Bye, Bye Carly Fiorina
After yesterday, is anyone surprised?
You know I'll miss ya.
Today, McCain economic adviser Carly Fiorina bluntly stated that neither John McCain nor Sarah Palin were capable of running a major corporation (she said the same of Barack Obama and Joseph Biden). A top campaign adviser said Fiorina will be punished for her candid opinions:
"Carly will now disappear," this source said. "Senator McCain was furious." Asked to define "disappear," this source said, adding that she would be off TV for a while - but remain at the Republican National Committee and keep her role as head of the party's joint fundraising committee with the McCain campaign.
Fiorina was booked for several TV interviews over the next few days, including one on CNN. Those interviews have been canceled.
And she is O.K. with being "disappeared"? I can't believe the depths people wil stoop to to be near power.
El Oh El
If she was smart, she'd leave the RNC completely. But, she's not.
Carly Fiorina, famous person and having proven incompetent at running 2 corporations, sits in judgment and says neither McCain nor Palin could run a corporation. But not to worry, that’s not what the president does, anyway. Nope, if he’s Republican he just campaigns on his imaginary CEO chops; he doesn’t have to run anything.
Come on! 'Disappear' is a well-known CIA term.
Just walking the dog @ 1:
Maybe she'll be found next to Billy Batts. (Goodfellas)
Is she going to sue the American People for a severance package?
The only reason she was appointed CEO of HP and has been considered for other positions is affirmative action. HP was so desperate to appera politically correct that it hired a totally incompetent woman.
And now despite all her failures, she has a swelled ego instead of some humility.
I hope we never hear from her again.
The GOP is quickly consolidating a monopoly on STUPID.
Man, that's cold.
Talking heads with golden parachutes need to eat too, ya know.
Won't somebody think of the children!?!
She was doing a bang up job undercutting MaCain and Sarah What-Is-Her-Name.
That is why they disappeared her.
Guess the indications at HP that she wasn't very smart are confirmed.
I always love the uncontrolable blinking that goes on when people really start to lie, spin etc. Atleast it shows she knows she full of shit and might still be hanging onto a shread of her soul.
Perfect.
Tell lies, you're on the team.
Tell the truth, you're out.
smchris @ 12:
And worst of all, she's BORN AGAIN!
Fiorina el Dudetterino: Look, nothing is fucked, here, man.
The Big McCainski: Nothing is fucked?
[shouting]
The Big McCainski: The god damn plane has crashed into the mountain!
Can I say something nice about Carly?
No.
But, because she looks a little like Christine Todd Whitman, she can become EPA administrator.
When will a million Americans (that's all it would take to) march on Washington, D.C., to reclaim our fucking government?
Voting doesn't mean shit.
People putting their bodies in the street in sufficient numbers will make a difference.
Carla hasn't disappeared...she's "been disappeared". The GOP simply doesn't like the truth, even if it comes from one of their own. The truth hurts, McSame, don't it?
So does she get another big check for screwing up and being fired here, too?
After the the rethugnicans threw her under the bus and then she comes back all kissy face with them, what kind of person does it take?
Next for the chop - the two Tuckers?
To say that running the company is the same as running the country is a fallacy,
is that too nuanced a position for a republican? Is that why they canned her?
With the polls crashing and Palin obstructing justice...GOP surrogates drop the "N" bomb in 5...4...3...
Disappeared -- like Vicky Iseman?
By the way, has anybody mentioned that the moron currently squatting in WH once called himself a "CEO President"? I mean, that was stupid enough when you consider the fact that he ran everything he was ever in charge of into the ground, but now this total moron of an inept McCain surrogate (who advocates about as well as she ran Hewlett Packard) tells everybody that McCain can't even do the job of the worst president in the history of the country?? Aaaaahhahahaha...it's TOO funny...
Save the rich.
Vote McCain/Palin
Bye bye Miss American Pie
VietVet8666 @17
You mean like The Russians in 1991? You know, most of my life I've thought nothing like that could ever happen here, but for the first time I'm thinking it might be possible. Can you imagine what would happen if one party or the other wins the electoral college vote, but only gets 35-40% of the popular vote? Or if it's a tie, with lots of voting irregularities, and the Supreme Court hands it to the Republicans again? I don't even want to think about that.
