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That would only create more poor people and further put a strain on the already teahadist damaged welfare system.
Does your mom still hold your hand when you cross the street?
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CARLY FIORINA: “I started out as a secretary. I have been underestimated all my life. I’m used to the pattern. I’m used to being underestimated and having to demonstrate competence.”
Quite a contrast to Hillary, who started out a Yale Law grad, but who never has.
Quite a contrast to Hillary, who started out a Yale Law grad, but who never has.
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CuntClinton cannot say any of this,
Why Carly Fiorina Should Be the Republican Nominee
1. Positive Vision: Fiorina’s refrain is her belief in “human potential” which she says is squelched by big government — from the poverty factories we call public schools, to the shackles of entitlement dependency, to the mighty headwinds of regulation that stifle entrepreneurism and competition, to the hand-in-glove relationship of big business with big government. She loves the innovation that springs from liberty, and speaks eloquently of its power to fuel prosperity.
Carly Fiorina when she was battling cancer in November 2009
Carly Fiorina, when she was battling cancer in November 2009. She has been cancer-free for more than five years.
2. Compelling Personal Story: A law-school dropout, Fiorina became a “Kelly girl” doing temp work, until someone noticed her potential. Focusing her abilities, she rose through the ranks to become CEO of the world’s largest technology company. Eight months before announcing her maiden run for office, she was slammed with breast cancer that led to a double mastectomy. Fiorina also lost an adult daughter to addiction. Still, she and her faithful husband of three decades soldiered on. Her story will connect with voters, and help neutralize that Democratic meme that Republicans are the silver-spoon gang. Many conservatives bridle at the whole “personal story” pishposh, forgetting perhaps that we have a president now who ascended to the seat buoyed by little else. For all of our rationality, we must never forget that most folks think with their hearts first.
3. Executive Experience: Whatever you think of her tenure at Hewlett-Packard (HP) — many call it mediocre or worse, largely due to an ill-advised merger with Compaq — she was, in fact, CEO of HP from 1999-2005, a lengthy tenure by modern standards. Not only does that mean she has actual executive experience, the likes of which few other candidates can claim, but she has the mustard to take big risks, and she has tasted big failure, big betrayal, and ultimately, that walk to the parking lot with her desktop knick-knacks in a box. (She doesn’t say it happened that way. I embellish from personal experience.) These may not seem like attributes and experiences that commend a person to the post of president, but most leaders will agree with me that failure is an essential building block for future success, so long as you both learn from the loss, and refuse to let it stymie your sense of adventure.
4. A Bold Warrior: The word that comes up, time and again, even from Fiorina’s detractors, is “poised.” She recently stood before a crowd of strangers in Dallas County, Iowa, [see video below] and took questions with a sense of calm that belies her relative political inexperience. When she ran against liberal lioness Barbara Boxer for a Senate seat from California she would quip that she has faced cancer, so a Boxer doesn’t scare her. There is a peace that passes understanding when you have weathered the ravages of chemo, radiation and the knife, and come out alive. She has passed five years cancer-free. After reconstructive surgery, Fiorina contracted an infection in her left breast, requiring surgery six days before the election. The doctor installed drains in her chest. The night of her loss, before her speech, she ripped the drains out intentionally, determined to stand tall without those “pieces of plastic in my body.” To this day, she seems to be the only potential nominee willing to go to war against Hillary Clinton, relentlessly attacking her record (or lack thereof) on TV and on the stump.
Rising to the Challenge, by Carly Fiorina5. Active Compassion: In 2008, Fiorina started a non-profit called One Woman Initiative (OWI), an attempt to lift women in Muslim-dominated countries, economically and politically. In 2013, OWI formed a partnership with Opportunity International, a nonprofit that makes small (average $150), seed-capital loans to the poor to help them become financially independent. She also chairs, since 2012, Good360, an organization that takes surplus merchandise which might otherwise hit the landfill, and distributes it to those who need it, especially for disaster relief. Many talk about the role of the private sector in charity. Carly Fiorina does something.
6. A Framework for Decision-Making: Ideology comes to the fore during primary seasons — with no one being conservative enough for some folks, or moderate enough for others. But pronouncements about principles languish on the clearance rack without practical means of implementation. Yes, Fiorina was chair of the American Conservative Union Foundation (host of CPAC), but one must have a process for putting principles into practice. In “Rising to the Challenge,” she outlines a framework for decision-making that starts with determining purpose, reforms the structure to accomplish that purpose, determines metrics for measuring progress, and crafts compensation to reward organizational values. This is Leadership 101 stuff, but it’s Greek to many politicians, and alien to government. Fiorina repeatedly notes that she has made mistakes, but leaders know that the act using such a framework not only helps to achieve a positive vision, but draws crucial lessons from failure.
