Citizen Carly
Arthur Schaper | Feb 11, 2016
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This woman is more than capable. Her grasp of foreign policy entailed so much more than seeing a foreign country from her house. She understood that the media and the political class cards were lined up against her. Those odds pushed her to fight even harder, and she beat them handily.
She is an incredible debater, too, unwilling to cede the main stage to the boys just because of low numbers. She worked the media just like Trump, but with more panache and flair, plus that special woman’s touch. Trump is a vulgarian, as everyone knows. Carly is all class, and should have debated in the last forum before New Hampshire.
I have read a number of times that she is seeking the Vice Presidency. My answer? You Betcha. Palin pales, especially since she claims that Donald Trump is The One, and Cruz is an Establishment Hack. And this point brings out another one of Carly’s sterling traits: she never attacked people, but would hammer bad ideas, held competitors accountable for holding those ideas. That’s what leadership is all about.
For a long time, I had believed that the downfall and selling off of Hewlett-Packard was all Carly’s fault. This “female Romney” scuttled any decent chance of the US Senate seat because she hadn’t handled her corporate past effectively. When she trotted out an apology from her former employers this past year, I realized that I was wrong.
This go-around, she was prepared for the heavy-handed attacks this time around. I wish that she had been ready in the past. Perhaps as a successful US Senator, she could have sought the Presidency, with a commensurate federal record as well as a more consistent national media presence.
What else about this incredible leader and dynamic speaker causes me to regret her sudden exit?
The principles, the vision, the broad, all-encompassing, pro-America and pro-liberty agenda she promoted. She spoke boldly about our godly, God-given Western heritage. She proudly defended life at all stages, just as she had in California six years ago.
She raged against the crony corporate culture dominating Washington and devouring the rest of the country. To her credit, she provided solutions through free markets instead of more government
Consider her final remarks following the official suspension of her hard-fought campaign:
This campaign was always about citizenship — taking back our country from a political class that only serves the big, the powerful, the wealthy, and the well connected. Election after election, the same empty promises are made and the same poll-tested stump speeches are given, but nothing changes. I’ve said throughout this campaign that I will not sit down and be quiet. I’m not going to start now. While I suspend my candidacy today, I will continue to travel this country and fight for those Americans who refuse to settle for the way things are and a status quo that no longer works for them.
Imagine that. Citizenship, the innate revelation that one of us commands great respect and authority, regardless of our pedigree or financial status. We are more than voters, but builders in this great American experiment, and Fiorina wanted to affirm and enlarge this fundamental truth back into the public’s consciousness, for boys and girls.
Thank you, Citizen Carly. Your fight is my fight, and I look forward to seeing you taking on the Big Boys and the Mean Girls here and abroad.
http://townhall.com/columnists/arthurschaper/2016/02/11/citizen-carly-n2117789/page/2Cruz could not go wrong with Carly as VP. I don't know if she is on his radar as far as that goes but she is with it! Good article and I concur.
