California Republicans Play Outsider Card, Vow Jobs

[Elmore Furth]

May I be the first to say, "What hypocritical assholes."

ANAHEIM, California (Reuters) - Hours after clinching Republican nominations for California governor and U.S. Senate, two Silicon Valley businesswomen on Wednesday zeroed in on jobs and the economy as they kicked off a costly and likely bruising general election campaign against seasoned Democrats.

Appearing at a Republican victory rally just blocks from Disneyland in Anaheim, former Ebay CEO Meg Whitman and Carly Fiorina, the onetime head of Hewlett-Packard, stressed their private-sector roots as they seek to ride into office on a wave of voter discontent with the political establishment.

"We're going to talk about the things that matter most in California," Whitman said. "We're going to talk about creating and keeping jobs."

Fiorina, who won the right to challenge incumbent Democrat Barbara Boxer for U.S. Senate, appeared on stage with Whitman in front of a massive electronic banner that read "Jobs are on the way," said California had caught the country's attention by voting for a pair of women from business.



California Republicans Play Outsider Card, Vow Jobs

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. They want to talk about their business backgrounds?

Didn't they both FAIL?

My God.

The arrogance, the sheer hypocrisy.

:grr:

[gateley]

2. The sign in its entirety actually read "YOUR Jobs are on the way to India." nt

[xxqqqzme]

3. Really? Queen Meg

has promised to eliminate 40,000 state jobs. Doesn't sound very creative to me.

She spent $80/vote. If I had followed that formula, I would have had to raise 1,174,400 for the state assembly seat. I spent $0.00 per vote AND I won my primary too.

[Merlot]

4. All those ads where she claimed to be a bigger conservative that poisoner

are going to come back to haunt her for sure.

[bluestateguy]

5. Carly Fiorina destoryed jobs

She laid off workers.

[Zoroastor]

6. Have you heard...

...how many are saying Alvin Greene won the primary because "the people" are tired of career politicians and want an outsider... yet DeMint won the GOP primary easily.