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Amerigo Vespucci Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-10 11:10 PM
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Gail Sheehy: How Whitman, Fiorina & McMahon's $217 million in campaign money could have helped
This election was really a tale of three little girls who grew up to make so much money, they didn’t know what to do with it. Between Meg Whitman, Carly Fiorina, and Linda McMahon, they gave $217 million to the “cause” of getting themselves elected as national political leaders.



This is a sea change in the post-feminist era. These women belong to a new breed of self-promoting opportunists, paving the way for women to escape their image as selfless givers, nurturers by nature. Not for them the Judeo-Christian philosophy, which holds that only by bequeathing much of what one has earned to those less fortunate can one earn it anew and possess it.

Instead of laying out a combined $217 million to run for office, Whitman, Fiorina, and McMahon could have saved America’s commuters some serious cash. They could have footed the toll bill for half of the 52.1 million vehicles that cross the George Washington Bridge yearly, or one-third of the 102.2 million vehicles that cross the Bay Bridge.

Whitman’s spending could have bought full tuition for 23,553 California residents at the University of California-Berkeley, which would almost double current undergraduate enrollment. She could have made 95,764 connections for at-risk youth through Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Los Angeles. Or, if she wanted to be known as the Savior of San Jose, she could have wiped out the megalopolis’ budget deficit twice over.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-11-12/whitman-fiorina-mcmahon-what-campaign-cash-could-have-done?om_rid=NHX0XQ&om_mid=_BM3-cfB8VspZ$b
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bemildred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-10 11:20 PM
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1. Well, OK, but I am always glad to see conservative political money go down the toilet.
I think California in particular deserves a big hand for making that happen.
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RaleighNCDUer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-10 11:58 PM
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4. Unfortunately, I suspect most of it was simply re-distributed to other
conservatives.

Hmm. Sounds kinda socialistic, donchya think?
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bemildred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-15-10 12:11 AM
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5. Well, herd behavior anyway, for sure.
Edited on Mon Nov-15-10 12:50 AM by bemildred
"Faith based" politics. "Sarah said it so it must be so!"

Nevertheless, I think the outcome reduces the chances that we will see the same sort of thing again, at least in California.
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dkf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-10 11:33 PM
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2. Hey I'm sure they helped to fund some expensive programming.
Being a DVR addict I sure do appreciate that.
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cilla4progress Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-10 11:39 PM
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3. My feelings exactly.
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-15-10 12:39 AM
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6. Recommend. Unreal. Thanks, I FB'ed it. nt
Edited on Mon Nov-15-10 12:42 AM by babylonsister
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Dyler Turden Donating Member (328 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-15-10 12:43 AM
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7. Also recommended. A very nice take on it.
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