Meg vs. The Maid

I just got though reading about Meg Whitman’s alleged "illegal alien maid" problem and I have to say something doesn’t pass the smell test.  

The maid is basically claiming that work at Meg’s was a living hell (a $23 per hour living hell) and that Whitman knew she was illegal. The maid also claims she was kicked to the curb last year when Whitman decided to run for governor. Whitman has fired back saying the maid is “full of it” and has released the maid’s application and documentation (SS card and Calif driver’s license).

The maid’s (Nicky Diaz Santillan) story reads like it was written for maximum effect. Even the sob story about the extra chores she had to do. 

Never mind that on her application the extra chores she complains about are checked as things she would do.

The only part in the maid’s story I can take seriously is the notification from Social Security back in 2003 saying there was a problem with her Social Security number.  Should proof of this come out, bye-bye Meg Whitman.  Without it, I would have to say the whole thing is manufactured for political reasons.

The guys at Hillbuzz have seen this ploy before:

[…]Because what the Democrats are doing to Meg Whitman in California today is exactly what Obama did to Republican candidate Jack Ryan in 2004…manufacturing a scandal so that Republicans will abandon a candidate and allow a Democrat to walk away with an election in a cake walk…in election that Democrat would have actually lost.

Gloria Allred is having a press conference today with a Mexican maid who’s claiming she was abused by Meg Whitman.  The goal for Democrats here is two-fold:

(1) to alienate Hispanic voters from the Republicans

(2) to portray Whitman as a Leona Helmsley-grade wealthy tyrant that’s unrelatable to voters suffering financial problems

Democrats excel at the politics of personal destruction because this is the only thing they know.

I could not agree more. Just read Santillan's tear jerker testimony and it sure enough fits the Democrats two goals perfectly. 

Until proof comes out showing Whitman received and then ignored Social Security's letters, I am taking Ms. Santillan’ story with a very huge grain of salt.

Via: Memeorandum

Via: TMZ (Whitman’s Story)

Via: TMZ (Santillan’s Story)

Via: TMZ (PDF Whitman, PDF Santillan)

Via: Michelle Malkin

Via: Hillbuzz 

Meg Whitman and Carly Fiorina win in California

It was a big night for the ladies in California. Moneybags Meg Whitman won the GOP nomination for Governor and Sarah Palin’s Mamma Grizzly Carly Fiorina took the GOP nomination for Senate. 

New York Times: WASHINGTON — Carly Fiorina and Meg Whitman, who ascended to the top of the business world before turning to politics, prevailed in their respective battles for the G.O.P. nominations for the U.S. Senateand Governor in California, setting the stage for costly general election fights this fall.

Ms. Fiorina, a former chief executive of Hewlett-Packard, beat Tom Campbell, a former congressman, and Chuck DeVore, whose candidacy has drawn the backing of many Tea Party activists. She will face the incumbent senator, Barbara Boxer, in the fall.

Ms. Whitman, the former chief executive of eBay and a billionaire, had invested a small share of her personal fortune to prevail in the governor’s race over Steve Poizner, the state insurance commissioner, who put up $24 million of his own money into his primary campaign. She will challenge Jerry Brown, the state’s attorney general, who was first elected governor of California three decades ago

Both women handily defeated their rivals. In the case of Meg Whitman crushed Steve Poizner 64-26 and Carly Fiorina dusted both Tom Campbell and Chuck Divore (Fiorina 55, Campbell 24 and DeVore 17). In Fiorina’s case, I am curious if Palin’s endorsement is what helped her break out of the pack.

So, now the battle lines are set. Moneybags Meg will take on the throw back Jerry Brown and Mama Grizzly Fiorina will square off against the elitist Barbara Boxer. I think I will have to send my good friend Left Coast Rebel a clothespin for his nose and a bottle of Grey Goose so he can bring himself to vote in November.

Via: Memeorandum

Via: The New York Times

Via: California Secretary of State

Via: Left Coast Rebel