Last week, when presented with the reality that not a single economist thought the gas tax holiday scheme was a good idea, Hillary Clinton said she didn’t listen to what economists had to say.

Apparently, Carla Fiorna, former Hewlett-Packard CEO and prominent McCain surrogate, doesn’t care about economic reality either:

STEPHANOPOULOS: How do you defend that gas tax holiday? I was talking to Senator Clinton last week. and asked her if she could name a credible economist who could support it, and she couldn’t. Can you? FIORINA: No, I can’t, but, you see, I don’t think it matters. I’m a… (CROSSTALK) STEPHANOPOULOS: How can you say that, though? FIORINA: Because I think economists sometimes argue about the theory. Economists, right now, are arguing theoretically about whether we’re in a recession or not. An American family who is sitting around the kitchen table wondering how they’re going to pay for groceries, fill their gas tank, whether they’re going to stay in their home, whether or not they can send their kid to college this fall. For them, the economy is in difficulty, and all the theoretical discussion is, sort of, irrelevant.

Geez, no wonder she got canned at HP.

Here’s the video: