Posted on 09/16/2008 8:39:43 PM PDT by Pinkbell
Carly Fiorina, the former Hewlett-Packard CEO turned top John McCain aide, said she doesn't think Sarah Palin is qualified to run a major corporation. For that matter, Fiorina said, McCain, Obama and Biden aren't capable of that kind of job either.
Ex-Hewlett-Packard CEO and McCain adviser Carly Fiorina said Sarah Palin could not run a major company.
The Republican presidential candidate has been trying to portray himself as someone who can fix the country's economic woes. But that is a far different task than running a Fortune 500 corporation, Fiorina told MSNBC Tuesday.
Democratic candidate Barack Obama's camp immediately circulated copies of her words -- which didn't exactly paint their candidate in a soft light, either.
"Well, I don't think John McCain could run a major corporation, I don't think Barack Obama could run a major corporation, I don't think Joe Biden could run a major corporation," Fiorina said.
"It is a fallacy to suggest that the country is like a company. So, of course, to run a business, you have to have a lifetime of experience in business, but that's not what Sarah Palin, John McCain, Joe Biden or Barack Obama are doing."
Fiorina was president of Hewlett-Packard until her high-profile ousting in 2006 after the company's unfavorable performance.
"If John McCain's top economic adviser doesn't think he can run a corporation, how on Earth can he run the largest economy in the world in the midst of a financial crisis?" said Obama spokesman Tommy Vietor. "Apparently, even the people who run his campaign agree that the economy is an issue John McCain doesn't understand as well as he should."
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What in Gods name did she even have to make such a statement in public.
Worse, yet, the CA GOP keeps dropping her name as a gubernatorial candidate. As if they didn't learn their lesson by pushing SchwarzenFraudKennedy on the electorate.
Fiorina ran HP to the ground, so I’ll take her opinion with the consideration that it deserves.
“Carly Fiorina, the former Hewlett-Packard CEO”
Remind me of how that worked out again?
Yeah but what about Capalles before her? Or the current guy at HPCPQ?
Maybe Louis Freeh and Jamie Gorelik could get her a job working as a master banker?
Fiorina is obviously not qualified to run anything other than a vacuum cleaner. She doesn’t know better than to offer up a soundbite for the enemy? That’s just stupid.
Well running a corporation these days ain’t too hard, with all the billion dollar handouts the Govnment is doling out.
Notice no one said running it well.
It IS all BS... They’ve amended the title today to say McCain and Palin aren’t ready to run a corporation. What despicable bastards
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