Yahoo politics predicts that Fiorina’s track record of throwing 30,000 American HP workers on the streets in order to hire cheap labor in China and get millions in bonuses for herself will catch up with her and will doom her campaign
Posted on | September 18, 2015 | 4 Comments
When Fiorina ran against California Sen. Barbara Boxer in 2010 — her first ever foray into politics — Boxer’s team looked long and hard for an angle of attack that would work against the surprisingly strong candidate.
Rose Kapolczynski, a veteran Democratic strategist who managed Boxer’s campaign, remembers the very first event Fiorina held as a candidate. Instead of standing awkwardly behind a lectern reading notes, the political novice had on a wireless mic and confidently moved around, greeting voters, as if she were Steve Jobs introducing a new product.
“She was completely at ease in her first moment in the U.S. senate campaign,” Kapolczynski recalls.
And voters noticed. Fiorina surged in the polls, threatening Boxer in the solidly blue state of California.
But then the Boxer campaign hit upon a line of attack that proved potent, one that Fiorina never recovered from. They released an ad that said Fiorina had laid off 30,000 workers during her shaky five-year tenure as head of HP while “tripling” her own salary. Kapolczynski said they knew they had to find audio of Fiorina talking about the layoffs, because she was such a likable and attractive candidate that they didn’t think voters would believe the ad otherwise.
In the ad, audio of Fiorina plays in which she talks about “mass layoffs … which we did” and explaining that “perhaps the work needs to be done somewhere else.”
“Once people learned that, they turned against her and it was over,” Kapolczynski said. “Those same vulnerabilities about her record exist today.”
Fiorina tried to defend herself, arguing that though she laid off 30,000 workers, HP doubled in size over the entire time of her tenure. But that figure counts thousands of employees acquired through acquisitions, as well as HP employees in other countries, so the layoffs of American workers remain an issue. Fiorina also argues that she doubled the company’s revenues through the 2002 merger with Compaq, which is true, but the company’s net earnings fell and history has judged the merger unkindly. PolitiFact rated Boxer’s ad “mostly true.”
Layoffs and outsourcing appear to be a more effective line of attack than simply arguing that she was a failed CEO who was “viciously fired” after HP’s stock tanked by 50 percent, as Donald Trump has done.https://www.yahoo.com/politics/carly-fiorina-is-about-to-go-from-debate-darling-129306712231.html
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September 18th, 2015 @ 10:04 am
Let’s hope that happens ASAP!
If the public knew half of what it thinks it does, they’d be dangerous!
That’s why it’s so important to send Dr Orlys’ Site to everyone you know and have them pass this ifo on to all they know…and so on!
September 18th, 2015 @ 1:45 pm
Here is the link to the original article:
https://www.yahoo.com/politics/carly-fiorina-is-about-to-go-from-debate-darling-129306712231.html
September 18th, 2015 @ 6:40 pm
I worked at HP when she was there and it was horrible. She laid off ton of hard working Americans that had years of seniority and outsourced the jobs to foreigners. I will not support her EVER. Yes – I got laid off, too.
September 19th, 2015 @ 12:52 pm
Great idea Kay, thanks.
Get roomfulls across the country of (certified)laid off HP employees together to give their story.
Start a “Sorry, Carly” website to make their story go viral.