You have to laugh at the news that Queen Carly Fiorina is contemplating a run for the Presidency in 2016. This is a woman who started the wrecking (which continues today) of what used to be a great company, Hewlett-Packard. Who walked with the usual humungous golden parachute, then ran for the Senate in 2010, got her arse severely kicked, and to this day, still owes consultants and staffers $500,000. Even though she has a reputed net worth of up to $130 fucking million. Here’s what the granddaughter of one of Hewlett-Packard’s founders, Arianna Packard, said about her… “I know a little bit about Carly Fiorina, having watched her almost destroy the company my grandfather founded. So, allow me to disillusion you of a few of your stated reasons for supporting her. Most business commentators consider Fiorina's tenure at HP to be a disaster, the stock price dropped by 50% only to rally 10% on the announcement of her firing. She fired 28,000 people before she herself was fired, departing with the 21 million dollar golden parachute.” Part of that severance package included a two year service contract for her laptop, worth all of forty fucking dollars! As Salon reports… The rationale for a Fiorina candidacy is twofold. First, she thinks her internal plumbing would help counter charges that the GOP is insensitive to women’s concerns. (Fiorina herself is anti-choice, but never mind that bit.) More important, Fiorina would tout her business background as evidence of her financial acumen and her ability to get the nation’s fiscal house in order. Oh yes indeed. Before voting for her, women should consider that one of her first actions at H-P was to cancel sponsorship of “The Woman’s Challenge.” At the time, the biggest cycle race for women in the world. She said it wasn’t worth the $180,000 they spent on it. She then went out and sponsored the Williams Formula One team for $13 million a year. Mind you, she did get to go to the Monte Carlo GP on one of her company planes. You have to get your priorities right! Wanker-Esse!
Carly was a precocious child!