May 03, 2010
— Ace In that Politico piece below, she says she does support Arizona's law, but here, she says she doesn't.
Immigration is proving a tricky issue for GOPers everywhere. Ms. Fiorina told us she supports increasing a federal temporary worker program and securing the borders, but opposes Arizona's new immigration law because it seeks to deal with a federal issue on a state level. In interviews with CNBC and Politico, though, she bent over backwards to say she "understands" the frustrations of Arizonans while decrying a "racist tone" adopted by some of its backers.
It seems like she either 1) took two contrary positions, or more likely 2) offered Politico a confusing and highly nuanced position of offering understanding only for the frustrations of Arizonans but not the actual law, which they then misreported as support of the law.
Or, they got it wrong, I guess.
My guess is they got it right and Fiorina is trying to have it both ways.
That won't do. I was willing to give her a break when I thought her positioning was merely rhetorical (and, to my mind, useful). But if she's going to equivocate on the substance -- Next.
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We definitely don't need another senator who's going to play into media stereotypes for her own personal gain.
Posted by: Ace's liver at May 03, 2010 02:35 PM (XIXhw)
I could go either way myself. On one hand politicians hate taking a stance on a devisive subject, but on the other hand Politico is a Democrat PR rag.
Posted by: Vic at May 03, 2010 02:36 PM (QrA9E)
Not trying to pick a fight (Really!) but that's why many of us get picky when politicians do the *smart* thing and muddle their positions. There's no good way of knowing we're not the ones being lied to.
And, honestly, I can't remember the last politician who surprised anyone by acting in place to the right of his campaign persona.
Posted by: Methos at May 03, 2010 02:37 PM (Xsi7M)
she thinks that if she panders, she'll get the left vote. what a tard
Posted by: dudeinsantacruz at May 03, 2010 02:38 PM (18QwQ)
Well now we Carly is a) a pandering fool, b) not for state's rights, c) opposed to the rule of law, and d) a bumbling boob.
Posted by: Injun Joe at May 03, 2010 02:39 PM (uFokq)
She can pretty much self-fund.
A real vajayjay, as opposed to the virtual vajayjays sported by most male GOP insiders.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 03, 2010 02:40 PM (ZSVyF)
Don't worry. I'll say the same thing to you as I do to every other audience, right across the country! I'll never lie to you!
That's right, I just compared her unfavorably to myself.
Posted by: Jimmy Carter at May 03, 2010 02:40 PM (3h3kv)
Posted by: Curmudgeon at May 03, 2010 02:40 PM (ujg0T)
The only rationale I can think of is she thinks she has the primary in the bag and it's a good time to move to the center. But on this particular issue, it is foolhardy to move to the center.
On this issue, you pick a side and stay on it.
Posted by: Injun Joe at May 03, 2010 02:41 PM (uFokq)
It doesn't matter what the hell she says, I'm voting for Chuck DeVore in the primary.
Anyone for taking up a collection to buy her a wig? The dyke look doesn't work on her.
Posted by: Max Entropy at May 03, 2010 02:41 PM (uuZjB)
I would've said next even if she did support the Arizona law. There is no goddamned "racist tone" that needs to be addressed within the GOP. Fuck that. That's a media creation.
The racists are the La Raza fucks and those who support them.
I'm sick of prominent "conservatives" reenforcing incorrect, media-created stereotypes that smear Republicans and conservatives.
She's just another self-serving asshole elitst fuckhead. Fuck her with a two by four.
Posted by: Warden at May 03, 2010 02:41 PM (QoR4a)
Anyone for taking up a collection to buy her a wig? The dyke look doesn't work on her.
In fairness she's a cancer survivor. As much as I prefer DeVore, let's not go there. Besides, the dyke look just might sell out here.
That said, I wonder if a coherent GOP can exploit rifts in the rainbow coalition of the Left. Such rifts are:
anti-development, anti-agriculture Green vs. pro construction and pro-agriculture Brown.
"fabulous" Pink vs. churchy and anti-gay Black and Brown
Black vs. Brown (unspoken but basically an out and out war in the ghettoes and prisons)
The Demunists here have a lot of infighting, and I often wonder why the Cali GOP can't seem to exploit it.
