ABC News Political Blog: McCain Economic Adviser Carly Fiorina's Golden Parachute

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http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/09/mccain-economic.html

ABC News' Lisa Chinn and Jennifer Parker report: Republican ticket mates John McCain and Sarah Palin Monday blasted corporate executives who leave their company with a "golden parachute" and pledged to "stop multimillion dollar payouts" to CEOs, seeming to forget their own top economic adviser Carly Fiorina walked away with $45 million, including a $21.4 million severance package when she was dismissed by Hewlett Packard in 2005.

McCain's top economics adviser Carly Fiorina, a McCain campaign surrogate who made the rounds on the Sunday morning talk shows this past weekend and appeared on CNN Monday speaking for McCain, herself benefited from a multimillion dollar payout.

Fiorina was dismissed as the CEO of Hewlett Packard in 2005 after a merger with Compaq floundered, stock prices plunged 50 percent, and 20,000 people were layed off. Fiorina walked away with a $21.4 million severance package.

Asked whether McCain was talking about CEOs like Fiorina, McCain's top adviser who walked away with millions in compensation as her company's stock price plunged, Rogers said McCain was "talking about the issues that are before us today."

[Kittycat]

1. Excellent

[ErinBerin84]

2. haha...nice "save", Rogers.

Who asked that question, ABC?!

[nickyt]

3. abc seems to coming up with some serious good stuff lately.

"Rogers said McCain was "talking about the issues that are before us today."

duhhh, okay, whatever

[gaiilonfong]

4. Someone ask the LOSER Fiorina the putang that question

Carly, should you return that 21 mil severence package you got for running HP in the ground?