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Wash. state Desk Jet

(3,426 posts)
Sat Sep 12, 2015, 04:11 PM Sep 2015

Carley Fiornia fires back at Donald trump as feud heats up before GOP debate-ladies look at this -

Source: yahoo politics

Carly Fiorina speaks at JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort & Spa in Phoenix on Friday. (Photo: Cheryl Evans/The Arizona Republic via AP)

Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina turned the tables on Donald Trump after he said her face makes her unelectable.

Rather than sidestep the putdown, the former Hewlett-Packard CEO cleverly turned it into an asset, encouraging a National Federation of Republican Women audience to do exactly what Trump commanded: “Look at that face!”

“Ladies, look at this face. This is the face of a 61-year-old woman. I am proud of every year and every wrinkle,” Fiorina said to roaring applause, kicking off her speech Friday night. “And look at all of your faces. The face of leadership … in our party, the party of women’s suffrage.”

Fiorina, the only woman running for the GOP nomination, has been rising in the polls and made the cut for the next primetime Republican debate Wednesday; her campaign picked up momentum after a strong performance in the party’s first JV debate.
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Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/politics/carly-fiorina-fires-back-at-donald-trump-as-feud-128932979266.html



Hello Folks Donald here!


I'm really flattered ,it seems she just can't help but talk about me !
And I feel the same way ! When you're the Donald ,you just must talk about the Donald !

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Donald should take a cue from Carly HassleCat Sep 2015 #1
Two things... David__77 Sep 2015 #2
Maybe we should rethink that idea jmowreader Sep 2015 #8
they remind me of grade school olddots Sep 2015 #3
Precise definition of the GOP Marty McGraw Sep 2015 #6
I did look at that face fredamae Sep 2015 #4
Finally, we hear candidates discuss the important issues!!1!!!1 PSPS Sep 2015 #5
I'm starting to think this is purely a short-term LiberalElite Sep 2015 #7
I have never been good looking Worried senior Sep 2015 #9
It is positively irrelevant to what what a person stands for and the value they would bring JudyM Sep 2015 #24
Gotta give her credit; there are SO MANY other things she couldve said! 7962 Sep 2015 #10
I saw a photo of Carly's face from a few years back and the face of today Vinca Sep 2015 #11
Donald has made this bucolic_frolic Sep 2015 #12
One thing most people don't like is hypocrisy, Ms. Fiorina. seafan Sep 2015 #13
Thank you! The collective amnesia about that tishaLA Sep 2015 #14
Whoa, thanks for posting. What a petty fool. Nt JudyM Sep 2015 #25
Wait, what? "The party of women’s suffrage." ?? FailureToCommunicate Sep 2015 #15
I was dumbfounded by that, too. Tanuki Sep 2015 #20
Thanks for the link. Teddy Roosevelt's Bull Moose Party supported women's right to vote but FailureToCommunicate Sep 2015 #22
So she has made an issue of her gender rather than douggg Sep 2015 #16
Hello Folks ,The Donald here ! Wash. state Desk Jet Sep 2015 #17
I remember when Mean Girl Fiorina ridiculed Barbara Boxer's looks Marie Marie Sep 2015 #18
Indeed, you are soooo right ! Wash. state Desk Jet Sep 2015 #19
I hope they both end up in the same public assisted old folk housing tower as neigbors. marble falls Sep 2015 #21
No way would I vote for her madokie Sep 2015 #23
THey both have ugly in their souls, or hearts, or whatever the hell you call it. randys1 Sep 2015 #26
I think she misspoke. justhanginon Sep 2015 #27
 

HassleCat

(6,409 posts)
1. Donald should take a cue from Carly
Sat Sep 12, 2015, 04:16 PM
Sep 2015

Have some work done, Donny. Sure, Carly doesn't look young, at least not young enough to make you want to jump her bones, as you do your daughter. But look how smooth her unwrinkled forehead is. And she has no chicken neck or double chin. And the areas under her eyes are completely free of sags and bags. Come on, Donny. Just do it. You won't look so grumpy and scowly all the time.

David__77

(23,329 posts)
2. Two things...
Sat Sep 12, 2015, 04:23 PM
Sep 2015

First, I don't think that Fiorina has had any major cosmetic surgery like a facelift or necklift. Maybe she's had filler, I have no idea.

Second, I don't think her response to Trump is especially effective - it seems to be engaging on his level, keeping focused on body appearance.

jmowreader

(50,528 posts)
8. Maybe we should rethink that idea
Sat Sep 12, 2015, 04:59 PM
Sep 2015

Since the real ugly on Donald Trump is his mind, the only "work" that will cure it is beheading. I don't like the bastard, but I don't wish THAT on him!

fredamae

(4,458 posts)
4. I did look at that face
Sat Sep 12, 2015, 04:31 PM
Sep 2015

and I saw the face of a 61 yo woman who is Proud to have laid off tens of thousands of workers-and would seemingly also enjoy adding millions more "notches" to that record.

The rest along with her "wrinkle pride", to me, is not relevant.

