Carly Fiorina’s ultraconservative rage

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Carly Fiorina’s ultraconservative rage

By Eugene Robinson at the Washington Post

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-facts-and-carly-fiorinas-ultraconservative-anger/2015/09/28/c29b4cec-6611-11e5-8325-a42b5a459b1e_story.html

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How angry is Carly Fiorina? So angry she can’t see straight. That’s the only explanation for the yawning gulf between what she says and the plainly visible facts.

Fiorina stands out among the Republican presidential candidates not just because she is a woman but also because she has adopted a strategy of breathing fire. She presents herself as mad about everything, and she never gives an inch on anything she says, no matter how demonstrably untrue. Unhappily for our democracy, this approach has vaulted her into the upper tier of the multitudinous GOP field.

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Fiorina says she will run on her record “all day long.” But what she’s really running on is her anger: About Planned Parenthood, of course. About the Iranian nuclear deal, which she promises to undermine. About Russian President Vladimir Putin, with whom she says she will not speak. About President Obama.

Is she really, truly so filled with rage? Probably not. When she ran unsuccessfully against Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) in 2010, she was a moderate, pro-business Republican. That erstwhile profile would get her nowhere in this year’s presidential race, however, when everyone is scrambling to get to the right of everyone else and “moderate” is a dirty word.

One has to wonder if the showy posture of ultraconservative anger isn’t the biggest lie of all.


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[Warpy]

1. Posturing or not, nobody likes a virago

so she won't get very far, not even among rage-a-holics.

[longship]

2. Was Fannie Lou Hamer also a virago?

Here:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/118728759

Virago basically translates to uppity woman. It is a deeply insulting terminology in this context. Fiorina is not wrong because she is an outspoken woman; she is wrong because she is wrong, and is outright lying.

I suggest you self delete or modify your post.

[Warpy]

3. It has other meanings and I suggest you consider them.

Not every descriptive word is a misogynistic insult, not even when it's a negatively descriptive word.

Besides, your definition is an archaic one.

Also check this out: http://viragomag.com/aboutus/

[longship]

6. Oh dear.

I will not play semantic games here.

Your ad hominem, calling Fiorina a virago, does nothing to advance the discussion. She is wrong because she is wrong and is a liar, not because she is a strong woman.

I stand by my post.

My regards.

[IDemo]

4. They weren't bad back in the day

[Atman]

5. OyCarly

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027234863

[NonMetro]

7. I Was Going To Say Something Until I Saw That Cartoon, But now

I just can't stop laughing long enough to make a serious comment!