McCain Suggests Meg Whitman for Tresurary Secretary (Debate 2)

When asked you would be his Treasury Secretary, McCain says Meg Whitman of Ebay.

BROKAW: Senator, we have one minute for a discussion here. Obviously the powers of the treasury secretary have been greatly expanded. The most powerful officer in the cabinet now. Hank Paulson says he won't stay on. Who do you have in mind to appoint to that very important post?

Sen. McCain?

MCCAIN: Not you, Tom.

BROKAW: No, with good reason.

MCCAIN: You know, that's a tough question and there's a lot of qualified Americans. But I think the first criteria, Tom, would have to be somebody who immediately Americans identify with, immediately say, we can trust that individual.

A supporter of Sen. Obama's is Warren Buffett [chairman of Berkshire Hathaway]. He has already weighed in and helped stabilize some of the difficulties in the markets and with companies and corporations, institutions today.

I like Meg Whitman [former CEO of eBay and current McCain campaign adviser], she knows what it's like to be out there in the marketplace. She knows how to create jobs. Meg Whitman was CEO of a company that started with 12 people and is now 1.3 million people in America make their living off eBay. Maybe somebody here has done a little business with them.

But the point is it's going to have to be somebody who inspires trust and confidence. Because the problem in America today to a large extent, Tom, is that we don't have trust and confidence in our institutions because of the corruption on Wall Street and the greed and excess and the cronyism in Washington, D.C.

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[MrJMiro]

As we know now, 2010, Meg Whitman is a liar, a lawbreaker, and not trustworthy at all.

[paxvobiscum5]

McCain ftmfL!

[cooldude91801]

Meg Whitman to replace Paulson? She will raise the price of listing fees and final closing fees on Wall Street.

McCain was way out of touch! Ebayers might support his idea back in 2000 or 2002 when Ebay was hot, but not now.

[Fodder18]

Tom's dreams have been shattered...

[latentsun]

He chose a lobbyist. Not a surprise.

[raguv2000]

John McCain has first hand experience with Cronyism

[cjd2112]

lol McCain wants to appoint an ex-CEO of fledgling company that today laid off over 10,000 people. Talk about out of touch.

[Onebaseman]

NOT YOU TOM

[ptownblazer]

Ebay just laid off thousands of workers. Great example!

[schrowa]

ARE YOU KIDDING ME MCCAIN? Why don't you just appoint Brett Favre? Americans identify with him.

Oh, and EBAY just laid off 10,000 people today.