Comments on: Carly Fiorina: SNL’s skit was sexist

By: manwithblackhat

manwithblackhat — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:29:18 +0000

My favorite line from the insider discussions in the McCain campaign: “Hey, we’ve got these five white guys…”

By: LevStrauss

LevStrauss — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 15:17:43 +0000

All she does is whine about sexism. It has the same effect as walking around telling people that if they touch you, you will sue them. Completely annoying and the fact that she is known as a former CEO doesn’t help get McCain any votes if not lose them. Palin already gets the women vote through identity politics, she really doesn’t have much substance yet, the real sexism, if we are to believe what conservatives have been saying for at least the last twenty years, was putting Palin on the ballot because she is nothing more than a affirmative action hire. But Palin gets the women vote nonetheless; Fiorina is overkill and more of a detriment than a benefit. There is nothing likable at all about her.

By: tickleddragon

tickleddragon — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 15:11:01 +0000

I’m sorry… why would I listen to anything regarding politics from Joan Crawford, I mean..(*what? She’s who?*)…

Sorry… who the hell is Jean Crawford Greenburg?

By: foxforce91

foxforce91 — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 15:10:58 +0000

*Newsflash* Comedy and satire are often politically incorrect. That’s what makes it funny. Everyone who is anyone gets satirized, so we are all going to have to get used to it. You can’t insert political correctness into comedy or it won’t work. In fact, you could do a satirical sketch that is completely politically correct and that might be funny b/c it’s so unfunny – a la Norm MacDonald’s schtick at the roast of Bob Saget. BTW: Sarah Palin had the BEST response to that Tina Fey skit: “According to her spokesperson Tracey Schmitt, the real Sarah Palin had a good laugh along with the press corps in the back of the plane and millions of Americans at home.

“She thought it was quite funny, particularly because she once dressed up as Tina Fey for Halloween,” Genius comeback. For those unfamiliar with the way women can be catty and classy at the same time, this is perfect.

By: SNL 9-13-08 Palin - Clinton : BigMouthFrog

SNL 9-13-08 Palin - Clinton : BigMouthFrog — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 14:43:48 +0000

[...] End Another version on Hot Air [...]

By: Spanglemaker

Spanglemaker — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:07:23 +0000

So Carly Purina’s going to do for Obama what she did for HP: drive it into the ground! Excellent!

By: DrSteve

DrSteve — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 12:14:57 +0000

J_Gocht on September 15, 2008 at 10:04 PM

Even having seen many of your contributions before I’m surprised at how ugly that comment is. Wow.

Jdripper on September 16, 2008 at 7:54 AM

You are the first person I’ve ever seen defend Fiorina’s tenure at HP. I’m not saying that makes you wrong, but it is certainly not what one normally hears about her.

By: Jdripper

Jdripper — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 11:54:41 +0000

For all of you people who believe that Fiorina mismanaged HP you really do not understand business.

Fiorina was brought in at a time that the only division in HP that was meeting its profit margins was the printer division. Their marketing strategies was abysmal. It was an engineer friendly company losing market share on all fronts and their stock was in decline.

The board was hostile and fighting each other (a point that was not resolved until the descendants of the corporation founders were finally forced from the board). She fought these people the entire time she was there.

The HP management style had lost its luster and credibility. HP was known in Silicon Valley as a retirement home. All you had to do was get a job with HP and you were set for life because they never fired anyone.

They had no trained professional sales group. Their software division really sucked. They were immersed in the PC wars and had no distribution system to get the products delivered. The board wanted to place another HP engineer in as CEO but it was the banks and the investment houses that told them to go outside of the company or they were going to devalue their credit rating.

This is just flatly wrong that HP was this little paradise on earth before Carly arrived. It was a company living off one division that was in serious trouble. She came and made the hard decisions that had to be made.

She fired a lot of people and the word on the street in California and Wall Street was it was about time. The freeloaders and featherbedders that were sucking off HPs fortune had to go. If she had not done what she did HP would have gone under and some Japanese firm would now own the HP brand name.

When she shake up an established corporation you make enemies. Internally and externally you get a bad reputation. For all of you blasting Fiorina for what she did you are either woefully ignorant of the time or the facts of what was happening.

By: DrMagnolias

DrMagnolias — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 11:48:44 +0000

Enough with the “Sexism!” already. They got the idea out there quite nicely when they addressed reaction to the Palin pick. They are now seriously overusing the card–strategically, they should keep their mouths shut and let the American public fill in that blank themselves. They are at serious risk of being viewed as whiners who themselves believe that Palin is a lightweight.

