Carly Fiorina: Don’t Believe the Hype
Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Nation
June 11, 2010
New York Times reporter Brad Strong writes that this political season “might be called the Meg and Carly moment.”
According to Strong, Meg Whitman and Carly Fiorina--the California Republican nominees for governor and senator, respectively—are “pitching the magic of Silicon Valley. They say they can bring the valley’s inventiveness and efficiencies to a government that is swamped by debt and partisan gridlock.”
Whitman certainly sang that tune in her primary victory speech Tuesday night, describing herself and Fiorina as “two businesswomen from the real world who know how to create jobs, balance budgets and get things done.”
Lovely image. However, in the case of Fiorina, it has about as much truth to it as BP’s previously self-proclaimed environmental stewardship. Yet it hasn’t stopped Fiorina from pushing the hype.
(More here.)
The Nation
June 11, 2010
New York Times reporter Brad Strong writes that this political season “might be called the Meg and Carly moment.”
According to Strong, Meg Whitman and Carly Fiorina--the California Republican nominees for governor and senator, respectively—are “pitching the magic of Silicon Valley. They say they can bring the valley’s inventiveness and efficiencies to a government that is swamped by debt and partisan gridlock.”
Whitman certainly sang that tune in her primary victory speech Tuesday night, describing herself and Fiorina as “two businesswomen from the real world who know how to create jobs, balance budgets and get things done.”
Lovely image. However, in the case of Fiorina, it has about as much truth to it as BP’s previously self-proclaimed environmental stewardship. Yet it hasn’t stopped Fiorina from pushing the hype.
(More here.)
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Whitman treated middle class Americans like dirt when she ran EBay. She'll do the same thing if she becomes governor.
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