Posted by: Curmudgeon at May 03, 2010 02:43 PM (ujg0T)
It's almost never a smart move to play to the middle during the primary.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 03, 2010 02:43 PM (ZSVyF)
Posted by: ace at May 03, 2010 02:44 PM (i6ROy)
I don't know if this accurate, but a commenter in the other thread Nanny Bloomberg is pointing his finger at 'someone unhappy with the health care bill.'
Posted by: Injun Joe at May 03, 2010 02:44 PM (uFokq)
Anyone for taking up a collection to buy her a wig? The dyke look doesn't work on her.
Go Fuck yourself.
Posted by: Jamie Lynn Curtis at May 03, 2010 02:45 PM (Zi+FQ)
She's got a snowballs chance in hell anyway. If she made it through the primary the Dem's would re-hash all the off-shoring and outright hatred she earned from the long timers at HP. They'd be lined up at the door to make attack ads against her. The only thing she has going for her is that she really knows how to destroy an organization (which might have some merit in DC...)
NEXT is right.
Posted by: Gromulin at May 03, 2010 02:46 PM (7FA9S)
Posted by: ace at May 03, 2010 02:47 PM (i6ROy)
Anyone for taking up a collection to buy her a wig? The dyke look doesn't work on her.
Hey jackhole, it's called the cancer look.
Prick.
Posted by: laceyunderalls at May 03, 2010 02:48 PM (K99hH)
Posted by: ParisParamus at May 03, 2010 02:48 PM (lf/rr)
I don't know if this accurate, but a commenter in the other thread Nanny Bloomberg is pointing his finger a
At worst, it's false but accurate.
Posted by: dudeinsantacruz at May 03, 2010 02:48 PM (18QwQ)
Perception is reality, and besides, you're getting pretty close to saying there are no racists in the GOP, which is nonsense on stilts.
Sorry ace, but I have to call the Rule of Anyway on you here. Giving credence to the Left just gets us more of the same.
Posted by: Curmudgeon at May 03, 2010 02:49 PM (ujg0T)
Posted by: ace at May 03, 2010 02:52 PM (i6ROy)
Perception is reality, and besides, you're getting pretty close to saying there are no racists in the GOP, which is nonsense on stilts.
No.
There is no more a problem with racism in the GOP than there is on the other side.
Robert FUCKING Byrd, for God's sake.
So fuck reenforcing that stereotype.
If you're going to throw out a few words disavowing a few racist assholes on the right, then you damn well better do as much damage to the other side by mentioning all the unacceptable "tone" issues coming from the pro illegal side.
To do otherwise is to reenforce a false stereotype.
No, I'm not defending racists or denying that they exist on our side.
Of course not.
But if it's to be acknowledge then I want a "they have their problems too" caveat thrown in every single time.
Because it's true AND it's smart politics.
Posted by: Warden at May 03, 2010 02:53 PM (QoR4a)
Posted by: ziggyee at May 03, 2010 06:39 PM (N+6ll)
other thread
Posted by: dudeinsantacruz at May 03, 2010 02:53 PM (18QwQ)
Posted by: Mr. Pink at May 03, 2010 02:54 PM (V/EYZ)
but earlier Bloomberg said this: “Terrorists around the world who feel threatened by the freedoms that we have always focus on those symbols of freedoms and that is New York City,”
Posted by: Injun Joe at May 03, 2010 02:55 PM (uFokq)
It would be a big mistake to appear soft on amnesty once again for a Republican. Even the Dem voters don't like amnesty which is why Rob Emanuel told the Dems to stay out of the issue in 2007 and let the Republicans eat themselves.
If she did, in fact, say she was opposed to the AZ law and Politico is not making shit up then most likely she is toast in the primary.
Posted by: Vic at May 03, 2010 02:56 PM (QrA9E)
Because it's a cheap shotgun approach at our expense. She's attacking us without giving specifics to boost herself as being above the fray.
She's also reinforcing the meme of the Left. The problem is the racism on the other side.
You know. That outfit named "The Race"? But in Spanish?
Posted by: AmishDude at May 03, 2010 02:56 PM (T0NGe)
Posted by: Drew in MO at May 03, 2010 02:56 PM (GB1nV)
@1: "Go ride a Sybian, Carly."
