Bye, Carly

Now, I'm just sayin'...

Farewell, Carly Fiorina. We hardly knew thee.

Under the headline "Carly Fiorina Says McCain Not Qualified to Run a Corporation", former Hewlett-Packard CEO and current top economic McCain advisor Carly Fiorina told reporters that neither the Republican candidate for president, nor his hockey mom appointee, are qualified to run a major corporation.

However, in an appearance on MSNBC, Fiorina was asked by Washington Correspondent Andrea Mitchell to clarify a statement she made earlier in the day on a St. Louis radio talk show that Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, McCain's running mate, is not qualified to run a corporation.
Fiorina defended her statement by extending the lack of qualities to John McCain.

"Well, I don't think John McCain could run a major corporation," she told Mitchell.

I'll bet the Obama campaign had something to say in response to that.

"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."

Now, in a move employing terminology reminiscent of mobsters, McCain's campaign will now "disappear" Fiorina:

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.

As a (not-so) side note, though: I'm no expert, but isn't being the President of the United States VERY similar to being the CEO of a company, in spite of Carly's assertion to the contrary in the clip above?

The President prepares a budget. The President strategically apportions resources to strengthen the country, solve current problems, and prevent future ones. The President has to forecast economic conditions (along with the Fed, Treasury, etc) in order to formulate sound policies in the financial sector. The President manages and delegates to a Cabinet of executives, each with their own areas of expertise. The President works in cooperation with chief executives of other nations to promote peace and prosperity at home and abroad. The President leads the country in virtually every sense of the word...

You know, John Aravosis put it much more succinctly than I just did:

But fortunately the US government is not a multi-trillion dollar enterprise with hundreds of thousands of employees. Oh wait...

McCain and his team just don't get it.

I'm just sayin'...