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Zorro

(15,740 posts)
Mon Nov 30, 2015, 11:57 PM Nov 2015

Fiorina: I Will Not Be Bullied Into Telling Truth

NEW YORK (The Borowitz Report)—Calling criticism of her misrepresentations about Planned Parenthood “typical left-wing tactics,” the Presidential candidate Carly Fiorina said, on Sunday, “I will not be bullied into telling the truth.”

Appearing on “Fox News Sunday,” the former Hewlett-Packard C.E.O. denied that spreading misinformation about Planned Parenthood was “in any way incendiary,” but added, “What is truly incendiary is demanding that someone who is seeking the highest office in the land stop lying.”

Fiorina noted that many of her rivals for the Republican nomination—including Donald Trump, Ben Carson, and Ted Cruz—had successfully used lying as a key element of their campaign strategies. “All I am trying to do is level the playing field,” she said.

Additionally, she argued that she had not singled out Planned Parenthood as the subject of falsehoods during her campaign. “Look at the things I have said about my tenure at Hewlett-Packard,” she said. “I have steadfastly avoided facts from day one.”

http://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/fiorina-i-will-not-be-bullied-into-telling-truth

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Fiorina: I Will Not Be Bullied Into Telling Truth (Original Post) Zorro Nov 2015 OP
Recommended. H2O Man Nov 2015 #1
K&R stage left Dec 2015 #2
Haha! lovemydog Dec 2015 #3
SMMFH... Wounded Bear Dec 2015 #4
I think I may have to agree with Fiorina thought about her culpability in all this. world wide wally Dec 2015 #5
Thanks, Andy! nt valerief Dec 2015 #6
Funny! she is one strange cowboy KT2000 Dec 2015 #7
And it's been the way with them for along time. When the truth hits you in the face...deny. rusty quoin Dec 2015 #8
K & R Duppers Dec 2015 #9
K&R-Borowitz has been hitting them out of park as of late friendly_iconoclast Dec 2015 #10
Funny stuff davidpdx Dec 2015 #11
She has no idea what truth is! She is instrumental in the toxic environment akbacchus_BC Dec 2015 #12

Wounded Bear

(58,670 posts)
4. SMMFH...
Tue Dec 1, 2015, 12:48 AM
Dec 2015

Borowitz is one funny man. The scary part is that I can almost imagine her doing that interview and saying those things.

The Repub race is boiling down to: Well they lied, I might as well lie, too.

world wide wally

(21,744 posts)
5. I think I may have to agree with Fiorina thought about her culpability in all this.
Tue Dec 1, 2015, 01:18 AM
Dec 2015

Nobody pays any attention to anything she says anyway. You can tell that by her 4% ranking among her beloved Republican primary voters (this translates out to her being a true 1%er in the general population).
Just go back under your rock, Carly.

 

rusty quoin

(6,133 posts)
8. And it's been the way with them for along time. When the truth hits you in the face...deny.
Tue Dec 1, 2015, 02:19 AM
Dec 2015

Andy is great.

akbacchus_BC

(5,704 posts)
12. She has no idea what truth is! She is instrumental in the toxic environment
Tue Dec 1, 2015, 03:36 AM
Dec 2015

against Planned Parenthood and imagine this, close your eyes, she is a woman and had the nerve to lie. Shame on her.

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