She is a perfect example of the current crop of republican "leaders" in business and every where else. She ruined HP when she ran it. No wonder this country is so fucked, everything is being run by C- students. Over educated and incompetent boobs. What a bunch of Brownies.
You are angry.
You hate repubs. Maybe you hate the system.
Focus your anger against the true enemy.
If you believe the true enemy is the GOP, you're wasting one-half of your energy.
They would be better to "disappear" Palin.
Where will Carly go when she is disappeared?
To Guantanamo?
To an I.C.E. camp?
To her mcmansion is the correct answer, and she will spend more time with her family after she is through pimpin' and whorin' at the r.n.c. fund raising committee.
But fear not, like a pimple she will resurface elsewhere.
I don't see why they're so upset. Conservatives always go on and on about how incompetent government is.
I mean really-- wasn't it Reagan who said the people with real ability weren't working for the government; that if they were actually talented they'd be drafted by private industry...?
If you believe Ronald Reagan's rhetoric, then naturally Fiorina was correct. If John McCain or Sarah Palin had the intelligence and talent to lead a major corporation, they'd be doing that. They aren't smart enough to do it, and so they're asking for a government salary.
Right, Republicans? I mean-- we can be consistent here, can't we?
what Fiorina says about
SPalin rings true, who else but a moron would use insecure Yahoo email for state government business !OT--
Palin's Yahoo email account hacked:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080918/ap_on_el_pr/palin_hacked;_ylt=Ar3ow_...
It wasn't me. Really...
VietVet8666 @ 30:
Pixies !
the real real threat of pixies...
That's the smartest thing Old Man McCrazy has ever done.
"VietVet8666 Says: You are angry.
You hate repubs. Maybe you hate the system.
Focus your anger against the true enemy.
If you believe the true enemy is the GOP, you’re wasting one-half of your energy."
Let's focus our energy on the real cause of all our problems...IMMIGRANTS!!! LOL!
Bye! Don't vote for the ass on your way out!
ferrofluid (Obama + Biden = 2008) @ 27:
"Pushed my Chevy to the levee, but... Where the fuck is the levee???"
VietVet8666 @ 30:
And who or what exactly would you want us to believe that to be?
Gee, I would think running the United States of America would be harder than being a CEO. Think about it.
Anais @ 24:
Like Geraldine Ferraro from Hillary's campaign???
fastfeat @ 40:
they sold the sand in the sandbags off the the highest bidder, then got the lowest bidder to rebuild it.
Capt. Bat Guano @ 29:
Sorry, a C-student can't by definition be "overeducated."
VietVet8666 @ 30:
Yo dude, relax. Don't worry, I know who the enemy is and it inhabits the Democratic party as well. And if YOUR not angry you need to get angry, it's a real great motivator as long as your actions are positive and rational.
"Disappeared"
Was that a Freudian slip by McCain?
Abbybwood @ 43:
BBC reporter Jane Standley MIA
There's a new up and comer on the Alaska political horizon!
An Alaska state senator caused a disturbance on an Alaska Airlines flight, including throwing a glass of water when flight attendants refused to serve her alcohol....
She is married to former Rep. Tom Anderson, an Anchorage Republican who is serving a federal prison term on corruption charges.
McGuire was not implicated during her husband’s trial last year.
Sounds like Vice Emperor material!
Anais @ 24:
Yes, where is Vicki? October surprise? Inquirer where are you?
Matthews did a segment on Carly basically saying she is going to "disappeär""
chris Matthews also focused on the Troopergate issue for quite some time with David Corn and John Fund.
Matthews pounded Rep Cantor from Virginia for running from his party. Matthews kept saying that the Republicans are taking their uniforms off during the game and had nothing to do with what has taken place the last 8 years. He kept poking Cantor asking him if “he takes any responsibility for where his party has brought this country at this point”?
