Chuck DeVore, by any definition, is running a “grassroots”campaign. His most recent campaign records show he earned about $96,000 last year.
Carly made $2.7 million in 2008, according to records she recently produced in the campaign. She did not reveal her 2009 income. Fiorina received a $21 million golden parachute from being fired from Hewlett Packard.
From what they told the OC Watchdog, Fiorina’s people want you to think that a candidate is not “credible” unless he has mega-bucks to buy high-paid consultants, pollsters and office space like Carly does.
There is also a pack of astro-turfy Sarah Palin PAC bloggers blog-flogging DeVore over the past 48 hours.
Did we forget about Scott Brown, who campaigned for Senate in Massachusetts out of a pickup truck and won?
Opensecrets.org records show Carly Fiorina Enterprises is the largest individual donor in the country to her own 527 committee. Of the $3.5 million donated to Carly for California 527, $2.5 million is hers.
Her top donors, according to records produced by April 19, 2010. The “little people?”
| Contributor | Total | |
| 1 | Carly Fiorina Enterprises | $2,511,580 |
| 2 | Retired | $61,050 |
| 3 | Homemaker | $57,350 |
| 4 | Morgan Stanley | $35,900 |
| 5 | Oaktree Capital | $16,850 |
| 6 | Attorney | $14,400 |
| 7 | Investor | $12,350 |
| 8 | Wilson, Sonsini et al | $12,000 |
| 9 | Bluegrass Committee | $10,000 |
| 10 | Williams-Sonoma Inc | $9,600 |
| 10 | Cke Restaurants | $9,600 |
| 10 | Knott Partners | $9,600 |
| 10 | Salem Communications | $9,600 |
| 14 | Irvine Co | $7,400 |
| 15 | CJ Segerstrom and Sons | $7,200 |
| 15 | Capital Group Companies | $7,200 |
| 15 | Self-Employed | $7,200 |
| 18 | Consultant | $6,669 |
| 19 | Real Estate | $6,300 |
| 20 | Journalist | $5,800 |
The questions raised by all this:
Is there a legal conflict or violation of law in having a law firm which represents Carly for California, and the California GOP also representing a 527 “citizens” group which is accusing Carly’s opponent of criminal wrongdoing?
Why is the GOP establishment ignoring Carly Fiorina’s troubling baggage in this race which makes her so hopeless as a candidate? Specifically, HP’s sale of printers to Iran despite an embargo, and a new criminal/civil investigation into HP’s bribery of Russian officials during Carly’s tenure at HP? Do they not understand that the Obama administration, which is conducting the probes, will no doubt use the investigation to doom Fiorina if she is the nominee? With Fiorina’s pro-Islam, anti-Israel positions, why is she considered viable?
Even if there is no wrong-doing with all this GOP muddling in California, are California Republicans, conservatives and independents not offended by the this “thugga” type of campaign?
California, do you want to have your GOP U.S. Senate candidate chosen by the GOP establishment which has a proven dismal record of putting money on the wrong dog in the race all over this country?
(Note from the writer: I am not a “paid” operative by any campaign or any individual, unlike many of the “bloggers” who are posting hits on Chuck DeVore in behalf of Palin and Fiorina. I’m a conservative blogger who is truly offended by this type of campaigning. The people behind these smarmy tactics in California are why the GOP lost so much in 2008. Can we please learn from history? Let California elect a true conservative like Chuck DeVore if the voters choose him. Let him run without fear of being back-stabbed by his own party. A good example to this country is the election of Chris Christie in New Jersey. He is a conservative in a blue state and he is making a huge difference just a few months into his term.)
Remember Scott Brown and his pickup truck.
Remember Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey.
Remember Ronald Reagan’s 11th commandment.
Carly Fiorina’s champagne campaign tactics should not succeed.
Typical slime politics out of the GOP wing that would support someone like Fiorina. Unable to articulate a position all they can come up with is mud.
Whitman is as disgusting. If GOP voters buy this type of campaigning they deserve more of what they have already gotten from the GOP: inaction.
She should be thrown under the bus by the voters.
Who wrote this conspiracy piece?
Well how we going to like another six years of Boxer.. Thanks Rhinos!
Sorry my mere presence walked on your thread. Like all good Alinskyites they are expert at making it about me rather than about the subject at hand. Anyhow, good post. I’m outta here.
I knew Fiorina’s smile was a little toothy and predator-like for my taste.
PING!
I’m so done with the GOP.
I can’t stand their tactics.
They serve the left, period. Whether they do it knowingly is up for debate.
They will never undo 0bamaCare.
You had better buck the GOP propaganda and vote your values, or this country is finished.
Require long form birth certificate: These Republican primaries would be a good place for the Republican Party to require candidates to present their long form birth certificates before they were allowed to put their names on any Republican Party primary ballot.
