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Politics & Legal > The New Voice of Mccain
 

The New Voice of Mccain

Carly Fiorina was on Face the Nation this morning. She is McCain's new spokesperson. You can find her if you google Carly Fiorina enterprises. She is impressive if you believe everything that is on her website.

However, on Face the Nation, she said she had received SO MANY messages from women, Hillary supporters too, who are thrilled beyond wet panties (okay that's my simile) that Sarah Palin is on McCain's ticket.

So I thought I should weigh in with her to give another side to her burbling. Here is what I sent to her after clicking on "contact" on her website:

"In your remarks on Face the Nation today, you said you had received many messages from women, many former Hillary supporters, who were engaged and thrilled to have Sarah Palin on the Republican ticket.

I was and am a Hillary supporter. The abortion issue is no longer on my personal agenda but I believe my sisters have the right to the same choices men do. Please don't suggest, as you did, that it is the only reason women supported HIllary.

My other issues concern religious domination of every other facet of life. Religion, whether it is Islam or Christian or any other, does not belong in politics. It is at the root of most wars.

Hillary also is on my side on the ecology, on health care, on education for the poor, on the war, to mention just a few.

Mrs. Palin, an NRA member and supporter of oil drilling any and everywhere, would not be my choice for anything but Mother of the Year. And who is going to mother her children if she is elected? Or does she think she can balance this particular job with her family? Even men, who have not traditionally been caregivers at home, have not been able to do so once they reach high office.

It is important that you understand, as the newly anointed (and I choose that word carefully) female (and I choose that word carefully) voice of the Republican party, know that McCain and Palin are not a slam-dunk, not by any means, and if this country is to survive, they should not prevail.

Sincerely,"

Well, I didn't get rabid because you never make points that way, but I oh so wanted to smack her one. You should have heard that interview.

If any of you want to weigh in with her, please do. She needs to hear that the women out there (and men, too, if you please) are not clinging to the hem of any female garment merely because it's there.

xx, Teal



posted on Aug 31, 2008 10:34 AM ()

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Actually my views on religion are very much in line with yours. I don't, however, make broad generalzations condemning them. Most religions have good intentions that when inerpreted in that light are a positive force in society.
Hypocracy, I should note, is not strictly found among the religious. I have hardly found more violence in any movement than the PEACE movement.
comment by think141 on Sept 3, 2008 8:45 AM ()
But Hillary's no longer running. And Ms Palin is clearly a well grounded, forceful and intelligent woman.
As for religion America has done very, very well for itself following the ten comandments up til now. Are you really so certain you want to kick the pillars out from under our foundation?
comment by think141 on Sept 2, 2008 12:16 PM ()
Right on Sistah!!!!! McCain has really used bad judgement and I hope it backfires and that all the young people will come out and vote this year.
comment by elderjane on Sept 1, 2008 10:02 AM ()
Oh I remember her...

On 9 February 2005, Carly Fiorina was dismissed as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Hewlett-Packard. Fiorina said in a statement:

"While I regret that the board and I have differences about how to execute HP's strategy, I respect their decision. HP is a great company and I wish all the people of HP much success in the future."

She was replaced by Patricia C. Dunn as Chairman, and then-C.F.O. Robert Wayman as C.E.O.[29] Hewlett-Packard's stock jumped 7% on news of her departure.

Under Hewlett-Packard's severance agreement, Carly Fiorina received US$21 million in cash, which was 2.5 times her base annual salary.[31] On March 8, 2006, two large institutional investors filed suit against Hewlett-Packard for violating its own severance cap when it doled out a multimillion-dollar payment to Fiorina as part of her termination agreement.

After Fiorina's departure from Hewlett-Packard in 2005, the company quickly prospered, overtaking Dell as the top-selling computer maker in the world.

Figures she now works for FOX Business News....
comment by strider333 on Aug 31, 2008 12:03 PM ()
Well said, Teal.

Palin lacks Clinton's depth and knowledge, and disagrees with Hillary on nearly everything. Her selection mocks a primary argument for McCain's candidacy, that foreign threats demand a seasoned, serious commander in chief. In potentially putting her in a position to become president at a moment's notice, it brings attention to his health and his age. It calls his judgment into question. Palin is patently unqualified for the office.

Republicans will argue that Palin is no less experienced than Obama. That's ridiculous. In the Senate, in organizing a stunningly successful national campaign and through 18 months of hard campaigning for the nomination, Obama proved to be as capable, articulate and knowledgeable as anyone in Congress — and certainly the equal of McCain.

This week, Republicans will make the case that McCain has re-emerged as the candidate of change. That, of course, depends on the definition. McCain may talk about bipartisanship, but he has made most of President Bush's policies his own, and he has an old warrior's Cold War view of the world. Many of Palin's positions, such as favoring oil drilling in sensitive wilderness areas and teaching creationism in schools, are even more regressive.

How right you are: "... if this country is to survive, they should not prevail."
comment by marta on Aug 31, 2008 11:09 AM ()

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