Debbie Schlussel: Hey, Carly: Well, Then, Maybe Neither Should Be President
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Does John McCain really want to win?
Sometimes, I think he really just doesn't have the will. Especially when he sticks with "allies" and surrogates who say dumb things like this:
The McCain campaign was embarrassed yesterday when Carly Fiorina, former chief executive officer of computer giant Hewlett-Packard -- and a senior McCain adviser -- questioned vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin's leadership credentials.Asked in a radio interview whether she thought Ms Palin had the experience to run a major company like Hewlett-Packard, Ms Fiorina replied: "No, I don't. But you know what? That's not what she's running for."
Ms Fiorina tried to spin her comments in a later interview."Well, I don't think John McCain could run a major corporation," she said. "I don't think Barack Obama could run a major corporation. I don't think (Democratic vice-presidential nominee) Joe Biden could. But it's not the same as being the president or vice president of the United States."
If she really thinks none of them could run a company, why does she expect us to vote for any of them, especially with our economy in chaos?
And here's a note on Fiorina. She couldn't run a major corporation either, which is why Hewlett-Packard dumped her. Doesn't anyone remember that?
Oh, and by the way, despite this idiocy, John McCain--according to today's Wall Street Journal--continues to consult this failed female affirmative action CEO on business matters:
For a business perspective, Sen. McCain consults Republican National Committee Victory Chairwoman Carly Fiorina, the former chief executive of Hewlett-Packard Co., and Meg Whitman, the former head of eBay Inc. "He listens a lot," economist Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Sen. McCain's senior economic adviser, said.
That's bad news, since people in the know at H-P tell me that Fiorina was notorious for advocating illegal alien amnesty and for abusing H-1B visas for "skilled" foreign workers, so she wouldn't have to pay Americans market wages for the same work.
No matter who is President, the most important national security issue--our borders and who gets in and out of them--will not be resolved.
It will only get worse.
Regardless of Palin, Thank G-d McCain didn't pick Carly Fiorina as his Veep choice.
**** UPDATE, 09/19/08: Reader Sean writes:
Thank you for calling out Carly Fiorina. I've read her comments about McCain and Palin not being able to run corporations and I thought the same thing..."neither can you!" Maybe McCain is keeping Fiorina on to say "see? There are PLENTY of worse choices for VP." I get the willies just typing the next sentence: The woman who ran H-P into the ground is the chairwoman of the RNC's Victory Committee. YIKES!
Double YIKES!
Posted by Debbie on September 18, 2008 03:08 PM to Debbie Schlussel