[Slapshot68]

“She almost destroyed one of the nation’s great corporate treasures — she made a mess of HP, she made it an extraordinarily unpleasant place to work,” said Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, a professor at the Yale School of Management and longtime critic of Fiorina’s.”

A prof, who probably hasn’t been in the business world in years if ever, doesn’t carry much weight with me.

[Maceman]

God forbid he should surround himself with people who have been successful.

[RexBeach]

I wouldn’t trust her with a 3-minute egg.

[Cicero]

If elected, McCain will have an absolute gift for picking klutzes and losers for his cabinet positions. I’ve commented on Carly Fiorina before, and have little to add to what some of those interviewed say here.

McCain isn’t very bright, among his other faults. He makes Bush look like a mental giant in comparison. You don’t have to be really bright to be president, if you are sensible. McCain lacks that, too. Bush made it through college with a Gentleman’s C. McCain would have been flunked out without his father’s pull.

[Oshkalaboomboom]

Carly was like a hurricane, leaving devestation in her wake everywhere she went. Just another nail in McCain’s coffin.

[steve86]

Can these political parties possibly do a more outstanding job of picking incompetent lOOsers to run the country?

[Tribune7]

Oh joy. And the Pubs wonder why they are in trouble.

[albie]

“Fiorina, 53, joined the Republican senator’s presidential campaign this spring”.

...this is where I stopped reading. Obviously the writer is going to pack the article with falsehoods similar to McCain being a Pub.

[Red Badger]

After running one of Silicon Valley’s powerhouse companies INTO THE GROUND for six years........There, fixed it.......are you sure she ain’t being considered for FBI/CIA Director instead?.............

[Richard Kimball]

IIRC, wasn't she responsible for the stupidest corporate logo in the history of the world?

Dilbert did a series on this where Dogbert came up with the new corporate logo by putting his coffee cup down on a piece of paper.

[calcowgirl]

McCain has said he's not as strong on economics as he is on national security, so he needs accomplished business leaders, like Fiorina, advising him.

He must have a different idea of "accomplishment" than I do.

[mbraynard]

"Fiorina says there are many parallels to politics and running a company. With more than 150,000 employees when Fiorina was fired, running HP could be compared to being mayor of a medium-sized city like Syracuse, N.Y."

Bhwahahahah. If HP was a City, Fiorina would be Mayor Ray Nagin.

[Interesting Times]

My understanding is that Fiorina was the McCain campaign's second choice - unfortunately, the former captain of the Exxon Valdez was unavailable.

[JamesP81]

Fiorina, 53, joined the Republican senator's presidential campaign this spring. She brings with her a long list of wealthy friends and supporters and intimate insight into how some of the largest corporations work, having been at the helm of Hewlett-Packard Co. and before that, senior management at AT&T Inc. and its spinoff Lucent Technologies.

Clearly, this person should not be allowed to run anything. Speaking as software developer and IT guru, I wouldn't buy HP equipment (except maybe printers) if it was the last choice available. HP computers are difficult to work on, high maintenance, and their tech support is subpar.

When I was still in school, I would off and on work on computers for people around town on nights and weekends. I charged $25 an hour. Unless it was a Compaq or HP, in which case it was $50 an hour.

[cynwoody]

[rwfromkansas]

I am posting on here since I saw her on MSNBC today and was really impressed. She did an EXCELLENT job of portraying McCain vs. Obama. Very impressive.......

For this being her first political, she is damn good.

She clearly articulated areas in which McCain did reforms and how Obama was against those etc. But, she did it in a way that seems more genuine than most talking heads for campaigns.

She is very personable. They need to get this woman out there.

[rwfromkansas]

I should say I mean she is good at being a spokesperson.

I would be worried about much more due to her past business background.

[Proud2BeRight]

I already decided to not vote for Mccain. Her as VP could get me to vote Obama. Well, maybe not but that would clinch a blank ballot.

[LTCJ]

A natural match. McCain flew planes during the war and Fiorina was in charge of kamikaze flight operations in the private sector.