Fiorina: Boxer a hypocrite for attacking me on outsourcing after accepting campaign contributions

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Fiorina: Boxer hypocrite on jobs outsourcing issue

By GILLIAN FLACCUS

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.

GOP Senate candidate Carly Fiorina on Wednesday called Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer a hypocrite for attacking Fiorina over her record of outsourcing as chief of Hewlett-Packard and challenged her to return any campaign contributions she has received from businesses who also outsourced jobs.

Several recent polls show Boxer pulling ahead of Fiorina in the closely watched race after Boxer ran TV ads attacking Fiorina for laying off employees and outsourcing thousands of jobs with she was chief of Hewlett-Packard.

Fiorina responded to those attacks Wednesday at a town hall-style event on the factory floor of a tool manufacturing company. The event was attended by several dozen local small business owners, as well as employees at Aranda Tooling Inc.

"It is the height of hypocrisy for Barbara Boxer to attack me or Aranda or any other struggling business for outsourcing jobs when she has taken tens of thousands in campaign contributions from companies who do the very same thing," she told the group. "Either she doesn't understand what is going on in the economy or she doesn't really care and this is just political-year electioneering and slogans."

Boxer's campaign didn't immediately respond to an e-mail seeking comment on Fiorina's town hall remarks.

http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9IMREMG0.htm

[WilliamPitt]

1. Just what I come to DU for.

Florina talking points.

(facepalm)

[DJ13]

2. "Everyone does it, why pick on me" is a bad campaign tactic

[Xipe Totec]

3. So Fiorina did not deny the allegation nt

[DCKit]

4. Fiorina's salary? $1,200 for every fired worker. n/t