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Fiorina's Non-Gaffe: Could McCain or Palin Do Your Job?

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Yesterday, Carly Fiorina told MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell that Sarah Palin could not run a major corporation, but nor could John McCain or Barack Obama, for that matter. Running a business is different than running a country, Fiorina said.

Today: A minor uproar.

Fiorina pulls, or is pulled, away from public appearances.

Republican presidential candidate and former executive Mitt Romney goes on MSNBC this morning to defend McCain and Palin, insisting that he would indeed be glad to hire these two to run his company.

What?

This might be the craziest thing I've ever heard. Neither of the two individuals on the Republican ticket has the corporate experience necessary for running a business. These two have been working their way up the political ladder. The corporate ladder is a different ladder.

I can't understand why Fiorina's comment could be interpreted as injurious to their campaign message.

Could Palin do your job? Could McCain? Could either one of them step in and take over your role as a ranch manager in Texas or a systems administrator in Chicago or a trademark specialist or a corporate securities paralegal? Does an honest "no" mean they're not qualified to be in the country's top political position? Hardly.

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That was one of the brightest observations made at the McCain camp. Carly Fiorina was obviously making the point that it takes considerable experience and skills to even run a major corporation, let alone the US Executive Office. Palin has been getting off too easy with her qualifications, because it appeals to so many Americans that just anyone with high school skills is qualified enough to be the Vice President and go talk to the United Nations, and stare unblikingly down Putin across the Bering Strait. Some pundits have already been alluding to great Americans in the past with humble relatively uneducated origins, which is a dead giveway of their admission that Palin is not top ranked when it comes to experience. What I am very sad about is why didn't McCain pick Carly Fiorina as his running mate. Then I would have been very galvanized and excited, certainly for a period longer than a couple of weeks the Palin Mystique has lasted.

Mike M of CA of CA 3:36AM September 19, 2008

I am also a registered Republican, and I even voted for McCain in the primaries. Now, I am sorry I did. I should have voted for Romney. He wouldn't have chosen Palin to take his place as the leader of our country. He wouldn't have felt the need to lie and lie and lie. I was shocked at first and felt the McCain was so arrogant that he didn't feel he even needed a VP, after all he did take so, so long.

Mom in CT of CT 9:18AM September 18, 2008

Now Carly slams Palin and MCain. Talk about putting your foot in your mouth. Running a business may be different than government, but both require massive organizational and communication skills.
Quite a few people have crossed both sides - Romney, Raines, Cheney, Rumsfeld, McNamara. First she's just wrong. Second, she's just politically numb. If she's the best one McCain has to speak for her, it makes you wonder.

Rajiv of CA 2:10AM September 18, 2008

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