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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCarly Fiorina is the candidate the GOP deserves: Her record of bending the truth & denying her failu
Carly Fiorina is the candidate the GOP deserves: Her record of bending the truth & denying her failures fits the party perfectlyby Sean Illing at Salon
http://www.salon.com/2015/09/21/carly_fiorina_is_the_candidate_the_gop_deserves_her_record_of_bending_the_truth_denying_her_failures_fits_the_party_perfectly/
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The other glaring problem with Fiorinas story is that its totally false. Even if you accept that success in the business world translates to success in politics (and you shouldnt), the fact remains: Fiorina was a terrible businesswoman. In the last presidential debate, Donald Trump referenced a study by Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, a professor at Yales School of Management, which refuted Fiorinas revisionist history of her time at HP. Fiorina, predictably, dismissed Sonnenfeld, saying he had it out for me from the moment I arrived at Hewlett-Packard.
Sonnenfeld responded yesterday in Politico by laying out the facts:
In the five years that Fiorina was at Hewlett-Packard, the company lost over half its value. Its true that many tech companies had trouble during this period of the Internet bubble collapse, some falling in value as much as 27 percent; but HP under Fiorina fell 55 percent. During those years, stocks in companies like Apple and Dell rose. Google went public, and Facebook was launched. The S&P yardstick on major U.S. firms showed only a 7 percent drop. Plenty good was happening in U.S. industry and in technology.
Fiorina has said repeatedly that her struggles at HP were the result of her challenging the status quo and that she led the company through a remarkably difficult time. But, as Sonnenfeld notes, virtually everyone involved with HP at the time agrees that Fiorinas tenure was an abject failure, as did Forbes, Fortune, Business Week, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and leading tech industry journals.
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Carly Fiorina is the candidate the GOP deserves: Her record of bending the truth & denying her failu (Original Post)
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applegrove
(118,778 posts)1. And:
http://www.salon.com/2015/09/21/carly_fiorina_is_the_candidate_the_gop_deserves_her_record_of_bending_the_truth_denying_her_failures_fits_the_party_perfectly/
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This is the record, whether Fiorina acknowledges it or not. Republicans, credulous voters that they are, have yet to question Fiorinas resume. Indeed, because she sounds poised and impressive (which is the least youd expect of someone with her experience), conservatives have flocked to her after the first two debates. This is depressing but not unexpected.
Fiorina, in so many ways, is a perfect fit in the new GOP. She plays fast and loose with the facts; she has a selective amnesia when it comes to her own failures; she distorts the record when it suits her; and she memorizes just enough details and platitudes to appear smart to stupid people (listen to her talk about foreign policy and youll see what I mean).
In short, Fiorinas entire campaign narrative is a farce, and a rather obvious one. Among Republican voters, however, that wont hurt her candidacy one bit. This is, after all, a party that believes George W. Bush kept us safe and that Obama caused the global recession, neither of which are true.
Fiorina, in other words, is right where she belongs.
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brer cat
(24,605 posts)2. The GOP may deserve her
but the rest of us don't. I hope she flames out soon and is not on anyone's short list for VP.