7. Foundation of Faith: Carly Fiorina is a Christian, and not afraid to say so. She’s also open about the important role that prayer plays in her life. She acknowledges her weakness, and want of wisdom, and turns to the fount of all wisdom to seek it. Her faith sets her against abortion in nearly all cases, but also gives her grace to seek common ground with those who see it differently. You don’t have to be a Christian to be president of the United States, and there are some faithful believers whose entrance into the Oval Office would spike the price of gold. No, it’s not a qualification for the presidency, nor is it a barrier to it. That said, there’s a salutary humility that comes from acknowledging that the Christ is sovereign, and you are not. It springs, in part, from the realization that I would have joined in the jeers at the foot of Jesus’ cross, and yet he forgives, and adopts his enemies as his own children. It would be refreshing to have a president who bows to only one Sovereign.
Read more: http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2015/05/1...lican-nomination-for-president/#ixzz3aEZSeNRM
Why Carly Fiorina Should Be the Republican Nominee
1. Positive Vision: Fiorina’s refrain is her belief in “human potential” which she says is squelched by big government — from the poverty factories we call public schools, to the shackles of entitlement dependency, to the mighty headwinds of regulation that stifle entrepreneurism and competition, to the hand-in-glove relationship of big business with big government. She loves the innovation that springs from liberty, and speaks eloquently of its power to fuel prosperity.
Carly Fiorina when she was battling cancer in November 2009
Carly Fiorina, when she was battling cancer in November 2009. She has been cancer-free for more than five years.
2. Compelling Personal Story: A law-school dropout, Fiorina became a “Kelly girl” doing temp work, until someone noticed her potential. Focusing her abilities, she rose through the ranks to become CEO of the world’s largest technology company. Eight months before announcing her maiden run for office, she was slammed with breast cancer that led to a double mastectomy. Fiorina also lost an adult daughter to addiction. Still, she and her faithful husband of three decades soldiered on. Her story will connect with voters, and help neutralize that Democratic meme that Republicans are the silver-spoon gang. Many conservatives bridle at the whole “personal story” pishposh, forgetting perhaps that we have a president now who ascended to the seat buoyed by little else. For all of our rationality, we must never forget that most folks think with their hearts first.
3. Executive Experience: Whatever you think of her tenure at Hewlett-Packard (HP) — many call it mediocre or worse, largely due to an ill-advised merger with Compaq — she was, in fact, CEO of HP from 1999-2005, a lengthy tenure by modern standards. Not only does that mean she has actual executive experience, the likes of which few other candidates can claim, but she has the mustard to take big risks, and she has tasted big failure, big betrayal, and ultimately, that walk to the parking lot with her desktop knick-knacks in a box. (She doesn’t say it happened that way. I embellish from personal experience.) These may not seem like attributes and experiences that commend a person to the post of president, but most leaders will agree with me that failure is an essential building block for future success, so long as you both learn from the loss, and refuse to let it stymie your sense of adventure.
4. A Bold Warrior: The word that comes up, time and again, even from Fiorina’s detractors, is “poised.” She recently stood before a crowd of strangers in Dallas County, Iowa, [see video below] and took questions with a sense of calm that belies her relative political inexperience. When she ran against liberal lioness Barbara Boxer for a Senate seat from California she would quip that she has faced cancer, so a Boxer doesn’t scare her. There is a peace that passes understanding when you have weathered the ravages of chemo, radiation and the knife, and come out alive. She has passed five years cancer-free. After reconstructive surgery, Fiorina contracted an infection in her left breast, requiring surgery six days before the election. The doctor installed drains in her chest. The night of her loss, before her speech, she ripped the drains out intentionally, determined to stand tall without those “pieces of plastic in my body.” To this day, she seems to be the only potential nominee willing to go to war against Hillary Clinton, relentlessly attacking her record (or lack thereof) on TV and on the stump.
Rising to the Challenge, by Carly Fiorina5. Active Compassion: In 2008, Fiorina started a non-profit called One Woman Initiative (OWI), an attempt to lift women in Muslim-dominated countries, economically and politically. In 2013, OWI formed a partnership with Opportunity International, a nonprofit that makes small (average $150), seed-capital loans to the poor to help them become financially independent. She also chairs, since 2012, Good360, an organization that takes surplus merchandise which might otherwise hit the landfill, and distributes it to those who need it, especially for disaster relief. Many talk about the role of the private sector in charity. Carly Fiorina does something.
