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.
with all the violent imagery. i get the idea that they were trying for, but it comes off thuggish to me (esp. the chainsaw. jeesh).
According to this link , http://www.ehow.com/list_68571… The Police Officer Employee Rights in California, A police officer may not wear her uniform while campaigning for public office or while supporting a political candidate. A police officer also cannot be forced to participate in politics.
So those people are actors? Maybe real police officers in “fake” uniforms? So while I guess it’s not that surprising that its a misleading ad, but how/why is it airing? It seems to me that the network would say its blatantly misleading…