GOP candidates tap Hollywood for funds
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By MICHAEL R. BLOOD, Associated Press Writer
59 minutes ago
LOS ANGELES - Republican Rudy Giuliani once derided Hollywood in his Senate bid against Hillary Rodham Clinton. Today, as he pursues the presidency, he's collecting checks from actors Adam Sandler and Kelsey Grammer, and Paramount studio chief Brad Grey.
The entertainment industry has always been a wealth of cash for political candidates — a whopping $27.5 million in the 2004 election cycle — and Democrats traditionally have been the top draw. In the last election, $7 out of every $10 from the industry went to Democrats, according to the Center for Responsive Politics
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070503/ap_on_el_pr/hollywood_republicans
It's Democrats like Clinton and Illinois Sen. Barack Obama (news, bio, voting record) who are banking the expected windfall from the left-leaning entertainment industry.
Obama has gotten checks from Tom Hanks, Tobey Maguire, Eddie Murphy, Edward Norton Jr., Morgan Freeman and Ben Stiller, among others. In February, he held a closed-door fundraiser arranged by DreamWorks studio founders Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen.
"It's like a night at the Oscars" when Clinton or Obama hold fundraisers, Khachigian says. Because of Hollywood's liberal complexion, conservatives "just don't speak out."
(It's kinda funny how "left leaning" actors support not so left leaning politicians, as in Obama and clinton)
59 minutes ago
LOS ANGELES - Republican Rudy Giuliani once derided Hollywood in his Senate bid against Hillary Rodham Clinton. Today, as he pursues the presidency, he's collecting checks from actors Adam Sandler and Kelsey Grammer, and Paramount studio chief Brad Grey.
The entertainment industry has always been a wealth of cash for political candidates — a whopping $27.5 million in the 2004 election cycle — and Democrats traditionally have been the top draw. In the last election, $7 out of every $10 from the industry went to Democrats, according to the Center for Responsive Politics
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070503/ap_on_el_pr/hollywood_republicans
It's Democrats like Clinton and Illinois Sen. Barack Obama (news, bio, voting record) who are banking the expected windfall from the left-leaning entertainment industry.
Obama has gotten checks from Tom Hanks, Tobey Maguire, Eddie Murphy, Edward Norton Jr., Morgan Freeman and Ben Stiller, among others. In February, he held a closed-door fundraiser arranged by DreamWorks studio founders Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen.
"It's like a night at the Oscars" when Clinton or Obama hold fundraisers, Khachigian says. Because of Hollywood's liberal complexion, conservatives "just don't speak out."
(It's kinda funny how "left leaning" actors support not so left leaning politicians, as in Obama and clinton)
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