As if Sarah Plain and Simple-minded isn't enough, now we have Carly Fiorina playing dumb to get the GOP nomination. Why does this remind me of the wives of the Turkish ruling parting suddenly showing up in head coverings? Presumably, the former CEO of one of America's leading technology companies knows the difference between long-term worldwide profitability and product sales on one day in one store. But apparently to win the Republican nomination for Senate in California these days, even a woman whose brain-power might have been a campaign asset has to pretend she doesn't know the difference between long-term global climate trends and the daily, local weather. An unintentionally revealing new ad by Carly Fiorina,( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3opch_q4M0&feature=player_embedded ) the former Hewlett-Packard chief who is favored to win next Tuesday's GOP primary, quotes Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer saying in 2007, “One of the very important national security issues we face, frankly, is climate change.” Carly then leaps in with this: “Terrorism kills, and Barbara Boxer is worried about the weather. I'm Carly Fiorina. I ran Hewlett-Packard. I chaired the external advisory board for the CIA. We've had enough of her politics. I'll work to keep you safe.” Fiorina's first sentence — willfully pretending that being concerned about the threat of global warming is the same as being worried about whether it's going to rain today — should disqualify anyone for higher office, especially in California. Last year, Energy Secretary and Nobel laureate Steven Chu, who ran a major national laboratory in California, warned that if we keep on our current path of unrestricted greenhouse gas emissions, it could be devastating to California's climate: “You’re looking at a scenario where there’s no more agriculture in California.” http://www.salon.com/news/carly_fiorina/index.html?story= /news/feature/2010/06/04/global_warming_carly_fiorina added by: Incredulous
