Someone needs to explain to Carly Fiorina that she does not speak for Governor Palin.
Here’s Ms. Fiorina accidentally revealing what the Hewlett-Packard people may have been thinking when they sent her packing (John McCormack, Weekly Standard Blog):
On MSNBC today, McCain surrogate Carly Fiorina said Tina Fey’s SNL performance as Sarah Palin was “sexist,” and Allahpundit sighs that it looks like we’re holding a “victimization pageant” for the second week . . . For what it’s worth, an informal poll of many of my colleagues found all the women liked the skit and several men said their wives/significant others found it funny as well. The McCain campaign should probably hold its fire to fend off actual sexist attacks.
McCormack’s friends and colleagues weren’t alone either (NYTimes via Mary Katharine Ham, WS Blog):
On Sunday, a campaign adviser confirmed that Ms. Palin had, indeed, watched the “Saturday Night Live” skit from her screen at the front of the plane. “She thought it was quite funny,” the adviser said in an email response to inquiries, “especially because the governor has dressed up as Tina Fey for Halloween.”
Once again, we see the difference between a hyper-political reaction and one from a real person – and all within the McCain-Palin campaign!
In the future, before the campaign pulls the sexist card – they might want to remember the views of the “victim” first. Follow Sarah’s lead, folks.
DJ,
Ms. Fiorina is bad news. I actually was worried that McCain was considering her for VP in order to put a woman not of the DC establishment on the ticket. Thankly that didn’t happen.
I worked for HP for almost ten years and left in 1991 when I ran for the Senate the first time. During the 90′s she single handly changed the culture of HP for the worst. She screwed up Lucent and then came to HP. A lot of employees that I had as friends were not positive about her.
The McCain campaign needs to quietly release her officially from the campaign or comments like hers will continue. Who knows maybe she even thought she had a shot at VP and secretly wants to undermine the campaign. From what I know I wouldn’t put it past her.