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Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
Mon Jan 23, 2017, 09:22 AM Jan 2017

Carly Fiorina: "I rooted for (Obama's) success," so let's all root for Trump



MARTIN: Let me ask you though about the - thoughts about the marches going on around the country this weekend. You know, a lot of women say that Donald Trump's attitude about women is exactly why they just can't support him even now. And I wanted to ask you your thoughts about this.

FIORINA: You know, I think, first of all, this is America. People have the right to express their point of view in a peaceful way any time and anywhere they want. I am disappointed, I guess I would say, that some people find it impossible to separate the process and the institution and the transfer of power from a person that they disagree with.

Here's what I would say - first, I think we need to give every president a chance. I didn't vote for President Obama, but I rooted for his success because I think a president's success impacts us all. The second thing I would say more specifically is despite my strenuous objections to our new president's words and attitudes and behavior, in many cases towards women, I also see that in his own businesses he gave real positions of responsibility to very accomplished women.

And he has done so in his cabinet as well - Betsy DeVos, Elaine Chao. These are extremely accomplished women. And so I think his behavior would suggest that he recognizes talent when he sees it, and he's prepared to use that talent no matter what size or shape it comes in.

http://www.npr.org/2017/01/21/510986824/carly-fiorina-says-we-need-to-give-every-president-a-chance
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Carly Fiorina: "I rooted for (Obama's) success," so let's all root for Trump (Original Post) Miles Archer Jan 2017 OP
Bullshit. BumRushDaShow Jan 2017 #1
Lets all say get the red out Jan 2017 #2
This isn't the same Carly Fiorina that attacked Obama for 8 years. liberal N proud Jan 2017 #3
Go away Carly. She also "joked" about Obama eating dogs Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2017 #5
Yeah yeah yeah HAB911 Jan 2017 #4
Indeed. dalton99a Jan 2017 #9
Prove it, you liar C_U_L8R Jan 2017 #6
Because you can't be one unless you are Cha Jan 2017 #13
It's a requirement to be a member of the GOPee. SammyWinstonJack Jan 2017 #17
"Rooted"? LunaSea Jan 2017 #7
Yeah, I knew it. stupid liar Cha Jan 2017 #14
OMG! WHAT A LIAR! SammyWinstonJack Jan 2017 #18
Alternative facts. Freethinker65 Jan 2017 #8
Blow it out your ears, Carly. catbyte Jan 2017 #10
LYING BITCH! coco22 Jan 2017 #11
Bullshit you're a liar.. and anyone with 1/2 a brain Cha Jan 2017 #12
That woman can't help but LIE, LIE, LIE. WTF does she expect?? That we root for BlueCaliDem Jan 2017 #15
She is a miserable human being redstateblues Jan 2017 #16
She truly is. SammyWinstonJack Jan 2017 #19
what BS heaven05 Jan 2017 #20
 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
5. Go away Carly. She also "joked" about Obama eating dogs
Mon Jan 23, 2017, 09:35 AM
Jan 2017

"You know," she tells the puppies patrolling her lap, "President Obama ate one of your cousins."

It's presumably a reference to the president's time living in Indonesia as a child, but somehow it's not the first time a Republican candidate has joked about eating dogs this cycle. In October, Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee made a charming comparison between Bernie Sanders' tax plan and a North Korean chef's plans for a labrador.

LunaSea

(2,892 posts)
7. "Rooted"?
Mon Jan 23, 2017, 09:40 AM
Jan 2017

Carly Fiorina:

"One of the things I would immediately do … is bring back the warrior class -- Petraeus, McChrystal, Mattis, Keane, Flynn. ... Every one was retired early because they told President Obama things that he didn’t want to hear."

Obama Acting Political on ISIS, Not Like a Leader

“President Obama has been a lawless president in his use of executive orders, whether those executive orders are around immigration or whether those executive orders are around gun control,”

BlueCaliDem

(15,438 posts)
15. That woman can't help but LIE, LIE, LIE. WTF does she expect?? That we root for
Mon Jan 23, 2017, 10:21 AM
Jan 2017
Putin's Trumputin's success at the expense of the poor and working poor in this country??

Fuck you, Fiorina, you lying Liar. You never rooted for President Obama's success - unless it was to clean up the economic mess your elitist Party caused during Duhbya's years because it was affecting your wealth.
 

heaven05

(18,124 posts)
20. what BS
Mon Jan 23, 2017, 11:34 AM
Jan 2017

do these type of people believe what they are saying because they are so rich, connected and blind to every other person not of their group/race? Or is it this, they are trying to fool all the people some of the time, or is it some of the people all the time? Well both are true for the next 4 years as I see it....disgusting psychophants....

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