{"id":11860,"date":"2010-06-11T08:18:35","date_gmt":"2010-06-11T08:18:35","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2010-06-11T08:18:35","modified_gmt":"2010-06-11T08:18:35","slug":"emeg-spends-80-per-vote-in-primary-what-would-you-buy-for-80","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/2010\/06\/11\/emeg-spends-80-per-vote-in-primary-what-would-you-buy-for-80\/","title":{"rendered":"EMeg Spends $80 Per Vote in Primary. What Would You Buy for $80?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ocprogressive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/ford-fiesta.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ocprogressive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/ford-fiesta-300x196.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"ford fiesta\" width=\"300\" height=\"196\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-452\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The OC Register<a href=\"http:\/\/totalbuzz.freedomblogging.com\/2010\/06\/10\/whitman-spent-80-per-vote-to-win-primary\/36679\/\"> reports today<\/a> that Meg Whitman spent $90 million in her primary win over Steve Poizner. That works out to $80 per vote. <\/p>\n<p>I think it would have been better if she had just given every voter $80 to buy something on eBay instead of padding the pockets of TV stations and consultants. Just think what that would do for the economy, putting $80 in the pockets of hardworking Americans. I wonder what $80 can buy you on eBay?<\/p>\n<p>Well if your &#8217;77 Ford Fiesta needs a new clutch, you can get a <a href=\"http:\/\/cgi.ebay.com\/ebaymotors\/New-Tredex-Clutch-Kit-Ford-Fiesta-77-78-89-80-98CI-_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQhashZitem335937496bQQitemZ220540127595QQptZMotorsQ5fCarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories\">new one<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s almost Father&#8217;s day, you can get dad that <a href=\"http:\/\/cgi.ebay.com\/1958-TOPPS-485-TED-WILLIAMS-ALL-STAR-SGC-80-6-\/370238513145?cmd=ViewItem&#038;pt=US_Football&#038;hash=item5633ef5ff9\">1958 Ted Williams baseball card<\/a> he&#8217;s always wanted.<\/p>\n<p>And if you need a hot cocktail dress for that eMeg fundraiser&#8230;<a href=\"http:\/\/cgi.ebay.com\/PINK-AND-WHITE-PHOEBE-COUTURE-EVENING-DRESS-SZ-8-80-\/200402798490?cmd=ViewItem&#038;pt=US_CSA_WC_Dresses&#038;hash=item2ea8f0079a\">eBay&#8217;s got one<\/a>. But then you&#8217;re not crazy enough to donate money to a multi-billionaire are you?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ocprogressive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/ford-fiesta.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ocprogressive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/ford-fiesta-300x196.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"ford fiesta\" width=\"300\" height=\"196\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-452\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The OC Register<a href=\"http:\/\/totalbuzz.freedomblogging.com\/2010\/06\/10\/whitman-spent-80-per-vote-to-win-primary\/36679\/\"> reports today<\/a> that Meg Whitman spent $90 million in her primary win over Steve Poizner. That works out to $80 per vote. <\/p>\n<p>I think it would have been better if she had just given every voter $80 to buy something on eBay instead of padding the pockets of TV stations and consultants. Just think what that would do for the economy, putting $80 in the pockets of hardworking Americans. I wonder what $80 can buy you on eBay?<\/p>\n<p>Well if your &#8217;77 Ford Fiesta needs a new clutch, you can get a <a href=\"http:\/\/cgi.ebay.com\/ebaymotors\/New-Tredex-Clutch-Kit-Ford-Fiesta-77-78-89-80-98CI-_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQhashZitem335937496bQQitemZ220540127595QQptZMotorsQ5fCarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories\">new one<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s almost Father&#8217;s day, you can get dad that <a href=\"http:\/\/cgi.ebay.com\/1958-TOPPS-485-TED-WILLIAMS-ALL-STAR-SGC-80-6-\/370238513145?cmd=ViewItem&#038;pt=US_Football&#038;hash=item5633ef5ff9\">1958 Ted Williams baseball card<\/a> he&#8217;s always wanted.<\/p>\n<p>And if you need a hot cocktail dress for that eMeg fundraiser&#8230;<a href=\"http:\/\/cgi.ebay.com\/PINK-AND-WHITE-PHOEBE-COUTURE-EVENING-DRESS-SZ-8-80-\/200402798490?cmd=ViewItem&#038;pt=US_CSA_WC_Dresses&#038;hash=item2ea8f0079a\">eBay&#8217;s got one<\/a>. But then you&#8217;re not crazy enough to donate money to a multi-billionaire are you?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":542,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Pvhz-35i","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/542"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11860"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11860\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}