Robert Greenwald: Meg Whitman Treats California Like Some EBay Trinket

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Meg Whitman Treats California Like Some EBay Trinket
Posted by Robert Greenwald on @ 4:21 pm


Meg Whitman truly believes that California is for sale. She has spent a record-breaking $140 Million of her own money in an attempt to buy the state. But California isn’t just some EBay item Whitman can bid on.

Whitman has run 80,000 TV ads to promote her conservative version of a future for California. That one video above is fighting against the, at least, $60 Million Whitman has spent buying up airtime and producing commercials for herself.

What else has Whitman spent her money on in this race? Here are some recent calculations. On staff and spouse travel, lodging and meals: $2,643,529. Fundraising events: $1,028,538. On campaign consultants: $11,085,653. On print ads: $4,247,724. On polling and survey research: $1,254,627.

In all of this tossing of money around like life is a game of Monopoly, Whitman’s true goal is an attempt to buy democracy. She’s acting on a belief that if she throws enough of her own wealth out to woe voters, she can buy their votes. As if California is up for auction and the deciding factor of who wins is who bids enough.

California is not for sale. Please share this blog and the above video with other Californians who cannot be bought.


Watch video: http://blogs.alternet.org/speakeasy/2010/10/20/meg-whitman-treats-california-like-some-ebay-trinket/

[opihimoimoi]

1. She has to earn the position...not fucking buy the damn Gov's office

[tularetom]

2. It's not the money with this pitiful specimen

There's something going on far beyond how much she can save, steal, or earn by being governor.

Something is missing in her life and she wants to buy acceptance by the voters, real elected officials, real executives or somebody.

I really don't think she has much of a personal life. Her kids are a couple of spoiled entitled little assholes and she apparently does not communicate with her husband over things like the household help. And I'm getting the impression that she is not that highly regarded at any of the stops she made while climbing the corporate ladder.

It would be a big mistake to elect somebody who is trying to buy public office to gain self validation.

[Merlot]

5. I sense that it's more about power than self validation

Power, greed, and the typical executive/psychopath personality.

Plus, she'll get all that money back and then some if she wins.

[RKP5637]

3. Exactly, to her it's similar to bidding on eBay to win an item. She figures

she'll just outbid everyone.

[CC]

4. To me anyone that spent

$140 Million of her own money for a job is showing the world they are fiscally irresponsible. Can California afford a person that would blithely spend whatever she wanted on whatever caught her attention? Then there is the buying and selling of people whether it be corporate employees, household employees or CA citizens.

Doesn't only go for Ms. Whitman, any candidate that would spend so much of their own money for an office is fiscally irresponsible, unless they refused any outside money on principle and they would have to prove that part to me.