Matthews kept asking “where’s President Bush”"? “why not show his face or say something during this economic catastrophe”?
I thought Matthews head was going to explode as he kept challenging Rep. Cantor (R-Va) asking why the Republicans are acting like they have not been around the last 8 years, or did not help get Bush elected.
Carly's replacement seems to be Lady Lucy de Ricardo, or whatever her name is. She officially moved from Hillraiser to McCain backer today. Curious how this timing works.
jwf @ 15:
Being born once is apparently too much for stupid people.
It's clear Carly Fiorina was never smart enough to run a company either. She wasn't smart enough not to say this even if it's what she believed.
Tyler Durden @ 45:
Touche' sir.
VietVet8666 @ 30:
The Democrats will share some crumbs, the Republicans will take your crumbs.
The difference is the crumbs.
How do you think our nation got to where it is right now. The Repubs controlled the dials for six long destructive years. The Dems certainly have not done enough the last 2 years (they do not have enough of a majority). But hopefully they will in Nov. We want the crumbs
I'd form a group, maybe a compound.
VietVet8666 @ 57:
Or a compound group! That would confound everybody!
ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha !!!!! Oh that's just wonderful.
One down 300 to go.
VietVet8666 @ 17:
Agreed. Did you march on WA DC for the (Mayday 1971) anti-war demonstration? I gets chills remembering when I watched it on tape, sometime afterward. Unfortunately, I was still in Vietnam at the time (1969-1972 with a 30 day & 90 day break). However, I think few demonstrations had such a huge impact with the public. To see 500,000 veterans, marching in unity and solidarity really grabbed their attention. I agree that seeing 1,000,000 citizens doing this now, would have a similar effect.
xoites defends Constitution @ 58:
jokes are good.
Seriously you guys-have you ever seen anything so fucking incompetent?Its bloody hilarious!!Self destruct you evil right wing skank.
Capt. Bat Guano @ 55:
No problem, just trying to point out that us overeducated intellectuals aren't the enemy :-)
MacDaKnife @ 60:
No, I served in Viet Nam.
I marched in D.C. on September 15, 2007.
Everything Carly touches turns to shit....
Now that the pressure of the campaign is off of her. Carly should go back to family values, like the Palins, and get knocked up.
This is not the first time, Carly has been looking up at the underside of a bus.
Dear Carly,
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Have a nice 2nd retirement. Ever noticed how no on wants your sorry ass around?
John Abrams @ 21:
Are you really sure there are two? Since the bowtie disappeared, I'm not sure...
fastfeat @ 69:
And whatever happened to Baby Jane?
I mean, mean Ann Coulter?
helenahandbasket @ 67:
Carly gets on the bus. Carley dries to drive the bus. Carley can't drive a bus. Carley gets thrown under the bus. Bus crashes.
Wow - just like HP!
VietVet8666 @ 57:
I saw that movie! The best part was when the fat guy got stuck on the fence and the skinny guy stood on the roof with a walkie talkie and said, "Red Rover, Red Rover" over and over.
helenahandbasket @ 67:
Straightjacket Express mechanic.
She won't go easily. HP had to give her $42,000,000 to get her to go away. Cindy better get out that checkbook and pony up some more beer money.
It is down right embarrassing to have your advisor to say you can not run a major corporation.
Actually, Carly Fiorina, Ann Coulter and all of those other people are hiding in a cave on the Afghan/Pakistan border, along with bin Laden, and Steve Bartman. I'll let you guess which one they're going to bring out of hiding for the October surprise.
Jo @ 72:
Jo, believe in the government. Believe in what you are told by Wall Street. By your broker.
Just believe in what you are told to believe. Ridicule anything different.
Believe.
Hahaha, they ran her off like a dog.
I'm sorry. That was sexist. I ment pitbull.
Pericles @ 76:
Does Bin Laden know that Ann's a man?
Ranchero @ 52:
Ricky Ricardo's wife? The old guard here in Miami will be pleased.
I think for Carly only the immortal words of Nelson Muntz are appropriate: "Haw haw!"
