Begala: "The more Fiorina speaks for McCain the better it is for Obama because she's an Idiot."

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

On Hardball.

Paul Begala: "The more Carly Fiorina speaks for McCain the better it is for Obama because she's an Idiot."

Best laugh I've had today. (I guess that's the value of Begala not being a formal surrogate.)

That '92 Bill Clinton team is nothing if not colorful.

(Discussion of her saying McCain couldn't run a major company. Begala went on to describe her as an epic incompetent at HP.)

[Owl]

1. Love it! LOL!

[1corona4u]

2. LOL, classic....

[billyoc]

3. She was a spectacular flop at HP, as witnessed by the relative pittance she got as severance.

21 million? Please.

[AllieB]

8. My cousin was a VP at HP during the Fiorina era.

She was a disaster. I know it's hard for women in business, especially in the upper echelons, but she was completely incompetent.

[abumbyanyothername]

21. But she was completely incompetent

Remind you of anyone?

Or any two?

[AllieB]

22. Republican affirmative action. Promote an incompetent woman.

:eyes:

[NewJeffCT]

25. One thing you can say good about Bush was

that he was able to find incompetents, no matter the race or gender: Condi Rice, Margaret Spellings, Alberto Gonzalez, Larry Elder, Harriet Miers, etc

[Heather MC]

28. I think Bush surrounded himself with people who made him feel smrt err smart

[tbyg52]

27. That deserves an OP, IMHO

Sorta like the way they break government and then say it can't help you.

[Kixel]

29. Maybe that's why they are so against Affirmative Action?

They really do get the unqualified raising among their ranks.

[BeyondGeography]

4. An idiot who walked away with $42 million for being a failure

God bless America.

[cui bono]

30. Man, I wanna grow up and be a failure.

The new American Dream.

[ErinBerin84]

5. haha

I turned it on and considered watching because I like Paul Begala, but I really can't stand that sniveling Tucker Carlson. Just when I'm thinking to myself "Oh, I've been enjoying Tucker's vacation from MSNBC", they plaster him on every single show as soon as he gets back, to make up for it.

[W_HAMILTON]

6. Is Begala on MSNBC now?

I thought he was a CNN guy? Or can he go on whatever station he wants to?

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

9. Good point. He was a guest on Hardball. I guess his CNN gig allows him to be a surrogate elsewhere

[amisaid1]

15. He gets to appear elsewhere when promoting a book

I read that his contract gives him like a 2 week window to appear on other channels when he has a book to promote.

[W_HAMILTON]

19. Well, that stinks

I really like Begala. It would be great if MSNBC could snag him. Some people may say he's too negative, but he can get away with it, just because of the style he uses. He was great on Real Time with Bill Maher last week, too.

Well, darn. I was hoping when I saw him on MSNBC, that it meant he was switching sides :(

[ErinBerin84]

12. I wondered about that too...

I think I read here that he was on Morning Joe this morning as well...I've never seen him on MSNBC before ...maybe he's promoting a book?

[cynatnite]

14. It's called 'Third Term'...

I'm reading it now. Very good stuff!

[SurfingAtWork]

7. I expect cries of selective poutrage from the Johnny McBoohoo Campaign in 5...4...3...2.......

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

18. You can put lipstick on an idiot...

[C_U_L8R]

10. Now that's how you punch a hole in her jumbo golden parachute!!!

Why the repukes keep putting proven failures out in front is still a mystery

[CoffeeCat]

11. Wow...

Why did he say that Fired-o-rina was "an idiot"?

I mean, did he mention anything besides the fact that she ran HP into the ground?

[CakeGrrl]

13. Ooops...where's the sexism outrage?

:rofl:

[Cha]

17. carly seems the type to jump on that

with a charge of >>> SEXISM!<<<

[Bluenorthwest]

16. He is so right.

She is bag of rocks stupid. How she ran a company at all, even into the ground, is hard to comprehend.

[SweetieD]

20. lol Begala, tell us how you really feel

[grantcart]

23. Begala has really risen to the top

[4lbs]

24. It is widely known that Fiorina's controversial merger "feat" of HP and Compaq

ended up costing about 100,000 workers their jobs.

Add to that the 26,000+ layoffs just announced, as the repercussions from that are still being felt at the new megacompany.

The results from that merger that Carly Fiorina championed as the CEO of HP?

1.) layoffs

2.) huge write-offs of debt

3.) declining stock value for several years

4.) poorer service

[PuppyBismark]

26. People in HP Hated Her

I have a friend who worked for HP when she was there. She felt she was a rock star. If she came to visit a customer in your HP office, people got a multi-page document on how to treat her. Things like, don't speak to her unless she addresses you, what kinds of refreshments to have there, etc. Also, when the company was doing poorly, she bought a couple of business jets so she could ride in style. Her husband was paid multi-millions of dollars as her security person. She had very little understanding of the business and was not a visionary nor a forward thinker.

And yes, she was fired. Did you notice that since she was fired, she has not gotten any new job except as mouth piece for McSame?

:puke: :puke:

[jazzjunkysue]

31. You're wrong, again.

She's a snarling idiot. :hug: