September 8, 2015: Del Rio News-Herald * OPINION * Letter to the Editor * First female president
Letter to the Editor,
First Female President
Carly Fiorina is running to make history as the first
female U.S. president.
Cara Carleton Sneed was born September 6, 1954 in
Austin, Texas.
She lived in London as an adolescent and graduated
from high school in North Carolina.
She earned a bachelor’s degree from Stanford
University with a major in medieval history and philosophy, an MBA from the
Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland and a Masters
in management from the MIT Sloan School of Management.
As chief executive officer of Hewlett-Packard she was
the first woman to lead one of the top twenty U.S. companies.
A cancer survivor she underwent
three surgeries, multiple hospital stays, chemotherapy and a bilateral
mastectomy.
She worked with Opportunity International, a Christian
global anti-poverty organization that provides microloans to people in
developing economies.
She diagnoses the largest problem facing our country
today: untapped potential and launched Unlocking Potential Project.
A reporter prefaced his question to Fiorina by
remarking, "I never met a presidential candidate with pink nail polish
on." "Well, there's always a first," she replied. When the
reporter asked her what sorts of issues are particularly important to women
voters, Fiorina disputed the premise of the question. "I find it
personally insulting as a woman that the Democratic Party talks about women's
issues," she said. "Every issue's a women's issue. Women care about
the economy. They care about jobs. They care about health care. They care about
immigration, national security, education; every issue is a woman's issue.
There's no doubt."
It was unanimous consensus that she won the first
debate. Even her male opponents respect her abilities. Rick Perry said he would have
rather had Carly Fiorina negotiate a nuclear deal with Iran than Secretary of
State John Kerry.
Fiorina has emphatically stated, “Please don’t
vote for me because I’m a woman. Vote for me because I’m qualified to do the
job. If you’re ready for a woman president and a lot of people we know are; how
about one who is honest and competent and can do the job.”
She possesses all the ABC’s of a winsome political
candidate starting with being articulate, bright and confident and ending with
zingers like this one;
“Life is not measured in time, or IQ, or wealth. Life
is measured in love, and moments of joy and grace, and positive contribution.”
Marian Casillas, Ed.D.