Rich lady needs to buy a clue

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Carly Fiorina is one of John McCain’s top surrogates and by some backasswards logic a potential running mate, simply by virtue of 1) being a woman, so they can continue to pretend that Hillary Clinton’s voters will support him, 2) being rich, which is why she’s a Republican and 3) not being on the nearly full list of elected Republicans that John McCain has managed to alienate, and thus, willing to actually help this sad little man. Notice he knowledge of issues and campaign experience are not in her c.v.

Stumping for McCain this weekend, Fiorina explained

“Let me give you a real, live example, which I’ve been hearing a lot about from women. There are many health insurance plans that will cover Viagra but won’t cover birth control medication. Those women would like a choice,” she said.

Of course, John McCain’s not the man to give them that choice, as he voted twice against measures that would require insurers to cover birth control. Ok, so she’s clearly didn’t spend any time digging through the Congressional record before she decided who to support; that’s understandable. But then she said this:

Newsweek magazine reported, she told women in Columbus, Ohio, that McCain “has never signed on to efforts to overturn Roe vs. Wade,” the landmark Supreme Court decision confirming the right to abortion.

Apparently Fiorina didn’t even take the time to read her candidate’s website before hitting the trail, because this sounds pretty clear to me:

“John McCain believes Roe v. Wade is a flawed decision that must be overturned”

UPDATE: Fuck, how does someone who knows nothing about the candidate become a top surrogate?

“In an interview, Carly Fiorina, a top adviser, explains that any tax increases on ‘middle- and working-class’ Americans are off limits. She says if a bipartisan coalition is ‘creative enough’ to fashion tax increases on wealthier Americans, that may prove palatable.

But it doesn’t really matter, because according to Fiorina, all the work she’s putting in for McCain is really just navel gazing.

“Outside of Washington, where this is an interesting parlor game, I think most Americans are not really focused on what a bunch of surrogates are saying,” Fiorina said on “Meet the Press” on NBC.

I’m starting to see why HP fired this idiot.

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