Quelle surprise !: Meg Whitman's a hypocrite

[marmar]

from the LA Times:



Reporting from Sacramento —

Donors with business before the state and corporate leaders poured millions of dollars into Meg Whitman's campaign in the last three months, potentially undercutting her claim that her personal fortune makes her uniquely free of special-interest entanglements, campaign disclosure reports filed Tuesday show.

Whitman, the billionaire former chief executive of online auction house EBay, raised more money from outside donors than her Democratic rival, Jerry Brown, whom she has criticized heavily for his dependence on support from the state's public employee unions. Whitman pulled in more than $10.7 million from individuals, businesses and other groups to Brown's $9.5 million.

Although those figures don't tell the whole story — unions and other special interests separately spent a further $13.7 million supporting Brown through independent political committees not controlled by the candidate — they highlight that Brown is not the only one getting a big assist from wealthy individuals and groups. More than one out of every four dollars Whitman raised over the last three months came from someplace other than her personal fortune. Donors giving the maximum allowable $25,900 donation to Whitman while lobbying state government include Philip Morris, AT&T, the Western States Growers and Golden State Water Co. .............(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-money-20101006,0,3385767.story

[JuniperLea]

1. I know my boss made a sizable donation to her campaign...

I know, because I did it for him.

It was kind of cute... he asked me to do it, and said he hoped it didn't insult my sensibilities to do that for him. I said, no, heck no... I just hate to see you waste your money:)

[Eric J in MN]

2. Her argument that her self-funding made her independent never made sense.

She isn't ONLY spending her own money.

She isn't restricting herself to accepting small donations.

[K8-EEE]

3. WTF with this argument "I'm rich and therefore not corruptable!"

BUllshit! How can they even say it with a straight face? As if she is would in any way represent the interests of regular working people. Arnie said the same thing and he turned into the biggest poli-ho out there...

[704wipes]

4. Any movements to boycott her business?

As a result of her idiocy?