McCain reportedly ‘furious’ with Fiorina, campaign adviser says she will ‘disappear’ from TV.
By on Sep 16th, 2008 at 10:48 pm
McCain reportedly ‘furious’ with Fiorina, campaign adviser says she will ‘disappear’ from TV.
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.
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Ooooooooo... Carly, Carly, Carly...
What could you have been thinking?
Uh.. the phone? Excuse me, Carly...
Huh huh... huh huh... uh, Carly?
It's Cheney... he'd like to invite you to go hunting w/ him... NOW.
September 16th, 2008 at 10:52 pmDid McCain call her any particular epithet?
September 16th, 2008 at 10:54 pmAnyone get McCain's anger on video?
September 16th, 2008 at 10:54 pmNow, see? That's how you run a company!
September 16th, 2008 at 10:55 pmI guess we should not be surprised.
Liberty - you beat me to it -- does anyone have an audio or video of her firing?
September 16th, 2008 at 11:00 pmActually, for once, she said something accurate. Running a corporation (of any size) and running a government (of any size) really are two completely different things, with completely different goals. One has the goal of helping as many people as possible, and the other has the goal of soaking as many people dry as possible. Different goals require different skills.
September 16th, 2008 at 11:02 pmI have read at least two other stories today, predicting this. They also predict she will re-appear in a week or so, exumed, as it were, just like Phil Gramm. Poor Johnny got his wittle feewings hurt. But damn, these guys sure know how to create distractions! The real issue here, is WHAT, exactly?
September 16th, 2008 at 11:02 pmEverybody join in!
"So Long,
Farewell,
Auf Wiedersehen,
Good Night.
I Bid,
September 16th, 2008 at 11:06 pmAdieu,
To You,
And You,
And You."
it's getting awfully crowded under that straight talk bus
September 16th, 2008 at 11:08 pmWayne A. Schneider Says:
Actually, for once, she said something accurate.
Yeah, Wayne, I agree: I don't want Steve Forbes or Ross Perot in the White House, and I probably wouldn't put Palin, Biden, Obama, or McCain on a short list to fill a CEO position.
September 16th, 2008 at 11:10 pmif she gets fired does she get another 21 Mil?
September 16th, 2008 at 11:12 pmAnd now we know why HP gave her the boot. She sabotages her own team.
September 16th, 2008 at 11:12 pmI can just imagine McCain now... squinting, clenching his teeth. He's like the evil version of that guy in the old Menard's commercials.
September 16th, 2008 at 11:12 pmritikatootie Says:
it’s getting awfully crowded under that straight talk bus
Speed bumps.
September 16th, 2008 at 11:15 pmCan she take that phucking Nancy Pfotenauer with her?
September 16th, 2008 at 11:15 pmOne less lying McStain mouthpiece on tee vee...
Next up, Mr. "he created the blackberry".
Anyone else notice that Lieberman's been missing lately? No loss, but kinda obvious.
Now, if only Tucker Bounds and Rick Davis would catch that deadly foot-in-mouth disease...
PEACE
September 16th, 2008 at 11:19 pmIt was a McGaffe filled day. Jon Stewart and Steven Colbert can have a field day with all the boo-boo's from the McCon-Pullin camp.
Blackberry
Neither candidate qualified to run a company
Reformer refuses to cooperate with investigation
Economy is fundamentally sound
The McCon camp's mouths, the gifts that keep on giving
September 16th, 2008 at 11:20 pmShayne Says:
Can she take that phucking Nancy Pfotenauer with her?
Or as I think of her, the K-Y Jelly Poster Girl.
PEACE
September 16th, 2008 at 11:21 pmYou like her as much as I do spencers mom don't you.
September 16th, 2008 at 11:26 pmAWWW...first she only gets a $42 million severance from her last job and now she loses this one. I think I'm gonna cry.
September 16th, 2008 at 11:27 pmI've had my fill of Nancy Pfotenauer, too. She just laughs and shakes her head at EVERYTHING the opponent says.
