Still, the author's assertion that he was "a model king" seems dubious, and she overpraises Edward for supposed accomplishments, such as partying with the Rothschilds and not hating his own son.
But those who watched what Fiorina did to HP – mishandling the $25bn acquisition of Compaq, getting ousted by the board in 2005 with a $21m golden parachute, repeatedly being named one of the worst CEOs in American corporate history – say those supposed accomplishments are already coming back to "haunt" her run for the White House.
They do not campaign on their supposed accomplishments during the past two years.
On Monday's broadcast of "Late Night," Meyers dissected the weirdest elements of Trump's address, which included boasts about his supposed accomplishments and a strange struggle to describe the White House.
Great moments in media: Trump's team gives the Washington Examiner an "exclusive" list of 205 supposed "historic" accomplishments he will campaign on; the Examiner just publishes it in full; Trump tweets about it as if it came from the Examiner.
When the three-man Soviet spaceship orbited the earth the other day - and, passing over Japan, beamed comradely regards to all of those there - its accomplishment was supposed to be tonic for the Olympic athletes from the Communist nations.
Its members were supposed to be persons of accomplishment, capable of independent thought, often bringing with them national reputations and national or, at least, not hopelessly parochial outlooks.
On the very day when we are supposed to be celebrating the accomplishments of fatherhood, what have men got themselves into?
The apparent calm and near-indifference that the riders appeared to exhibit as their horses went through their paces reminded me a bit of the way ballet dancers are supposed to make their difficult accomplishments look entirely easy, as if anyone could do it.
Commenting on events, Christopher Gaffney, a professor at Rio's Fluminense Federal University said: "These events were supposed to celebrate Brazil's accomplishments, but the opposite is happening.