Fear not, just like the Nixon era zombies that have been plaguing us for the last 8 years were able to return from the dead, I have no doubt that we'll be seeing Carly again in some future Republican administration.
Someone should give her a broken HP inkjet printer as a consolation prize for playing.
People - listen up, Carly Fiorina was just stabbing John McFraud and his Mooseburger sidekick in the backs.
Carly must be thoroughly PO'd that she is not the Veep to maybe be.
There are no two ways about.
Keep here in there for crying out loud.
With friends like that McCrook doesn't need any enemies.
Pericles @ 76:
Osama will surrender without incident next week, with his hands on his ears...
How many more of McCains cabal will get thrown under the bus? We shall see. the Obama ad which shows the lobbyists might strike a nerve. Wonder if they will be showing up on MSM?
Fiorina, like Gramm, is going nowhere. She may slink away for a few weeks, but, like Gramm, she will be back front and center and completely "reformed," much like Pastor Ted Haggard.
StirFry @ 78:
You can put lip-stick on a hockey-mom, err a pit-bull, ummm running a country as a ceo-prez’nit is “hard work…” but it can’t be done ‘cause 9-11 changed the fundamentals…
… Oh – Hell! – I’m getting confused….
"The truth shall set you free."
...or get you fired...
McPale's Navy @ 82:
A model where the ink refills are always out-of-stock at Office Depot.
First Carly, now...
Watching NBC Nightly News here on the west coast just now, NBC raked Sarah Palin over the coals for several "inaccuracies" in her public statements:
*That Alaska produces 20% of the United States' energy (it's closer to 3.5%)--this one was funny. The campaign tried to say she was talking about oil and gas only, but NBC said that was wrong, too. Then the campaign tried again, saying Palin meant oil only--and the 20% number was also wrong there--still too high.
*That she'd been to Iraq and Ireland--which she obviously hasn't.
*That it's OK she hasn't met with other world leaders, since most prospective vice-presidents never do until they're elected. NBC had historian Michael Beschloss on to debunk that, saying the only other VP candidate who hadn't met world leaders since the start of the 20th century was---Spiro Agnew. Great company you keep, Sarah.
*Repeating the "Bridge to Nowhere" line. ("Thanks, but no thanks.") NBC hammered her on this one, basically coming as close to calling it a lie (and actually giving the detailed facts behind what's really going on, including the fact that she still plans to use as much of the money as there is left to build the bridge) as they could without calling it a lie.
They started the segment by saying, "Sarah Palin today gave a rare answer to a reporter's question," then replayed her stumbling and bumbling through her opinion about the bailout of AIG, about which she knew nothing. She sounded like George W. Bush, circa 2000.
It looked very much like the bloom is off Sarah's flag lapel pin.
An Average Joe @ 88:
"As soon as the Repubs stop telling lies, the Dems will stop telling the truth about them...."
isn't the repubes' notion of privatizing everything deeply rooted in their belief that the country should be run like a major corporation? wasn't that supposed to be why george bush the deuce (or, better yet, the douche) was supposed to be so good; he was the first president with an mba so he'd be able to run the country according to the repube vision? well, they were right. he has run the country just like he "learned" getting his mba - straight into the ground like he ran all the other companies he's lead. good job.
I guess they will be sending her off to the Alaskan front. It is so close to Siberia that you can actually see it, ya know.
VietVet8666 @ 77:
I believe in the Constitution and The Bill of Rights. I believe in my husband who really did serve two ups in Vietnam as a medic. I believe in my cat who has the wisdom of the gods. I believe in Nature and all her glories. I am an optimist.
You piss on my parade all you want, Bub. Live in your compound, holed up against humanity, skeptical and alone. When I go out it's gonna be with a goddam smile on my face. None of those negative vibes for me, man.
P.D. @ 85:
The Straightjacket Express is getting an 18" frame lift and 36" Mudders as we speak.
I was looking at the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act today, and came across the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco's page on it. They call it : A New Frontier in Financial Services
Who knew the "New Frontier" was full of money eating mole people ?
