, Ben Carson, Scott Walker in any cabinet she might form as POTUS. Time for you younger fresh bold faces.
I'd add John Kasich if it were not for his advocacy of an unmanageable "consumption tax" to replace the income tax....with the total folly of this some how eliminating the IRS. He reverses himself publicly on this, I'd add him to the mix. Anyone who has dealt with any state revenue agency (for sales, income, use, excise, or VAT) knows better...they make the IRS look like lap dogs. Not spoofing...have done battle with both.
Senate campaign.
rhhardin...given neither of us are from California, etc...the land of la-la. I honestly would appreciate details on your objections? Informed electorates generally make for better elections...so I would listen. For once I'd like to not vote for the "least worst" candidate. Seriously, I will listen...I might be missing something.
I realize, much as I don't like identity politics, I am applying it in Fiorina's case as adjunct to "realpolitik" plus her real world non-governmental bureaucratic experience.
PS: How is Julie doing these days? Is she near Vickie's level of behavior?
Like her or not, she's got a vagina.
It will be revealing to see how the Blue Media treat Fiorina compared to queen Hillary - Corruptocrat money-grubber the 1st, Vajayay version.
Great. If she wins the nomination and goes up against Hillary, it will be called The Battle of the Vaginas.
Armstrong and Getty were trying to help her and she was pandering to the left, as I recall. Maybe current A&G podcasts will recount the thing. (I stopped listening when tbey brought in Dominick, who is amusing but changes the dynamics of the show so that it's not longer interesting.)
Fiorina stunk as a CEO of Lucent and HP. An affirmative action hire.
Rush is recounting her huge change as we speak.
He apparently believes the change. I don't.
Who you'd want is somebody like Richard Epstein, who can explain reasons for how stuff works and what you need to do to fix it.
No populism there.
Not Epstein, but somebody who can do that.
Carly Fiorina is an interesting candidate. I listened to a couple of her speeches, and some Q and A, and she seems smart and thoughtful.
Would I vote for her if she was a male? Probably not. The job requires someone who has government experience, and she lacks that. But if it comes down to voting for an ovarian-American, I'd vote for her (while wishing she was Condi Rice) over Hillary Clinton.
America is heading for some brutally hard times, and someone who needs a lot of on the job training isn't the best person for the job.
If Hillary runs unopposed the dems will have plenty of opportunity to cross over and choose the republican candidate. President Akin anyone?
I think experience is important, but the Presidency is such a unique job that specific experience is always gonna be lacking in the kind of people who would make the changes we need. But, that is only in the realm of political experience, which is just one aspect of the job and probably a relatively easy one for a smart person to pick up, especially with the right advisors.
More important is experience and wisdom in organization management, negotiation, and strategy.
Absolutely most important is the person's values and belief system, which is visible in their history if anyone looks into it. What ideological environment do they come from? What do they champion? Who do they choose to work with? Do they keep their word? Do they understand evil, and do they hate it. If they have that stuff, then all they need is to be decisive and courageous and surround themselves with good people.
Barack Obama is my example of the worst possible type: wrong ideas, wrong people, confusion, dishonesty, and cowardice. Hillary is the same. She usually doesn't know what she thinks, and when she does, it's the wrong thing. She never knows what to do in a crisis, and apparently believes that the truth is always the wrong choice.
Unfortunately for our democracy, likeability is the most important factor to voters, but that's also very bad news for Hillary.
Does anyone talk about whether or not the person is a good and decent leader? Do they truly work for good things and get results, or are they preoccupied with the crap around the edges, the Kardashian world that is always lurking around important work and trying to suck up its juice?.
bagoh20 said ...
Absolutely most important is the person's values and belief system, ...
Yes it is. I am very f'ing tired of "political experience"...I'd vote for a number of those who comment here, including Haz, AllenS, and Bagoh20 simply because the thoughts they've expressed over time. Old weary political experience is just that, old and weary...OJT can't help but be better.
I want no one, no one whatsoever from way back, like the acolytes of the Nixon admin., the Bush admins., or the Clinton admin....and definitely not the current bang up of Obama. If there is a G-d, help us now.
Aridog: I'll run only if you'll accept appointment as SecDef.
You don't have to like her, just remember she can hit Hillary! right where it hurts - in the vagina.
PS Our old pal from TOP, Darleen Click, has a great comeback over at Protein Wisdom for those who intend to vote with their vagina next year.
Please be polite enough to pass a few wet-wipes to next person to go into the voting booth behind you.
rhhardin said...
I remember her California governor campaign and so am against her no matter what she says now.
I remember that campaign too and I voted for her and against the execrable Barbara Boxer. I'd say that our votes cancelled each other but I believe you had no business voting in that election.
I agree with Hardin that she should try for the Senate again. CA needs a counterbalance to undo the 20+ years of single party representation. Whether she can win the Republican primary remains to be seen. But she does belong in the race, as does Ben Carson, because they represent alternatives to identity politics and Democratic pandering.
Ma, what kind of computer did you guys get?
Lemme look. We got a d.y.
You got a d.y.?
Yeah, we got a d.y.
Okay, Ma, if you say so.
I voted for Carly for Senate but she was never going to win.
No one wants to run as a Republican in California and who can blame them? The deck is stacked against Rs for the foreseeable future thanks to public unions and illegal immigration. And the lying partisan media, of course. California voted for Jerry Brown, a retread career government stooge, as governor. Business as usual. That's all you need to know. Might as well break the state up and let the parts that can still save themselves do so.
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