Slog - Comments on McCain/Fiorina '08? http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/mccainfiorina_08 Interesting, huh? A McCain adviser floated the idea.... Copyright 2008 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 07:15:46 -0800 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 21:57:19 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by oneway Carly Fiorina?!

The person who's best known for totally, thoroughly, and single-handedly fucking up Hewlett-Packard until they finally rode her ass out of town on a gasp-inducing $21 million severance payment?

She seems more like Bush Administration material to me.

]]> oneway http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/mccainfiorina_08#c988697 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/mccainfiorina_08#c988697 2008 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 07:46:03 -0800 Comment by tsm Yeah, it seems like she could only do harm to the ticket, given her record at H-P. So ... bring it on.

]]> tsm http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/mccainfiorina_08#c988699 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/mccainfiorina_08#c988699 2008 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 07:54:54 -0800 Comment by Bellevue Ave not morris p of the hoov?

]]> Bellevue Ave http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/mccainfiorina_08#c988705 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/mccainfiorina_08#c988705 2008 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 08:19:10 -0800 Comment by Fifty-Two-Eighty She would be fucking cancer to his campaign. So would Charlie-the-Homo Crist, for that matter. Surely he can do better than this.

]]> Fifty-Two-Eighty http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/mccainfiorina_08#c988739 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/mccainfiorina_08#c988739 2008 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 08:40:29 -0800 Comment by President McCain If Obama is the nominee, it will be Crist. Or, preferably, if Hillary is the nominee, it will be Rice. The GOP finally breaks the Dems' grip on the African American vote. AAs respect Rice, unlike Clarence Thomas.

]]> President McCain http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/mccainfiorina_08#c988748 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/mccainfiorina_08#c988748 2008 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 08:55:40 -0800 Comment by Julie My old consulting firm did a bunch of work for Carly/HP and she was not terribly impressive. Seemed like a marketing expert who couldn't run a company. Just one worker bee's opinion, though...

It's an interesting idea in theory, but in practice, her performance as CEO wasn't exactly stellar, so I imagine it would be a liability.

]]> Julie http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/mccainfiorina_08#c988750 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/mccainfiorina_08#c988750 2008 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 09:02:33 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle So what will they call this - the Double Failure ticket? Or Debt and More Debt?

Friends don't let friends vote Red.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/mccainfiorina_08#c988859 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/mccainfiorina_08#c988859 2008 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 10:23:42 -0800 Comment by Carly -- McCain's Hillary In the immortal words of an HP investor discussion board commenter: Carly's an empty suit held up by bullshit. One reason I oppose Hillary is Carly's performance as HP CEO -- she had no clue what to do, misunderstood the culture and set out to destroy it, and when her contract was expiring, pulled the Compaq rabbit out of the hat to give her three more years, ignoring the cost to stockholders and employees.

]]> Carly -- McCain's Hillary http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/mccainfiorina_08#c988915 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/mccainfiorina_08#c988915 2008 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 10:48:19 -0800 Comment by Big Sven One reason I oppose Hillary is Carly's performance as HP CEO

Congratulations. Acknowledging your sexism is the first step towards moving beyond it.

]]> Big Sven http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/mccainfiorina_08#c989012 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/mccainfiorina_08#c989012 2008 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 11:48:23 -0800 Comment by infrequent mccain should use his vp slot to try to appeal to voters where he lacks appeal. so a liberal choice, such as lieberman, wouldn't make much sense, as mccain is already popular among independents. plus lieberman is old, too, and probably less popular than mccain.

mccain needs to appeal to the more conservative part of the repub base. romney, though slick and young, might be a good choice. despite being morman, and not a protestant, he did better than huckabee in the primary. but i think huckabee would bring more of the christian right to the polls.

choosing someone like rice might serve him best. she's very conservative, which is where mccain needs to focus on. having a minority on your ticket would also make running against a non-white-male dem candidate easier for an old white man.

]]> infrequent http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/mccainfiorina_08#c989013 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/mccainfiorina_08#c989013 2008 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 11:48:30 -0800 Comment by Christopher Frizzelle's Enormous Penis My favorite running mate is...an enormous penis!!!

]]> Christopher Frizzelle's Enormous Penis http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/mccainfiorina_08#c989818 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/mccainfiorina_08#c989818 2008 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 21:57:19 -0800