PSPS

(13,579 posts)
5. Finally, we hear candidates discuss the important issues!!1!!!1
Sat Sep 12, 2015, 04:35 PM
Sep 2015

And this is rich:

Fiorina, the only woman running for the GOP nomination, has been rising in the polls and made the cut for the next primetime Republican debate Wednesday; her campaign picked up momentum after a strong performance in the party’s first JV debate.


She's still not in the top 10. She "made the cut" only because CNN changed their criteria specifically to include her (so there will be 11.)

"Rising in the polls" is easy when you're in the basement. "Picked up momentum" means she purchased more ad time, so she gets mentioned more often. That's how they sell ads these days -- buy more ads and we will mention you more often.

A related aside: This morning on NPR, the saccharin Scott Simon had a segment about Carson which he stared with, "from single digits to front runner." Um, OK. Whatever.

LiberalElite

(14,691 posts)
7. I'm starting to think this is purely a short-term
Sat Sep 12, 2015, 04:54 PM
Sep 2015

reality program brought to us by the GOP Network. People who have little reason to get together otherwise, engaging in pointless arguments over who's the worst whatever. WHO will Trump insult next? What will HE say? What will THEY say? Be sure to tune in for the next exciting episode of Who's the Biggest Fkhead? !

Worried senior

(1,328 posts)
9. I have never been good looking
Sat Sep 12, 2015, 05:10 PM
Sep 2015

and I for one don't care to hear comments about another's looks. In this case I really don't care to support her, she's said some nasty things about other people so she's no better than he is.

JudyM

(29,188 posts)
24. It is positively irrelevant to what what a person stands for and the value they would bring
Mon Sep 14, 2015, 07:11 PM
Sep 2015

to the position. People like him never got the memo on not judging a book by its cover and he is just a man of such poor character, this is just one of the symptoms. She's no great pick, but that has everything to do with her actions, not her appearance.

 

7962

(11,841 posts)
10. Gotta give her credit; there are SO MANY other things she couldve said!
Sat Sep 12, 2015, 05:12 PM
Sep 2015

But that would be stooping to his level. I dont think her response was doing that.
1st thing to come to my mind was "Why would i listen to something coming from a guy whose mouth looks like a chickens ass?"

Vinca

(50,236 posts)
11. I saw a photo of Carly's face from a few years back and the face of today
Sat Sep 12, 2015, 05:23 PM
Sep 2015

is not the face of yesterday. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but most of those 61 year old wrinkles have been nipped and tucked, botoxed and siliconed. She'd be wise not to adopt this as a regular inclusion in her stump speech.

tishaLA

(14,176 posts)
14. Thank you! The collective amnesia about that
Sat Sep 12, 2015, 08:16 PM
Sep 2015

especially among members of the media, is astonishing.

FailureToCommunicate

(14,007 posts)
22. Thanks for the link. Teddy Roosevelt's Bull Moose Party supported women's right to vote but
Sun Sep 13, 2015, 12:48 PM
Sep 2015

that can certainly not be claimed as heritage by today's Republicans.

This group is more likely their heritage:

"In 1911 the The National Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage (NAOWS) is organized. Led by Mrs. Arthur Dodge, its members included wealthy, influential women, some Catholic clergymen, distillers and brewers, urban political machines, Southern congressmen, and corporate capitalists."

Wash. state Desk Jet

(3,426 posts)
17. Hello Folks ,The Donald here !
Sat Sep 12, 2015, 10:17 PM
Sep 2015

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You know,I have to tell ya, it just doesn't make any sense. I mean when you look at it at face value, it really makes no sense. To be perfectly honest and at face value, I really thought Carly was smarter than the rest of those clowns .
She came on like a real bull and managed to climb up into show time leaving the kiddy clowns behind, I thought that was good and I thought she deserved to be on the same stage with me, ,somewhere off into the distance, off at the ends on one side or the other.!

So what does she do, I 'll tell you what she did, she came out with the other jerks to say bad things about me. So what happens to those fools that say bad things about me ? I'll tell you what happens, they drop in the polls ,they flop out.

I thought Carly was smarter the those other clowns , a real Bozetta she is. So what is CNN gonna do ,put Bozo on one end and Bozetta on the other ? Hua, Christie and Carly !

It makes no sense !





Marie Marie

(9,999 posts)
18. I remember when Mean Girl Fiorina ridiculed Barbara Boxer's looks
Sat Sep 12, 2015, 10:19 PM
Sep 2015

saying that her hairstyle was "soo yesterday" in a voice that dripped with cattiness. Trump is a misogynist ass but Carly is no better.

randys1

(16,286 posts)
26. THey both have ugly in their souls, or hearts, or whatever the hell you call it.
Mon Sep 14, 2015, 07:24 PM
Sep 2015

Could care less what their faces look like.

justhanginon

(3,289 posts)
27. I think she misspoke.
Mon Sep 14, 2015, 09:17 PM
Sep 2015

She said "the party of women's suffrage" and should have said
"the party of women's suffering" given the present state of the Republican party's aims and actions towards women.

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