McCain's Economic Brain - Why Carly Fiorina is so important to his campaign

Newsweek ^ | May 15th, 2008 | Daniel Gross

[AmericanInTokyo]

Hey! Dont you know we Conservatives are now supposed to “cool down”, and shut up, and get with the program??!! /sarc

[SAJ]

Calderon, Evo Morales, Hugito...take your pick.

[Bellflower]

We don’t have to. We can run a third party candidate.

[Enchante]

“McCain’s Economic Brain - Why Carly Fiorina is so important to his campaign”

Time for a "this is your Economic Brain on drugs" image!!

I didn't follow much about her tenure at HP but people I respect highly say she was one of the worst CEOs in memory...... all image-making, poor or non-existent substance......

To date I have been a "hold my nose and vote for McCain" type of FReeper but I have to say that increasingly I'm becoming appalled beyond repair....

[TigersEye]

This year's Presidential campaign seems to be a competition to incompetence.
The candidate who can come up with the dumbest policies and cohorts wins!

[AnotherUnixGeek]

I had friends who worked at HP. They were not fans of this woman, whose biggest accomplishment was apparently destroying HP’s corporate culture.

[Herakles]

“One of the most important figures in the presidential campaign this fall is a controversial, hypercompetent blonde. She has blazed new paths, is always on message, and has written a best-selling memoir.”

Ok, is this person doing drugs or what?? It's quite clear this clown did not own HP stock when Carly Fiorina ditched the company.

For God's sake, please tell me she is not providing economic advice to any republican!

Hypercompetent; hypercompetent? Gotta be snorting coke by the truck load! Oh, I just noticed the article was in Newsweek - this explains everything.

[Cyropaedia]

Carly does an OK job of promoting Carly. That's it.

The GOP is stupid enough to hoist Fiorina on us.

Here's what Michael S. Malone had to say about Carly :

Trust me, that reputation endures in Silicon Valley, where she now enjoys the title (not easy to get) of the worst CEO in Valley history.

[nickcarraway]

Why is it such a plum to have her? She nearly ruined 3 of the U.S.’ foremost companies.

[x_plus_one]

In July 1999, when Fiorina was named chief executive officer of Hewlett-Packard, she became the first woman to run one of the companies in the Dow Jones Industrial Average INTO THE GROUND.....

[Roy Tucker]

If Newsweek is singing her praises, she can’t be good for conservatives or the Republican Party. Full marks to her PR person though.

[Right Wing Assault]

Hypercompetent

I think he meant 'hypocompetent.'

[ckilmer]

I got an email from fiona. It was a survey on the issues that most concerned me. there was nothing in it on illegal immigration.

fiona botched hp. she’ll botch everything she touches in pubbie land.

her chief skill is sucking up to the powers that be.

she’s the kind that will show up at Davos and sing “we are with you” to the rulers of europe who have even more contempt for their people than american elites.

[Dick Vomer]

[Wyatt's Torch]

Fiorina? Ha!

On the positive side, McCain did recruit Don Luskin from Ron Paul’s campaign. IMHO, he is the best supply side economist in the world today. I’ve been following his work for around 10 years. I could not think of a better person to talk economic and fiscal policy.