I move to suspend the POIDH rule for this event. I, for one, will take her word for it on the Sybian-riding issue.
Posted by: Fa Cube Itches at May 03, 2010 02:57 PM (kmEfr)
What I'm saying is, if you want to address "racist tones" then wrap it all up in a big burrito (racist!) of other "tone" issues that reflect badly on the left.
Like smearing all pro enforcement types as racist or anti immigrant.
Mention the Nazi references, too.
Maybe I'm missing something, but she didn't do any of that.
Or maybe Politico edited it out.
Posted by: Warden at May 03, 2010 02:57 PM (QoR4a)
Posted by: KilltheHippies at May 03, 2010 02:57 PM (VKfXw)
Posted by: Mr. Pink at May 03, 2010 02:58 PM (V/EYZ)
Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at May 03, 2010 02:58 PM (mHQ7T)
Posted by: dudeinsantacruz at May 03, 2010 02:58 PM (18QwQ)
Good rule.
On the illegal immigration issue (like others), keep mentioning something and that something becomes real even when it isn't. The word association becomes so powerful that it defines the issue even when it doesn't. As it evolves, to discuss immigration control, at all, means you're perpetuating racism if not actually racist. It's a word game where to dissociate the words becomes impossible. And that's what the pro-illegal immigration/amnesty crowd is counting on.
See what I did there? Pro-illegal immigration crowd. Two can play this game. Unfortunately, Fiorina wants to play by rules imposed upon her. IOW she's not a leader.
Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at May 03, 2010 02:59 PM (swuwV)
He didn't say there aren't. He's saying that 'concern' over racism is playing into the hands of Lefties who use racial grievance as a brickbat.
Playing the Lefty's game is a losing proposition; you can never beat Lefties at identity politics. You will always be 'guilty' of some offense and by trying to play the good informant, you fuck the whole party over.
The only play is to reject broad-brush accusations of racism without fear or compromise.
All political parties have racists among their members. Why is it only the GOP that must defend itself from these charges?
Posted by: Garbonzo the Garrulous at May 03, 2010 03:01 PM (zgd5N)
That is the same thing as the "Bush Lied" meme. It was repeated at every press release the Dems made and by the PR goons in the MSM every day. The Republicans never bothered to counter it at all. It became the defacto truth.
If the Republicans continue the policy of not combating the lies from the Dems and the press they will never win.
Posted by: Vic at May 03, 2010 03:01 PM (QrA9E)
Can the State of Arizona file libelous and slander charges against pundits and networks who are fabricating and perpetuating the claim that the Law mandates/allows racial bias?
I heard it all over ESPN this weekend. Sports Commentors all over the place claiming the AZ law was a Stop on Suspicion Law and not a Verify by Incident Law?
It would seem no different than penning a bald faced lie in a Paper or Magazine...
Posted by: garrett at May 03, 2010 03:02 PM (QYqcM)
@10: "Well now we Carly is a) a pandering fool, b) not for state's rights, c) opposed to the rule of law, and d) a bumbling boob."
In other words, she's the perfect Republican candidate, at least from the party leaders' point of view.
Posted by: Fa Cube Itches at May 03, 2010 03:03 PM (kmEfr)
Well now we Carly is a) a pandering fool, b) not for state's rights, c) opposed to the rule of law, and d) a bumbling boob.
Posted by: Injun Joe at May 03, 2010 06:39 PM (uFokq)
You are just learning that NOW? Some of us learned not to trust her in the Lucent days. 24If she made it through the primary the Dem's would re-hash all the off-shoring and outright hatred she earned from the long timers at HP. They'd be lined up at the door to make attack ads against her. The only thing she has going for her is that she really knows how to destroy an organization (which might have some merit in DC...)
NEXT is right.
Posted by: Gromulin at May 03, 2010 06:46 PM (7FA9S)
Not just the HP people are lined up in hate of her. The Lucent folks are lined up first, we have hated longer, we lost our jobs because of her FIRST, before the smucks at HP even hired her.
Posted by: mycroft at May 03, 2010 03:04 PM (jQA8c)
That doesn't seem like equivocation; it seems like a pretty clear statement that while there is a problem that needs to be addressed, she feels national border enforcement is a Federal issue. Which I think it is.
