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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Sat Aug 8, 2015, 12:59 PM Aug 2015

Carly Fiorina Breaks Out of Lower Tier

Carly Fiorina “spent the day traveling, bouncing between television interviews, taking selfies, fielding calls from giddy supporters and trying to capi­tal­ize on her highly praised performance in a debate for lower-tier Republican presidential candidates Thursday night,” the Washington Post reports.

“The moment was months in the making for Fiorina, the former chief executive of Hewlett-Packard who launched a long-shot bid that has yet to gain traction in early polls. She has pitched herself as the GOP’s lone woman who can mercilessly criticize Democratic front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton — and joke about hormones in the White House — without being accused of sexism. She has tied some of her campaign stops to Clinton’s schedule and, at times, has seemed to play up her femininity, picking sundresses over suits, pink over black.”

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http://politicalwire.com/2015/08/08/carly-fiorina-breaks-out-of-lower-tier/

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HFRN

(1,469 posts)
1. destroyer of Lucent(Bell Labs) and Hewlett Packard
Sat Aug 8, 2015, 01:07 PM
Aug 2015

2 really iconic American organizations, ruined by this arrogant incompetent phoney

HughBeaumont

(24,461 posts)
2. How, exactly, is this blight on humanity considered a viable presidential candidate?
Sat Aug 8, 2015, 01:14 PM
Aug 2015

Does anyone remember how she

* fired 30,000 workers from HP,
* infamously declared that "No job is America's God Given Right Anymore",
* oversaw a disastrous merger with Compaq,
* tripled her salary,
* tried to procure bonuses to redecorate her mansionS,
* spent HP (much of it going to execs) into a five-year P/E stagnation,
* presided over a 50% plunge in stock value,
* when she got released by the board, got a total of $42 MILLION in severance for this rather below-average job ("That'll show HER!&quot .

SMELL THE MERITOCRACY!

Oh, and she recently made the dubious claim that American workers "watch porn all day long and get paid exactly the same way as somebody who’s trying to do their job".

Government should not ever be run like a for-profit business. Run very fast away from anyone who thinks like this.

tularetom

(23,664 posts)
3. Well, you have to admit she has experience in running a not-for-profit business
Sat Aug 8, 2015, 01:26 PM
Aug 2015

Not, of course, that it was intended to be not-for-profit. She just did a good job in making it that way.

Arkana

(24,347 posts)
12. I always thought that scene made Grandpa Joe look like a dick.
Sat Aug 8, 2015, 03:35 PM
Aug 2015

I mean, if he could dance around the room like that, why didn't he try to work to support the family? He was clearly able, and they were in desperate need of help.

 

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)
15. The Peter Principle and the Plutocrat Principle
Sat Aug 8, 2015, 03:57 PM
Aug 2015

embodied on one loathesome person. Once you're in the club, you're in forever and will live like a sultan for the rest of your days, even if you're a twelve-toed imbecile incapable of organizing a two car funeral on a one way street even it they spot you the goddam hearse.

LeftyMom

(49,212 posts)
5. I suspect she's the front runner for a VP slot.
Sat Aug 8, 2015, 02:04 PM
Aug 2015

She can go out and be the attack dog, and deflect any criticism of sexist positions. A more religious candidate can also use her to shore up weaknesses on the business flank of the party, and she makes the party seem less like the party of sweaty southern god botherers.

n2doc

(47,953 posts)
6. The establishment is pushing her strongly
Sat Aug 8, 2015, 02:11 PM
Aug 2015

Nearly every RW site was fawning over her Friday.

They are also pushing Kasich but it remains to be seen if they can actually make people like him.

I think they are panicking a bit over Jeb and KochWalker's poor performances.

 

Motown_Johnny

(22,308 posts)
7. They need a woman on the main stage for optics.
Sat Aug 8, 2015, 02:11 PM
Aug 2015

The fix has been in, take Trump down and lift Carly up.



emulatorloo

(44,131 posts)
8. I think Trump will take down Carly very quickly re her "business success."
Sat Aug 8, 2015, 02:17 PM
Aug 2015

Poor Rove and Fox, they appear to have met their match in Trump.

Brother Buzz

(36,444 posts)
11. I believe Fiorina and Trump can go tit for tat on business success and she'll hold her own
Sat Aug 8, 2015, 03:30 PM
Aug 2015

And at the end of the day, she, not Trump will get the bounce. As evil as she is, she's a fast study well versed in the business realm and can think on her feet; Carly can take a ding, Trump's ego can't. When the showdown comes, it's going be entertaining to watch, but my Magic 8 Ball says Fiorina will prevail and take Trump down a notch in the eyes of the public.


Johonny

(20,851 posts)
13. She is just more Donald Trump. Her claim to fame is appearing on FOX news a lot
Sat Aug 8, 2015, 03:47 PM
Aug 2015

She's a failed business genius that now appears on TV constantly. She's great at one liners and smears. She attacks Hillary constantly in ways that are great for FOX viewers but not great for attracting people with a soul to their name. She was as mean to Boxer as she is currently to Hillary. It didn't work out well for her. She lost to Boxer by 10 percent and she isn't likely to perform better than that once the campaign gets around to being about politics again. Her made for FOX B.S. doesn't cut it with the real world.

 

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)
14. She cratered a company and got tens of millions of $$$ to just go away.
Sat Aug 8, 2015, 03:53 PM
Aug 2015

A perfect qualification for advancement in the party of stupidity and greed.

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