cool site: http://www.fundrace.org/neighbors.php but would this make you less likely to donate knowing your info would be listed? random celebrity donations: Charles Barkley: $2,000 for Edwards Karl Malone: $2,000 Bush Elizabeth McLane (Drayton's wife): $2,000 Bush Leslie Alexander: $500 Kerry (c'mon, Les!) Bill Gates: $2,000 Bush Michael Dell: $1,000 Bush Michael Eisner: $2,000 Kerry Susan Sarandon: $2000 Dean Bobby Knight: $2,000 Bush Jerry Seinfeld & wife: $4,000 Clark + $2,000 Kerry Kelsey Grammer & wife: $4,000 Bush Al Gore: $1,000 Dean Orlando Sanchez: $2,000 Bush Bob & Libby Dole: $4,000 Bush Mary Cheney (boooooo!): $850 Bush Karl Rove & Wife: $4,000 Bush Alex Rodriguez: $2,000 Bush Rob Reiner: $2,000 Dean + $2,000 Edwards Melanie Griffith: $2,000 Kerry Norman Lear: $2,000 Kerry Maury Povich: $2,000 Bush Mary Hart: $2,000 Bush David Cross: $1,000 Dean Ben Affleck: $2,000 Clark + $1,000 Kucinich Ted Danson: $2,000 Dean + $2,000 Edwards Robin Williams: $2,000 Dean Courtney Cox Arquette: $1,000 Gephardt Jennifer Garner: $1,000 - Kerry + $1,000 Edwards + $1,000 Clark Mike Myers: $2,000 Clark Gwyneth Paltrow: $1,500 Kerry Don Henley: $2,000 Kerry Debra Messing: $2,000 Lieberman Richard Gere: $500 Clark Donald Trump: $2,000 Bush AND $2,000 Kerry David Crosby: $2,000 Dean Aaron Sorkin: $2,000 Edwards + $2,000 Gephardt + $2,000 Clark + 1,000 Dean Here's Houston's map: http://www.fundrace.org/citymap.php?city=houston US Map: http://www.fundrace.org/citymap.php people in my zip code gave over $28,000 to Bush, $4250 to Edwards, $2,000 to Kerry, $725 to Dean, $300 to Clark
Everything you need to know about the current American political practice, summed up in one neat line:
Which trend if I may ask? I feel you A-Rod - don't want to lose the tax cut coming your way if Bush stays. You could really use the extra emmmmm.........$2.7M tax cut for extra curricular activities. It is a Win-Win situation for Trumpy. Why choose sides when you don't have to. Ben Lopezd - Kucinich? Gigli! Karl Malone - no surprise there. Charles Barkley (who intends to "run" for Governor of Alabam (?) someday AS A REPUBLICAN) - big surprise. Karl Rove - Job security. no news there. Bill Gates - no surprise (rooting for the only party and president that stood [and still standing] by them during the anti-trust debacle). Mary Cheney - only $850? Don't want to draw attention to the big Harliburton "payoffs"? Common you can do better.
Consider this... Bush is currently spending about $8 million a week on advertising plus he's already put $50 million into ground organization trying to compete with the Dems on voter turnout... and looking at the state-by-state polls, he would lose tomorrow by about 100 electoral votes. Assuming he buys advertising at a similar clip and has to continue to pump money into the ground organizations, just between now and the end of July he'll spend well over $100 million. My suspicion is that if at that point he's not looking like a lock and the Dems are looking competitive in at least one of the houses, the money starts to dry up... folks willing to plop down $2000 at that point will have already contributed. I don't think it's an absolute certainty that Bush carrries his money advantage into the September/October timeframe. On the other hand, I am certain that there is a bunch of soft money out there at their disposal whenever they need it. ---------------- Welcome back Tree... where are you?
I'm very glad places like opensecrets.org exist. For a long time, the information was available but a real pain in the ass to get. This makes it a lot easier to see just who and what people are spending their money on politically.
Amen. I couldn't care less who Charles Barkley or Maury Povich is supporting, but having access to information like that is a great idea. Eliminating these bribes would be better, of course.
Of course it doesnt matter who celebrities give moeny, but its still fun to see who gave what... Charlize Theron - $1000 Kerry Don King - $2000 Bush Stephen King - $2000 Dean Troy Aikman - $2000 Bush Harvey WEinstein - $2000 Kerry Jerry Seinfeld - $2000 Kerry Brad Whitford (WEst Wing) $8000 evenly divided between Kerry, Clark, Dean, and Edwards Johnnie Cochran - 2 g's for Sharpton and Edwards Greg Popovich - $2000 Edwards John Mellencamp - $2000 Randy Newman - $2000 John Kerry Sean Combs - $2000 Sharpton
I meant " give money to".... But I'm dumb either way because I put " Puff Daddy" before i realized that wasnt a real name he would use.
Bill Walton - $2,000 to John Edwards Jerry Springer - $2,000 to Dennis Kucinich Al Michaels - $2,000 to George W. Bush George Steinbrenner - $2,000 to Bob Graham
Me, too, but strangely enough I didn't see many Waltons from Arkansas ponying up money for the Democrats.
I searched my zip code and found a woman who contributed under TWO NAMES, for example: Betty Smith $2,000 Betty Smith-Johnson $2,000 Same address... same candidate There's some cheaters out there. edit: Found another one where COLLEGE STUDENTS contributed $2000! I don't know about you guys, but when I was in college I never had $2,000, much less and EXTRA two grand to be giving to a political campaign. Oh, wait, this explains it. Each was from the same address, as was another $2,000 from their mother and father... technically not illegal, but shady just the same.
