Posted on 10/12/2015 5:47:37 PM PDT by jimbo123
Rick Perry may be out of the race for president, but the Republican field is still brimming with Texans. One of them is Carly Fiorina, who has surged into the top tier of candidates, behind only Donald Trump and Ben Carson in recent polls.
Born Cara Carleton Sneed in Austin in September 1954 to Joseph Tyree Sneed III, a law professor at the University of Texas at Austin, and his wife, Madelon, her Texas residency was fleeting.
She departed at age 2
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About as “Texan” as the Bushes.
Freaking fraud.
This 6th generation Texan is unimpressed—LOL!
Here’s the official transcript of what Carly Fiorina said about Islam on September 26, 2001:
I’ll end by telling a story.
There was once a civilization that was the greatest in the world.
It was able to create a continental super-state that stretched from ocean to ocean, and from northern climes to tropics and deserts. Within its dominion lived hundreds of millions of people, of different creeds and ethnic origins.
One of its languages became the universal language of much of the world, the bridge between the peoples of a hundred lands. Its armies were made up of people of many nationalities, and its military protection allowed a degree of peace and prosperity that had never been known. The reach of this civilization’s commerce extended from Latin America to China, and everywhere in between.
And this civilization was driven more than anything, by invention. Its architects designed buildings that defied gravity. Its mathematicians created the algebra and algorithms that would enable the building of computers, and the creation of encryption. Its doctors examined the human body, and found new cures for disease. Its astronomers looked into the heavens, named the stars, and paved the way for space travel and exploration.
Its writers created thousands of stories. Stories of courage, romance and magic. Its poets wrote of love, when others before them were too steeped in fear to think of such things.
When other nations were afraid of ideas, this civilization thrived on them, and kept them alive. When censors threatened to wipe out knowledge from past civilizations, this civilization kept the knowledge alive, and passed it on to others.
While modern Western civilization shares many of these traits, the civilization I’m talking about was the Islamic world from the year 800 to 1600, which included the Ottoman Empire and the courts of Baghdad, Damascus and Cairo, and enlightened rulers like Suleiman the Magnificent.
Although we are often unaware of our indebtedness to this other civilization, its gifts are very much a part of our heritage. The technology industry would not exist without the contributions of Arab mathematicians. Sufi poet-philosophers like Rumi challenged our notions of self and truth. Leaders like Suleiman contributed to our notions of tolerance and civic leadership.
And perhaps we can learn a lesson from his example: It was leadership based on meritocracy, not inheritance. It was leadership that harnessed the full capabilities of a very diverse population — that included Christianity, Islamic, and Jewish traditions.
This kind of enlightened leadership — leadership that nurtured culture, sustainability, diversity and courage — led to 800 years of invention and prosperity.
In dark and serious times like this, we must affirm our commitment to building societies and institutions that aspire to this kind of greatness. More than ever, we must focus on the importance of leadership — bold acts of leadership and decidedly personal acts of leadership.
With that, I’d like to open up the conversation and see what we, collectively, believe about the role of leadership.
I love the parenthetical you added to the title ... it points out the silliness of the bullcrap article.
Carly Fiorina’s Texas roots run deep = she departed at age 2.
Uh, yeah.
My Texan lineage has been traced back to the early 1800s, whereupon it falls off a cliff *shrug*.
There are very few Texans in Texas nowadays.
I’m more Texan than she is, and I’ve never lived in Texas. (Much to my chagrin, I assure you).
Born in Texas? Still more than Cruz can claim..
Carly Fiorina is a plant?
There you are.
Juvenile comment. Sad.
She’s everyone to everyone everywhere all the time! Like Hillary!
You might be surprised at how many of us there are. I have very many friends who are native Texans—and there are parts of Texas that are almost all natives.
In later years, more people from out of state have been moving in-—but there are large parts of east Texas where the native population is quite large.
Mine goes back to late 1800s, and I am so grateful that my ancestors came to Texas (by way of Galveston).
Just another shillary, two peas in the same pod.....
Cruz got here as quick as he could and he loves it here. How about you?
I apologize for not meeting your standard.
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