I am not a Californian, and don't have a preferred candidate in this Senate race. But as a Republican, I would prefer that the nomination not be decided by a debate over competing straw man arguments.
The comment about her hair, by the way, was spectacularly assholic. Anyone who has ever lost a friend to breast cancer (we've lost two) recognizes the look, and wishes her all the best.
Posted by: HT at May 03, 2010 03:04 PM (uxTTM)
No.
Posted by: The 1st Amendment at May 03, 2010 03:04 PM (zgd5N)
Why say anything about a "racist tone" in the GOP? She wasn't even asked about that. She was asked what the GOP could do better.
That's your answer? Not have a "racist tone"? This is the big problem in the GOP? Really?
It's either an unforced error or a gratutious shot that harms pro enforcement types through guilt by association.
Posted by: Warden at May 03, 2010 03:05 PM (QoR4a)
Posted by: Bill Ayers at May 03, 2010 03:05 PM (V/EYZ)
Like I said before, if I do have purity test for Republicans, it's not very stringent.
It's simple actually: You don't have to agree with me 100% of the time. All I ask is you don't help the other side win.
Fiorina fails.
Posted by: Injun Joe at May 03, 2010 03:05 PM (uFokq)
"race car"?
B. Did you know that "eat" is the only word that if you take the 1st
letter and move it to the last, it spells its past tense "ate"?
C. And have you noticed that if you rearrange the letters in "illegal
immigrants" and add just a few more letters, it spells out: "Go home you
free-loading, benefit-grabbing, anchor babies-producing, violent, non-English speaking assholes and take those other hairy-faced, sandal-wearing,bomb-making,goat-loving, raggedy-ass bastards with you"?
How weird is that ???
Posted by: Tea Party in MSM at May 03, 2010 03:07 PM (d7Px0)
Posted by: garrett at May 03, 2010 03:08 PM (QYqcM)
I can understand if someone in the media pointed out some over-the-top language coming from the GOP that had a "racist tone" and asked her what she thought about that.
Fine. Disavow it. I'm not saying we should support racists or deny they exist in the GOP.
But then be sure to say it's a small number of jerks. Yes it's a problem, but you aren't going to let an entire movement of concerned citizens be painted with a broad brush.
Then get the hell back on message.
Oh, and DON'T PUNCH DOWN, MOTHERFUCKERS!
Sorry. Something came over me.
Posted by: Warden at May 03, 2010 03:08 PM (QoR4a)
Posted by: scottw at May 03, 2010 03:09 PM (DbybK)
Do you really think they are not deliberatly lying?
I think the exact opposite.
I just wish people would bitch slap these assholes, in our society, litigation is the equivalent. Right?
AZ. stands to lose a ton of cash.
All to salve the irritated Vagina of the Left.
Posted by: garrett at May 03, 2010 03:13 PM (QYqcM)
Well when you put it that way, it's hard to argue. Aside from the fact that the media is never going to admit any conservative position is mainstream (though they might use code like "leadership" and "principles" for their favorite liberal views), anyway.
The thing about defending "racists" is we are all "racist" by virtue of opposing Obama and, on this issue, being concerned with national self-interest (at the expense of Mexico's ability to export its unemployment), at least according to the media. Playing along puts her on *their* side, or at least the non-election year McCain side. Which as long as there's still a primary to be had, hits my *next* button pretty hard.
Posted by: Methos at May 03, 2010 03:14 PM (Xsi7M)
Um, I've completely missed this. Is it a tone that's outside the human hearing range?
(And what about the racist tone of some of the opponents? What about the frankly anti-American-sovereignty tone of it?)
Posted by: Rob Crawford at May 03, 2010 03:17 PM (n2wxa)
58 ...The comment about her hair, by the way, was spectacularly assholic. Anyone who has ever lost a friend to breast cancer (we've lost two) recognizes the look, and wishes her all the best.
Oh, for chrissakes, no it's not 'assholic'. He just said the look didn't suit her. He wasn't fucking insulting cancer survivors. Lighten the fuck up. I've known breast cancer victims who wore really chic wigs--or does that throw them out of the victim club?
She's running for a very public office, and looks DO matter.
