San Francisco Chronicle: Senate bid dogged by Fiorina's failure to vote

[Heidi]

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

(08-18) 19:51 PDT -- Republican Carly Fiorina, the former Hewlett-Packard CEO, took her first formal step Tuesday to challenge incumbent Democratic U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer - but does she pass the Citizenship 1o1 test?

Critics suggest maybe not, considering that Fiorina, 54, who has a spotty voting California voting record, never cast a ballot in two other states where she lived previously, according to public records.

Officials in Morris County, N.J., said records show she registered to vote there in 1997 but did not vote in a single election and was dropped from the voter rolls in 2005 as inactive.

Before that, Fiorina lived in Montgomery County, Md., where the registrar's office said they reviewed state databases and found no listing of Fiorina's voter registration.

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Fiorina's erratic voting record in a handful of states could become an issue in a campaign for U.S. Senate, said Mark Petracca, a professor of politics at UC Irvine.

"It says quite clearly that she hasn't been a very responsible citizen," Petracca said. "It's what we used to teach people - that one of the key responsibilities of citizenship is that you participate. And she's failed in that regard.

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[Ikonoklast]

1. I want to see her birth certificate.

She has a 'foreign' sounding name, and I don't think she is a citizen at all.

And I want all the doctors, nurses, and hospital personnel were she was born all swear to and sign affidavits that she was actually born there, to two American citizens of legal age. If any of them are deceased or cannot be found, that is evidence she is trying to perpetrate election fraud.

Even if they get all that paperwork in order, I will reject all that, and refuse to believe she is a citizen just because, and therefore cannot run for any elected office.

[Selatius]

3. +1000

:thumbsup:

[Heidi]

4. Those kittens in your sigline are

mesmerizing. In fact, I would go so far as to say their gaze will probably keep me on the straight and narrow in GD today. :rofl:

[Selatius]

2. Even if Fiorina didn't have a problem with her voting record, Boxer still has the advantage.

She has the support of the California Democratic Party. She has the advantage of incumbency and name recognition. The netroots love her, and it's also a big source of funding, as Barack Obama has shown us all. It is very unlikely Fiorina is going to win at this point in time. Boxer would have to make a tremendous mistake, and Fiorina would have to make it an election about personality rather than issues because Boxer is strong on the issues.

[aquart]

8. I don't think Fiorina can win on personality.

[saltpoint]

5. I think the smart money is on Barbara Boxer's re-election.

Fiorina is not going to be the next U.S. Senator from California.

[Ikonoklast]

6. The headline could have left off the last two words, 'to vote'

and still be valid.

Fiorina is the poster child for failure.

[hvn_nbr_2]

13. Well, at least she's an unconventional Puke CEO failure...

Most of them drive their companies into the ground and then take a few hundred million in bonuses for their failure. Carly took her golden parachute and expects a U.S. Senate seat as a bonus.

[zbdent]

7. Hey, Repugs are more than happy to elect people whose business acumen

drove companies deep into the red ... See 43 ...

[Trekologer]

9. HP asked her to leave after she ran the company into the ground

Every mention of her should be "The disgraced ex-CEO of HP, Carly Fiorina, who was implicated in a pretexting scheme where private investigators she hired illegally obtained phone records of the HP board members".

[charlie]

10. Turned an innovative platinum brand of electronics

into a manufacturer of commodity geegaws. Yeah, that's just what this country needs more of, bean counter Walmartism. Go, Carly!

[madokie]

11. She's wasting her time

I'd take Senator Boxer to be my Senator any time. Not many times have I ever disagreed with her.

[Stinky The Clown]

12. See if she also avoided jury duty