As I am sure you are aware, the law updated U.S. financial services laws and removed the remaining walls that fragmented the financial marketplace. This legislation, which represents the most significant change in the U.S. financial services industry in 66 years, repealed the core provisions of the Glass-Steagall Act and the Bank Holding Company Act that restricted bank holding companies from affiliating with securities firms and insurance companies.
http://www.frbsf.org/publications/banking/gramm/index.html
I think the obvious point is not the tangents MSM and we weave its this,
McCain consistently has shown bad judgement in his action (voting for Gramm's legislature) and selection of economic advisors...first he was taking advice from the Phil Kill regulation Gramm and next he appoints Carly Freeforme Fiorina as his economic advisor, an ex CEO who destroyed a reputable Company...and lets not forget he chose a running mate that has no experience to succeed him and help him run the country. JUDGEMENT is worth more than experience!
Is this the man you want making important government, cabinent, and judicial decsions? No one is going to know everything about running a country, but we citizens rely on their judgement to select a...at least credible team.
Here's that senate roll call vote on Gramm-Leach-Bliley :
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/vote.xpd?vote=s1999-105
Yay! Next, we have GOT to get rid of that idiot toadie Tucker Bounds. My GOD what a pencil-necked sleaze. He really ought to have a greasy little Peter Lorre mustache, y'know?
Alice X - (Chomsky Nader) - status quObama - change you can pretend in - @ 83:
Really, she was the the second most-qualified
womanperson for the VP ticket. But she'd never been to Alaska.fastfeat @ 35:
wasnt really hacked...they just got the password through devious methods
however, this goes to show why you dont do state biz on a public server and you never use yahoo
oh...and this is clear evidence that she was doing state biz on a public server, thinking she could get around any legal probs
however, yahoo can be subpoenaed
i am sure stevens schooled her well
what's that strange lump at the 50 yard line?
Republicans are good at making things disappear. Over 4.000 American soldiers, countless Iraqi civilians, our budget surplus....now Florina. Finally, something that won't be missed.
Walking Patrice principle.
Interesting how tied the TV interview bookings are with the wishes of the Republican party.
And to think, we all were of the opinion that it was the intelligence and candor of an individual pundit that decided if the News business found there comments worthy.
/snort
Tyler Durden @ 63:
pinkobait @ 59:
'Tonight we dine in Washington, tomorrow we dine in Wasilla'
I'm gonna miss her.
*sniff* *sniff*
Carly Fiorina is a pompous, egotistical fool who just KNEW she had all the right answers. What a dummy. Anyway, speaking of fools....has everyone read the Kilkenny letter:
http://www.snopes.com/politics/info/kilkenny.asp
Why is there not more on Palin's record on television? They did have some out on Nightly News earlier.
Keep the salary, just don't do any more extra work on TV.
You know, she was banking on being McCain's VP pick (I read that somewhere a while ago). That's why she's going all sour grapes on him and on the rest of the politicians now ...
Funny thing is: her core point was correct: running the country is NOT like running a company. More precisely, running the government isn't like running a company. A government produces NOTHING - it has no wealth except that which it confiscates at the point of a gun. It does not have to worry about turning a profit (clearly) or about competitors. Running a government is much more like running a major criminal organization like a Mafia family, though even there the comparison suffers because the Mafia has competition - because except in cases of insurrection, the government exerts a monopoly on the supposedly legitimate use of violence over a geographical area. So if the Mafia were a total monopoly, without any competitors, and was free to engage in, say, torture, murder, extortion and theft as it pleased, THEN it would be like a government.
Dutton Peabody @ 98:
Good thing Hillary Clinton is not the candidate, since Bill signed that sucker before the ink was dry on it.
McCain does not want people in his campaign to be interviewed. I wonder why.
She almost right. Running a corporation is not the same as running for office. Profit and governance of the people are
distinct things. They have different skill sets. You can be good at both; however, its not likely.
shareholders voted on her compensation, ya sure, the board of interlocking directors did the favor and they will get treated likewise when Carly is on the board of directors of some other corporation where the CEO is a incompetent as she was
Fiorina is in the Fornarina!
