Written by Robert Greenwald and Axel Caballero
Carly Fiorina, the 2010 Republican nominee for the Senate representing California, has launched a strong campaign to lure Latinos under two main premises: 1) She has always been a friend of Latinos; and, 2) she holds the same values as Latinos.
Her campaign has launched a website titled "Amigos de Carly" (Friends of Carly) where she appears in a picture banner surrounded by what appear to be Latino business folks. The conservative group American Principles Project has also summoned millions for her and have launched the campaign titled "Tus Valores" (Your Values) in an attempt to make Fiorina appear as if she has always cared for Latino issues.
The problem is that there is absolutely no way to substantiate this. In fact, as recently as the primaries Firoina was speaking out against many of the issues and "values" that Latinos truly hold dear.
As a response the campaign The Real Carly: "Carly No Es Mi Amiga" (Carly Is Not My Friend) duly points out how Fiorina's attempt to lure Latinos is yet another charade of California GOP candidates who can't hide from their recent anti-Latino words and actions.
As part of this effort, The Real Carly: "Carly No Es Mi Amiga" project has put together a video, a more "adequate" picture banner for Fiorina's site, as well as the following top 5 reasons why Fiorina is not a friend of Latinos:
1. Fiorina pretends to be a friend to Latinos, but her positions on immigration, education and health care put her in direct opposition to the values that Latinos hold dear. DO NOT BE FOOLED, Fiorina is not good for Latinos in California.
2. Carly Fiorina fiercely supports SB 1070 and racial profiling in Arizona. In fact, Fiorina was quoted saying, "This law [SB 1070] is necessary because the Federal Government isn't doing its job and the people in Arizona are in danger."
3. Carly Fiorina opposed emergency state aide to help teachers for our schools and Medicaid for our community's poor. The emergency state aid bill saved the jobs of approximately 13,700-16,500 teachers in California and also funded Medicaid programs serving approximately 7 million Californians.
4. California's Latinos need a strong economy, and not a job killer CEO Senator with a history of outsourcing jobs and firing thousands of workers. While CEO of HP, Fiorina outsourced jobs and called the move "smartsourcing." In 2003, she dismissed almost 18,000 people from HP. She had already created job loss in California, and we don't need her to cause any more.
5. Carly Fiorina wants to repeal President Obama's health care bill which would help this nation's uninsured.
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Nothing made me more uncomfortable than to hear a clip of Meg trying to NOT sound patronizing while attempting Spanish.
It's a safe bet that neither will garnish much of the latino vote, and rightly so. They are both bad for California.
As for Carly Fiorina's statments that she might be more understanding to the culture of the so-called (latinos?),this is possibly a reference to her Italian-Latin background. In fact Carly Fiorina being a Real Latina by culture is more understanding of the problems of the Spanics than anyone else.
She also knows what open borders policies have caused to our economy and way of life. Obviously, as a politicians she has be take into consideration of the needs of all Americans. The way California it's going it needs new people with a vision and not the same politically-correct crowd.
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They have to say things to make it through the primary that will not allow them to get the votes they need to win the general election.
In this case, she had to come out in support of SB1070 and make disparaging remarks about the same latinos she is now pretending to be friends with.
Spend some time listening to Boxer & Carly discuss or argue issues for her constituents. When I've heard Boxer she didn't know what she's talking about, tries to use big words and looks stupid. Then when real questions about the economy came up during the financial collapse she showed her true colors. Not left or right just plain old crazy! Now look at CA. We're broke, inefficient and can't do anything right. This means all our leaders need to go from Governor, senator, congressman and more importantly our state government, even the city leaders are corrupt. So we either need to clean house, deal with it or get ready to make some tough choices.
PS how is letting teachers go against Latinos? Maybe she understands how to read a balance sheet and cut costs unlike our leaders today.
BUT, REMEMBER she doesn't believe in the American people.... She's one of those "outsourcing is good for America" corporate hacks. I was there when she stated that, "Americans no longer have God given right to a job."
She is completely pro-BIG business, anti-American worker. As HP CEO, she instigated the firing of thousands and thousands and thousands of American technical and expert employees and moved those high-paying jobs to India, China, Costa Rica, and even Russia where labor is CHEAP and require no benefits, health insurance, or environmental protections. ..... Go ahead and vote for her.... When you do, you deserve what you get and you will be VERY, VERY SORRY.
http://politicalcorrection.org/factcheck/200908200003
Fiorina is another politician wannabe with absolutely NO credentials to support her bid, not even the dubious credential of being successful in business.
She failed utterly during her stint at Hewlett-Packard.
California does not need anymore amateurs.
are you calling Chicanos unAmerican if they don't vote for Barbara Boxer?
You're such a dishonest race-baiter. You don't care about Latinos. You're just using them to win elections and promote your left-wing agenda.
You need to look up pandering in the dictionary if you think that's what pandering.
Misrepresenting your own beliefs to gain support from people that otherwise wouldn't support you is pandering.
(or lack there of).........but again I don't live there, and I don't think I would.
As for Carly, why would anyone want one of the WORST CEO's in the history of American business elected to anything?
Still,keep wishin ,and hopin and prayin (but not thinking). that will bring jons back to California.