Posted on 01/03/2016 11:35:44 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina argued on Sunday that GOP voters should select her over Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) because he would say "whatever" to get elected.
Speaking to CNN's Dana Bash, Fiorina defended her criticism of Cruz for shutting down the government in 2013 over President Barack Obama's health care reform law.
"Ted Cruz is just like any other politician," Fiorina told Bash. "He says one thing in Manhattan, he says another thing in Iowa."
"He says whatever he needs to say to get elected, and then he's going to do as he pleases," she insisted. "I think the American people are tired of the political class that promises much and delivers much of the same."
Over the course of her presidential campaign, Fiorina has also repeatedly been accused of lying and pandering to gain an advantage. In fact, only 27 percent of Fiorina's statements examined by Politifact were found to be true or mostly true....
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She’s a big Hawkeyes fan don’tcha know. LOL
She is consistent. She ruined HP, she ruined Lucent, and now she wants to ruin America. You go girl...
Fiorina Should use some of her campaign cash and buy herself
a new face.
Not really pot/kettle. It is a false charge against Trump. Apparently it is a true charge against Fiorina, since she is willing to lie about another candidate.
Nag, nag, nag.
The sad part is Cruz is THE Tea Party candidate in the Universe who has been consistent from the beginning.
Beat me to it.
Instead, Carly has thrown her Alma mater under the bus and shamelessly pandered to Iowa football fans. Polls already show that Iowans do not like Fiorina, now she is losing their respect as well. Accusing Cruz of saying anything to get elected after saying that she would be rooting for the Hawkeyes and against Stanford is pretty crazy.
The reason folks like Fiorina and Huckabee are targeting Cruz is that at this point they know they’re no longer running for President, but rather for the VP slot on a Trump ticket.
Fiorina Should use some of her campaign cash and buy herself
a new face.
Like $500K worth? She has a funny way of showing appreciation for her big donations, doesn’t she?
I’m thinking the kiddie debate table could really benefit from a female presence ...
Almost right. The are hoping the party pays them back with VP or cabinet position with Rubio, the GOPe choice. That is why it is now vogue to attack Cruz.
For Beverly Hills’ dog catcher opening?
Almost right. The are hoping the party pays them back with VP or cabinet position with Rubio, the GOPe choice. That is why it is now vogue to attack Cruz.
Good theory. But also: once you start running it's hard to stop. It's hard to throw in the towel before any votes have been cast, so Carly is going to hold on to even the slenderest hope of winning.
And Huckabee (like Santorum) is fighting for his self-respect. What they had going for them was the Evangelical (or social conservative) vote. If Cruz takes that away, it's going to be hard to look in the mirror.
Desperate RINOs.
And no, Carly, Ted Cruz doesn’t do that.
I can see a case being made for a Trump/Fiorina ticket. She’s a capable attack-dog (one of a VP candidate’s job) and—like it or not—would help to neutralize the gender factor, which is still Hillary’s main talking point and the reason for her appeal to many voters.
I kind of missed where Cruz argued that his sex as a reason for people to vote for him like someone else has.
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