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McCain lost WH race because Sarah Palin didn't take MY advice on the economy, says Carly Fiorina
The London Daily Mail ^ | May 5, 2015 | Francesca Chambers

Posted on 05/06/2015 6:57:19 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

* Fiorina claims in Rising to the Challenge that John McCain asked her to help Palin 'get up to speed on the economic issues facing the country'
* 'I never did get the chance to fulfill Senator McCain's request ... although I made numerous requests to meet with her during the campaign'
* To this day Fiorina, a contender for the 2016 GOP nomination, says she still hasn't met the Tea Party superstar
* Palin endorsed Fiorina in 2010 when she was competing in the Republican primary for the U.S. Senate in California, but it was via Facebook
* A spokeswoman for Fiorina's presidential campaign told Daily Mail Online in an email after this article was published that the candidate 'was simply making the point that during the 2008 election she didn't meet Gov. Palin'

The 2008 presidential campaign may have turned out differently for the Republican Party if Sarah Palin and John McCain hadn't blown off her advice, Carly Fiorina suggests in her new book, released this morning.

Former Hewlett Packard executive Fiorina reveals in her memoir, Rising to the Challenge, that then-Republican presidential nominee McCain asked her to help Palin 'get up to speed on the economic issues facing the country' but Palin wasn't interested in her counsel.

Fiorina, a contender for the 2016 GOP nomination, says she still hasn't met the Tea Party superstar even though Palin endorsed her in 2010 when she was competing in the Republican primary for the U.S. Senate in California.

A surrogate for McCain in 2008 and a member of his inner circle, Fiorina claims in her memoir that two days before the Arizona senator made public his surprising pick for vice president, he called her on the phone and asked her to advise Palin....

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Campaign News; Issues; Parties
KEYWORDS: 2008; 2016election; backstabber; california; carlyfiorina; election2016; gop; hatersgonnahate; mccain; palin; rinos; sarahpalin; teaparty
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Full title: John McCain lost White House race because Sarah Palin didn't take MY advice on the economy, says Carly Fiorina – and she's still not even met me, reveals new Republican hopeful
1 posted on 05/06/2015 6:57:19 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

STFU Carly and you have no chance of winning .


2 posted on 05/06/2015 6:59:18 PM PDT by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

McCain was not the Juan we were waiting for.....


3 posted on 05/06/2015 7:00:02 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

McCain quit campaigning during the financial crises. He cancelled his ads in Florida and Obama bought up the time.

McCain lost the race!


4 posted on 05/06/2015 7:00:14 PM PDT by Maine Mariner
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The nice thing about this post is, I don’t need to know anything else about her. She is not my candidate.


5 posted on 05/06/2015 7:00:34 PM PDT by The Ghost of FReepers Past (Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light..... Isaiah 5:20)
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To: Maine Mariner

If Sarah was the problem then why did his numbers shoot up when Sarah came into the race?


6 posted on 05/06/2015 7:01:21 PM PDT by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Not having read the book, hard to comment. But definitely NOT a good idea taking any kind of jab at Gorgeous. Especially with her loyal following.
7 posted on 05/06/2015 7:01:33 PM PDT by dp0622
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I s’pose screwin’ up HP, almost breaking the company is a good reason SP should have listened to her. /s

Sounds to me as though Ms Fiorina is starting out on this campaign with her index finger pointing. Hope she doesn’t get it broken.


8 posted on 05/06/2015 7:02:01 PM PDT by rockinqsranch ((Dems, Libs, Socialists, call 'em what you will. They ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.))
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
CAT FIGHT???

MEOW!

9 posted on 05/06/2015 7:02:39 PM PDT by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; onyx; rockinqsranch; Abbeville Conservative; abigailsmybaby; afnamvet; alley cat; ..
Ping to Sarah's Amazing List!

And I might have just bought a New H.P. Computer IF H.P. didn't Suck so bad, thanks to a Certain Former CEO.


10 posted on 05/06/2015 7:03:09 PM PDT by KC_Lion (This Millennial is for Cruz!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I can tell you why John McCain lost in two words: George. Bush.


11 posted on 05/06/2015 7:03:14 PM PDT by RC one (Militarized law enforcement is just a politically correct way of saying martial law enforcement.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

McCain lost because he is one in a long line of liberal Republicans. Who needs 2 liberals in a race?


12 posted on 05/06/2015 7:03:34 PM PDT by fatnotlazy
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To: manc

Exactly! As I recall from posts here on FR, the Romney people began vicious behind scenes personal attacks on Sarah Palin shortly after she was selected as McCain’s VP.


13 posted on 05/06/2015 7:03:55 PM PDT by Maine Mariner
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Crapola. Sarah Palin saved John McCain from a Mondale-style wuupin’


14 posted on 05/06/2015 7:06:33 PM PDT by wny
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

She emailed Palin that it is best to OVERLEVERAGE the USA to buy that crappy USSR you see from your house.

Palin’s server was down that weekend.

Jeez, Carly for financial advice, isnt that like going to Bill for Advice about why I should stay celebate?


15 posted on 05/06/2015 7:06:50 PM PDT by corbe (mystified)
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To: manc

Read the FULL article.

I’m not voting for Carly, but I read the article and the writer is a d-bag. She had nothing but praise for Palin and seems to only mention that she never met her in person though she tried to. If I remember the last election cycle, a lot of Palin people wanted to jump on Bachmann for claiming she was closer to Palin than she was. The author is trying to stir something up that isn’t there.

Interesting speech and topics Fiorina is giving because if I remember correctly I thought both she and Whitman were to the left of Snowe/Collins.


16 posted on 05/06/2015 7:08:18 PM PDT by parksstp (Cruz it or lose it. Ahead with Ted. 2016)
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McLame lost because he was a wimp and did not want to challenge the feckless one for fear of being called a racist. He was gutless! And for a former prisoner of war, you would think he knew what having a spine, testicles and challenging someone meant. Evidently not. I also supported this guy with money, a lot of it. I regret it now but in hindsight, what choice did we have? It turned out he was as feckless as the feckless fool on the hill.
17 posted on 05/06/2015 7:08:53 PM PDT by Fungi (Job 26:7 : He stretcheth out the north over empty space, And hangeth the earth upon nothing.)
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To: Don Corleone

MEOW!

Agree! Carly Fiorina wishes she were Sarah Palin.


18 posted on 05/06/2015 7:09:36 PM PDT by Shugee
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The UK press is simply instigating and setting a false narrative for the U.S. press.

I’ll wait for official statements from both Sarah and Carly, thank you.

No way would Carly diss Governor Palin.


19 posted on 05/06/2015 7:11:05 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (ANYBODY BUT FRICKING JEB AND HILLARY)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Hmmm, I distinctly remember McCain losing because he’s a nasty old curmudgeon? Which is probably dual redundant.


20 posted on 05/06/2015 7:14:41 PM PDT by Usagi_yo (Police are just armed bureaucrats.)
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