Wednesday, September 17, 2008

They can't run a company but....

Well, yesterday we had Carly Fiorina telling us that not only Sarah Palin, but also John McCain would not be able to run HP.

Let's look back at March, however (Reuters):

Warren Buffett said on Monday that he would be comfortable putting Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama in charge of running a business..


Let's see: Fired Fortune 500 executive, who had some ethical lapses, says her guy (and gal) couldn't do the job she did; All time top 10 extremely successful business person says that Barack or Hillary could run one of his businesses. Hmm...

Now, to be fair, Warren did exclude the flagship of Berkshire Hathaway itself when making this statement but still!

Meanwhile, CNN reports that Carly has been exorcised from the campaign, at least for the moment:

A top McCain official contacted by CNN said, on condition on anonymity, "No big deal, but not how you get on the surrogate all-star team. Very Biden-like."

“This campaign source said Fiorina would be discouraged from additional media interviews.

Another top campaign adviser was far less diplomatic.

"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.


Not good. But apparently she isn't completely exiled:

A third source said "it was another bad day for her, and important people are mad because the timing is horrible… But I would not necessarily buy the Siberia storyline."


After all, what are they going to do for the 'face' of their 'economic plan?' Bring back Phil Gramm?? LOL!!

Comments welcome,

Pat McGovern

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