This Beeatch finally tells the truth about something ........ and she's out!
Only Republicant's that continue to lie can stay on the team........ McCain / Palin for example!
Again, getting away from the cult of personality stuff, and back to the pertinent subject: I don't want my government run like a corporation.
I don't know if any of you people have noticed, but corporations tend to act like they have MORE rights than individuals.
Read the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, and the Federalist Papers, and tell me how different our world is now, than how it was back then.
We're grappling with the same villains that we were grappling with 200 years ago. Usurers and mercantilism.
Here's some food for thought.
You know, Dick Cheney is not only qualified to run a corporation, but he actually HAS run a corporation before... in fact, some say that he's still running it today!
Are you still willing to make the argument that Senator Obama is qualified to do the same?
:-)
Good. Now I won't have to hear her smugly tell us how supporters of Clinton are turning to John McCain. This Clinton supporter is a strong supporter of Obama and so are all the other women I know (we are educated, professionals who can't conceive of supporting McCain and the "Babe in the Woods"). However, I don't know the Rothchilds like she does.
Bonkers @ 16:
Awesome use of a Lebowski reference, dude.
Carly is truly a freak of nature. In a bad way.
Complete incompetent and obviously self-loathing.
I'll say one thing, we certainly don't need another "CEO" prez.
She was one of the first Celebrity CEO's and a complete joke.
Being the head of a company needs to mean something again, just like being the prez does.
It has to be mean being held accountable for mistakes and utter failures.
Getting booted out of HP was not being held accountable because she walk away with a fortune for almost ruining a company.
Where did the idea come from that somehow businesspeople have a leg up on knowing how to run a government? Based on the recent scandals involving various businesses, I am not impressed. Are these the folks we want deciding how our government should run?
Additionally, the goals of business and the goals of government DO NOT coincide. It seems the only factor on the minds of those in power in the private sector is the maximization of income for those in power - CEOs and the Board of Directors, and the hell with everyone else - in many cases, even the stockholders. Good government (which is emphatically not exemplified by the past 8 years), should have the best interests of the entire population as a foremost goal, not just the 1% of the richest people in the country, and profit is not - and cannot - even be a factor.
JFK said it best, when he said, "My father always told me that all businessmen were sons of bitches, but I never believed it until now."
Instead of bailing these assholes out, we should nationalize the companies involved.
Bravo, Carly! First you ran HP into the ground, now you're finishing off JMac. I would like to see you become head of the RNC!
Heckuva job, Brownie!
Drake Minder @ 115:
Yeah, I would have thought the right answer, instead of a flat no, would be something like, well, of course there are differences, but a high level there are many things in common -- managing a large organization, setting goals and direction, selecting the right team, being able to negotatiate with allies and competitors, understanding finance and law and public relations and global issues, and so forth. This would have gotten Fiorina out of having to say McCain couldn't run a major corporation. Unfortunately this would mean the answer for Palin, who is the one she was asked about, would still be no.
For those of you who worked for HP/Compaq prior to her tenure, tell me first hand how badly she managed the company? Not many fond memories of her tenure, i imagine? I understand that she walked away with $42 mil for basically driving the company into the ground?
Would it be accurate to say that Carly couldn't manage a major corporation either?
Tyler Durden @ 63:
Educated academics and intellectuals aren't the enemy; However, pseudo-intellectuals like George Will, Newt Gingrich, Dick Armey, Heritage Foundation-type "professors and especially the most reprehensible MBAs are DEFINITELY the enemy.
well, does she fish or hunt?
lemme get this straight...
Andrea Mitchell, the wife of Alan Greenspan, agruably the most powerful man in the world of finance, gets a pass, while this nobody from Hewlett Packard has weight in assessing the business cred of the candidates?
Are you guys freaking kidding me?
Mitchell has only recently come around, having seen the change of the guard and wanting to be good with Obama. She's practical. Like Ahhhnold. Give me a freaking break.
So, no interviews for her then. Ouch! Take that, Carly Fiorina. Oooo, what's next? Taking away her parking privileges.
Oh noes!
