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Former HP CEO Carly Fiorina Considering US Presidential Run

Posted by Soulskill on from the good-luck-with-that dept.

McGruber writes: Fired HP CEO and failed Republican Senate candidate Carly Fiorina is "actively exploring a 2016 presidential run." Fiorina has been "talking privately with potential donors, recruiting campaign staffers, courting grass-roots activists in early caucus and primary states, and planning trips to Iowa and New Hampshire starting next week."

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  1. Can Iowa handle a circus that large? by damn_registrars · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The republican candidate list now includes (at least)

    Mitt Romney

    Jeb Bush

    Scott Walker

    Chris Christie

    Sarah Palin

    Bobby Jindal

    And now Carly Fiorina wants in, too? That will be quite a crowd.

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    1. Re:Can Iowa handle a circus that large? by dcw3 · · Score: 4, Interesting

      I'd be happy if we could get a GOP w/o the religion, that along with getting rid of the Citizen's United decision, and the money out of the political mess that is both parties.

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    2. Re:Can Iowa handle a circus that large? by firewrought · · Score: 4, Interesting

      Forget about it. Just move on and go back to core basics in freedom and liberty. The Libertarian platform is your best hope, just drop the identity politics as authoritative tyranny needs to be stopped.

      Sigh... if only. Unfortunately, the libertarian brand of freedom is in effect more about shifting federal power to wealthy corporations, religious institutions, and state-level control than it is about empowering individuals to have control over their own lives. There's no emphasis on education, healthcare reform, consumer protection, or intellectual property reform; there's very inconsistent support for the broad field of civil rights (including digital rights, women's rights, LGBT rights, worker's rights, immigration policy, police accountability, civil asset forfeiture reform, etc.).

      They've got some good points: supporting gun rights, legalizing/decriminalizing marijuana, limiting federal power, challenging the DOD budget, and opposing pointless wars in the middle east. I give them points for wanting to confront reality on social security/medicare, even if their solution is to tear down most of the safety nets. When it comes to taxes or the environment, they seem to live in some far off fantasyland that wants to entrust our air/water/infrastructure/dignity to profit-focused institutions.

      Unfortunately it's tainted by a bunch of anarchist nut balls, but I believe it's worth cleaning up and reorganizing to make it a viable serious party.

      It's tainted even more by plutocrat backers that want power over others (without the pesky need to get elected) and zero taxes. But yeah, there is a core to their message that might be worth redeeming. It seems to me like they should seek out moderate democrats and try to establish a new liberalism. Maybe some progressives could acknowledge that life is just going to have some unhappy stories sometimes, and you don't need to pass a law or start a new government program everytime something on the news make you sad. Ultimately, we need both individual liberty and social responsibility.

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    3. Re:Can Iowa handle a circus that large? by Actually,+I+do+RTFA · · Score: 5, Interesting

      Toxic [among] whom?

      Among conservatives who where not going to vote for a Democrat anyway. They hate her so much, they consider it a win if she gets nominated, because surely everyone else hates her as much as they do. Therefore, if she is nominated, it will be an easy victory. See also, liberals and GWB's 2nd term.

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  2. Re:Um, what? by dgatwood · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The ultimate horror for me, as a voter, is realizing that I may have to choose between Carly Fiorina and Hillary Clinton—between someone who nearly bankrupted one of the most profitable companies in the Bay Area and someone who seems to be hopelessly authoritarian in her positions on most issues—in effect, a choice between an incompetent Republican and an ultra-competent one.

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  3. Dear Carly, no man will EVER vote for you. by emil · · Score: 1, Interesting

    This wasn't used against you in your senate run (which certainly lacked any semblance of tact), but I GUARANTEE you that your past will resurface when you did things like this:

    http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1005572/how-mike-capellas-castrated-carly

    ...Carly did not tell Capellas that the sad love affair between Heloise and Abelard ended up with the man in the affair being castrated... when Capellas found out he shuddered and said: "I'm glad I didn't know".

    And this, as well as the "bad hair?"

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/09/carly-fiorina-open-mic-vi_n_606723.html

    "God, what is that hair?"