With Fiorina pick, Cruz’s H-1B stance now in question

Computer World ^ | Apr 27, 2016 | Patrick Thibodeau

[detective]

In 2013, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) emerged as one of the Senate's top H-1B visa supporters, and argued for a 500% H-1B visa cap increase. But during his bid for the Republican presidential nomination, Cruz had a conversion.

[detective]

"At HP, Fiorina was a prominent supporter of the offshore outsourcing model, said Ron Hira, an associate professor of public policy at Howard University, who wrote about Fiorina's approaches in his book, Outsourcing America."

"To pump up profits, she was an early adopter of the practice, which given HP's status as a leading Silicon Valley firm, pushed other firms to adopt offshoring," said Hira. "It set a precedent that technology firms would now pursue profits through offshoring and that meant that Wall Street would hound executives in other firms to do the same."

Along with her fraudulent accounting practices at HP, Fiorina was a leader outsourcing U.S. jobs. Cruz was a big supporter of H-1B visas.

They have now changed their positions.

[central_va]

toasTED

[central_va]

Fiorina is a H-1B whore.

[Sirius Lee]

ted really pood the screwch this time. What a moron he turned out to be.

[wyowolf]

Gee Imagine that... and this joker is a conservative???

[FreedomGuru]

What an “outsider”!!!! /s

[The_Media_never_lie]

ted really pood the screwch this time. What a moron he turned out to be.

Far better than copulating with a rodent, IMHO.

[FreedomGuru]

Isn’t there a vaccination for H-1B?

Oh wait that’s for flu or hepatitis B-never mind.

[Sacajaweau]

Also...she is pro-life and against abortion EXCEPT for rape, incest and Health of the mother.

[trebb]

It brings a lot more than that into question - of course he's been doing that to himself.

Pander away Ted - we see you.....

[Sacajaweau]

Fiorina supports the Dream Act

[ClearCase_guy]

Cruz is a typical, unprincipled politician. People who support him should be emarassed.

[Bryanw92]

>>Gee Imagine that... and this joker is a conservative???

“Consistent conservative”! I think it’s just a trademarked name now that means nothing. I was watching some Luntz focus group on Fox News last night and the Cruztians in the group just kept repeating their buzz phrase over and over again.

[thoughtomator]

If you actually want to make progress on reducing abortion, a Constitutionalist is a better bet than a panderer every time.

The panderers always seem, in the end, to vote for those budgets which have the multi-billion Planned Parenthood giveaways.

[newfreep]

Lyin’ Ted is a “convenient” conservative...or perhaps a “full-throated” conservative ala Lil’ Marko

[bray]

#NeverLevin

[maggief]

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CLINTON LAUDS CONNECTION OF BUSINESS, COMMUNITY FIRMS TO GIVE $100 MILLION FOR INTERNET ACCESS

San Jose Mercury News (CA) - April 18, 2000

EXCERPTS

Clinton offered a mix of private-sector commitments and government programs Monday. His proposed budget includes about $3 billion in funding to hook up every school and library in the country to the Internet and pay for computers, software and teacher training in poor areas. This includes $100 million for centers like Plugged In. In addition, Clinton said he will seek $2 billion in new tax incentives for companies that donate or contribute computer-related equipment to schools.

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Seated alongside Clinton during his morning appearance at Plugged In — broadcast live on the Web via America Online — were the Rev. Jesse Jackson, Hewlett-Packard Co. CEO Carly Fiorina and Robert Knowling, CEO of Covad Communications, a Santa Clara-based digital subscriber line company.

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Meanwhile, Fiorina, whose company has funded Plugged In almost since its inception in 1992, said the center will move from its temporary location soon. HP will pay for a new building ‘’as a part of our $5 million grant’’ to East Palo Alto. ‘’We will fund the building,’’ she said. ‘’The details are to be worked out.’’

http://amarillo.com/stories/2001/06/17/usn_chelsea.shtml#.VgF6FumjkUU

Chelsea Clinton graduates from Stanford

Posted: Sunday, June 17, 2001

The former president and the New York senator are expected to attend their daughter’s commencement and hear a speech by Hewlett-Packard Co. chief executive Carly Fiorina.

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Charlie Rose Television Show, The - October 10, 2006

EXCERPT

CARLY FIORINA: Of personality. Because I don’t think we have enough practice at it. Whereas, when people focus on a male leader, they tend to get off style pretty fast and focus on the substance.

