Failed CEO Carly Fiorina is the gift that keeps on giving. The gift is a steady dose of epic fail.
Fresh off of Demon Sheep--a political advertising fail that spawned hordes of parodies and even became a trending topic on Twitter--Carly has now demonstrated that her ignorance of online media is matched only by her ignorance of federal law.
California is in very difficult fiscal straits right now, but one thing that's off the table is declaring bankruptcy. Why? Quite simply, because federal law prevents states from declaring bankruptcy. Apparently, this was news to the person who aspires to be a Senator from the State:
The Riverside Press-Enterprise quoted Fiorina saying, ""Whether that is the right approach now, I don't know. I think bankruptcy, as a possibility, at the very least focuses the mind on what has to be done to salvage a situation."
But even worse than her stunning ignorance of the law is her attempt at backtracking:
Fiorina also called the fact that California can't declare bankruptcy a "technicality."
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When asked by The Bee on Wednesday whether she knew states couldn't declare bankruptcy, Fiorina answered, "Sure, I knew, but what cold comfort is that to all these California voters who may not know that technicality but who are sitting here knowing that by any common-sense definition, this state can't pay its bills.
In Carly's defense, she's not the only Republican that views federal law as a technicality--she just forgot to wait until she got elected to express that opinion. And further, Carly probably really loves bankruptcy, which is why she seemingly did her best to ensure that HP would have to file for it as a result of her tenure.
But wait--there's even more fail!
Via AMERICAblog, Fiorina also proposed a sweeping series of open-government reforms...that just so happen to be already implemented. Carly proposed putting every agency's budget online--which already happens. And even worse...
Fiorina also told Beck, "Let us put every piece of legislation up on the Internet for everyone to see before they vote on it."
That's just humiliating. Yes, we've already established that Carly couldn't care less about federal law, but that's no excuse for not knowing about the Thomas service from the Library of Congress. Now what does that site do...oh yeah. It puts every piece of legislation up on the Internet for everyone to see before they vote on it.
I suppose Carly will argue that she knew about the site, but its existence was a technicality.