September 16th, 2008 at 11:28 pmShayne, I love her like I love fingernails on a chalkboard! Did you see her on Hardball tonight, wearing a doggie collar?
Or are we being sexist? Nah, she's just a blowhole.
PEACE
September 16th, 2008 at 11:29 pmBWAAAAHAHAHHHAHAHAHAHAHAH11
Carly the trollopy C*nt!!
September 16th, 2008 at 11:29 pmShe went off-lie. So they offed her.
September 16th, 2008 at 11:30 pmFor dan allnews at #10.
September 16th, 2008 at 11:31 pmActually, there are many companies that would want Obama as there CEO. Some have been studying and teaching his how he runs his campaign as a model of how to run a company.
So, I guess Obama wins this one too.
Disappear?! Sounding a bit like the Mafia around the old McCain camp.
September 16th, 2008 at 11:32 pmFiorina just showed us why she'll be running another company soon. Then why she'll get another lofty severance package when the company goes down in less than seven months.
Company suits love attention wh0res like her with the high publicity, ex-company heads that have the acumen of a toad and make shareholders feel good in the one-one-ones.
September 16th, 2008 at 11:32 pmYep, its already om Youtube: ;)
September 16th, 2008 at 11:32 pmhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2TE0UzieDg&feature=related
"Carly will now disappear" Please, please, oh please make this come true!!!
September 16th, 2008 at 11:32 pmWayne A. Schneider Says:
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Actually, for once, she said something accurate. Running a corporation (of any size) and running a government (of any size) really are two completely different things, with completely different goals. One has the goal of helping as many people as possible, and the other has the goal of soaking as many people dry as possible. Different goals require different skills.
September 16th, 2008 at 11:02 pm
Ummm , not the way the GOP does it ..........
September 16th, 2008 at 11:33 pmHa ha! How dare she tell the truth. Didnt she get the memo?
September 16th, 2008 at 11:35 pmGot another Tech Company you can run into the ground, Carly?
September 16th, 2008 at 11:38 pmNo?
Good, just stay with McIIIrd and do your thang!!
“Carly will now disappear,”
In addition to inventing the BlackBerry , McDepends is also David Copperfield .........
September 16th, 2008 at 11:40 pmHey, that's sexist, making her disappear for telling the truth! (Her admissions were the first truthful thing to come out of team McCain in weeks).
September 16th, 2008 at 11:48 pmBugs Bunny said it best . . . what a maroon. HAHAHHAA. You are TOAST Johnny.
September 16th, 2008 at 11:53 pmDid anyone see CNN's titled for their piece, "Fiorina's Comment Biden-Like"?
Every gaffe they make is somehow related to or caused by Obama-Biden.
September 16th, 2008 at 11:54 pmOoooooooo... O/T, but...
Troopergate is getting messier.
Now, the state employees subpoenaed to testify are going to refuse to do so.
Yep, just like the GOOPers down here in the Lower 48, they're going to blow off the subpoenas because... ***drum roll***... "the governor has so strongly stated that the subpoenas issued by your committee are of questionable validity"...
You read it right, sports fans. Not only is the "lovely Sarah" an unabashed expert on energy and foreign affairs, she's also the last stop for opinions on juris prudence now too!
Sayeth Republican House Speaker John Harris:
"What I may be in favor of is having the report delayed, but only if it becomes a blatant partisan issue..."
Uh, John? Word?
Pssst... it's already become one, and largely in part due to Ms Palin's repeated attempts to dodge the investigation, and now YOUR further attempts to slow it down or derail it completely.
John???
The longer you guys carry on like this, the more the rest of us are going to wonder... Goodness gracious, WHAT in Heaven's name are they trying to hide?
Please... feel free to carry on... and on... and on...
September 16th, 2008 at 11:55 pmSadly I don't know that a want someone for the job of president who is capable of running a corporation. Especially after 8 years of the "MBA" president.
