Carly Fiorina's Rose Bowl tweet draws Twitter scorn, hashtag

[riversedge]

ha ha.


Carly Fiorina's Rose Bowl tweet draws Twitter scorn, hashtag
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/01/carly-fiorina-rose-bowl-tweet-217285

By Terry Mulcahy

01/01/16 06:41 PM EST

Updated 01/01/16 07:00 PM EST


Harsh words seemed to follow two of the Republican presidential candidates during Friday's Rose Bowl college football game, and one of them may even be cursed.

Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina prompted a Twitter storm after she penned a controversial tweet in support of the Iowa Hawkeyes, instead of her alma mater Stanford's Cardinal.

"Love my alma mater, but rooting for a Hawkeyes win today," she tweeted.
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Some Twitter users saw Fiorina's words as pandering to Iowan voters ahead of the Feb. 1 caucus in the state, and her tweet was met with widespread mockery.............

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@CarlyFiorina #Carly Curse

[Ed Suspicious]

1. Holy shit, candidates will do anything for Iowa. What a dumb move.

[yeoman6987]

5. Really stupid

She would have been better off saying nothing.

[JoePhilly]

2. Carla just HPed Iowa!!!!

She says she supports Iowa against Stanford .... and Stanford is DESTROYING Iowa by 30ish in the 4th quarter.

[Mz Pip]

3. WTF???

Does she seriously think people will vote for her based on who she cheers for in a college football game? Maybe she's right. There are probably people out there that dumb.

[riversedge]

6. #CarlyCurse currently trending in Iowa, California, and DC. #RoseBowl

She is a laughing stock in Iowa right now!


Iowa Starting Line Retweeted
Josh Falzone ‏@JoshFalzone 2h2 hours ago

#CarlyCurse currently trending in Iowa, California, and DC. #RoseBowl

[riversedge]

4. Hey @CarlyFiorina, please stop cheering for us. It doesn't seem to be working #RoseBowl

Iowa Starting Line ‏@IAStartingLine 2h2 hours ago

Hey @CarlyFiorina, please stop cheering for us. It doesn't seem to be working #RoseBowl

[Omaha Steve]

7. .

[3catwoman3]

8. I would think that serious sports fans would be...

...insulted by flip-flopping such as this.

[missingfink]

9. Recipient of some bad advice

She either took some incredibly bad advice or made a bonehead decision. Even the least intelligent Iowa voters can see the purpose of this tweet.

[Initech]

10. And Iowa got stomped. Karma, yo!

[riversedge]

12. as the wise poster upthread posted-->" Carla just HPed Iowa!!!!"

[saltpoint]

11. She got the Hawkeyes pander in there, but

I'm surprised she didn't do ethanol and hog farming as well.

At this point it doesn't look as if she has a very good chance to be her party's nominee for president. Needless to say, that's a real good thing.

Off-topic, a demon sheep outfit would make a pretty good Halloween costume.

[DinahMoeHum]

13. Heh heh, the good folks at SBNation picked up on it, too.

Carly Fiorina pandered to Iowans by rooting against her alma mater, and it backfired hard

http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2016/1/1/10699128/carly-fiorina-iowa-stanford-rose-bowl-primary

(snip)
Update: Iowa got crushed, and even before that happened, nobody was all that impressed by her choice.
(snip)

Oh, and National Security Advisor Susan Rice had this to say to Fiascorina:

Congrats to MY alma mater. #GoStanford #RoseBowl
— Susan Rice (@AmbassadorRice) January 2, 2016
https://twitter.com/AmbassadorRice/status/683113588177932288