slashingtongue» Carly Fiorina http://slashingtongue.com Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:16:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Californian Republican girls for office! http://slashingtongue.com/politics/californian-republican-girls-for-office/ http://slashingtongue.com/politics/californian-republican-girls-for-office/#comments Sat, 26 Sep 2009 18:49:11 +0000 PreetSG http://slashingtongue.com/?p=684 Carly Fiorina and Meg Whitman are Republican corporate ladies from California that are going to run for public office. Carly Fiorina used to be the CEO of Hewlett-Packard and the Vice President of AT&T. Meg Whitman was the CEO of E-Bay.

Before I go about my critics, I think that I would like to make it clear that I think that these two women are not on the same level of competence as my usual Republican female political targets, Governor Sarah Palin and Representative Michele Bachmann. These are the types of women that the Republican party should be wooing, accomplished women with brains. Not women who give no-brainer speeches that are poisonous for the country. If they were, I would not dismiss them in an instant and compare them to the other people that are also running for the same office.

In the case of Carly Fiorina, I would not support her over Senator Barbara Boxer. The first reason is that I think that there is not much that is really wrong with Senator Boxer. She is not the greatest Senator in America, but she is not a Senator Barney Frank or Senator Harry Reid. She does not spew the poison of hatred that all the four politicians that I have disapproved of earlier did.

The second reason is that there are past judgments in Carly Fiorina’s past that are suspect. Her screw up of HP is one thing that I guarantee her opponents would bring up. The very fact that she ran HP though is something to be commended and I think that it should not be a big negative point for her. Some may even comment on her crappy website; which I think was a ploy all along to get attention.

However, it is her blind endorsement Governor Palin that I objected to. Any Independent and even some Republicans could see that Governor Palin was a know-nothing big-mistake. But Ms. Fiorina came out in stout defense of Governor Palin saying that she was qualified. She also did played the gender card and said that the attacks on Governor Palin were sexist. That made me question : Would she have independent observations or would she be playing the Republican party’s message? That is a risk that I am not willing to take with her.

As of now, Meg Whitman, has my support to be California’s next Governor. Unlike Carly Fiorina, there is nothing that seems out of place from Meg Whitman. In fact, when it was revealed that she was on Senator McCain’s shortlist for Vice President last year, I questioned McCain’s judgment further. He accepted a dim lady, over a lady that made E-Bay what it is today! That really did not make sense to me.

Secondly, I share a lot of her views. For example, we both disagree on taxing away on non-green energy. Our reasons are different though. She thinks that there could be unknown effects on the economy that is not studied yet, whilst I think that the government should be more hard handed. I do not know if she is pro-choice as I am, but I agree with her that minors should not be able to get an abortion without parental or guardian’s consent. Though I support gay marriage and she does not, I think that there is no harm in her opinion of guaranteeing equal rights between civil unions and marriages.

Lastly, there no rival in the gubernatorial race that is anywhere close to being as accomplished as her. She should be the symbol of a successful American woman. Not the First Ladies, Miss America wannabes that think that they are protecting marriage or the know nothing politicians like Governor Palin and Michele Bachmann.

Things can change. E.g. If Senator Boxer screws up big time or if another side of Meg Whitman is displayed, then I would change my mind. Else, I would support Whitman for Governor and Senator Boxer to keep her seat.

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