Charles Pierce on Carly Fiorina

[n2doc]

Carly Fiorina, who has failed spectacularly at business and even more spectacularly at politics, is now thinking of running for president based on her staggering career success. She's already the most entertaining harpy the Republicans have produced since Jean Schmidt 's slandering of John Murtha's military service. She dropped by the Cafe over the weekend for a takeout order. The staff expects to see a lot more of her as the campaign grinds on.

I have a deep understanding of how the economy works, having started as a secretary and become the chief executive of the largest technology company in the world. Because I understand how the world works and know many of the world leaders on the stage today. Because I understand technology, a transformational tool. Because I understand bureaucracies — how they work and how you need to change them — and our government is a huge bureaucracy. And because I understand executive decision making, which is making tough calls in tough times with high stakes, for which you're prepared to be held accountable.

I have heard of humble-bragging, but this is an entirely new tactic -- failure-bragging. At Hewlett-Packard, she nearly ran the company into Middle Earth, bragged about outsourcing jobs when she did it, and was generally so incompetent a manager that the company paid her millions of dollars to never darken its towels again. This is the record on which she is running for president. Also, no porn at work, or she's going to outsource the Department of Agriculture to a sweatshop in Bangladesh.

http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/news/a33998/carly-fiorina-takes-her-lunch-to-go/

[joeybee12]

1. Spot on...and he should have included how she destroyed Lucent as well...nt

[cali]

2. A harpy? That really is sexist

Can you think of an equivalent word used to describe male politicians.

Love Pierce, but this is a fuck up.

[Vinca]

7. Dick head?

If you look up "harpy" in the dictionary you'll see Jean Schmidt's picture.

[zeemike]

16. I looked it up.

a rapacious monster described as having a woman's head and body and a bird's wings and claws or depicted as a bird of prey with a woman's face.

So the Sphinx is sexist because it has a man's head and the body of a lion?...But I guess lions are good and birds of prey are bad...but honestly I would take my chances with a bird over the lion any day.

[Jack Rabbit]

15. I've heard Mitt the Twit compared to a vampire

That seems appropriate for a vulture capitalist. On the other hand, there are female vampires in lore and legend whereas harpies are exclusively female.

[phantom power]

3. lol "failure bragging"

[Doctor_J]

4. I was cut from my 10th grade basketball team, so I am the perfect choice to coach the Nets

Republogic

[hifiguy]

5. Failing upwards is the Repuke way.

Exhibit A - Chimpoleon Bush.

[LynneSin]

13. I can see New Jersey from my office window so I am the best choice to be NJ governor!

[mstinamotorcity2]

6. She cracks me up every time i see her.

She tries to come on as the soft spoken reasonable one. And babbles like a self-indulgent 2 year old.

[progressoid]

8. Run Carly, run!

[erronis]

10. Yes - let's make this a viral chant!

[valerief]

9. Blech! Crawly Fee Arena? We can't afford this asswipe loser POS. nt

[Enthusiast]

11. Kicked and recommended a whole bunch!

Thank you, n2doc.

[LynneSin]

12. I was just going to say didn't she tank HP

I mean I wouldn't even think of buying an HP product today the quality of what they make is pretty crappy.

[SomethingFishy]

14. Her comments about how there are no "God Given American Jobs anymore"

and "Im not offshoring American Jobs, I am "Right Shoring" them" when she was sending HP jobs overseas, should play real well with the Republican "job creator" lovers..