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Cosmic Kitten

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99. True.

Tue Mar 31, 2015, 04:36 PM

Mar 2015

It doesn't diminish what
Fiorina represents to GOP voters.

The point is, Fiorina is a
counterweight to Hillary.

Her record, electability, etc
won't matter to a large part
of the electorate.

Emotion trumps reason.
People vote for their "team".
And values matter less and less...
even in this community, "winning"
is seen as more important than values.

As a community we seem to be ok
pointing and laughing at the "clown car".
But THEY are winning more elections!
That's not funny.

The only "strategy" our party has
right now is "not as bad as republicans",
and "vote for Democrats or republicans
will destroy the nation"
And SCOTUS!!!... but ignore that we
don't control the Senate.

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Carly Fiorina is expected to announce a campaign for president [View all] Cosmic Kitten Mar 2015 OP

Leadership in what, how to run a company upaloopa Mar 2015 #1

She has a CEO "credential" Cosmic Kitten Mar 2015 #4

No damn way she is a populist! upaloopa Mar 2015 #6

Sure, campaign rhetoric isn't reality... Cosmic Kitten Mar 2015 #8

Fuck that piece of shit, Fiorini. She made revolting comments cali Mar 2015 #15

Yep, but she will appeal to right-wing fundies Cosmic Kitten Mar 2015 #17

She said sending jobs overseas is not "offshoring" but "right shoring" SomethingFishy Mar 2015 #25

I "shore" hope so ;~) Cosmic Kitten Mar 2015 #28

Of course she isn't a real populist. She is just another lying Republican. Enthusiast Mar 2015 #52

And Hillary was on Walmarts board of directors. Travis_0004 Mar 2015 #82

And there you are trumping up a Republican BainsBane Mar 2015 #113

"touting"... bwahahaha Cosmic Kitten Apr 2015 #115

Your posts speak for themselves BainsBane Apr 2015 #116

Why would you post to me? Cosmic Kitten Apr 2015 #119

So I totally hallucinated this thread BainsBane Apr 2015 #121

Actually, you "assume" what's not there. Cosmic Kitten Apr 2015 #124

Are you going to sign up for her campaign? hrmjustin Apr 2015 #130

+100. Yeah, we're all waiting for carly to announce with baited breath. Because she's a ND-Dem Mar 2015 #5

This. Agschmid Mar 2015 #13

Would she be a useful stalking horse against Hillary? Cosmic Kitten Mar 2015 #16

Yes she ran Hewlett Packard into the ground so badly they paid MILLIONS to have Carly Fiorina LEAVE Vincardog Apr 2015 #127

Even Repukes know that she is a total failure customerserviceguy Apr 2015 #131

OK. But president of what? ChairmanAgnostic Mar 2015 #2

The right-wing of America? Cosmic Kitten Mar 2015 #9

Don't the huckster, parry, and Rubeieio have that all wrapped up, ChairmanAgnostic Mar 2015 #19

Well, maybe veep? Cosmic Kitten Mar 2015 #29

The next 'Sarah' TheNutcracker Mar 2015 #3

Carly isn't prone to word salads Cosmic Kitten Mar 2015 #7

You don't know anything about her do you ? upaloopa Mar 2015 #10

umm? Cosmic Kitten Mar 2015 #14

Seems your message has changed from your upaloopa Mar 2015 #18

LOL, I'm not comparing anything! Cosmic Kitten Mar 2015 #30

Has anyone ever seen her and Sarah Palin in the same place at the same time? KamaAina Mar 2015 #31

no, but castrating sheep ad worked well for JONI riversedge Mar 2015 #102

Good point! Cosmic Kitten Mar 2015 #105

It was hogs KamaAina Mar 2015 #114

Ranked as one of the worst tech CEOs ever chemenger Mar 2015 #11

If repub men think she is "hot" Cosmic Kitten Mar 2015 #12

carly couldn't carry hillary's purse. spanone Mar 2015 #20

+1 leftofcool Mar 2015 #27

Emotion trumps reason Cosmic Kitten Mar 2015 #32

Leadership experience? Avalux Mar 2015 #21

Umm, you don't have to convince me. Cosmic Kitten Mar 2015 #33

It's what you wrote.... Avalux Mar 2015 #57

It's simply how the MSM will portray her Cosmic Kitten Mar 2015 #59

Because HP is on the cutting edge of technology, right? all those printers and flatbed scanners are Erose999 Mar 2015 #22