6. A Framework for Decision-Making: Ideology comes to the fore during primary seasons — with no one being conservative enough for some folks, or moderate enough for others. But pronouncements about principles languish on the clearance rack without practical means of implementation. Yes, Fiorina was chair of the American Conservative Union Foundation (host of CPAC), but one must have a process for putting principles into practice. In “Rising to the Challenge,” she outlines a framework for decision-making that starts with determining purpose, reforms the structure to accomplish that purpose, determines metrics for measuring progress, and crafts compensation to reward organizational values. This is Leadership 101 stuff, but it’s Greek to many politicians, and alien to government. Fiorina repeatedly notes that she has made mistakes, but leaders know that the act using such a framework not only helps to achieve a positive vision, but draws crucial lessons from failure.
7. Foundation of Faith: Carly Fiorina is a Christian, and not afraid to say so. She’s also open about the important role that prayer plays in her life. She acknowledges her weakness, and want of wisdom, and turns to the fount of all wisdom to seek it. Her faith sets her against abortion in nearly all cases, but also gives her grace to seek common ground with those who see it differently. You don’t have to be a Christian to be president of the United States, and there are some faithful believers whose entrance into the Oval Office would spike the price of gold. No, it’s not a qualification for the presidency, nor is it a barrier to it. That said, there’s a salutary humility that comes from acknowledging that the Christ is sovereign, and you are not. It springs, in part, from the realization that I would have joined in the jeers at the foot of Jesus’ cross, and yet he forgives, and adopts his enemies as his own children. It would be refreshing to have a president who bows to only one Sovereign.
Read more: http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2015/05/1...lican-nomination-for-president/#ixzz3aEZSeNRM
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Carly Fiorina just released her personal finances --- your move, Hillary (and everyone else)
BY ASHE SCHOW | JUNE 4, 2015 | 11:34 AM
Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina has become the first 2016 candidate to file her personal financial disclosure, showing her and her husband to have a net worth of nearly $59 million.
"I've taken hundreds of questions — whether about hot dogs or my personal finances — and I think it's all fair game," Fiorina said in an email sent to media. "I think leadership of any kind requires trust and transparency and voters should demand no less from their political leadership in government."
The $59 million figure includes property owned by Fiorina, which is not required in a personal financial disclosure.
Her campaign provided additional details about Fiorina's finances, including her effective tax rate (federal, state and local combined) to be 30 percent for 2012 and 2013. Her effective federal rate was 20 percent.
Fiorina and her husband also gave an average of 14 percent of their income to charity, and Carly worked for multiple charities without accepting compensation, according to her campaign.
Fiorina's transparency stands in stark contrast to Hillary Clinton, who rarely answers unscripted questions or speaks to the press. Fiorina's disclosures list more than 1,000 of her investments and a number of paid speeches. The disclosure form did not require her to list so many specifics.
The early move to release her financial information is just the latest example of Fiorina's campaign doing everything right. She's taking the tough (and silly) questions, she's using social media to her advantage, she's trolling the media and she's directly taking on presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton — all while avoiding serious gaffes. Other campaigns could — and should — take note.
The 87-page financial disclosure can be read here.
BY ASHE SCHOW | JUNE 4, 2015 | 11:34 AM
Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina has become the first 2016 candidate to file her personal financial disclosure, showing her and her husband to have a net worth of nearly $59 million.
"I've taken hundreds of questions — whether about hot dogs or my personal finances — and I think it's all fair game," Fiorina said in an email sent to media. "I think leadership of any kind requires trust and transparency and voters should demand no less from their political leadership in government."
The $59 million figure includes property owned by Fiorina, which is not required in a personal financial disclosure.
Her campaign provided additional details about Fiorina's finances, including her effective tax rate (federal, state and local combined) to be 30 percent for 2012 and 2013. Her effective federal rate was 20 percent.
Fiorina and her husband also gave an average of 14 percent of their income to charity, and Carly worked for multiple charities without accepting compensation, according to her campaign.
Fiorina's transparency stands in stark contrast to Hillary Clinton, who rarely answers unscripted questions or speaks to the press. Fiorina's disclosures list more than 1,000 of her investments and a number of paid speeches. The disclosure form did not require her to list so many specifics.