September 17th, 2008 at 12:07 amAnd once again, they eat their own...
September 17th, 2008 at 12:10 amWhat's McCain's problem? Doesn't he realize that the person most responsible for making him look like an old incompetent fool is himself? Why get pissed off at a surrogate who says something stupid when in the last few days McCain has told repeated lies that the press is calling him on. But going off on a female surrogate when so many of his male surrogates have said equally dumb things like Americans are whiners and that the fundamentals of the economy are sound!
September 17th, 2008 at 12:10 amSeems to me there are many stories out there concerning McCain losing his cool and acting inappropriately. It is a matter of time and we will see this on video.
A caller on KGOradio.com called in one night claiming to be an abused wife herself said she could see traits in Cindy McCain that reveal an abused wife. One trait is the fact Cindy does not walk with her husband, but one step behind. Another trait is her demeanor as Cindy has that look about her - her body language and facial expressions.
I could easily picture madman McCain as this type of husband.
September 17th, 2008 at 12:11 amGotta LOVE Carley . . . she's so pissed Johhnnie DIDN'T pick her, and totally went off-lie . . . .
New MCain PRlease: Coorection: John did not invent the Blackberry, he said he "picked Blackberries" . . . film at 11
September 17th, 2008 at 12:19 amLook on the bright side Carly, being "disappeared" from TV by McCain is a lot better than being "suicided" by the Bush family. Just ask Margie Schoedinger, oh right, you can't Bush had her suicided.
September 17th, 2008 at 12:21 amMcCain was heard yelling the filthy c**t and stupid trollop upon hearing Carly's comments.
September 17th, 2008 at 12:22 amOkay, this is way OT, but hilarious!
The Sarah Palin Baby Name Generator:
http://politsk.blogspot.com/2008/09/sarah_13.html
Just enter your "real" name (first and middle) and it will tell you what Sarah would have named you!
For the record, you can call me "Plate Jungle" which does sound like something she'd name a kid!
PEACE
September 17th, 2008 at 12:30 amDid anyone see McCain on the TV today. Every picture I saw of him he was totally stiff and he looked like something was poking him in the butt.
Looking at him and how he speaks, I am completely flummoxed as to how anyone could fine him inspiring or even trustworthy.
September 17th, 2008 at 12:32 am#spencers mom Says:
Okay, this is way OT, but hilarious!
The Sarah Palin Baby Name Generator:
I went there a couple of days ago. I am either Barrel McRaven or Quarter Granite depending on whether I enter my nick name or my given name.
I kind of like them both.
September 17th, 2008 at 12:34 am#had enough Says:
A caller on KGOradio.com called in one night claiming to be an abused wife herself said she could see traits in Cindy McCain that reveal an abused wife. One trait is the fact Cindy does not walk with her husband, but one step behind. Another trait is her demeanor as Cindy has that look about her - her body language and facial expressions.
That's something I have thought for a long time. She has this perpetual "deer in the headlights" look on her face most of the time. I have been thinking that either she is a battered wife or she is totally stoned most of the time.
September 17th, 2008 at 12:36 amHAHAHAHAHAHA
mcchimpy wasn't that upset, he kept her on his campaign. This is the second public firing for you missy.
What little crybabies the repugs are, they are gonna punish a grown woman.
repugs should disappear also. they are the joke around the world.
September 17th, 2008 at 12:41 amWhy would she say something like this anyway?How does that enter the conversation? What value?
September 17th, 2008 at 12:54 amAs it is right now looks like the only qualification to run a large con is big storage for the loot.
Drain the loot and get out of site.
Don't forget, really don't forget kenron lay is the bushcon business model master role model.
Did he know how to con or what?
Was he qualified?
OOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHH! That would have been the money shot of McCain blowing a gasket!!Carly felt the rath, even though she told the truth.Kind of strange,altered universe feeling thing going on...Fiorina & McCain's VERY BAD DAY! About damn time.
