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Post by robeiae on Feb 10, 2017 9:48:32 GMT -5
Carly Fiorina, not satisfied with blowing through millions of dollars of her own money--and many more millions of other people's money--in two failed runs for office (California Seante, then the Presidency) is now contemplating challenging Tim Kaine for his Senate seat in Virginia. Gah. I know she has every right to run, but I wish there was some sort of rule that prevented people from running for office in multiple States, i.e. once you run for office in one State, all future attempts have to be from there. I know it's not workable, not Constitutional, but still...I really hate this seat-shopping engaged in by wannabe politicians. Hate it. Plus, Fiorina irks me. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 10, 2017 9:56:49 GMT -5
You had me with the title. Agree.
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Post by celawson on Feb 10, 2017 11:45:55 GMT -5
Not sure why she irks so many people. She's smart, strong, assertive, kind of fearless, and was a trailblazing business woman. Oh, maybe that's why she irks so many people.  I find her a little over-rehearsed in interviews/debates, which I realized after I heard a few different ones which sounded similar, but no doubt in my mind she could do a good job in government. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 10, 2017 11:56:58 GMT -5
As a smart, strong, assertive, fearless, business woman, I worked on cases on Lucent's behalf as it was falling apart in the wake of Fiorina. My opinion stems from that time. IMO she milked herself a big-ass payout and left behind an empty carton, a pattern she would repeat at HP. When you deal with people every day who are watching their retirement accounts swirl down the drain, while she skips out with a fortune...yeah. I could tell you some stories, were they not privileged and/or not my business to tell.
I'm also with Rob that it kinda rubs me the wrong way when politicians run for office in different states.
Mind you, I'd still much prefer her to Trump. Indeed, I'd prefer any candidate on either side to Trump (though I think several would be pretty damn disastrous in their own ways). Fiorina, I think, would at least be unlikely to plunge us haphazardly into war and alienate our allies with angry, kneejerk tweets.
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Post by nighttimer on Feb 10, 2017 12:13:21 GMT -5
Nothing about Carly Fiorina gives me the vibe she wants to be in elected office to help anyone but Carly Fiorina. If I were Kaine, I'd be praying for Fiorina to run. He'd beat her like a rented mule.
The opposition research writes itself.
Ran HP, laid off 30,000 workers, shipped jobs overseas and had two yachts, got fired and given a golden parachute .
Ran for the U.S. Senate and got her ass kicked by 10 points to Barbara Boxer.
Ran for the President of the United States, got 2 percent of the vote in Iowa and 4 percent in New Hampshire, dropped out after getting her ass kicked by Donald Trump who dissed her looks, endorsed Ted Cruz, became his vice-president running mate (!) and dropped out when Cruz did.
Chainsaw Carly is a loser. She was a loser in business and she's a loser in politics. If she wants to run again she'll get her ass kicked again. Maybe she likes it?
If I were Tim Kaine, I'd be more concerned (but not scared) of the last line in the linked article.
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Post by Vince524 on Feb 10, 2017 12:45:18 GMT -5
I think Fiorina falls into the category of someone who said things a lot of people liked, (People on the right of course) but often may not like what's really beneath the surface. (In other words, what she does.)
Did she move from one state to another? Or did she already live in both states? I wouldn't mind a law that says you have to be a resident of a state for a minimum amount of time before you can run for office there. Like maybe 2 years.
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Post by Optimus on Feb 11, 2017 2:34:15 GMT -5
Not sure why she irks so many people. She's smart, strong, assertive, kind of fearless, and was a trailblazing business woman. Oh, maybe that's why she irks so many people. I find her a little over-rehearsed in interviews/debates, which I realized after I heard a few different ones which sounded similar, but no doubt in my mind she could do a good job in government. She was an incompetent business woman who cost tens of thousands of people their jobs and nearly ran HP into the ground before getting fired for her ineptness. The only way I could see "kind of fearless" and "trailblazing" fitting her would be within the context of the saying, "For fools rush in where angels fear to tread," because she continues to trailblaze her way into situations for which she is woefully ill-prepared and underqualified. She's done this both in business and in politics. Instead, I would characterize her "kind of fearless" as being "kind of lacking self-awareness" and "trailblazing" as "foolish." |
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Post by michaelw on Feb 14, 2017 17:42:20 GMT -5
I know she has every right to run, but I wish there was some sort of rule that prevented people from running for office in multiple States, i.e. once you run for office in one State, all future attempts have to be from there. Vermin Supreme ran for mayor of Detroit and mayor of Baltimore. You wanna deprive people of that? |
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Post by haggis on Feb 14, 2017 23:13:43 GMT -5
I know she has every right to run, but I wish there was some sort of rule that prevented people from running for office in multiple States, i.e. once you run for office in one State, all future attempts have to be from there. Vermin Supreme ran for mayor of Detroit and mayor of Baltimore. You wanna deprive people of that? I would sooner vote for Vermin Supreme than her. |
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I find her a little over-rehearsed in interviews/debates, which I realized after I heard a few different ones which sounded similar, but no doubt in my mind she could do a good job in government.