The early move to release her financial information is just the latest example of Fiorina's campaign doing everything right. She's taking the tough (and silly) questions, she's using social media to her advantage, she's trolling the media and she's directly taking on presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton — all while avoiding serious gaffes. Other campaigns could — and should — take note.
The 87-page financial disclosure can be read here.
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I don't care about Carly at all and Hillary is wise to ignore the press at this point. If I were here I'd spend the next six months touring Europe.
Nor do I particularly care what any candidate does or doesn't make save for where it is pertinent to an argument.
Nor do I particularly care what any candidate does or doesn't make save for where it is pertinent to an argument.
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More accurately like somehow who has watched the game be played a few times and has decent understanding of how the universe functions. How much money a person is worth or makes annually is pretty irrelevant over all to nearly all discussions. Warren Buffet makes and has a metric fuck ton of money doesn't change the validity of his ideas one bit.
As for Hillary the press can't do anything positive for her at this point. Nothing she does right now can possibly help her, no sound bite, no press conference nothing. However she can sure as fuck say something about 57 states, or forget to wear her America Pin or goof in a thousand other ways that would make for great campaign bullshit in the primaries and later the election. Her best bet is to simply vanish until she has to come back and play the game.
Honestly if the Republicans were smart they'd shut up until Primary season starts. The less time you talk the less time you have to flip flop on a given position.
As for Hillary the press can't do anything positive for her at this point. Nothing she does right now can possibly help her, no sound bite, no press conference nothing. However she can sure as fuck say something about 57 states, or forget to wear her America Pin or goof in a thousand other ways that would make for great campaign bullshit in the primaries and later the election. Her best bet is to simply vanish until she has to come back and play the game.
Honestly if the Republicans were smart they'd shut up until Primary season starts. The less time you talk the less time you have to flip flop on a given position.
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IT was only relevant to Romney in the context of talking about taxes and tax reform. That makes it relevant. If Carly was debating Hillary on taxes it would be relevant especially if Hillary were talking about lowering them or tax breaks for the rich. Is Hillary talking about tax breaks for the rich? If she isn't it's not really important. Is she even talking taxes I've never really heard her talk about raising taxes as necessary as all sane people know that is.
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Carly Fiorina has stepped into the vaccination debate, and is now trying to clean off her shoes.
http://www.politico.com/story/2015/...s-decision-religious-liberty-2016-121369.html
http://www.politico.com/story/2015/...s-decision-religious-liberty-2016-121369.html
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So wait....you have the freedom to get an abortion and end a life and you don't want the government to tell you what to do because it's your body. But it's okay for the government to force you to get vaccinated?
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Yes. First you're not ending a life, you're preventing one which is a rather large distinction. And if we'd get religious idiots to back off we could have a lot fewer abortions but that's another issue. As for vaccinations you're a danger to the community at large if you don't get vaccinated.
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I suppose somebody might have posted that somewhere, but I don't recall.
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You do understand that vaccinations SAVE lives of those around you, right?
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Is anyone being forced to vaccinate?
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I do. And I support vaccinations. Many of my comments are meant to provoke debate, which is why we are all here.
However, I do still believe the juxtaposition of the two concepts interesting, abortion on one hand and the idea that the female has a choice and the government shouldn't interfere versus the government imposing (interfering in our health) with a vaccination program.
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Who in government is imposing a vaccination program??
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Technically no they are not "forced" I mean you can't go to public school (or couldn't when I was still in) if you haven't had your Measles Mumps and Rubella Vaccination and I think there are a couple more that you get as kid or at least did when I was a kid. I do not have children so it's been almost two decades now since I've had any first hand knowledge of it.
That's because one of them isn't your health you're interfering with. One of them is the public as a whole and one of them is a personal choice. Let's put it this way, nobody is telling you that you have to own a gun to protect yourself. If you want one, great (legally speaking sure there are anti-gun people to varying degrees) if you don't want one great. Certainly nobody at all (except me on occasion) would force you to own a gun against your will. However most of the country does (via taxes) demand that you have fire protection. Not because anybody really gives two shits if your house burns down (well they might once property values in the area plummet because of a charred crater next door but most people are shit at long term planning) they care because fires don't really respect property laws and your house being on fire means MINE might catch and that I do care about. So you don't get a choice.
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NY rule is you cannot attend any public or private school without proof of immunization. And to attend a SUNY school, you have to prove immunization as well.
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But if someone really didn't want to vaccinate their kids they could still home school and then send to Liberty Univ.
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