Posted on 07/09/2008 5:52:58 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
Carly Fiorina has headed a major Silicon Valley corporation, ascended to the rank of America's top female business icon, authored a book - and now is on the short list of possible GOP vice presidential candidates.
But now the former CEO of Hewlett-Packard has a new challenge: As a leader of Republican National Committee's 2008 "Victory" drive and a chief adviser to presidential candidate John McCain, she's being buffeted by intense criticism that, as a star campaign surrogate, she is playing fast and loose with the facts.
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It wasn't the first such slip-up, Keenan said. Fiorina's public reassurance to a group of former Hillary Clinton supporters in Columbus, Ohio, raised hackles after she said the Arizona senator "has never signed on to efforts to overturn Roe v. Wade."
But McCain has repeatedly underscored his opposition to abortion and has said on the campaign trail that the landmark law that protects a woman's right to abortion procedures "should be overturned."
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With the campaigns of both McCain and Obama in high gear, the critiques underscore how Fiorina's high-profile role could get increasing attention - and raise more questions about her business history.
... At HP, she oversaw the controversial merger of HP and Compaq that resulted in thousands of layoffs, stagnant earnings and the flight of leading HP talent. She was fired and walked out with a $21 million severance package.
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"Carly Fiorina has talked about outsourcing and defined it as 'rightsourcing,' " he said. And Fiorina, who laid off 18,000 HP workers during the company "restructuring," once noted that her big mistake was that she didn't lay some off fast enough, he said.
(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...
I disagree. The woman is a great organizer and spokesperson. She has stumbled some, but who hasn't?
I think when she headed HP she was a little over her head. But she's a very gung-ho person and doesn't care where the chips fall. She has a no-nonsense attitude and guts. That's an asset, not a liability. Like I said, she'd make a great press secretary or WH chief of staff.
Candidates will say almost anything to get elected,, and then some.
If you buy the secure the border first bit, I got a bridge for ya, cheap.
Just answer the question of whose best interest is it to snipe at Fiorina? Do you suppose that the SF Gate is simply being fair and balanced, or do you suppose that they are carrying water for Obama and the DNC with this plant article?
McCain has a record of reform. I think he understands that this has reached a boiling point and the border must be secured.
Bridge? McCain was against that too. LOL
LOL. Fat chance.
Truth is...they would hate to see the Repubs be the first to get a woman in one of the top slots.
She makes me vomit. For one thing you would think a woman her age could hold her head still while she talks. I believe she is to the left of mccain but what do i know.
McCain has a record of reform.
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Oh yeah.
Terrorists can sleep easier knowing they won’t be waterboarded or have to stay at Gitmo if caught.. and who cares that freedom of speech was infringed? and borders? who needs ‘em?
Where’s his coattails, btw? He must have the same tailor as aRnold.
McCain has a record of reform.
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Oh yeah.
Terrorists can sleep easier knowing they won’t be waterboarded or have to stay at Gitmo if caught.. and who cares that freedom of speech was infringed? and borders? who needs ‘em?
Where’s his coattails, btw? He must have the same tailor as aRnold.
Are you folks paid by the RNC?
If Norman Bates has even a smattering of conservatism in his soul, Norman would recognize that the problem is not with the opposition or their sycophants.
The problem is with the angry, liberal, little man with a Napoleonic complex and his new spokesman who nearly destroyed a perfectly good company. One is the definition of a political looser and the other a business failure in spades.
I knew someone who worked at HP and he would become very angry at the mention of this woman’s name. “She drove the company into the ground” he would say.
Yes, it is a qualification. But you need a lot more to be President. A Veep needs to be ready to step into those shoes.
You sound like you have your own anger there too. Good night.
Carly Fiorina at Hewlett Packard: FAIL!*
Hey John, you see a pattern here? If you want a woman to influence your campaign, choose Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. She'd make a great VP also.
* Carly is a great example of The Peter Principle. She is perhaps a little unique in that she's been given multiple opportunities to demo the principle.
she's a saleswoman who will do and say anything to sell a product--now McCain (and herself)
The faster the gop dumps this woman, the better.
A whopping three or four people were waterboarded. Probably outside of Gitmo as well. The borders will be secured. McCain has committed to it and the political environment will demand it. I’m not even going into CFR because I don’t see that as a campaign issue. I don’t necessarily agree with everything in CFR but in time SCOTUS will address any issues I’m sure. Arnold? He’s about to sink California. McCain on the other hand actually has a record of fiscal conservatism.
As a general rule, when CEOs visit sites and hold "all hands meetings" to babble on for more than an hour about how wonderful everything is then something is wrong.
Some of these people really love to hear themselves talk. They will spend a lot of the company's money just to babble at thousands of their employees for hours.
My daughter went to work for Hewlett Packard right out of getting her degree in Computer Science. When she first went there they were ranked in the top ten companies “to work for”. Fifteen years later she couldn’t get out of there fast enough. Carly was part of that reason.
The problem isn't Democrats or the MSM. The problem is McCain and Fiorina.
Republicans need to get their house in order before condemning their opposition.
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