Ya think old, white, republicans know or care? Cosmic Kitten Mar 2015 #34

You're right about that, most of them are still connecting to the internet via AOL dial up. Erose999 Mar 2015 #55

Isn't her primary claim to fame destroying companies? Vinca Mar 2015 #23

Actually, those who say Govt doesn't work... Cosmic Kitten Mar 2015 #36

The Klown Kar is going to be bursting at the seams. nt hifiguy Mar 2015 #24

And hilarity would ensue... Cosmic Kitten Mar 2015 #39

Fiorina is a strong proponent of the H-!B progtram, and considers herself a globalist in that djean111 Mar 2015 #26

Yep. But right-wingers see that as "strength" of conviction Cosmic Kitten Mar 2015 #37

Given how well recent GOP candidates that never held political office prior to running have done Johonny Mar 2015 #35

Depends on who backs her. Cosmic Kitten Mar 2015 #38

aren't they all Kochsucker material? pstokely Apr 2015 #129

Stephanie Miller vs Carly Fiorina Sedona Mar 2015 #40

Interesting? Not entirely clear. Cosmic Kitten Mar 2015 #41

Who gives a shit? "I can do for America what I did for Hewlett-Packard!" hatrack Mar 2015 #42

Who gives a shit? Anyone who's looking at demographics. Cosmic Kitten Mar 2015 #44

She's a political baby seal, and she's handing out the clubs herself hatrack Mar 2015 #47

"Duly noted", too funny Cosmic Kitten Mar 2015 #48

That subject line is a keeper. hifiguy Mar 2015 #100

Do you assume female voters are stupid? Ikonoklast Mar 2015 #92

Stupid isn't based on gender Cosmic Kitten Mar 2015 #106

Because he's an idiot who has made a lifetime full of bad decisions. Ikonoklast Apr 2015 #120

Well, yeah. But was there an calculus regarding voters? Cosmic Kitten Apr 2015 #125

Palin disproves your thesis however. Ikonoklast Apr 2015 #133

The OP quote is wrong Yorktown Mar 2015 #43

lol, that an interesting takeaway? Cosmic Kitten Mar 2015 #45

True. The error is that of the media quoted by the OP. nt. Yorktown Mar 2015 #46

But we know what she meant. By now we are weasel words experts. Enthusiast Mar 2015 #50

Oh, fuck! Enthusiast Mar 2015 #49

Yep, and her base won't notice it untill Cosmic Kitten Mar 2015 #65

RW candidates can rely on their base never questioning anything. Enthusiast Mar 2015 #93

Exactly! Emotion trumps facts Cosmic Kitten Mar 2015 #94

How many clowns can you get in a GOP clown car? liberal N proud Mar 2015 #51

All of them? Cosmic Kitten Mar 2015 #64

If you call leadership running Lucent and HP into the ground. hobbit709 Mar 2015 #53

I certainly wouldn't... Cosmic Kitten Mar 2015 #66

Fiorina is hoping for super pac support Gothmog Mar 2015 #54

Koch backed her previously, and will do so again Cosmic Kitten Mar 2015 #68

Rumor has it she's pledged her tech knowledge and background into helping Freep get some upgrades... Erose999 Mar 2015 #56

That's NOT an HP product & has absolutely NOTHING to do with HP, It was a company owned by several bobalew Apr 2015 #128

