Excuse me, but Meg Whitman?!? MEG WHITMAN?!?!

[hatrack]

The CEO of EBay, the marketplace of last resort for Americans trying to sell their shit to pay the bills?

AND the company that just announced at least 1,000 layoffs?

Meg Whitman for Secretary of the FUCKING TREASURY?!?!?!?

(Disclaimer: Yes, I know that it can be a handy auction site. But really.)

[liberalmuse]

1. Does she have a nice ass?

Because I keep wondering why McCain is obsessed with her. Frankly, I'd never heard of her before the Rev. what's-his-name forum.

[MidwestTransplant]

10. Nope.

[sakura]

12. She's kind of bald, actually.

Not his usual type. But she is blonde...

[rosesaylavee]

2. But he wants to reassure us with someone we recognize

We are not smart and may not even have heard of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac before. We are not smart. He will make our economy go.

[Catshrink]

3. Pandering to the "women" voters

since MooseLady fell on her face.

[Obamarulz11]

4. Meg Whitman is a damn snake!!

[1corona4u]

5. I thought that was a fucking joke too...

he just couldn't say Phil...we all know that's who he has in mind...

[central scrutinizer]

6. She can sell Yellowstone Park and Treasury notes on E-bay

and get the employee discount on their commissions

[Jennicut]

7. Thanks for reminding me of that comment. She really did a # on ebay.

[quakerboy]

8. EBAY. POW. MAVRICK

Pick an issue. McCain has one pony and one pony only for that issue. And he's gonna ride that F'r till it keels over dead.

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

9. Laying off 10% of their workforce

And it's not a good place to try to sell your shit anymore.

Fees and listing tactics all favor "Power Sellers," many of whom use eBay to augment their online stores and/or real-life brick stores. I consider it just a clearinghouse for established retailers, anymore.

[lurky]

11. She's going to use PayPal to bail out Wall Street?

Is she even in the field of finance?

Our financial system is collapsing. Our economy is in a death spiral. The derivatives market is so complex that banks are hiring math PhDs just to understand it. Don't you think we need someone with actual expertise, like, maybe an actual economist?

She makes Paulson look good to me...

:WTF:

[Democat]

13. Wasn't she a complete failure as the head of Ebay?

What better person to work for McCain?

[zulchzulu]

14. Whitman would try to sell her job as Treasury Secretary ON eBay!

That was another McPenguin gaffe...

[ThoughtCriminal]

15. CEO of the World's Largest Pawn Shop

Seems strangely appropriate.

[Supersedeas]

16. Pawning off the economy to the Pawn Shop Princess

[nsd]

17. Meg Whitman -- she's less of a jackass than Carly Fiorina?

How's that for a slogan?