Why do you post this as news when it’s from a stinking blogger?
I will not vote for Fiorina even if she wins the primary. I support Chuck DeVore and I love Sarah. I'm not always going to agree with her. DeVore will live to fight another day because he's a GREAT candidate. His fundraising proves it.
Sarah is supporting Fiorina because Tom Campbell will be a disaster. I give her credit for loyalty. Who knows, maybe Sarah's endorsement will force Fiorina right.
The old guard in the GOP are, well, old. They'll be gone soon enough and more courageous decisions can be made.
For you non-Californians, instead of attacking fellow Freepers just put your money where your mouth is and support your candidate of choice. At this point I think a cocker spaniel could beat Boxer.
And let me just point out, Chris Christie and Scott Brown are only conservative relative to their blue state electorate, not by policy, but we're thanking God for them anyway.
OH Puleeeezzze! The so-called 11th commandment was pronounced dead and buried in January 2001 with the election of President George W. Bush and has not abated since that time.
Many of us will not forget. If one wants to be credible, best put that 11th BS away for good.
It's always been that way. No amount of congeniality will change that; they are the enemy, unless the conservative wins. At that point, they kiss butt, co-opt, back-stab, give the party a bad name by virtue of corruption, and try to substitute their RINO on the next go-around with the excuse of "changing demographics."
How many times do we have to see that pattern until we learn? They should not be tolerated here.
LLS
Am I correct in reading that you still fully support Sarah 100%, and that you are just upset with CA GOP? or are you one of the crowd jumping off the Sarah band wagon?
“Carly Fiorina and the GOP Launch Last-Minute Back-door Attack on Chuck DeVore”
Apparantly what happened to Bennet in Utah has them running scared. Just wait until McCain goes down!
Carly is a socialist monster, despised by Silicon Valley who know her from her days at HP.
What is the republican party thinking, by endorsing this global socialist?
Are they looking for another Bob Bennett moment?
Fiorino = Scott Brown. Best we can do this round. Chuck has made some bad boo boos recently.
Fiorino = Scott Brown. Best we can do this round. Chuck has made some bad boo boos recently.
http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/execteam/speeches/fiorina/minnesota01.html
CARLY FIORINA
MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA
SEPTEMBER 26, 2001
“TECHNOLOGY, BUSINESS AND OUR WAY OF LIFE: WHAT’S NEXT”
excerpt:
As business leaders, as we are faced with questions of life and death rather than how much our stock is worth, the significance of our business contribution to the world may be increased. And that is a good thing.
I’ll end by telling a story.
There was once a civilization that was the greatest in the world.
It was able to create a continental super-state that stretched from ocean to ocean, and from northern climes to tropics and deserts. Within its dominion lived hundreds of millions of people, of different creeds and ethnic origins.
One of its languages became the universal language of much of the world, the bridge between the peoples of a hundred lands. Its armies were made up of people of many nationalities, and its military protection allowed a degree of peace and prosperity that had never been known. The reach of this civilization’s commerce extended from Latin America to China, and everywhere in between.
And this civilization was driven more than anything, by invention. Its architects designed buildings that defied gravity. Its mathematicians created the algebra and algorithms that would enable the building of computers, and the creation of encryption. Its doctors examined the human body, and found new cures for disease. Its astronomers looked into the heavens, named the stars, and paved the way for space travel and exploration.
Its writers created thousands of stories. Stories of courage, romance and magic. Its poets wrote of love, when others before them were too steeped in fear to think of such things.
When other nations were afraid of ideas, this civilization thrived on them, and kept them alive. When censors threatened to wipe out knowledge from past civilizations, this civilization kept the knowledge alive, and passed it on to others.
While modern Western civilization shares many of these traits, the civilization I’m talking about was the Islamic world from the year 800 to 1600, which included the Ottoman Empire and the courts of Baghdad, Damascus and Cairo, and enlightened rulers like Suleiman the Magnificent.
Although we are often unaware of our indebtedness to this other civilization, its gifts are very much a part of our heritage. The technology industry would not exist without the contributions of Arab mathematicians. Sufi poet-philosophers like Rumi challenged our notions of self and truth. Leaders like Suleiman contributed to our notions of tolerance and civic leadership.
And perhaps we can learn a lesson from his example: It was leadership based on meritocracy, not inheritance. It was leadership that harnessed the full capabilities of a very diverse population–that included Christianity, Islamic, and Jewish traditions.
This kind of enlightened leadership — leadership that nurtured culture, sustainability, diversity and courage — led to 800 years of invention and prosperity.
In dark and serious times like this, we must affirm our commitment to building societies and institutions that aspire to this kind of greatness. More than ever, we must focus on the importance of leadership– bold acts of leadership and decidedly personal acts of leadership.
With that, I’d like to open up the conversation and see what we, collectively, believe about the role of leadership.