Carlyfornia might be even less qualified than the Governator

Wirehead worked for AT&T BCS (Business Communication Systems) and Lucent Technologies when Carly Fiorina was one of the executives. While at Lucent she was hired as the CEO of HP. The word in Lucent was it was a good move for her because the Lucent was getting ready to unload her.

Carly attributed her success as an executive to her liberal arts background while most of the other executives had business college backgrounds. Why is a nice girl from Texas running for governor of California?

1. CEO Fail: Carly Fiorina was named among the nation's 20 worst CEOs by Portfolio magazine. No wonder. Under her leadership, Hewlett-Packard's stock fell 60%, and 28,000 employees were fired. Her acquisition of COMPAQ was controversial and led to her downfall. She was fired, but her $21 million golden parachute made for a soft landing. Tweet this

2. Iran Dealings? When HP's stock fell, it wasn't for lack of selling products - in Iran. Which happens to be illegal. The San Jose Mercury News reported that in the past 12 years, the company has used a Middle East distributor to sell millions of dollars' worth of merchadise to Iran, "sidestepping a U.S. ban on trade with the country." Fiorina was CEO from 1999-2005. Tweet this

3. What, Me Vote? Running a company (into the ground) is hard work! A CEO is far too busy to vote! Or so it seems. Fiorina's voting record looks like Swiss cheese. She cast a ballot in only 6 of 14 elections held since 2000. She even skipped the 2000 and 2004 presidential primaries and the 2003 gubernatorial recall election. If she's so disdainful of democracy, what makes her think she deserves to represent California in the Senate? Tweet this

4. McCain's Pain: Pity Fiorina's poor campaign manager. Fiorina's tendency to go off the reservation ended her short-lived career as a John McCain for President spokeswoman after she said none of the presidential or vice presidential nominees was qualified to run a major American corporation - including her boss, John McCain. Perhaps he votes too often? Tweet this

5. Primary First: All of this assumes that Fiorina even gets the Republican nomination. That might be assuming too much. Her main competition, State Sen. Chuck DeVore, is the darling of the tea-party set. We've been seeing the fringe element taking over establishment Republicans across the country.

Which makes one wonder why Fiorina has been bragging up her support from the National Republican Senatorial Committee. We saw how far national party support took Dede Scozzafava in New York's 23rd District. Tweet this

No doubt: "Carlyfornia" is dreaming if she thinks her record can compete with Sen. Barbara Boxer's. We guess fantasizing never hurt anyone, though. Dream on, Carly.
 
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