Who loves ya Disney ? (Va-Sen)

[Catchawave]

Why it's Va. Senator George Felix Allen, R-Macaca .....

Entertainment Industry Donates to Allen's Bid

By Tim Craig
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, September 6, 2006; Page B05

U.S. Sen. George Allen (R-Va.) is a leading recipient of entertainment-related campaign contributions to members of Congress, a nonpartisan analysis released yesterday shows, even as the senator has been criticizing his Democratic opponent's ties to Hollywood.

Democrat James Webb has helped produce several movies, prompting Allen and his surrogates to portray Webb as an elitist more attuned to what Allen called the "values of Hollywood" than "the values of Virginia."

The Center for Responsive Politics, a nonprofit research group, said that Allen ranks 16th among members of Congress in campaign contributions received from the entertainment industry during the past two years. Allen has accepted $93,350 since 2004; Webb, $20,650, according to the center.

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Allen's haul includes contributions from executives with Time Warner, News Corp., Comcast, Univision Communications Inc., America Online, Krikorian Premiere Theatres, the National Association of Broadcasters, the National Cable & Telecommunications Association and the Walt Disney Co.

More....http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/05/AR2006090501205.html?nav=rss_politics

[snowbear]

1. What a hypocrit he is!

Enjoying that money George?

[Catchawave]

4. Yes he is !

Who ya calling Hollywood Boy now Felix! :rofl:

[Penndems]

2. Allen was in cahoots with Disney ten years ago

He struck a sweetheart deal with The Disney Company to build an amusement park near Haymarket, Virginia.

Thank God THAT went down in flames. It's no secret in these parts that George Allen is in bed with The Mouse.

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3. Was that "Historyland" ?

I think I remember, he was Gov and it would have ripped up the town of Manasas and the historic Civil War battlefields ?

[Penndems]

7. I THINK it was "Historyland"; I remember that it was supposed to be an

amusement park, and Allen made the announcement after he'd struck the deal with Disney.

Allen and Disney. They deserve each other.

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12. Thank goodness the plan failed....

...it would have been History according to Disney, or the Happy Civil War :)

:sarcasm:

[Penndems]

13. Amen.

Believe it or not, one of the exhibits involved featuring mechanized slave figures, in a setting similar to the "Pirates of the Carribean" ride at Disney World, only on a plantation.

That, in and of itself, was enough for folks to be against it.

[MADem]

5. Disney execs listed here--do complain to them (HUGE LIST)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=2816301&mesg_id=2816301

[Catchawave]

6. Thanks....

...I've written them so many times this week, I'm afraid I'll be charged with "stalking". :kick:

[citizen snips]

8. I am glad that I canceled my disney trip this year.

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11. To Orlando or Times Square ?

:evilgrin:

Personally, I like Vegas best for family entertainment :hi:

[lisa58]

9. You mean "macaca"?

[Catchawave]

10. Why, yes !