I had a — I shared a podium with Bill Clinton several months ago, and he said, you know, when I would talk at some length about an issue like health care, people would call me erudite or well informed. And when Hillary talks a long time about an issue, she’s described as lecturing. And I think it was an interesting illustration, that sometimes the adjectives are very different for the same thing.

http://www.aim.org/don-irvine-blog/hillarys-brother-other-dems-meet-with-mccain-campaign/

Hillary’s Brother, Other Dems Meet With McCain Campaign

Accuracy in Media - August 20, 2008

What’s this? Hillary Clinton’s brother Tony Rodham along with other Democrats met with McCain adviser Carly Fiorina this week.

From the Scranton Times-Tribune.

A brother of New York Sen. Hillary Clinton and local Democrats who backed her unsuccessful presidential campaign socialized privately Monday with a top surrogate of the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, Arizona Sen. John McCain.

The private gathering featured Carly Fiorina, Mr. McCain’s top economic adviser, and took place at the Dunmore home of political consultant Jamie Brazil, a longtime friend of Mrs. Clinton’s family who has signed on as paid national director of Mr. McCain’s Citizens for McCain Coalition.

The attendees included Tony Rodham, Mrs. Clinton’s youngest sibling, his wife, Megan, and their two children; attorney Kathleen Granahan Kane, who coordinated Mrs. Clinton’s presidential campaign in Northeast Pennsylvania during the primary election; and Virginia McGregor, sister of Scranton Mayor Chris Doherty.

http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1982443/posts

CEO at the GOP

Primetime Politics ^ | March 8, 2008 | Robert Novak

Conservatives and party regulars were not happy about the selection of Carly Fiorina to head the Republican National Committee’s “Victory 2008” campaign raising funds for the presidential election. She was one of the nation’s most visible CEOs before she was fired by Hewlett-Packard in 2005 for not generating enough profits.

Federal Election Commission records show Fiorina contributed nothing to the Republican Party the last eight years. Her only political giving was to Sen. John McCain’s presidential campaign—$2,100 in 2006 and $2,300 in 2007. Fiorina was at McCain’s side when he campaigned in the critical Michigan and Florida races.

Fiorina has no standing in the conservative movement and has taken no position on the abortion question.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3325291/posts

Carly Fiorina’s conversion from Hillary Clinton fan to fervent critic
washingtonpost.com ^ | 8/14/15 | Ruth Marcus

In 2010, the then-GOP Senate nominee went all middle-school-cafeteria on her Democratic opponent's hairdo. “God, what is that hair? Sooo yesterday,” Fiorina, already miked up, commented, quoting an aide's assessment. Two years earlier, in the makeup room at ABC's “This Week” with me, Fiorina said something that, at the time, was mildly interesting, but is now revelatory. It was May 2008, close to the end of the long primary battle between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, and we were discussing the two Democratic contenders.

At which point Fiorina, then a campaign surrogate for presumptive GOP nominee John McCain, offered some unprompted praise for Clinton: If Fiorina hadn't been backing McCain, she told me, she would have been for Clinton.

“That's off the record,” Fiorina immediately added.

[cincinnati65]

Oh, no, no, no, no.....see Ted's 500% increase in H-1B visas was just a "poison pill" to stop amnesty from going through. He didn't really mean it...... It was just Ted outsmarting those mean ol' Establishment guys. Ted's a true conservative....

Did I get that right, Cruzers? (are there any left?)

True colors, Ted......True colors......

[AndyJackson]

Graduating students at Stanford for years have been hearing from successful entrepreneurs who started-up the leading firms of Silicon Valley. Why not hear from one who tried to shut a few down.

[Dr. Sivana]

Did I get that right, Cruzers? (are there any left?)

There's a limited pool of VP candidates to choose from. Normally, candidates pick someone who does not agree with them up and down the line. McCain and Palin had their differences, Reagan and Bush had their differences, Reagan and Schweiker CERTAINLY had their differences. I guarantee you that Trump as nominee will pick someone who has numerous different opinions.

None of these different candidates made Reagan or McCain different men. The decision was political. Trump does not do well among women, neither does Cruz. Cruz picked Fiorina in order to improve his standing with women voters, and also to exploit her California connection before the primary. Whomever Trump chooses will include political considerations.

I have never been a Fiorina fan, but ANY pick that Cruz would make would make someone dissatisfied. She does know what Planned Parenthood is all about, and not everyone does.