Posted on 09/27/2015 5:56:39 AM PDT by Kaslin
Recently some detractors and uninformed people have called Carly Fiorina’s conservatism into question. While I’m unaffiliated with any campaign and uncommitted to any candidate I do think it’s imperative to state Ms. Fiorina has more than earned her conservative stripes.
First and foremost, Carly’s pro-life credentials are outstanding and she’s proving it consistently on the campaign trail. As the hideous Planned Parenthood videos have circulated, no candidate has been more vocal in calling for defunding Planned Parenthood than Carly. In spite of the national media’s refusal to cover the videos, Fiorina forced the issue onto the national agenda with a powerful, moving indictment of Planned Parenthood in the CNN debate.
She has publicly called on Speaker John Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to defund Planned Parenthood and force President Obama to shut down the government if he refuses to go along. She has called both of them out publicly and repeatedly for a) not delivering on the promises they and GOP candidates made to voters in the 2014 election, b) betraying grassroots conservatives and Republicans by continuously caving to President Obama; and she has c) told them if they continue to do so they should step aside.
This is one reason why she’s rising in the polls and has become one of the leaders in the GOP race: she is tapping into the same feelings of deep frustration that grassroots conservatives, rand-and-file Republicans and Tea Party supporters have felt for so long about Washington.
She has consistently said securing our borders comes first before anything else with regard to immigration; she wants to do away with runaway spending and start with zero-based budgeting so every aspect of the federal government would have to justify its funding – no more automatic increases. She has an A rating from the NRA, emphatically supports the Second Amendment and she believes in pro-growth policies: reducing the tax code to just three pages, lowering rates and closing loopholes.
She continues to advocate for choice and competition in education and has passionately railed against cronyism telling the Road to Majority Conference earlier this year: “It’s not big business that is hurting. Big business really does great with big government. It’s called crony capitalism.”
It was nationally syndicated columnist Cal Thomas who was almost prophetic when he wrote about Carly back in April: “But watch her in the coming debates and see if you don’t notice a little Margaret Thatcher in her. Like Thatcher, Mrs. Fiorina is tough and smart.”
What also has been most unfortunate is the complete mischaracterization of Carly’s work at Hewlett-Packard where she was the first woman CEO of a Fortune 50 company. This is where some conservatives hurt our own cause: they claim to understand business but they don’t do their homework.
Fiorina has a great record to tout and she does so, including doubling the size of HP to $80 billion. She took the company from 1.2 percent growth when she started (sounds like our GDP under Obama) to 6.5 percent growth when she left. During her five years there, HP went from a total of 10,000 patents to 30,000.
But most importantly, she saved that company with a venture that took vision and guts – something severely lacking in Washington. She led HP’s merger with Compaq, a very controversial move at the time that was proven to be right.
Five years after the merger Craig Barrett, the former chairman of the board of Intel, wrote: “The merger of HP and Compaq was an unqualified success. It helped transform HP into the largest computer manufacturer in the world and provided a strong foundation for HP’s current success under its very capable management team.”
Carly’s critics are wrong, as Holman Jenkins noted in the Wall Street Journal a few weeks ago: “Look at HP’s stock chart under Ms. Fiorina, who had the misfortune to arrive eight months before the tech bubble burst: It’s indistinguishable from Microsoft, Intel, Oracle, Cisco, etc. By the idiotic standard her critics apply, John Chambers is the worst CEO in history, since in 15 years he never made back the wealth Cisco lost in the crash.”
What’s perhaps the most intriguing about Carly is her take-no-prisoners attitude towards likely Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. She has called Clinton out publicly and repeatedly for lying (yes, she uses that word) about Benghazi, her emails and her server. She has publicly and repeatedly challenged Clinton – or anyone else for that matter – to name a single accomplishment.
They can’t. There’s no doubt in my mind Fiorina would run circles around Clinton if the two were to debate.
Carly has been underestimated from day one, and I’d urge my fellow conservatives to not underestimate her going forward. To Carly and staff, I urge you not to miss many more big opportunities, like the Values Voter Summit, to showcase your leadership.
JESSE’S GIRL: Carly Fiorina Loves Her Some Jesse Jackson
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3341694/posts
Ken Blackwell eh?
Another sucker who votes for what a person SAYS rather than what the person DOES.
Hey! Look at me! I’m pro-life! I think PP should be defunded! Vote for me!
Yep sure.
