Fiorina Talks Up VP Hope
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Carly...perfect VP choice for Republicans
You guys are missing the point.
Carly is being brought in to leverage her experience with HP. Take an iconic company (country) run it into the ground, and then merge it with another company (country) because that is the only option now to survive. So some people lose their jobs, get their benefits reduced, etc....gotta break a few eggs to make an omelet. People will just be so grateful that they still have a company (country) left after the way it got completely screwed up they will forget about how good it used to be.
Meximerica here we come! We have to merge, you see, to be more competitive with the Chinese after the way Management screwed things up ("hmm..we have the know-how but are out of oil...Mexico has lots of oil we can get! We can use Mexico's low cost model for dentistry on our US citizens and save money! They have lots of low-priced labor we can bring in to replace all our overpaid factory workers! There is just a perfect synergy between these two countries!"). Carly, time to fire up that "clean room"! We have to figure out what language should the new country standardize on...
Just hope your life is not on the "RIF" list or your role is seen as "redundant" in the new Country. Those of us that do survive it can look forward to years without getting a raise.
In all seriousness, she is a complete joke. Made her name at Lucent using smoke and mirrors sales numbers (that nearly ended up destroying that company when she left). Came to HP, tried to change "the way" without even understanding what it was and put the company into the beamis. Merged with Compaq and her ego got in the way so she ran Capellas off (did not want to share the spotlight) leaving the company with zero people with operational experience. She figured as long as she was out doing photo ops with Christina Aguilera the company would just sort of run itself. Hurd came in and salvaged the company by focusing on operations and cost control, and now she runs around wanting credit for it. A total fraud and the last of that whole, bad "CEOlebrity" generation.
A perfect republican..don't blame me for what happened while I was in charge if it is bad, I will take credit for good things that happen while I am in charge (even if I am not sure why things do work from time to time) and if good things happen when I leave, then it is all about the groundwork I had laid. If she is really all that and a bag of greasy chips, why has she been out of work since she got canned?
Not for president....
One thing to consider is how well the VP would be able to step in and serve as president. I wonder if having an MBA really qualifies her to serve as president should something happen to John McCain.
I would bet money against it.
Corporate leaders are really not too much different than politicians; both have big egos and are overpaid!!!
The worst thing Obama or McCain can do is to pick a female running mate just to have a woman on the ticket.
Quality
the fact is all the Compaq stock owners wanted Carli´s proposition to go through, all the HP stock owners didn´t.
Bottom line both won because she was tough enough to beat the incumbents (Son of Hewlett etc). Don´t know about the VP job but she is just one hell of a tough woman.
Who
She may or may not be a good executive but she is hardly a household name. It would be like Goldwater in his choice of a military general for VP. Was his name Miller-Who knows, who cares, get someone with credibility.
All I know is....
I hope whoever wins promotes education- especially writing and grammar skills. In reading all of the previous posts, I have come to realize that the state of the aforementioned is deplorable in America. Some of the arguments are hard enough to decipher, from a philosophical standpoint, without poor writing & grammar further impeding any understanding!
carly
HP has done very well since the merger. Dems who cry sexism over Billarys defeat don't even consider the difficulty that women face running major corporations. My take: she's a pretty smart and talented gal. She'd probably be a good addition to the campain
Pro-Fiorina
I say: Carly Fiorina for veep! Yay!
Get back to reality here.
I'd far prefer Hillary on Obama's ticket. And one of these Republican hack women paired with McCain is how you're likely going to see it happen to re-open the door for Mrs. Clinton. No way in heck Barack is going to let the female voices of America get stuck with Carly (or Meg, or Heather, or Condi).
tex805
Carly as VP? Why not Daffy Duck? How about asking those who worked with and for her at HP? Her approval rating with them would be even lower than Bush's is now!
She is the greatest gift imaginable to Obama!!