By: Halley

Halley — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 11:47:06 +0000

We have to be careful with this “sexism” thing. That’s a term invented by the Left. Otherwise, it’s called treating men and women differently. Because men and women are different. And that’s cool, isn’t it? Or do we now accept that the Left has been right about this all along?

We fall into the trap of accepting their false premises when we use words like sexism, even though it’s fun to throw it back at them. But it gives them credit for too much, and is like us waving a white flag in the culture war.

By: Not in her name « The right-wing liberal

Not in her name « The right-wing liberal — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 11:47:02 +0000

[...] said Tina Fey’s SNL performance as Sarah Palin was “sexist,” and Allahpundit sighs that it looks like we’re holding a “victimization pageant” for the second week . [...]

By: damnum absque injuria » Carly Fiorina on Sexism

damnum absque injuria » Carly Fiorina on Sexism — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 11:30:41 +0000

[...] agree with Patterico and HotAir that complaining about an SNL skit being sexist is about as helpful to the McCain campaign as [...]

By: Patterico’s Pontifications » Your Daily Palin Links

Patterico’s Pontifications » Your Daily Palin Links — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 06:19:46 +0000

[...] Enough with the allegations of sexism already. Palin herself declined the opportunity to declare herself the victim. But your campaign speaks for her, and when you scream sexism — even at a comedy bit — it reflects badly on her. [...]

By: SuperCool

SuperCool — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 05:44:30 +0000

Once more, for those who missed it: Gotch

By: Common Sense

Common Sense — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 05:32:29 +0000

I thought it was funny and Tina Fey nailed the accent and mannerisms. Palin liked it too, especially since she once dressed up as Tina Fey for Halloween.

The lefty slant was to be expected from SNL and wasn’t as bad as it could have been.

Carly needs a funny bone.

By: Seven Percent Solution

Seven Percent Solution — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 05:29:01 +0000

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Keep it up, I have already have had legions of women alone saying, “Fu#k Obama, I’m voing for Sarah…..”

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By: Dagnar

Dagnar — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 05:24:55 +0000

Tina Fey should be praying for a McCain/Palin victory in Nov. It’s the only thing that might save her pathetic excuse for a career.

By: mylegsareswollen

mylegsareswollen — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 04:59:12 +0000

Leave Ms. Fiorina alone.

Under Democratic rules she’s entitled to be left alone and do her campaigning for Johnny Mac.

The sexist trolls on this seem to now think they can get uppoty and critisize a woman?

You kids need to head back to the Democratic Party reeducation camps for an identity politics refresher course.

Know your place you sexist pigs.

By: J_Gocht

J_Gocht — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 04:40:35 +0000

wildcat84 on September 15, 2008 at 10:35 PM

Hawthorne on September 16, 2008 at 12:10 AM

Thanks folks…!

The bird who drops droppings indiscriminately took me to task earlier, without so much as a clue; except for his political bias…!

Claypigeon on September 15, 2008 at 11:31 PM

I want to thank you bothe for your insightful, thoughtful and personal experiences with respect to Ms Fiorina’s heartless lack of personal feelings, lack of comity and understanding with respect to her employees…!

Hopefully Senator McCain will understand the harsh attitude she has previously exhibited.

One can only hope Senator McCain sees the light…?

He should drop Ms Fiorina from his personel staff…!
We can only hope and pray…!

By: Chakra Hammer

Chakra Hammer — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 04:39:22 +0000

Look up discrimination on Wikipedia and ideology is not listed as as a form of discrimination.

This is just a reflection of that / liberal bias

By: Kjeil

Kjeil — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 04:21:32 +0000

The victim card is getting tiresome.

By: Hawthorne

Hawthorne — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 04:10:03 +0000

wildcat84 on September 15, 2008 at 10:35 PM

Carly Fiorina was the one at HP that tossed hundreds of Americans out of work to send HP manufacturing overseas. When asked about it she just cattily responded that Americans were wrong to think they had a right to a job.

Well, no Ms. Fiorina, I do not feel I have a right to a job. But I certainly do have the right to refuse purchasing HP products.

After Ms. Fiorina made this anti-American business decision and her even more snide comments afterward, I still boycott HP products.

By: J_Gocht

J_Gocht — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 03:58:08 +0000

Go to bed, douchebag. Claypigeon on September 15, 2008 at 11:31 PM

I’m still up…_pigeon…!

By: Teddy

Teddy — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 03:42:29 +0000

Stop it Carly! Conservatives are NOT “victims”.

By: J_Gocht

J_Gocht — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 03:42:15 +0000

Claypigeon on September 15, 2008 at 11:31 PM

You started this repartee…!

“douchebag”

Is that a noun or a verb…?