What leadership experience? Starry Messenger Mar 2015 #58

She was once a Forbes top 50 woman leader Cosmic Kitten Mar 2015 #69

She is famous for running her company into the ground. Starry Messenger Mar 2015 #84

Like a Sarah Palin kinda joke? Cosmic Kitten Mar 2015 #87

Sarah Palin actually won an election Starry Messenger Mar 2015 #98

True. Cosmic Kitten Mar 2015 #99

Yeah, running against a guy with a 10% popularity rating nichomachus Apr 2015 #126

She wants to do for the country what she did for Hewlett-Packard Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2015 #60

Yep, that's probably why the Koch boys support her Cosmic Kitten Mar 2015 #70

Didn't Barbara Boxer beat her ass in a Republican wave election? DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2015 #61

Indeed, in California, against an incumbent Cosmic Kitten Mar 2015 #71

How can they have a visceral opinion of someone they don't know? DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2015 #72

Oh, It's "noted" bwahaha Cosmic Kitten Mar 2015 #74

Should she get the Republican nomination people would "know her" by the time the election comes. DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2015 #75

Yes, by that time she will be a known commodity. Cosmic Kitten Mar 2015 #77

This is moot until she actually wins the nomination... DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2015 #79

Moot you say? Cosmic Kitten Mar 2015 #80

We don't even know if her candidacy will survive the Iowa caucus.../NT DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2015 #81

This message was self-deleted by its author DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2015 #61

Who? Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2015 #67

Right? Who indeed? Cosmic Kitten Mar 2015 #73

Yay! Mike Nelson Mar 2015 #76

Yes and no Cosmic Kitten Mar 2015 #78

I think she is going to find the walls of Palo Alto are rather talkative Sen. Walter Sobchak Mar 2015 #83

Hope so! Cosmic Kitten Mar 2015 #89

Her skeleton closet has to look like hifiguy Mar 2015 #101

Nice :~) Cosmic Kitten Mar 2015 #104

Because if you can't win a Senate Race in your home state the whole country will make you president. TeamPooka Mar 2015 #85

Maybe not president. Maybe veep? Cosmic Kitten Mar 2015 #88

She brings a lot of baggage and no benefits. nt TeamPooka Mar 2015 #91

That may be true in a strict sense, but not entirely Cosmic Kitten Mar 2015 #95

She is as viable a candidate as Donald Trump. nt TeamPooka Mar 2015 #96

Perhaps, in terms of "electability" Cosmic Kitten Mar 2015 #97

Chainsaw Carly's never met a "God Given Right" she wasn't willing to "Right-shore". HughBeaumont Mar 2015 #86

Wall St Corporatists vs 99% Cosmic Kitten Mar 2015 #90

President of what? How to destroy great companies? still_one Mar 2015 #103

You doubt republicans want to break the Govt and privatize everything? Cosmic Kitten Mar 2015 #107

I was referring how she sold HP down the river at the expense of the hp employees still_one Mar 2015 #112

Calling it now: She won't win a single delegate in the primaries Adenoid_Hynkel Mar 2015 #108

Probably right. Cosmic Kitten Mar 2015 #109

hoping for a veep pick, I suppose Adenoid_Hynkel Mar 2015 #110

Agreed. A Political opportunist. Cosmic Kitten Mar 2015 #111

What's an unemployed millionaire with too much free time supposed to do? DefenseLawyer Apr 2015 #117

It does appear to be a "hobby" for some of them Cosmic Kitten Apr 2015 #118

Fiorina: Indiana RFRA "misunderstood" brooklynite Apr 2015 #122

Does HP do much business in Indiana? pstokely Apr 2015 #132

Yes, misunderstood. THAT'S it. HughBeaumont Apr 2015 #134

Yuck. Well, honey, I hope you get the nomination. closeupready Apr 2015 #123

Fiorina's one, single electoin run was against an established Democratic woman and Carly lost by 10% Bluenorthwest Jun 2015 #135