Particularly satisfying when the roaches shine the light upon themselves.
Gawd, I'm confused again. Do they like to talk to the media? Is it really punishment if they cancel appearances? Or not?
If only they'd 'disappear' Tucker Bounds and Nancy Pfotenhauer I wouldn't have to use the mute button. That 'Lady' Rothchild broad can go, too.
You know, the more I think about this, the more I'm convinced they didn't make her disappear because of her foot-in-mouth disease. True, she burned the guy she's supposed to be supporting twice. Once with the Viagra/birth control thing, and again with the "not qualified to run HPQ" thing. But I think the real reason they dumped her RIGHT NOW is because she's pretty much a symbol of what's going on on Wall Street. You can't very well run on a platform of cleaning up corporate greed and incompetence when one of your chief economic advisors is a perfect example of corporate greed and incompetence.
She pink-slipped thousands of workers at HPQ, ran the stock price into the ground, got kicked out by the board of governors, and grabbed a 40 million dollar golden parachute on the way out. Isn't that pretty much the kind of corporate malfeasance that McCain is claiming he'll clean up?
The poor guy is really having a tough time finding a position. The financial markets implode because of deregulation, so he has to distance himself from Gramm, who de-regulated them, and then claim that he's now the champion of market regulation. When that didn't wash, the only position to fall back on was to be a champion of cleaning up CEO greed and corruption on Wall Street, claiming that THIS was the real problem, and not deregulation per se. And then, guess who opens her big mouth again to remind everybody that his OTHER economic advisor is one of those CEOs. That on top of the fact that he ran as a champion of getting rid of earmarks, only to find out that his new VP candidate hauled in more of them than any other mayor or governor.
I'm really starting to feel sorry for him. Being locked in a cage of Republican hypocrisy must feel worse than being locked in a cage of bamboo at the Hanoi Hilton. (And then he remembered that Paris Hilton's grandfather owns that, too.)
Oh she's rich, she'll just pout for a while and then write another book. One of the talk shows will have her sorry ass on and let her act like a victim on national TV. I bet all the HP ex-employees are glad that the world has the chance to see her true color on TV. Karma Carly. I hope she invests well with her millions.
Carly Fiorina is a legend in her own mind. Don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out!
Aside from the fact that she ended up tearing down her POTUS/VPOTUS picks, and then trying to spread the damage and control the reaction by bringing Barack and Biden into the question, she just shot down the last 8 years of the "CEO presidency". She just tossed Bush/Cheney under the bus without realizing it.
"Lou Cabrazzi is sleeping with the fishes."
When McBush's campaign faltered in the primaries, it was said that it was because it was disorganized and flailing. I don't care if they did bring in Rove's boy, it's still the same train wreck.
Give me a break. She almost ran Hewlett Packard in the ground, so what can be expected. McBush is flailing. This is how he'd run his administration. We've seen 7+ yrs. of this already.
Chuck @ 8:
McCain seems to be drawn to this type of person...
Thorstein Veblen was among the early critics of business and business practices. Business is concerned solely with its own self-interest. Government has to be concerned with the public good. The public good and private self interests are not compatible.
Business, to preserve its self interest, seeks to control every institution within society. It corrupts culture. Its most insidious act has been to infiltrate government and turn it into an agent for controlling, by force and fraud, every aspect of society. Business, to be successful, must control. We see this in George W. Bush and his minions. Instead of getting an education, Bush got an M.B.A. Our first MBA president. He presides over government as a businessman. That's all he knows. The Iraq war was a business venture. Rumsfeld was his C.E.O. of war.
The aftermath of Katrina was not handled by someone who operates with the Public Good in mind. It was handled the way a businessman would handle it. Government was vilified. Private sector was glorified. We had an MBA in the White House and a corporate VP as mayor of New Orleans.
Fiorina is right, though I'm sure she understands why. Politicians and statesmen shouldn't run corporations. They are charged with a more important, more honorable job that requires integrity uncorrupted by business practices.
"Disappear" as defined by Republicans: "Carly's in the bag. Bag's in the river."
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