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McCain probably wishes Carly Fiorina would just shut her pie hole already. First she said Palin wasn’t qualified to run a major corporation, and now she says neither is McCain (Obama and Biden too):
Meanwhile, just yesterday, Palin announced that she and McCain are embarking on a mavericky reengineering of the entire US economy:
“We’re going to reform the way Wall Street does business and stop the golden parachutes for CEOs who betray the public trust,” [Palin] said.
This was the first time Palin had mentioned Wall Street in her stump speech. Mostly, she tends to reprise large portions of her nomination speech from the convention. Palin, herself, may not be the most authoritative spokesperson on such issues. In the past, when she ran for Alaska governor, she freely admitted to a reporter that she got a “D” in macroeconomics in college.
McCain has been touting much the same message on the campaign trail today, and the campaign has debuted a new campaign ad titled “Crisis.”
What precise reforms would Palin like to make, to better protect U.S. investors? Unfortunately, there’s no way of knowing for sure. The candidate is not taking questions from the press.
Carly Fiorina is probably a little pissed about that “golden parachute” barb. After all, her gilded chute allowed her to float down into the McCain campaign after HP gave her the boot.
[H/T: TPM for the Fiorina vid. Cross-posted at Betty Cracker.]
Posted by Betty Cracker on 09/16/08 at 03:36 PM • Permalink
Categories: Politics • Election '08 • St. McSame • Barack Obama • Joe Biden • Sarah Palin •

