Ordination of Meg Whitman?

San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 2/21/10 | Debra J. Saunders

[SmithL]

This month, former Gov. Pete Wilson sent out a letter calling on good Republicans to "unite" behind former eBay CEO Meg Whitman's bid for governor. A largely Democratic effort had been formed to raise $40 million to defeat the billionaire candidate, which Wilson argued forced Team Whitman to launch its general election campaign early.

It was an arrogant move - calling the GOP primary before a single voter has cast a ballot in the June 8 election. Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner is still in the race. No wonder Poizner recently told me, "She wants to be ordained."

After pouring $39 million of her own money into her campaign, Whitman has blanketed the airwaves with commercials and, as a result, has been trouncing Poizner in the polls. Poizner, who is also rich and put about $19 million into his effort, has preferred to campaign using free media, including debates with former rival Tom Campbell. (Which Whitman skipped.) Poizner wants to debate at the GOP convention in March. Whitman says no.

I reached Wilson on his cell phone Wednesday to ask: How can a candidate who never has run for office, and ducked every debate to date, dare to try to elbow out of the primary the one candidate who has won statewide office?

Wilson answered that even though Whitman is skipping a debate at the March GOP convention, she has agreed to a later debate. I should understand, he said, that Whitman is doing what all savvy candidates, including the likely Democratic nominee, Attorney General Jerry Brown, do - limiting debates and press interviews. "You don't accept every one," Wilson explained, using his why-do-I-even-have-to-say-this voice. "I think this is small potatoes, Debra."

[ansel12]

If you have something better to do than read my posts, then go do it, don’t bug me though.

[ansel12]

I love the way you just slip around the facts, you demanded that I post that information because you didn’t think that it existed, now you ignore it.

How long have you lived in California, have you worked many campaigns out here?

[CounterCounterCulture]

I think you meant that response for ‘burt... I’m on your side here. :-)

[ansel12]

I’m sorry, this time I read it correctly but the first time I thought that you were directing that at both of us equally.

I think that I’m probably feeling sensitive over having to mention Poizner at all but that Whitman, Romney creature is carrying some very bad joo-joo for the future of conservatism nationally.

[Wuli]

There is a report somewhere that Goldman Sucks engineered a sweetheart insider deal for her in IPOs while she was at eBay.

http://www.sacbee.com/2009/05/24/1887681/whitmans-ipo-stock-deals-have.html

“She was appointed to the board of Goldman Sachs in October, 2001 and then resigned in December 2002, amidst controversy when congressional investigators revealed she had received shares in several public offerings managed by Goldman Sachs.”

and

“Whitman was a supporter of former Bain & Company CEO and Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign[21][22] in 2008 and was on his “National Finance Team”.[23] She was also listed as Finance co-chair of Romney’s exploratory committee”

quotes above from:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meg_Whitman

Republicans must learn that the financial services industry is not an essentially capitalist industry. It seeks to make money from (a)nothing, (b)someone else’s money, or (c)leverage (a different form of (b). But it produces nothing but “financial transactions”.

Could the IBMs, Dells, HPs, Microsoft’s, Caterpillars, GMs, Fords, 3M, etc., etc., exist and come into existence without a Goldman Sucks? Definitely yes! Don’t confuse the market place with everyone playing in it.

[happinesswithoutpeace]

Shameless internets lolzratings bump

http://www.forbes.com/2003/05/01/cx_ceointernetpoll.html#mwhitman

[mojitojoe]

re-tread

[Lancey Howard]

She said give them a chance to show how tough they could be on the Dems. Well, we all know how that turned out. Debra Saunders is a tool.

Yes, and a fool.
I thoroughly enjoy the excruciating, slow death of liberal city newspapers. I hate to give 'Editor & Publisher' any hits, but I do check every week to keep up with the latest newspapers to have massive layoffs and go bankrupt, etc.. It brightens my day.

[Lancey Howard]

Good post. What a brutal choice. Complete scumbag versus total scumbag.
Good luck with that, Kalifornia.