GOP Debate

[Jason]

laugh...good point...though I think the RNC is particularly worried about it right now. They think one of the reasons they lost in 2012 was because they had so many debates and the more people heard from the candidates, the less they like them.

Of course they are worried. Having Trump's dumbass up there isn't helping them feel better either

[Tank]

So what happens if we get all the way to the convention next summer with Trump still leading but he doesn't have the support of party leaders or the delegates?

[Lhalo]

Then the Republican Party will probably lose even more members than they already are.

[red321]

Of course they are worried. Having Trump's dumbass up there isn't helping them feel better either

 

Trump is probably helping them a tad bit on that front...it's not like what he's saying is much different than people like Cruz, Walker, and Rubio...he's just saying it louder.

[Glen]

'Merica loves their drum beats played on a Neil Peart drum kit.

Sometimes, alone in the dark, I think about Neal Peart's kit.

[Glen]

Trump is probably helping them a tad bit on that front...it's not like what he's saying is much different than people like Cruz, Walker, and Rubio...he's just saying it louder.

...and dumberer.

[the dude abides]

...and dumberer.

 

In his defense, he hasn't talked about magic vaginas.

 

Yet.

[Spirit]

In his defense, he hasn't talked about magic vaginas.

 

Yet.

 

 

[Jason]

Calling it right now, super bowl ratings. 

 

With high ratings and the american public becoming more involved, Trumps odds of becoming president keep going up. He's down to 10/1 on bovada. I might have to throw 10k on him so I could afford to you know, buy citizenship in another country. In life we call that a hedge bet.

I thought AW members were above these kind of statements. If you do move just don't go to a country that Trump doesn't like

[Hollyw00d]

Trump is pandering to the morons. He knows their numbers are strong and voices loud.

It's a pretty brilliant strategy

[Taylor]

To be fair, I didn't pay super close attention, but I kind of liked what Carly Fiorina had to say. I'm guessing there's some reason we don't like her. What don't we like about her?

[Jason]

To be fair, I didn't pay super close attention, but I kind of liked what Carly Fiorina had to say. I'm guessing there's some reason we don't like her. What don't we like about her?

It's part of the war on women

[nate]

She ran HP into the ground and laid off half their workforce.

[Jason]

Trump is pandering to the morons. He knows their numbers are strong and voices loud.

It's a pretty brilliant strategy

I think people are jazzed that he speaks his mind and isn't a career politician. It will wear off and his BS will get old.

[Thomas]

It's part of the war on women

 

The first rule about the war on women is to not talk about the war on women. It's just like the war on Christmas, bunny rabbits and Martians.

[Jay]

She ran HP into the ground and laid off half their workforce.

 

but that's not what happened is it

[nate]

Before she took over they were thriving.  After she took over she facilitated the purchase of Compaq and eventually laid off tens of thousands of people.

[red321]

but that's not what happened is it

 

No, maybe a tad bit exaggerated but not too far off.

[Thomas]

I think the terribleness of Packard Bell soured anyone from buying a computer with Packard in the name.

[nate]

They tried to go handheld and failed miserably.  That was what killed them.

[Jay]

It's easy to get caught up in the Democrat talking points but the truth is Fiorina was CEO at HP from 1999 to 2005, during the dot-com bubble:

 

 

Lots of tech companies suffered big stock devaluations and massive layoffs.  The company I was working for shut down the division and I along with everyone else was let go.

[Puget Sound Angel]

Hillary can start measuring the drapes in the White House.

[red321]

It's easy to get caught up in the Democrat talking points but the truth is Fiorina was CEO at HP from 1999 to 2005, during the dot-com bubble:

 

 

Lots of tech companies suffered big stock devaluations and massive layoffs.  The company I was working for shut down the division and I along with everyone else was let go.

 

Yeah...not sure that's just a Democratic talking point. Feel free to google Fiorina and HP.

 

http://time.com/3845767/carly-fiorina-hp/

 

Fiorina took H-P’s helm in 1999 at the height of the tech boom. She left after the boom went bust. It seems likely that H-P, a giant in office equipment, would have faced huge challenges no matter who was running the company. But most observers—including the company’s board—have concluded that she made a bad situation worse than it might otherwise have been.

 

Oh, this one is interesting

 

http://www.cnbc.com/2009/04/30/Portfolios-Worst-American-CEOs-of-All-Time.html?page=3

 

A consummate self-promoter, Fiorina was busy pontificating on the lecture circuit and posing for magazine covers while her company floundered. She paid herself handsome bonuses and perks while laying off thousands of employees to cut costs. The merger Fiorina orchestrated with Compaq in 2002 was widely seen as a failure. She was ousted in 2005.

THE STAT: HP stock lost half its value during Fiorina’s tenure.

 

http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/money/industries/technology/maney/2005-02-15-maney_x.htm

 

The profs are all over the map about Fiorina. Kothari praises her for conviction in pursuing her strategy. On the other end, Sonnenfeld labels her "the worst because of her ruthless attack on the essence of this great company," noting that "she destroyed half the wealth of her investors and yet still earned almost $100 million in total payments for this destructive reign of terror."

 

 

But hey...Democratic talking points...

[Jay]

Aside from maybe the Time quote, your quotes are pretty biased.

 

Pay no attention to the graph.

[red321]

laugh...ok Jay....if that's what you need to tell yourself. Those weren't quotes from Democrats, but rather the business press. Hell, even WaPo just destroyed her recent HP related claims, giving it 3 Pinocchios.

 

Like I've said previously, I would be more than happy to see the GOP push Fiorina as their savior.