Posted by: Best thief in Lankhmar at May 03, 2010 03:18 PM (FoYPf)
Posted by: Cravin Morehead at May 03, 2010 03:23 PM (sE08M)
I hate CA. The CA GOP can FOADIAF.
Tom McClintock should have been governor. Chuck Devore should be Senator.
We're probably going to keep Boxer and get Jerry Brown as governor to put the final nail in CA's coffin. At this point, I don't think I care anymore.
Posted by: wherestherum at May 03, 2010 03:25 PM (gofDd)
But then be sure to say it's a small number of jerks. Yes it's a problem, but you aren't going to let an entire movement of concerned citizens be painted with a broad brush.
Yep.
The media is not going around saying that there are a few racists. They are painting the whole right as racists.
So if she seems to be argreeing at all...what message do you think most people are going to hear? The nuanced one? I'm not that optomistic.
Posted by: Mama AJ at May 03, 2010 03:27 PM (XdlcF)
Like I said before, if I do have purity test for Republicans, it's not very stringent.
It's simple actually: You don't have to agree with me 100% of the time. All I ask is you don't help the other side win.
Fiorina fails.
I agree. And Ace, please don't fall into that leftist camouflaged PC pit. The AZ law isn't racist. It doesn't even come close.
Posted by: Soona at May 03, 2010 03:27 PM (Dy98t)
So the Repukes are doing their best to fuck up a perfect situation? Damn, what were the chances......
Posted by: Captain Hate at May 03, 2010 03:28 PM (V5s1P)
Just once I'd like to see an R politician interviewed who, when asked about racism in the R party say, "Well, actually, let's talk about the racists in the Democrat party starting with the New Black Panthers, La Raza, "Sheets" Byrd, etc. etc." And then call the interviewer racist when the interviewee is interrupted.
Posted by: wherestherum at May 03, 2010 03:30 PM (gofDd)
This is why the AZ law is racist because the Left thinks common sense is racist.
Posted by: wherestherum at May 03, 2010 03:31 PM (gofDd)
The media is not going around saying that there are a few racists. They are painting the whole right as racists.
And she's helping them with this "racist tone" nonsense.
Hey, nothing like being totally vague so that the racist label can be applied to anyone on the pro-enforcement side.
I mean, it's a concern, right? She said it was.
What the hell does racist tone mean anyway? Who knows? She doesn't say. She doesn't give examples. So I guess it means whatever the media wants it to mean.
How nice for them.
Great work, you dumbass.
Posted by: Warden at May 03, 2010 03:32 PM (QoR4a)
No, it's not. Perception is perception -- filtered by bias and ignorance, and limited by the information presented to you. So long as putative Republicans go along with the "gee, we sure are a bunch of racists, ain't we?" line of BS, that line of BS will never be confronted.
and besides, you're getting pretty close to saying there are no racists in the GOP, which is nonsense on stilts.
That a racist may support a policy -- even if it's because of his racism -- that does not make the policy racist. The "taint of racism" is not communicable -- and if it were, wouldn't that taint must strongly touch the people who openly support race-based preferences and racially exclusive organizations?
Posted by: Rob Crawford at May 03, 2010 03:35 PM (n2wxa)
The collapse should be fun on a bun, though. I bet it will be bright enough to read by the light of the burning buildings during the coming riots.
Posted by: Fa Cube Itches at May 03, 2010 03:36 PM (kmEfr)
I mean, does it strike anyone else as odd that she uses the same weasle words as the media/democrats?
Racist tone.
How flexible. It could mean anything.
So, what's so racist about wanting to enforce our immigration laws?
Oh, you know. Just the tone of the debate.
The what?
The tone. The racist tone.
Oh.
Posted by: Warden at May 03, 2010 03:36 PM (QoR4a)
Posted by: dananjcon at May 03, 2010 03:38 PM (GHYgI)
Posted by: wherestherum at May 03, 2010 07:25 PM (gofDd)
You're too young to be such a cynic.
Posted by: stuiec at May 03, 2010 03:44 PM (7AOgy)
Posted by: richard mcenroe at May 03, 2010 03:50 PM (QU7tZ)
The RNC is in the very best of hands.
Posted by: Steve Poling at May 03, 2010 03:52 PM (db5YN)
On my side, we are against all Federal social programs and special benefits based upon 'race'.
