Posted on 07/29/2015 7:27:33 PM PDT by CutePuppy
From time to time as the 2016 campaign unfolds we will publish here the full text of some candidate speeches on important topics. We launch this series with Carly Fiorina's national security address at the Reagan Presidential Library the evening of July 27.
The full text is below, as is a complete video... You'll notice here — and hopefully in the upcoming debates — that the business executive speaks in clear, simple declarative sentences. No fudge words or rhetorical escape clauses. Clean, crisp, no nonsense.
She outlines the problem, then states clearly what she would do. That style drew frequent applause from the audience at the Reagan Library, scene of a nationally-televised Republican debate with all the candidates in mid-September.
Fiorina's speech reads well, but is even better when heard, given her sharp, sometimes tart delivery. (Scroll down for complete video of her remarks and the ensuing Q and A's.) It's a refreshing change and not accidental as even Fiorina's words and speaking manner set her apart from from the usual Washington blather uttered by what she calls "the professional political class." .....
And Fiornia's style also, not accidentally, turns the absence of an elected office on her resume into a plus as a fresh outsider unencumbered by the convoluted and ineffective ways that so many Americans see enacted in Congress, which is rewarded by historically low poll approval.. But Fiorina knows her stuff, deftly handling even unscreened questions after her Reagan remarks and in numerous other appearances. .....
"I see a world in dire need of American leadership. I see President Obama and Secretary Clinton always speaking in terms of ambivalence and shades of gray, offering false choices and raising the shadow of doubt about our will to lead."
(Excerpt) Read more at news.investors.com ...
*Cough* - After merging HP with Compaq — at the time the largest server and "portable PC" competitor — she transformed and ran a mostly struggling market-share-losing printer and disk drive manufacturer into the company which for many years had revenues larger than the budget and revenues of state of California (I don't know if it's still the case) and she left HP in stronger shape than she "inherited," despite dealing with the Internet stock market bubble blowup and 9/11.
>>Trump has created businesses that made him 10 billion dollars and is leading the polls . what have you done? And don’t give me any of your liberal mainstream media talking points . I’ve read many of his books so I know all his life story. You seem to be teamed up with CNN<<
No, but his kids keep saying they didn’t have any advantage from being Trumps and that is complete crap. They should acknowledge they got a great start in life and then say how they have extended that start.
“I had beautiful and rich parents and I went to Wharton and at the age of 22 I started my own Jewelry line, just like any other average American with NO help from my lineage AT ALL!!”
I think it is great the kids are doing well (yeah, a 1st year out of college child should be able to mentor adults on The Apprentice), they need to be honest about the head start they got.
I doubt Carly has any Balls...
Takes a big “wanker” to DEMOLISH the federal givernment..
Trim it down to the roots.. gas powered trimmer..
*Cough* Ran in Kalifornia *cough* Ran in Kalifornia *cough*
I like her straightforward talk, too. She hasn’t minced her words in all the times I’ve seen her on TV.
Might be a good VP candidate for Cruz or Trump.
*Cough* lost to Babs Boxer *cough* HP Executive *cough*
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lol... It was in CA. Carly made record profits for HP.
See part two of my tagline. That's the only way to stop the madness.
Has Ted stated a position on term limits?
OOOHHH, one of those eeevil capitalists! < /sarc >
She can have the Secretary of Commerce position.
Can you name a Republican who could win a statewide race in California today?
The senate is 26/14 D and the assembly is 52/28D.
If you look at statewide races, Cal just keeps getting bluer and bluer.
The Office of President is limited to TWO four year terms.
IF term limits is your biggest issue you are taking better drugs than any one else
Well she’s not going to be commander-in-chief so it’s pretty pointless.
IF term limits is your biggest issue you are taking better drugs than any one else
Presidents come and presidents go. Professional politicians are forever, and they are the problem! If they couldn't achieve massive wealth and power, only public SERVANTS would bother to SERVE.
I’d love to see her in the Debate next Thursday.
Whether Cruz or Trump is the nominee, I could definitely get behind a Ticket with this lady in the VP spot. She would dismantle Hillary Clinton, neuter the DemocRAT’S “War on Women” and make this the most fun Election since 1980.
That company was HP. Carly Fiorina orchestrated the Compaq acquisition and botched it badly. That cost over 40,000 HP & Compaq workers their jobs.
Fiorina also outsourced many HP jobs to India.
She so messed up HP that the Board of Directors ultimately paid out her contract just to get her to leave.
On the day HP announced that Fiorina was gone, HP's stock jumped 15% after it had lost half its value under Fiorina's "leadersip."
The only thing Carly Fiorina is good at is outsourcing jobs, destroying profitable companies, and being paid to leave.
Those are the facts.
Whether Cruz or Trump is the nominee, I could definitely get behind a Ticket with this lady in the VP spot. She would dismantle Hillary Clinton, neuter the DemocRAT’S “War on Women” and make this the most fun Election since 1980.
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