McCain Camp Throws Fiorina Under The Bus: "Carly Will Now Disappear"

"Top McCain-Palin official Carly Fiorina is facing criticism from some within the campaign for a day of what they call 'very Biden-like' comments," CNN reports, "after the former Hewlett-Packard CEO told two separate interviewers that neither member of the Republican ticket would be capable of running a company."

Indeed, the daggers seemed out for Fiorina among the McCain aides that spoke to CNN.

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.

Read the full CNN story here.

Comments

[buckdoctor]

11:16 AM on 10/08/2008

How many people are jobless because of this woman, who now languishes in wealth?
This is exactly the kind of person we donot need to care about...

[barbwiregrrl]

03:23 PM on 09/21/2008

Enough said: http://en.­wikipedia.­org/wiki/C­arly_Fiori­na
was replaced by Patricia C. Dunn as Chairman, and then-C.F.O­. Robert Wayman as C.E.O.[29] Hewlett-Pa­ckard's stock jumped 7% on news of her departure.­[30]

Under Hewlett-Pa­ckard's severance agreement, Carly Fiorina received US$21 million in cash, which was 2.5 times her base annual salary.On March 8, 2006, two large institutio­nal investors filed suit against Hewlett-Pa­ckard for violating its own severance cap when it doled out a multimilli­on-dollar payment to Fiorina as part of her terminatio­n agreement.

After Fiorina's departure from Hewlett-Pa­ckard in 2005, the company quickly prospered, overtaking Dell as the top-sellin­g computer maker in the world. Her defenders, and even some critics, credit her with laying the foundation­s for that prosperity­.

[hypnotoad72]

06:36 PM on 09/21/2008

Well, they had to pay for the golden parachutes somehow...

I shouldn't jibe. It is a fair statement to suggest she laid the foundation­s... time for me to go look up what she did; maybe I can become rich too... (seriously­)

[Arguman]

12:44 AM on 09/21/2008

I can't get past the "Carly will now disappear" comment. I thought that was just part of the headline from Huffpo. That is just precious.

[JustAProgressive]

10:52 PM on 09/20/2008

And Carly knows what it takes to be a failed CEO, believe me!

[GHENT007]

09:02 PM on 09/20/2008

Forrest Gump got this one right "STUPID IS AS STUPID DOES"!!!!

[BannedInBoston]

06:38 PM on 09/20/2008

And there are at least SOME similariti­es between running a company and running a country, are there not?

[Exhaust]

12:02 AM on 09/21/2008

A lot of people think Bush did a bad job. Did he get fired?
hmmmm...gu­ess it's not the same.
Government doesn't earn or make money, they take it. NOT THE SAME as a company.
Go to HP and say...'I'v­e used a printer before, can I run your company?" See what they say. HP or any other company with a product line, that you know little or nothing about.

[mikal214]

03:23 PM on 09/20/2008

She was fired, where does she get off giving anybody advice?

[BannedInBoston]

06:31 PM on 09/20/2008

If she was incapable of running a company, she ought to know if Palin/McCa­in likewise are....

[PurplePhase]

02:12 PM on 09/18/2008

No tears shed for Carly Fiorina, not even crocodile tears.

[BannedInBoston]

06:39 PM on 09/20/2008

I think we should make her an honorary Democrat..­..

[BannedInBoston]

06:39 PM on 09/20/2008

Or maybe just an ornery Democrat (like the rest of us!)

[Floridagirl1972]

08:50 AM on 09/18/2008

She's gone but they replace her with Lady de Rothshild would calls folks "rednecks"

[jerryfromcalifornia]

01:31 AM on 09/18/2008

bu-bye

[suzyku]

01:22 AM on 09/18/2008

Maybe she'll wise up and stop supporting mcsame/che­ny clone ticket now!

[KarateKid]

01:10 AM on 09/18/2008

The sad part is that HP was founded by two fine gentlemen, Bill Hewlett and David Packard, who treated their employees like they were family. Getting a job at HP once meant something. Now look at it after the outsourcer­ess Fiorina ran it into the ground. She's got a lot of nerve even showing her face on TV, and even more nerve about telling someone about the qualificat­ions to be CEO. She was at best a fake one.

[KarateKid]

01:06 AM on 09/18/2008

What would SHE know about running a company, except into the ground???

[rcwblessed]

01:04 AM on 09/18/2008

I'm glad they're going to make Carly disappear.­.. she is SO cynical and was really starting to get in my nerves! YAY!

[BuzzingAlong]

12:26 AM on 09/18/2008

Is the the same Carly Fiorina who was "let go" from Hewlett-Pa­ckard after she ran it into the ground?

[ObjectiveRealist]

02:23 AM on 09/18/2008

Yes, she proved beyond a doubt that she is among the world's top experts on being not capable of running a company, unless you count "into the ground."

[BannedInBoston]

06:34 PM on 09/20/2008

Definitely­. So she ought to know if Palin/McCa­in are likewise incapable.­...