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Carleton "Carly" Fiorina

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The Senior Financial Adviser to the John McCain Campaign made the Sunday Talk Show rounds today to defend the campaign of John McCain and their choice of Sarah Palin as the Vice Presidential Nominee. This is the same John McCain Campaign Adviser that was the the CEO of Hewlitt-Packard, and on the morning cable show, "Morning Joe" on MSNBC said that the price of gasoline doesn't affect the economy much. Ms. Fiorina received over 21 Million Dollars when she was asked to resign from Hewlitt-Packard, so gasoline at a few dollars a gallon would not have much affect on her economic life, but it certainly does on a $10 an hour worker. Of course multi-millionaires like Ms. Fiorina and Senator McCain would have no idea what it is like to support yourself or your family on $10 per hour. John McCain even stated that middle class is someone who makes 5 million dollars a year. Of course when your senior economic adviser made 21 million dollars in compensation for leaving a company, it...

McCain gets Palin Pains

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John McCain was visibly annoyed today when answering a question about the vetting process of Sarah Palin before he chose her as his Vice Presidential nominee. When asked by a reporter if she was vetted enough, McCain kept walking and answered quickly that he thought it was enough and that he was glad that he chose her and on his face was that snide grin that he has when he answers uncomfortable questions, the same sly grin that President Bush uses when he is asked an uncomfortable question. As much as the Republicans would like to present Sarah Palin as a person capable of leading the world's largest Military, the world's largest nuclear stockpile, and the free world, the facts just get in the way. Today's Republican mantra when the subject of Sarah Palin's ability to be the Leader of the free world, the most influential voice in NATO and a major partner in the complexities of the world economy, is a question instead of an answer. Today The Republican answer to the Sara...