September 17th, 2008 at 12:57 amFiorina has long been completely in love with herself. Subsequent press clippings only fueled her narcissism. Given her role in McCain's campaign, this incredibly stupid (albeit true) statement serves to prove her poor judgment.
-AF
Andrew Sullivan Is A Fraud
September 17th, 2008 at 12:59 amI can't think of anyone MORE qualified to speak about UNQUALIFIED CEOs of a major corporation! Could she be speaking from experience? Way to go Carly!
September 17th, 2008 at 1:00 amCan't Fiorina be put in charge of monitoring Yahoo e-mail accounts that are all the rage in the GOP now? We know how much public accountability means to these people. You know how transparent those muddy waters are in the bog.
September 17th, 2008 at 1:12 amhad enough Says:
Seems to me there are many stories out there concerning McCain losing his cool and acting inappropriately. It is a matter of time and we will see this on video.
A caller on KGOradio.com called in one night claiming to be an abused wife herself said she could see traits in Cindy McCain that reveal an abused wife. One trait is the fact Cindy does not walk with her husband, but one step behind. Another trait is her demeanor as Cindy has that look about her - her body language and facial expressions.
I could easily picture madman McCain as this type of husband.
Or she can be on crack and prescription drugs. She looks sickly, all skin and bones.
September 17th, 2008 at 1:13 amShe is, after all, an expert on people who can't manage a major corporation, such as HP.
September 17th, 2008 at 1:21 amJohn wants to pay me $50 an hour to pick lettuce for the season but he says I can't do it. He seems to think Americans are lazy.
September 17th, 2008 at 1:26 amfiorina told the truth about mcchimpy and plain.
mcchimpy's campaign is one lie after another. The worse lie was the blatant kindergarten and sex commercial. Sickening! Terrible! It crossed the line big time
It's so confusing to follow mcchimpy's circus. he drips of contempt.
repugs should be ashamed of themselves.
September 17th, 2008 at 1:59 amFor a new spokesperson on economical issues, John McCain is now checking who from his campaign team is living closest to Wall Street.
September 17th, 2008 at 2:05 amHere is what Alaska women really think of Palin... only 500 showed up for a pro Palin rally, while over 1400 were at an anti Palin rally a record number for rallies in Alaska. Check out pics, article and comments here.
Why haven't we seen this in the corporate media?
September 17th, 2008 at 2:15 amShayne Says:
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Can she take that phucking Nancy Pfotenauer with her?
September 16th, 2008 at 11:15 pm
No shit! I saw her on David Gregory's show and she has to be the most obnoxious McCain shill out there. She kept blathering about his record of wanting to regulate Wall Street and other complete falsehoods. Note to Nancy, I'll take the Harvard 'Magna Cum Laude' graduate over the Naval Academy 'scrape him out of the beer keg' graduate every single time!
September 17th, 2008 at 2:59 am#6 Wayne A. Schneider:
Running a corporation (of any size) and running a government (of any size) really are two completely different things, with completely different goals. One has the goal of helping as many people as possible, and the other has the goal of soaking as many people dry as possible.
Beg pardon to disagree, but for a Rethuglican, they are one and the same (the latter, in case you're wondering).
Cheers,
September 17th, 2008 at 3:49 amCarly the super exec blows up e-bay, unisys, and tries for the trifecta. But McCain offers no golden parachute, just a kick in the ass on the way out the door.
September 17th, 2008 at 4:42 amMCCAIN on the phone: "hey listen Carly, I don't like you telling people on tv. that I can't run a company".
FIORINA:"But you know and I know that you can't, John".
MCCAIN:" But it is different when people know, and I'm trying to win this thing,Carly".
FIORINA: " But I later corrected it,John.. and added Obama and Biden's names,and said they also were incapable of running a business".
MCCAIN: "What about Sarah? you also said that 'Sarah cannot run a business'.
That's what got me mad the most,Carly.
FIORINA;" There is nothing I can do about it now,John".
MCCAIN: "My managers are telling me to get rid of you,and you are a disgrace..So, I'm now pulling the plug on you,no more talk shows for you"..
FIORINA-furious: "John, then send me back the last two big checks I mailed you..,I have nothing to do with you and your campaign"
MCCAIN:"How much were the two checks, Carly? I was just teasing you, sweetie".
I need your support,Carly..you could be one of them Secretaries that I will appoint when I win this thing...just hang on and keep the checks coming, please.
Carly, did you hear how my camp supported me when Obama said that 'I don't know how to use a computer'...
They countered by saying 'I'm a hero and can't use my hands'.I loved it
That's the kind of support I'm looking for".
Hello, Hello , Hello...
Are you still there Carly..Are you there..?
MCCAIN put the phone: "I'm tired of this Farina puddings "
September 17th, 2008 at 6:50 amMcCan't bashed Obama about his "Hollywood friends" but who are McCan't friends? Rove and the 134 lobbyists? This man is so out of touch it's scary!
September 17th, 2008 at 7:11 amI wonder who McCain's Switch Man is? You know the guy who's in charge of flicking the switch that lights up his Cheshire grin one second after he makes a dumb ass statement that he forgets was brilliant.
September 17th, 2008 at 8:04 amBilbo Hussein Baggins Says:
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#spencers mom Says:
Okay, this is way OT, but hilarious!
The Sarah Palin Baby Name Generator:
I went there a couple of days ago. I am either Barrel McRaven or Quarter Granite depending on whether I enter my nick name or my given name.
I kind of like them both.
I was either Missle Blunt or Recoil Mush. LOL.
September 17th, 2008 at 8:24 amThey can't run a business because they are not wearing enough ROUGE. Hey Carly look in a f ucking mirror asswit.
September 17th, 2008 at 8:58 am{Point sout something I've said for a long time: politics is tough, and people who think that any smart person can do it are just wrong.
Maybe it's true that some of these politicians could not do the job of CEO (although I question that), but it looks like Fiorina could probably not be elected to anything either.
September 17th, 2008 at 9:40 amBush was a CEO before he became Texas governor and U.S. president. Look how well that turned out.
September 17th, 2008 at 10:14 amJohn McCain, Monday morning: "The economy is sound."
John McCain, Monday afternoon: "The economy is in crisis."
Uh, it's pretty obvious McMummy couldn't run a corporation.
September 17th, 2008 at 10:46 amI have to second zuch at #62 on this. I don't think most Republicans see that there is a difference. Most Republicans see government as an business enterprise for them and theirs.
Wayne's point applies to liberals and many left leaning centrists and that is how it should be.
September 17th, 2008 at 10:54 amBurying poor Fiona, like how he buried his wife's ex drug problem....
http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/1994-09-08/news/opiate-for-the-mrs/
This guy's fit to lead????
September 17th, 2008 at 11:27 amWow, threatening to "disappear" people, who third world banana republican.
September 17th, 2008 at 12:35 pmSo much for truth, liberty, and the American way, right McBain? (and yes, I know I wrote McBain! It's a Simpson's reference genius!) Free speech? I've heard rumors of it but I haven't seen it lately. As for "disappearing", I'm pretty sure that means that this Fiorina woman will have an "accident" that she unfortunately won't recover from. McBain does have a temper....
September 17th, 2008 at 12:46 pm#77 Cal Malenky:
Bush was a CEO before he became Texas governor and U.S. president. Look how well that turned out.
Well, just a cursory glance at his track record as a CEO would have shown that we got exactly what we should have expected.
Cheers,
September 17th, 2008 at 1:15 pmThis is the woman who almost buried Hewlett Packard when she was CEO. From Wikipedia "During her tenure, the market halved HP’s value and the company incurred heavy job losses." Ironic huh?
September 17th, 2008 at 6:36 pmWell, Carly was half right.
September 18th, 2008 at 12:20 amYes Carly was half right McMoron couldnt run a lemonade stand. Being half right was twice as good as YOU have ever dont you moron
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