Posted on 09/24/2015 7:20:43 AM PDT by jimbo123
Top McCain-Palin official Carly Fiorina is facing criticism from some within the campaign for a day of what they call "very Biden-like" comments, after the former Hewlett-Packard CEO told two separate interviewers that neither member of the Republican ticket would be capable of running a company.
Democratic VP nominee Joe Biden is noted for his off-the-cuff gaffes.
Asked by a St. Louis radio station whether she thought Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin could run a company like Hewlett-Packard, Fiorina responded: "No, I don't.
“But that's not what she's running for. Running a corporation is a different set of things."
Asked about that remark on MSNBC, she made the same unprompted assessment of the GOP presidential nominee. "I don't think John McCain could run a major corporation."
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"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.
(Excerpt) Read more at politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com ...
I hope it is sinking in for people.
She has coordinated this run from the beginning with the RNC. it's not like she just decided, hey, I'll run for president.
She was initially planned to mitigate any support Sarah Palin or Michelle Bachman might have gotten if they were to run.
Takes one to know one.
I used to like Carly as a potential VP, but no more, now that I’ve seen the rest of her opinions.
I genuinely appreciate all the hard work you have done assembling the Carly Fiorina history. Thanks to you, I’ll have it at my fingertips when I need it.
Sincerely..thank you.
Carly said “When you criminalize drug abuse, you’re actually not treating it. We had a daughter who died of addictions, so this lands very close to home for me.”
Rehab can certainly help some people, but her step-daughter Lori was in rehab three times. Her father was quite wealthy and could afford it, and yet it appears rehab did not save her.
What really disturbed me about Carly in the debate was her trying to grab sympathy for having “buried a child to drug addiction.”
This is a gross deception. The “child” was Lori Fiorino, her step-daughter. The girl lived full-time with her mother after her parents divorce when she was ten. I’m sure Carly did forge a relationship with her step-daughter, but she did NOT raise the girl.
Second, the step-daughter died when she was 34 from alcohol, prescription drug abuse and bulimia after a marriage and divorce. Of course, it was a tragedy, but that was not the impression Carly was creating. The woman did not die from abuse of illegal drugs.
Carly’s claim that she “buried a child to drug addiction” creates the false impression that her own child died from illegal drugs in high school or college. This was a blatant attempt at manipulation with misleading statements. I cannot respect her for taking us for fools.
A more accurate claim would be “I buried my stepchild, my husband Frank’s daughter, to bulimia, alcohol, and prescription drug addiction, when she was in her thirties.”
But that would not have had the effect she wanted. She really showed a lack of respect for both Lori and her bio-mother.
FReeper beaversmom said it even more clearly in another thread. “I believe Fiorina used her adult step-daughter’s death as a political prop. To convey clout on the subject. To garner sympathy. To score political points. To stop the discussion. Who can argue with her after that? Who’s gonna have the balls? SHE buried HER daughter.
“I knew at the time of the debate it was her step-daughter, but I didn’t know her step daughter’s death was from legal drugs. And she didn’t BURY her. She was an ADULT step-daughter. It sounds like the daughter was primarily raised by her biological mom. The step-daughter was married. CF did not bury her. She left out some of this because it wasn’t convenient for her narrative. It wouldn’t have gotten her as many points if she gave the full picture.”
http://www.nationalenquirer.com/real-life/homewrecker-carly-fiorina-lied-about-druggie-daughter
http://skewednews.net/index.php/2015/09/19/carly-fiorinas-sleazy-revealing-lie-dead-daughter/
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