The essence of Meg Whitman captured by Mike Thompson, Detroit FP toonmeister

[Bozita]

http://www.freep.com/article/20100923/BLOG24/100923002/California-candidate-for-governor-disses-Detroit

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California candidate for governor disses Detroit

“Fresno looks like Detroit. It's awful.''
-California gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman, on the economic decline of Fresno, California, during a meeting with the editorial board of the San Jose Mercury News


What’s so galling about California gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman’s swipe at Detroit isn’t that yet another politician is using Motown as shorthand for urban decline. No, what makes Whitman’s comment especially irritating is that two big reason for the decline of the city that she insulted are Wall Street bamboozling and outsourcing – two things that the billionaire Republican Whitman has excelled at in the past.

Before Whitman launched her bid to buy the California governors seat, she ran eBay. Before that, Whitman held lofty positions at Wall St. titan Goldman Sachs and at companies that are big into the practice of shipping American jobs overseas. Let’s take a look at Whitman’s track record:

-During her time on the board of Goldman Sachs, the firm invested $140 billion in mortgage-backed securities – the investments at the heart of the housing market collapse and the financial meltdown. If you live in Detroit chances are that you or someone you know has lost a job or home as a result of the economic turmoil caused by folks like Whitman.

-While serving as the GM for a division of Hasbro Inc. from 1997-1998, she oversaw the global management and marketing for their Playskool and Mr. Potato Head brands. According to Hasbro’s Website, the majority of Hasbro products “come from factories in Guangdong Province in southern China.” During Whitman’s tenure, the company also sent jobs to Mexico.

-Whitman also served as a senior vice-president of The Walt Disney Company, a corporation that makes toys in southern China, where workers toil up to 18 hours per day according to The Sunday Times of London.

-Whitman’s resume also includes a stint as a division president for Stride Rite Company from 1992-1995. During her tenure, the company closed two factories in Massachusetts and laid off 450 workers.

I could detail similar stories about her tenure as CEO of eBay, or her stint as CEO of Florist Transworld Delivery (FTD), but you get my point.

It takes quite a bit of gall for Whitman to bemoan conditions in Detroit when she played a role in helping to create similar conditions in other parts of America.

[joeybee12]

1. I didn't know she worked for Disney! She REALLY is Satan!

:mad:

[xchrom]

2. recommend -- she's my fav person to HATE this political season. nt

[madmax]

4. I'm an equal opportunity hater. I hate them all. nt

[texastoast]

3. Love the comment

On a related thread at the site regarding Lady Gaga's speech on DADT.

http://www.freep.com/article/20100923/BLOG24/100923003/Lady-Gagas-latest-outrageous-costume

Posted by Sensible One
"I served 10 years in the military on a ship with hundreds of other men. I am pretty sure had we known an openly homosexual was onboard, he would not have remain onboard. He would have been transfered for his own safety, "accidents" happen at sea."

"Accidents happen."

"Accidents happen."

Yeah, Sensible, it's really an accident when a sailor unzips his pants and rapes someone. That's a real accident.

Out, Sensible, out with yer hypocritical ass!



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[musiclawyer]

5. Fresno is what it is because of GOP rule for decades

It's a strange place. Like hundreds of thousands of illegals and and a supermajority-minority, not just mexicans, that don't vote. The only ones who vote are the handful of geriatric GOP farmers left. I've been telling a buddy of mine who has wanted to start a non-profit, that if he really wants to make a difference, register everyone to vote in the central valley who can. He would turn the central valley blue within a single election cycle because it's already minority-majority by far. Anyway, back to GOP rule--their definition of smart growth and zoning is to let the developers pave the county over and do whatever they want. No wonder the downtown look like Mad-max.