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Let’s look at Carly’s actions for a moment. She laid off tens of thousands of HP employees, then ordered 7 private Lear jets for herself and other corporate members. Was this in the best interests of the company? No, this was a self-serving ego-maniacal action one would expect from a member of the US presidency.

Look at Meg Whitman, insider trading made her a multi-millionaire; if you or I stole money on that order of magnitude, we would both be incarcerated.

There are a few women who are competent leaders, but being politically correct is more important than qualifications. Consider, of the hundreds of executive staff at HP; many who have spent their entire lives with the company working from the ground up, how many make it into this sort of leadership position? So far, the BOD has had a pretty dismal record of hiring externally competent leaders. I don’t believe Meg Whittman was brought on board for her work at Ebay - taking an internet auction-site company and making it big is a good accomplishment; but what does this have to do with managing an internationally based company that is diversified into specialized laboratory test and measurement equipment, household printers, laptops, computers, Enterprise level computing and storage solutions, Medical equipment and personal computing devices? Her background is in running a virtual company (albeit very successful), what does this have in common with running a company that’s very existence is based upon specific hardware functionality?

I question her competence, I question her integrity. I think the only reason she got this job, is based upon Politcal Correctness. If she had different plumbing, I doubt she would have even been considered for the position.

Her past tells me that she has no morals when it comes to self-promotion versus stealing from the public at large. This is not a trait one would want in a leadership role on an international stage.