Well exCUUUUUUse ME! Fiorina gets pissed off at Chris Wallace for asking a "political question."

[Amerigo Vespucci]

On "Fox News Sunday," host Chris Wallace told Fiorina that he hadn't "gotten many specifics" from her and said, "So now, as a non-career politician, as the anti-Barbara Boxer, you tell me specifically what are you going to do to cut the billions, the trillions, of dollars in entitlements?" Fiorina replied by blasting talk of a value-added tax, but Wallace interrupted her and again asked her whether she would cut entitlements. The result was a lengthy exchange in which Fiorina accused Wallace of asking her a "political question" and coming up with no answers other than cutting "waste" and saying "we ought to engage in a long conversation with the American people so they understand the choices":

FIORINA: See, Chris, I have to -- you know, Chris, I have to say, with all due respect, you're asking a typical political question. <...>

WALLACE: Ms. Fiorina, but that's where the money is. The money is in Medicare. The money is in Social Security. We've got the baby boomers coming. There is going to be a huge explosion of entitlement spending, and you call it a political question when I ask you to name one single entitlement expenditure you're willing to cut.

FIORINA: Chris, I believe that to deal with entitlement reform, which we must deal with, we ought to put every possible solution up on the table, except we should be very clear that we are not going to cut benefits to those nearing retirement or those in retirement.

But having said all of that, for years and years, career politicians, frankly, of both parties have said, Oh, no, the only way to cut spending is to deal with entitlements. It's the political third rail. And then they never get about the business of cutting out waste and inefficiency. They never get to the point of banning earmarks.



http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/10/17/republicans-struggle-tax-cuts-pay-spending_n_765654.html

[Bitwit1234]

1. Oh is she running for the head of a Ladies Organization and

not the senate?

[gratuitous]

11. Horrors! A political question!

How, oh how, will Carly ever recover from the indignity of being asked a political question when she's running for a political office? I don't think anyone could have anticipated . . .

[dkf]

2. How stupid does she think we are?

Like earmarks and waste can fix our deficit problems? Clueless.

[mrcheerful]

6. Well they kept saying tort reform was what drove health care rates up

when in truth it was just plain old corporate greed.

[MadMaddie]

10. I have this argument with co-workers all of the time

our insurance did change but it wasn't horrible. The email I get..."Thanks Obamacare"! My response the company was going to make changes eventually, healtcare costs were going up 8-9% per year for the last 10 years. The HCR bill is a convenient excuse to execute their plan.

[K8-EEE]

9. She must think we Californians are dumb enough to elect Arnie

Oh wait.... :o(


Amazingly she is using his same schtick almost word for word! Waste fraud abuse, blah blah blah, guess what they are always going after that, the CA budget has been CUT TO THE BONE!

[MrScorpio]

3. There is no "there" there for the Republicans...

There never is and there never was.

[spanone]

4. it's the legacy of the teaparty..vacant lots between the ears

and when they are asked political questions, which are essential to assess any politician, they attack the questioner......

[blondeatlast]

5. What's a miserably failed CEO got to do with a deficit question, anyway?

Wait, she's running for WHAAAAAAT?!!!!

Yer pullin' my leg--who'd vote for a failed CEO? (...sigh...)

[Ozymanithrax]

7. Chris must have forgotten that he is now on FOX... n/t

[yurbud]

8. when a Republican thinks Fox is too hostile, she's Tea Bagger stupid.

Wallace was setting up what should be a softball for a Republican and she acted like she was talking to Amy Goodman.

[JBoy]

12. I understand completely. I got really pissed when I got asked a math question in math class.