Posted on 11/03/2010 11:15:35 AM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
Saying "the outcome is clear," GOP Senate candidate Carly Fiorina conceded defeat this morning to Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer.
Addressing reporters, Fiorina said she had called Boxer to express her congratulations. And she said it was time for Democrats and Republicans to set aside partisanship.
"I hope all will come together," she said, adding that members of Congress should "redouble their efforts to make sure that all people have a chance to live the American Dream.
(Excerpt) Read more at blogs.sacbee.com ...
She would have been a good Senator -- kinda like Lincoln Chaffee or John McCain: sure to disappoint.
Carly vowed to support the DREAM Act.
She fully supported the repeal of DADT.
She supported Obama’s unemployment excesses
She supported Obama’s new START nuclear weapons treaty.
She said she wanted to fix the global warming cap and trade nonsense — not denounce it.
She ran ad after ad touting how she would cross her party...
I swear I remember it being Fiorina and it was before she jumped on their bandwagon.
But....I still would have taken her over Boxer. If nothing else than to slap that smug expression off Boxer's face!
I read a couple post-mortems today. They said that she didn’t want to interact with the media, wasn’t comfortable getting out and talking with people, etc. So... they kept her sheltered. The woman can’t ride around on her jet and cook up her ideas in isolation — I don’t think she has any idea of what the average citizen thinks about politicians or Sacramento. She never followed public policy or any of California’s long history - she couldn’t even be bothered to vote. She came across as totally clueless on issues.
She irked me because all she kept saying was “I have a plan” or “I know how to solve those problems” but NEVER said HOW. I read through her 50 page glossy brochure calling for a “NEW” California. It was void of any real strategy on how to tackle the office of governor. It was a bunch of gibberish. When you take all that with her liberal record ($ to Enviro defense, acceptance of Global Warming BS, fan of Van Jones, wanting to hand out more green energy $ to her buddies in the silicon valley, to spend $50 billion on public water projects and sell the ownership interests to her financial backers, etc. etc. etc — she became a hugely dislikable and dangerous character).
I tried to bite my tongue for months. I slipped a few times and posted less than flattering comments. But honestly - the people that come on here and say she was a good candidate or ran an excellent campaign are selling the same old snake oil.
Did you see Nehring’s comments yesterday quoted in the SF Chron? He needs to look in a mirror - he and Petey are the has-beens and relics that need to be retired.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/nov05election/detail?entry_id=76117#ixzz14H6zJ000
“I hope these two has-beens [Brown and Boxer] are at least gracious enough to take time today and thank those they’ve managed to sucker into supporting their failed policies during the last four decades. It’s important they thank them today, because after tomorrow, nobody’s going to be interested in anything those two relics have to say,” Nehring said.
Meg said less than flattering things about the Tea Party
Fiorina said something like — I’ll represent everyone and the Tea Party has some legitimate points.
She may have said something earlier than that — I don’t know.
I voted for both of them - but it took some serious nose holding.
Yeah, the minute I heard that our candidate hadn't voted for 20 years or 10 years or whatever, I knew we were screwed. How does one overcome not taking an interest in their own state's gov. then try to govern it! Crazy!
Well, while I’m no longer tongue biting, did you ever check out our(R) SOS candidate?
The Democrat from Florida — also a non-voter — recruited by Rove?
To be precise it's decided by L.A. & the Bay Area.
To be precise it's decided by L.A. & the Bay Area.
California is like a big watermelon: lots of red on the inside, thin blue rind on the outside.
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