It hasn't been picked up in by the media but Rachel Maddow played a video last night where Fiorina talked about bombing Iran-'the nuclear option' she called it.
Then she corrected herself and say she meant the nuclear option in the Senate. It's sort of reminiscent of McCain's singing 'Bomb Iran' in 2008.
One thing that's clear about Ms Fiorina who the media is working overtime to build up right now is that she is setting herself up as the world's biggest hawk.
It's hard to listen to her and other Republicans in the primary and conclude the President was wrong in saying that in rejecting the Iran deal the GOP signified it desires war with Iran.
Another thing clear about Fiorina is that she prides herself on being a know it all.
"Donald Trump has prospered, and he’s utterly unapologetic about all of the matters that he hasn’t taken the trouble to bone up on and all of the experts whom he hasn’t bothered to consult."
"When NBC’s Chuck Todd asked him where he gets his military advice, he said: “I watch the shows.” He presumably meant “Meet the Press” and “Face the Nation,” though I don’t think we can rule out “Survivor” or “Game of Thrones.”
"Time and again, Trump pledges to amass the proper information just before he needs it — no point in doing so now, before he finds out if he’s hired — and he predicts that he’ll shame everyone then with his abracadabra erudition. He’s a procrastinating college freshman planning an all-nighter before the final exam."
But here comes Carly Fiorina, and her brand is aced-it-already and know-it-all. I’ve seen this firsthand.
"For a magazine story in 2010, I followed her around and interviewed her over several days. Someone would mention a flower; she’d rattle off a factoid about it. I’d ask her about a foreign language that she’d studied; she’d make clear that she’d dabbled in two others as well. Her husband would tell a story; she’d rush to correct him and fill in the details."
"Her fresh bounce in the polls reflects a debate performance last week that was all about policy fluency, and Marco Rubio, who flaunted similar chops that night, also seemed to benefit from his show of smarts."
"So do Republicans want finesse or fire? A cool intellect or a hothead?"
"Walker was no doubt as confused about this as he is about so much else, and no wonder. Well beyond the Republican primary and the Republican Party, we’ve exhibited a curious habit in this country of forgiving intellectual blind spots and refashioning a contempt for schooling as an embrace of common sense."
Then she corrected herself and say she meant the nuclear option in the Senate. It's sort of reminiscent of McCain's singing 'Bomb Iran' in 2008.
One thing that's clear about Ms Fiorina who the media is working overtime to build up right now is that she is setting herself up as the world's biggest hawk.
It's hard to listen to her and other Republicans in the primary and conclude the President was wrong in saying that in rejecting the Iran deal the GOP signified it desires war with Iran.
Another thing clear about Fiorina is that she prides herself on being a know it all.
"Donald Trump has prospered, and he’s utterly unapologetic about all of the matters that he hasn’t taken the trouble to bone up on and all of the experts whom he hasn’t bothered to consult."
"When NBC’s Chuck Todd asked him where he gets his military advice, he said: “I watch the shows.” He presumably meant “Meet the Press” and “Face the Nation,” though I don’t think we can rule out “Survivor” or “Game of Thrones.”
"Time and again, Trump pledges to amass the proper information just before he needs it — no point in doing so now, before he finds out if he’s hired — and he predicts that he’ll shame everyone then with his abracadabra erudition. He’s a procrastinating college freshman planning an all-nighter before the final exam."
"For a magazine story in 2010, I followed her around and interviewed her over several days. Someone would mention a flower; she’d rattle off a factoid about it. I’d ask her about a foreign language that she’d studied; she’d make clear that she’d dabbled in two others as well. Her husband would tell a story; she’d rush to correct him and fill in the details."
"Her fresh bounce in the polls reflects a debate performance last week that was all about policy fluency, and Marco Rubio, who flaunted similar chops that night, also seemed to benefit from his show of smarts."
"So do Republicans want finesse or fire? A cool intellect or a hothead?"
"Walker was no doubt as confused about this as he is about so much else, and no wonder. Well beyond the Republican primary and the Republican Party, we’ve exhibited a curious habit in this country of forgiving intellectual blind spots and refashioning a contempt for schooling as an embrace of common sense."
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/23/opinion/frank-bruni-scott-walkers-cocktail-of-ignorance.html?_r=0
But I do think there's something phony and pedantic about Ms Fiorina's spiel where Walker was a total ignoramus about anything except crushing the unions as author Frank Bruni points out.
I do think that Trump is on to something he has suggested when he said it was the media that wanted his white paper on policies not the voters.
I think you could say that in a way campaign promises are made to be broken. After all, someone who never has been in office can promise anything they like but what if they get in office and realize it's not feasible?
Like the fact that the President was't able to shutdown Guantanamo on day one doesn't prove to me that he was lying when he promised to anymore than FDR was lying in 1932 when he ran on cutting government spending and balancing the budget.
So to a point at least Trump has a point that making very specific glittering promises are besides the point.
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