Supporters of "La Raza" - not so much...
Posted by: Druid at May 03, 2010 03:55 PM (Oe01r)
She's fighting "RACISM!" so knock it off with the purity tests.
Don't you people get it? She's fighting RACISM, and if you have a problem with fighting RACISM, then you are a RACIST too!
Ya bunch of effing RACISTS!
Posted by: El Diablo en San Diego con Tacos de Pescados at May 03, 2010 04:03 PM (F09Uo)
Posted by: Carly Fiorina at May 03, 2010 08:07 PM (h60Tu)
SEE! She's STILL fighting RACISM!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: El Diablo en San Diego con Tacos de Pescados at May 03, 2010 04:08 PM (F09Uo)
Posted by: Curmudgeon at May 03, 2010 04:12 PM (tH7KR)
But Puhleeze - my dog is prettier and much smarter than Boxer.
Posted by: roguewave at May 03, 2010 04:13 PM (vd3fM)
Posted by: societyis2blame at May 03, 2010 04:14 PM (7ZyYf)
Posted by: roguewave at May 03, 2010 04:16 PM (vd3fM)
Posted by: George Orwell at May 03, 2010 04:22 PM (AZGON)
Fiorina destroyed a successful company. What, exactly is it that you think she's qualified for?
Oh, wait. We are talking about California, right?
Posted by: MarkD at May 03, 2010 04:51 PM (YhZfg)
Posted by: MlR at May 03, 2010 04:53 PM (v18zq)
What does a racist tone sound like?
I think it sounds similar to the Close Encounters of the Third Kind theme, except with a lot more, you know, racism in it and stuff.
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at May 03, 2010 05:09 PM (P33XN)
Posted by: we're blaming BP now at May 03, 2010 05:13 PM (yCH89)
I'm pretty sure that Chuck FUCKING DeVore! supports the AZ law and doesn't have any wishy-washy answers about it!
If you're a Republican or Conservative in Kalifornia, you'd best vote for CD, he's the ONLY non-RINO choice for Senator.
Posted by: thebronze at May 03, 2010 05:24 PM (Ktq3v)
can moderate positions win?
ace. listen we have hillary dems, and republicans called racists from the defeat of Hillary. she might win something , but she isn't winning middle america that is sick of it all.
and I'm a very mild , liberalish, conservative.
btw not a racist -my sister is married to an illegal, has my gorgeous nephew... still not o.k.
immigrants through the front door! Go America!, illegals (of any type supporting a lack of ,Sovereignty thumb down. we do have a right of a mixed nationality nation to secure ourselves.
Posted by: granny willow in solidarty with grannies at May 03, 2010 05:31 PM (7FgWm)
Posted by: granny willow in solidarty with grannies at May 03, 2010 05:44 PM (7FgWm)
Posted by: HT at May 03, 2010 05:44 PM (uxTTM)
Posted by: motionview at May 03, 2010 05:51 PM (0Mhhd)
Dems have GOP out there depressing voter enthusiasm with all this anti AZ talk, stand up GOP say you back the bill..dont be chickens, that way lies the Cameron like lack of enthusiasm in a year when Tories should sweep...
Posted by: mim/ginaswo at May 03, 2010 05:52 PM (Z52P4)
Posted by: The King at May 03, 2010 06:23 PM (bHCLe)
106 ...the reason her hair looks that way is because that's how it grows back after chemo. In other words, it's not a style choice, it's the reality of her life. Which has been irrevocably changed by a cancer that may or may not kill her.
FFS, once again---We know she had chemo. So? The man was stating his opinion that the short dyke cut is not a good look on her. There are slammin' looking wigs out there. Since when is it impermissible to criticize a candidate based on their looks?
Her battle with cancer is completely irrelevant--unless of course, the woman isn't clear of cancer, in which case, she shouldn't be wasting her time, our ours, running for office, when we've got a perfectly good conservative candidate in DeVore. It's not like we need her to run California into the ground, like she did HP.
Not every fucking haircut in the world is badge of honor.
Posted by: Best thief in Lankhmar at May 03, 2010 06:52 PM (wNF8k)
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Posted by: Curmudgeon at May 03, 2010 02:34 PM (ujg0T)