Ted Cruz, Republican presidential hopeful, taps Carly Fiorina as vice-president
Source: The Associated Press
Texas Senator Ted Cruz introduced former rival Carly Fiorina as his running mate in the race for the Republican presidential nomination, calling her an "extraordinary leader."
Cruz made the formal announcement Wednesday afternoon in Indianapolis.
"Carly is bright, knowledgeable, brings great financial expertise and she's a woman," said Gary Aminoff, the Los Angeles County co-chair of the Cruz campaign.
Cruz is trying to generate momentum for his struggling campaign. Republican front-runner Donald Trump swept primaries in five eastern states on Tuesday.
Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ted-cruz-carly-fiorina-vice-president-1.3555599
And the nightmare continues...
onehandle
(51,122 posts)Oops.
msongs
(67,470 posts)lunasun
(21,646 posts)Reter
(2,188 posts)Him on the other hand...
dbackjon
(6,578 posts)Mind bleach, please!
lunasun
(21,646 posts)David__77
(23,595 posts)It didn't gross me out or anything; still, I do find it a bit humorous.
wordpix
(18,652 posts)explain. I'm guessing taps is a sexual reference?
David__77
(23,595 posts)"Tapping," as in having intercourse. I don't know the origin - I just read it's from tapping a keg of beer.
world wide wally
(21,758 posts)TexasBushwhacker
(20,229 posts)the ticket. Hell, she even had to drag little kids into her pro-life speech in Iowa. Pathetic.
wordpix
(18,652 posts)Very stupid on Cruz's part and I have to agree with Donald, who was very funny on this one.
sinkingfeeling
(51,487 posts)3catwoman3
(24,088 posts)...minds is manifest on their faces.
wordpix
(18,652 posts)Seriously, she is way overdoing.
Jack Rabbit
(45,984 posts)Gore1FL
(21,164 posts)DinahMoeHum
(21,824 posts)Pass the popcorn, this is gonna be fun.
demwing
(16,916 posts)wryter2000
(46,122 posts)Do we still have DUZY's?
fred v
(271 posts)wryter2000
(46,122 posts)colorado_ufo
(5,742 posts)Attorney in Texas
(3,373 posts)wordpix
(18,652 posts)Strange bedfellows
tanyev
(42,658 posts)Is anyone placing bets on his Cabinet?
Dont call me Shirley
(10,998 posts)Maeve
(42,304 posts)Teddyboy just lost the nomination.
lindysalsagal
(20,784 posts)Because his chances of becoming president aren't any better than mine.
Eugene
(61,974 posts)A shameless opportunist who readily harmed the country
for his own political gain and a corporate wrecking ball
with no relation to the truth.
"...and she's a woman"
I'm impressed... with the level of sheer desperation in this move.
llmart
(15,564 posts)Cruz must have a FAIL wish.
Egads, could he be any more transparent trying to hope he'll get more women's votes this way?
llmart
(15,564 posts)What kind of a journalist would write something like that??? A clueless one?
Reter
(2,188 posts)Something I would do.
yellowcanine
(35,703 posts)demwing
(16,916 posts)I didn't think of "that" till you said something, now I need a brain enema. Thanks...
DonCoquixote
(13,616 posts)OK, do not throw turds at me, I am givign soem exmaples to make a point, not that I would not vote against every single one of them.
BUT:
Cruz could have picked Palin, then at least they could have done the whole sincere (but still stupid) "you betcha" remarks about God and country.
He could have picked Susannah Martinez, who was at least a Mexican-American that would have seriously have dents ion the Southwest.
Hell, he could have picked Ann Coulter, who would have made him much more Palatable to the Trump voters.
And let us not talk about Nikki Haley,
but no, he not only had to pick a person with less experience than a dogcatcher in office,
whose tenure as CEO HP is still staggering away from, but
someone who was a former political rival.
This is shallow.
If Cleveland anoints this DOU, Hillary should rip into Carly as a copy of her, as vapid as some teen clone trying to be a madonna or Lady gaga.
3catwoman3
(24,088 posts)...announcing her, and part way thru it she was singing. SINGING! WTF!!!
wordpix
(18,652 posts)I suggest all DUers have a look.
Corey_Baker08
(2,157 posts)I Believe If He Really Wanted To Make An Impact He Would Have Picked Gov Nikki Haley Of South Carolina.
But A 1 Term Senator With Little To No Foreign Policy Experience Chooses Carly Fiorina, A Woman Who Rivals Sarah Palin In Her Political Knowledge Both Foreign & Domestic.
Wow What A Mess!