Meg Whitman is contemptible scum. But you knew that.

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Got a mailer yesterday from Meg Whitman, in which she links Jerry Brown to a recent hi-profile corruption scandal in the city of Bell, CA. I didn't know Jerry was involved in the Bell scandal - and as it turns out, he wasn't (outlined areas below have absolutely nothing to do with Jerry Brown).



What about Whitman's claims about Jerry Brown in Oakland? Doubtful, if past ads are any indication. This from Factcheck.org:

"Republican Meg Whitman is making false claims about Democrat Jerry Brown’s "lifetime in politics" in an attack ad. The two are battling to become the next governor of California.

* The ad claims that "crime soared" while Brown was mayor of Oakland. That’s false. The total number of crimes actually went down by more than 13 percent.
* Also false is the ad’s claim that Brown "damaged the school system so badly the state had to take it over." As mayor, Brown had almost no control over the school district, which was run instead by an elected school board.
* A charge that Brown "lobbies for a corporate polluter" is highly misleading. Brown wasn’t a paid lobbyist. The claim is based on a phone call he made for a past campaign contributor, and it had nothing to do with pollution.
* The ad claims Brown worked to "send California jobs to China," but that’s unproven. The claim rests on an 18-year-old newspaper story that Brown strongly denied."

http://www.factcheck.org/2010/07/jerry-brown-a-legacy-of-failure/

Echh. I guess I should be reassured that she's 6% back and desperate.

[Journeyman]

1. Saw this morning she just dumped $13 million more into her campaign. . .

which brings her personal stake in her race to over $104 million.

She did this, her spokesman said, in response to the $13 million total that Jerry Brown is pouring into "attack ads" for his campaign.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/california-politics/2010/08/whitman-writes-another-big-check-to-her-campaign.html

"Nutmeg." There's no better name for her.

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3. Good. Though the money's wasted on her campaign

at least it will end up in the local economy.

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2. I saw her, one time in NYC. Hubby and I were there on a trip.

Walking around. There she was, walking with a bunch of suits. I sold my eBay stock very soon after
that trip.

I figured, wait a minute, she's not all about the little guy, she's about making money, which means
she'll sell out the little guy.

Turned out to be a good decision.

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4. her radio ads are reprehensible lies. nt

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5. She's running that story in radio ads too.

really disgusting politics, but for all her money, that's all she's got.

BTW, she's up to 110 million of her own money to purchase the governorship.