6 Things You’re Not Going To Like About Carly Fiorina

by Austin Petersen

#6. Firing From Hewlett-Packard

Fiorina’s firing from HP is probably the most high profile of all of her negatives.

In 2005 Fiorina was fired by the board of HP. Her tenure resulted in 30,000 people losing their jobs – while she tripled her own salary and bought a $1 million yacht and five corporate jets. She pocketed $100 million, with a $65 million signing bonus, and a $21 million dollar severance for her role in overseeing HP’s decline. All this happened while Fiorina admitted we were in “the worst technology recession in 25 years.”

Fiorina’s firing from HP resulted in an immediate stock jump, climbing 10% on the news, and ending 7% higher for the day after she was gone. Arianna Packard, granddaughter of HP’s founder discouraged voters from supporting her, saying: “I know a little bit about Carly Fiorina, having watched her almost destroy the company my grandfather founded.”

To be fair, Fiorina defended her record, stating:

“Every time there is a change with a company, the stock tends to go up,” she said. “The stock market is not a good arbiter of success over the long term. The average holding of stock today is less than 90 days. It is more a reflection of current emotion and conventional wisdom than anything else. And a CEO cannot run a company based on conventional wisdom or current emotion. A CEO’s job is to build sustainable value over the long term for as many employees, as many customers, and as many communities as possible.”

In conclusion, libertarians and conservative voters should take seriously a Carly Fiorina candidacy, and consider all the facts before supporting her as the leader of the Republican Party in 2016.

Austin Petersen is a homegrown Missourian with a lifelong passion for liberty. He grew up on a horse farm in Peculiar, Missouri and went on to attend Missouri State University, graduating with a degree in the Fine Arts. After developing a career in media in both New York City and Washington, D.C., he returned to Kansas City, MO, the city he now calls home. In 2016, Petersen appeared on the national stage as a candidate for president of the United States. He took second place in the crowded Libertarian primary behind Governor Gary Johnson and ahead of cyber security maverick John McAfee. During his campaign, Petersen earned many high-profile conservative endorsements, including Mary Matalin, Erick Erickson and Leon Wolf of RedState.com. Petersen also brings decades of professional experience in a wide variety of fields, from content production and media to business and political activism. He is the owner and chief executive of Stonegait LLC, a consulting firm specializing in photo and video services. He was also the director of production at FreedomWorks and an associate producer for Judge Andrew Napolitano’s show “Freedom Watch” on the Fox Business Network. Additionally, Petersen has a national following as a commentator and professional pundit. He is the founder of The Libertarian Republic, a powerful online news source for the public that receives an average of 1 million unique visits monthly and whose podcast, The Freedom Report, receives an average of one million monthly downloads. He is also a frequent contributor on television, appearing on Fox News, Fox Business, CNN, MSNBC and on dozens of local radio shows.

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