Slog - Comments on Relentless http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/relentless The mistakes from the McCain campaign keep on coming... McCain supporter Carly Fiorina, the former CEO of Hewlett Packard, seemed to veer off message for a moment on the McGraw Milhaven show on KTRS radio in St Louis, when she made the case that Sarah Palin may be qualified to run America -- but certainly not to run her old company. "Do you think she has the experience to run a major company like Hewlett Packard?" the host asked Fiorina. "No, I don’t," she replied. Fiorina tried for the save by saying later that none of the candidates, McCain included,... Copyright 2008 Tue, 16 Sep 2008 11:45:19 -0800 Tue, 16 Sep 2008 21:22:42 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by DENVEROPOLIS I was an HP employee under Carly Fiorina, she doesn't know how to run a large corporation either. She does know how to run them into the ground, however.

]]> DENVEROPOLIS http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/relentless#c1143151 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/relentless#c1143151 2008 Tue, 16 Sep 2008 11:47:03 -0800 Comment by Just Sayin' Didn't HP lose half its value under Carly Fiorina's "leadership"?

]]> Just Sayin' http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/relentless#c1143156 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/relentless#c1143156 2008 Tue, 16 Sep 2008 11:50:16 -0800 Comment by Non The running a large company metaphor is actually a very interesting point.

Certainly not with that budget! Certainly not with that many subordinates/employees! Certainly not with that much room for error!

Yet compare it to the biggest company/employer in the world, the United States of America, and nobody could argue that Palin is qualified to run that operation.

Very thought provoking

]]> Non http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/relentless#c1143164 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/relentless#c1143164 2008 Tue, 16 Sep 2008 11:52:51 -0800 Comment by Fnarf 1 and 2 beat me to the point: Fiorina doesn't know how to run a large corporation either. Neither does Meg Whitman, Chief Fraudster at Ebay, McCain's other top corporate adviser.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/relentless#c1143201 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/relentless#c1143201 2008 Tue, 16 Sep 2008 12:08:35 -0800 Comment by Julie in Chicago @1. Agreed. She was a marketing guru, certainly not CEO material. But, hey, if she wants to tell people that McCain’s not capable of running a corporation, I’m all ears.

]]> Julie in Chicago http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/relentless#c1143202 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/relentless#c1143202 2008 Tue, 16 Sep 2008 12:08:37 -0800 Comment by Original Andrew
You've all forgotten that we live in Backwards World, where only the dumbest survive.

Hell, Psychogeezer could appear on national TV and blubber "I soweetoddid," and he'd be a hero.

McCain's poll numbers to shoot upwards in 5... 4... 3... 2...

]]> Original Andrew http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/relentless#c1143218 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/relentless#c1143218 2008 Tue, 16 Sep 2008 12:19:49 -0800 Comment by Just Sayin' @6 wins Slog for the day

]]> Just Sayin' http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/relentless#c1143224 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/relentless#c1143224 2008 Tue, 16 Sep 2008 12:21:31 -0800 Comment by RonK, Seattle "later", meaning "in the very next sentence".

Self-serving self-deception, Eli.

]]> RonK, Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/relentless#c1143310 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/relentless#c1143310 2008 Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:22:03 -0800 Comment by Meinert can't find the original link to this story, but it seemed relevant:

>>John McCain and Sarah Palin both came out today to condemn CEOs who get golden parachutes. Here's McCain:

"We will stop multimillion dollar payouts to CEO’s who have broken the public trust."

And here's Palin:

"We're going to reform the way Wall Street does business and stop multimillion-dollar payouts and golden parachutes to CEOs who break the public trust."

Seems to me McCain could put that campaign promise into effect right away. One of his top advisors, Carly Fiorina, laid off 20,000 HP workers, oversaw huge losses, and engaged in corporate spying. Sure sounds like she "broke the public trust" to me. And for her troubles, HP gave her $21.4 million in severance pay, plus another $21.1 million in stock options and other benefits.

Over $42 million for--as John McCain describes it--breaking the public trust.

Call John McCain's campaign at (703) 418-2008 and demand that McCain stand by his promise to stop this practice. Ask him to demand this his campaign advisor, Carly Fiorina, give back her loot to HP's stockholders.

]]> Meinert http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/relentless#c1143312 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/relentless#c1143312 2008 Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:23:01 -0800 Comment by max solomon but fiorina's got electrolytes!

]]> max solomon http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/relentless#c1143351 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/relentless#c1143351 2008 Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:57:29 -0800 Comment by keshmeshi First she whines about the Palin SNL sketch being sexist, and she follows it up with this. Fiorina's on a roll today.

]]> keshmeshi http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/relentless#c1143384 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/relentless#c1143384 2008 Tue, 16 Sep 2008 14:12:20 -0800 Comment by Bellevue Ave For someone running on the hope and change platfrom his supporters are a bunch of fucking cranks.

]]> Bellevue Ave http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/relentless#c1143412 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/relentless#c1143412 2008 Tue, 16 Sep 2008 14:38:36 -0800 Comment by COMTE @9:

Sooooo, does that mean McSame/Pailin' are actually in favor of MORE GOVERNMENT REGULATION?

Um, isn't that a complete 180-shift from their so-called "conservative platform"?

]]> COMTE http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/relentless#c1143424 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/relentless#c1143424 2008 Tue, 16 Sep 2008 14:45:05 -0800 Comment by RonK, Seattle My bad @ 8 ... caught an edited (composite) version.

Still, a silly stab at gaffing Fiorina or diminishing. Nobody wants pols playing CEO, and only Perotistas and worse want CEO's playing POTUS.

Palin's "D" in undergrad macroeconomics is more to the point.

]]> RonK, Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/relentless#c1143702 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/relentless#c1143702 2008 Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:41:13 -0800 Comment by Just Sayin' We won't have Carly to kick around, anymore...

McCain's campaign is going to "disappear" her

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/09/16/fiorinas-comment-called-biden-like/

]]> Just Sayin' http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/relentless#c1143785 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/relentless#c1143785 2008 Tue, 16 Sep 2008 21:22:42 -0800