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Offline Chris

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Meg Whitman, EBay's former CEO, joins California governor's race
« on: May 05, 2009, 03:59:34 PM »

Former EBay Chief Executive Meg Whitman joined the race for governor of California this morning, setting off a battle between Silicon Valley moguls for the 2010 Republican nomination.

Whitman, 52, has never run for public office, but is banking that Californians will see her corporate background as just what the state needs to break its chronic cycle of fiscal disasters.

"California faces challenges unlike any other time in its history -- a weak and faltering economy, massive job losses, and an exploding state budget deficit," Whitman said in a written statement. "California is better than this, and I refuse to stand by and watch it fail."

Whitman's chief rival for the party nomination is state Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner, also a high-tech tycoon. Another Republican exploring a run is a former Silicon Valley congressman, Tom Campbell, now an economics professor at UC Berkeley.

http://articles.latimes.com/2009/feb/10/local/me-whitman10
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Re: Meg Whitman, EBay's former CEO, joins California governor's race
« Reply #1 on: May 06, 2009, 01:24:32 PM »
I think Meg would be great!  I supported her for McCain's VP, wonder if she would have made a difference in that outcome?   
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Re: Meg Whitman, EBay's former CEO, joins California governor's race
« Reply #2 on: May 06, 2009, 01:38:09 PM »
Quote from: seabelle on May 06, 2009, 01:24:32 PM
I think Meg would be great!  I supported her for McCain's VP, wonder if she would have made a difference in that outcome?   

Agreed...unfortunately some thought her not visually appealing enough...odd when you consider oh...hilary or the current first lady.

Meg's just your average business woman type as far as looks goes. She's smart as a whip.

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Re: Meg Whitman, EBay's former CEO, joins California governor's race
« Reply #3 on: May 06, 2009, 03:05:20 PM »
California needs a little whipping into shape, but by the time 2010 is over, there may not be much left to whip.

That and the idiots in SF and LA will ensure that one of the idiot 'Rats gets the job anyway.  Arnie has officially KILLED any chance of the GOP taking a serious run at state offices in CA for the forseeable future.
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Re: Meg Whitman, EBay's former CEO, joins California governor's race
« Reply #4 on: May 08, 2009, 02:43:59 AM »
Quote from: jtyangel on May 06, 2009, 01:38:09 PM
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Meg's just your average business woman type as far as looks goes.

Some of us find that really hawt.  :drool:
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Re: Meg Whitman, EBay's former CEO, joins California governor's race
« Reply #5 on: May 09, 2009, 03:38:14 PM »
Ebay is anti-gun. Is she the driving force behind their anti-gun sentiment??
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Re: Meg Whitman, EBay's former CEO, joins California governor's race
« Reply #6 on: May 09, 2009, 05:11:33 PM »
Quote from: Thor on May 09, 2009, 03:38:14 PM
Ebay is anti-gun. Is she the driving force behind their anti-gun sentiment??

She is pro-AWB and pistol restrictions for citizens.

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Re: Meg Whitman, EBay's former CEO, joins California governor's race
« Reply #7 on: May 09, 2009, 05:14:57 PM »
Quote from: Odin's Hand on May 09, 2009, 05:11:33 PM
She is pro-AWB and pistol restrictions for citizens.

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So are a great many CA citizens.

Unfortunately.

Some folks have no respect for the BOR.
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Re: Meg Whitman, EBay's former CEO, joins California governor's race
« Reply #8 on: May 10, 2009, 07:30:46 AM »
As long as LA and SF libs control such a large voting block, the state will never be solvent.  It will end up being one big New Orleans.  The folks that live out away from the coast, the conservative part of the state are truly screwed.  Never mind the states close by.  After CA becomes insolvent, all those people wanting free handouts will move somewere that still has the means to provide.  Arizona is becoming californiaized, never mind the pacific NW. 

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Re: Meg Whitman, EBay's former CEO, joins California governor's race
« Reply #9 on: May 10, 2009, 09:47:21 AM »
Quote from: Doc Savage on May 10, 2009, 07:30:46 AM
As long as LA and SF libs control such a large voting block, the state will never be solvent.  It will end up being one big New Orleans.  The folks that live out away from the coast, the conservative part of the state are truly screwed.  Never mind the states close by.  After CA becomes insolvent, all those people wanting free handouts will move somewere that still has the means to provide.  Arizona is becoming californiaized, never mind the pacific NW. 



I liken it to a cancer that's spreading throughout the West. Eventually, the cancer will kill the host.
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