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Newsjock

(11,733 posts)
Sun Feb 12, 2012, 09:30 PM Feb 2012

List: Presidential donations from prominent Californians

http://www.mercurynews.com/california/ci_19950579

Direct donations to President Barack Obama's campaign:

Quincy Jones Producer $5,000
Will Ferrell Actor $5,000
Tom Hanks Actor $5,000
Will Smith Actor $5,000
Leonardo DiCaprio Actor $5,000
Quentin Tarantino Director $5,000
George Clooney Actor $5,000
Steven Spielberg CEO DreamWorks $5,000
Danny DeVito Actor $5,000
Baron Davis New York Knicks NBA player $5,000
Eva Longoria Actress $5,000
George Lopez Comedian $5,000
Eric Schmidt Executive chairman of Google $5,000
Craig Newmark Founder of Craigslist $5,000
Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger Retired pilot $5,000
Eli Broad Philanthropist $5,000
Sharon Stone Actress $1,000

Direct donations to Mitt Romney's campaign

Marc Andreessen Founder of Netscape Communications $2,500
Kenneth Fisher Founder and CEO of Fisher Investments $2,500
Charles Johnson Chairman of Franklin Resources $2,500
James Myers CEO of Petco $2,500
Mark Rothman CFO of Motorola $2,500
Harry Sloan CEO of MGM studios $2,500
Charles Schwab Founder of Charles Schwab Corp. $2,500
Carol Bartz Former CEO of Yahoo $2,500
Paul Marciano CEO of Guess Inc. $2,500
Gary Schoenfeld CEO of PacSun $1,000
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List: Presidential donations from prominent Californians (Original Post) Newsjock Feb 2012 OP
Democrats: consciencious people with talent. For the Republicans: CEO crooks. provis99 Feb 2012 #1
Pretty much an accurate picture. Thanks for posting. nt nanabugg Feb 2012 #2
Yup. The people VS. the corporations. FarLeftFist Feb 2012 #4
I like this one demtenjeep Feb 2012 #3
 

provis99

(13,062 posts)
1. Democrats: consciencious people with talent. For the Republicans: CEO crooks.
Sun Feb 12, 2012, 09:38 PM
Feb 2012

those two lists pretty much describe things in a nutshell, don't they?

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