Here’s Carly’s “I Love Muslims” speech that she gave right after 9/11.
http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/execteam/speeches/fiorina/minnesota01.html
Fiorina sings the praises of Islam, Ottoman Empire ‘greatest civilization’
While I disagree with the author about Carly Fiorina, he has however the right to his opinion.
Be very careful of Carly.
The HP website posts her speeches showing her support for Islam and her globalist mindset.
These are not something someone wrote about her. They are her own words.
One of her pro Islam speeches was given 2 weeks after 9/11.
I can find the links to the speeches if you want. Just let me know.
Thanks for the link. About all we need to know about her is copied below:
“No comprehensive reform; but yes to DREAM Act”
“The candidates sparred over immigration. Fiorina reiterated her objections to comprehensive immigration reform. But in a nod to the importance of Latino voters, who make up 18% of the (California) likely voters, Fiorina said for the first time Wednesday night that she would support the so-called DREAM Act, which would allow certain undocumented youths to earn legal status by attending college or serving in the military. It was a rare moment of agreement: Boxer is a co-sponsor of that bill.”
Source: Los Angeles Times coverage of 2010 CA Senate Debate, Sep 2, 2010.
“Fiorina has a great record to tout and she does so, including doubling the size of HP to $80 billion.”
This particular talking point has been TOTALLY DEBUNKED as it implies she grew the company. She didn’t. Virtually all of this ‘growth’ was due to her acquisition spree while she ran it - it doesn’t take much much to go on a spending spree with other people’s money.
Here’s Carly’s “I Love Muslims” speech that she gave right after 9/11.
http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/execteam/speeches/fiorina/minnesota01.html
FioRINO is a phony fraud.
She is as conservative as McCain
The Cheap Labor Express really wants you to vote for one of their candidates:
¡Yeb!
FioRINO
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Kasich
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FioRINO HP speeches praising Jesse Jackson:
http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/execteam/speeches/fiorina/rainbow03.html
http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/execteam/speeches/fiorina/ceo_rainbow_push.html
iCarly - a love-hate relationship with somebody who is in the race for one major reason.
She has lady parts. Apparently this was to counterbalance what the Democrats have tied their fortunes to, Herself, Madame Benghazi, the Cold & Joyless. No other reason begins to make sense.
I would much rather have had Sarah Palin, but that was not to be. Sarah has, for one thing, somewhat less baggage than iCarly, and is more reliably a supporter of the conservative point of view. Sarah has elevated herself above the rough-and-tumble of what may only be described as a marathon of masochism and a floating detachment from a large measure of reality.
If she announces a sensible, pragmatic approach to this one, I’d vote for her. And herding illegals into concentration camps is not sensible.
Thanks.
His article is also
I posted this list on a few other Fiorina threads and have updated it with the latest headlines posted here on FR. Enjoy!
-Jack
Donald Trump accused Carly Fiorina of being a terrible businesswoman. Here are the facts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3338808/posts
Here’s the latest executive to call Carly Fiorina’s business record ‘disastrous’
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3341605/posts
Will Carly Fiorina’s surge be undermined by her HP record?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3341530/posts
Carly Fiorina Really Was That Bad
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3341526/posts
Fiorina’s record at HP defines her candidacy — which could be a problem
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3341610/posts
Facts are facts. She was fired from HP and destroyed Lucent.
A lady in the Trump crowd in NH told Trump and everyone listening that she was worked for Lucent for 37 years and lost everything, to include a half million dollars in retirement due to Fiorina’s management of the company. HP wanted to get rid of her so bad they gave her 21 million dollars in a severance package. I think she would make a good VP for Hillary Clinton.
http://www.cnet.com/news/hps-carly-fiorina-era-is-finally-over-good-riddance/
Fiorina made a mess at HP: Ken Langone
Ken Langone, Invemed Associates president, shares his thoughts on why Carly Fiorina was fired at Hewlett-Packard and her business experience.
http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?video=3000422273
This Chart Clears Up Carly Fiorina’s HP Record
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3339010/posts
Sonnenfeld slams Fiorina: ‘Left HP in tatters’ (Yale B-school Prof kills it - video)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3338858/posts
Trump’s Right: Here’s The Proof Carly Fiorina Was A Disaster For HP Shareholders
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3338164/posts
Fiorina cannot rewrite the history of HP
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3340446/posts
Carly Fiorina’s $4 Billion Job Scam at Hewlett-Packard (used tax bailout for stock buybacks...)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3340225/posts
Behind Carly Fiorina’s 30,000 HP layoffs
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3339905/posts
Fiorina camp pushes back on criticism of HP tenure (Attacks messenger, not facts...)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3340005/posts
Carly Fiorina’s Track Record at HP [A Fair and Balance Look]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3340671/posts
Fiorina’s resume disqualifies her
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3339839/posts
Carly Fiorina’s Judgment Problem
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3340635/posts
At Hewlett-Packard, Carly Fiorina snuffed out a beloved tech culture
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3340614/posts
Carly Fiorina & H.P. Thwarted U.S. Sanctions, Sold $120 Million In Product To Iran
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3339081/posts
Fiorina: Blaming Me For Iran Sales Is Like Blaming Radio Host For Listeners’ Actions
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3340454/posts
Fiorina Misleads on HP and Iran
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3340220/posts
Fact Check: Carly Fiorina’s latest defense of her HP track record has holes
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3339912/posts
Carly Fiorina, Hewlett-Packard ‘Scammed’ U.S. Government Out Of $4 Billion, Says Report
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3340601/posts
Fiorina had that job-killing touch
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3341013/posts
Fiorina wrestles with the Hewlett-Packard ghosts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3340877/posts
Carly Fiorina’s bogus ‘secretary to CEO’ career trajectory (Fact Checker biography)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3340970/posts
Carly Fiorina: Islamic Civilization was “Greatest in the World”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3322666/posts
Carly Gets It Wrong: Hits Carson, Agrees With Hillary On Muslim President
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3340306/posts
Carly Fiorina Says Ben Carson ‘Wrong’ On Muslim President Comments
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3339957/posts
Carly Fiorina, “Gaslighting”, Islam, Her Relationship To Clinton Global Initiative...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3340521/posts
Carly Fiorina Attacks Cruz: ‘No Honor’ In Fight To Defund Obamacare
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3322644/posts
Fiorina’s long-held support for mandatory health insurance
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3340754/posts
Carly Fiorina is open to legal status for adult illegal immigrants, citizenship for their kids
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3322641/posts
Fiorina-Backed Website Touted Planned Parenthood
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3340898/posts
Charity That Carly Fiorina Is Chairman Of Provided $18,000 In Goods To Abortion Group
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3340881/posts
Can Carly Fiorina Win Over Latino Voters? California Republican’s Immigration Views Differ From
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3340025/posts
Carly Fiorina - Follower of Helegian Dialectics
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3337342/posts
Carly Fiorina is No Conservative Candidate
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3324595/posts
What Carly Fiorina’s Failed Senate Race Says About Her Presidential Campaign
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3340439/posts
Ex-staffer: ‘I’d rather go to Iraq than work for Carly Fiorina’
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3340450/posts
Former Carly Fiorina political staffers refuse to work for her again after they weren’t paid for
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3340605/posts
How Carly Fiorina Screwed Her Campaign Staff—and Paid Herself First
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3340971/posts
Boxer predicts GOP won’t pick Fiorina
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3339971/posts
Mark Levin: “National Media Lovefest” Over Carly Fiorina
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/3338497/posts
Carly Fiorina: Hillary Donor?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3340676/posts
Fiorina: Hillary was victim of sexism (2008)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3340666/posts
Fiorina:’Empathy’ for Hillary Clinton and Vows She’ll ‘Never Make a Personal Comment’ About Her
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3340241/posts
Is Carly Fiorina the Answer to McCain’s Prayers for a VP? (2008)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3340662/posts
Fiorina’s comment called ‘Biden-like’ (2008)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3340644/posts
Carly’s the name, but just call me ‘Steely’ Fiorina
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3340092/posts
What’s Wrong with Carly Fiorina? PLENTY!
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3339874/posts
Fiorina opposition research report
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3340846/posts
Still Report #430 Is Carly a Conservative?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3341391/posts
Fiorina fact-checks the Washington Post
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3341330/posts
Just What Is Carly Fiorina’s Record?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3341512/posts
To sum it up:
She loves eternally murderous deathcult known as Islam,
she loves Obamacare (aka Rationed, Collectivized Deathcare),
and she loves illegal aliens invading our country,
and she doesn’t know how to run a bidness,
and she loves killing unborn children,
and believes in man-made global warming/climate change.
Lastly, she’s a Leftist (aka Dem, GOP-E, RINO).
Other than that she’s a great candidate!
While I disagree with Ken Blackwell on his choice for Carly Fioriana as much as you do. He has however the right to his opinion.
Ken Blackwell has done enough damage!
I find it very interesting that the same pundits who spew about Trump (and Cruz, come to think of it) keep telling us dang voters we “need to get over it” about their current favorites.
Pathological.
Thanks.
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