Day: June 9, 2010

CA Sen: Carly Fiorina Caught on Video Dishing about Sen. Boxer’s Hair: ‘Sooo Yesterday’

Jon Ponder

Hey, Carly, what’s with that dress?

See minute 04:00

FIORINA: [Lawter?] saw Barbara Boxer briefly on television this morning and said what everyone says, “God, what is that hair? (Cackles) Soo yesterday.”

Earlier, at the top of the video, she says she’s puzzled that her frenemy Meg Whitman, the former eBay CEO who won the GOP gubernatorial spot on Tuesday, had scheduled an interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity.

FIORINA: I find it surprising that on the first day of the general, Meg Whitman’s going on Sean Hannity. Did you hear that?

OFF-CAMERA VOICE: That’s weird.

FIORINA: It’s bizarre. I mean, she’s never been on Sean Hannity.

OFF-CAMERA VOICE: [Indistinct.]

FIORINA: I think it’s a very bad choice, actually. You know how he is.

This is so bad it’s like an unguarded moment “The Real Housewives of New Jersey” diary-cam. So much for the “year of the woman.”

A gaffe like this on day one of her campaign does not bode well for Fiorina, a political novice who is funding her campaign with the $21 million she received when she was fired as the CEO of Hewlett-Packard in 2005.
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Verbatim

Jon Ponder

Again and again, the [California] Republican Party has nominated candidates who are not viable in a general election and have defeated candidates in the primaries that would be.

— Tim Hodson, political analyst at the Center for California Studies at Sacramento State reacting to California Republicans’ choice in the June 8 primary of Carly Fiorina over more moderate former Rep. Tom Campbell to run against Sen. Barbara Boxer (D), despite polls showing that, unlike Fiorina, Campbell could beat Boxer in the fall.

CA Sen: Anti-Gay Hate Group Takes Credit for Carly Fiorina’s Primary Win

Jon Ponder

Gallagher
Gallagher
The last time the National Organization for [Hets-Only] Marriage was in the news was during the Carrie Prejean scandal, when NOM’s Maggie Gallagher publicly humiliated herself by first rushing in to support Prejean after she came out against gay marriage during the Miss Universe pageant — only to drop Prejean months later when it was revealed that a recent boyfriend was in possession of solo sex home videos produced by the future Miss California USA. This was embarrassing for Gallagher who is also an anti-porn crusader.

Now, in the afterglow of the Republican primary in California, the New Jersey-based group is back in the news. Despite the fact that gay rights were not an issue during the primary campaign, NOM is taking complete credit for Carly Fiorina’s victory in the U.S. Senate vote on Tuesday:

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Verbatim

Buck Banks

I have not not — and will not — think about any future plans until my final days in office arrive. I don’t allow myself. Even if I sometimes wander off, I come right back to this year. I don’t allow myself to have no meetings, and nothing about next year or about my future because this time, right now it’s about now, and getting things done, serving California. That’s my job.

— California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R), on what he will do after his term ends, in an interview with ABC News.

Verbatim

Buck Banks

I wasn’t surprised, but not really. I mean, just a little, but not much.

— Alvin Greene (D), in an interview with Mother Jones, when asked about winning the Democratic nomination to challenge Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) this fall with no website, lawn signs, or fundraising.

CA Primary: eMeg, Carly Dodge Birther Bullet – Orly Taitz Loses GOP Nod for Secretary of State

Jon Ponder

Orly Taitz
Orly Taitz
The results at the top of the ticket in the California primary yesterday were a foregone conclusion going in — the Democrats, Jerry Brown, the gubernatorial nominee, and Sen. Barbara Boxer, mostly ran unopposed and the top two GOP candidates — Meg Whitman (governor) and Carly Fiorina (U.S. Senate) literally bought their wins by outspending their opponents — Whitman, the former eBay CEO, spent $80 million of her own money on the primary, and Fiorina spent $7 million of the $21 million golden parachute she received when she was fired as CEO of Hewlett-Packard.

There was one contest in doubt, however. And with results in, the only bad news for the state’s liberal majority is that Birther queen Orly Taitz lost her bid to run as the Republican candidate against incumbent Secretary of State Debra Bowen, a Democrat, in November.

Taitz received 368,210 votes, but her opponent won with over 1 million votes. (Now we know that the approximate number of certifiable nutcases in California is 368,000, or about 1 percent of the state’s population.)

Taitz’ loss is also another sign of the weakness of the tea party mob phenomenon in California — as was the loss of tea bagger Chuck DeVore in the U.S. Senate Race. DeVore received just 19 percent of the Republican vote.

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