California: Republican Meg Whitman Breaks Record for False Campaign Ads and Trying to Buy Governorship
Hours after putting $15 million more into her bid for California governor, Republican Meg Whitman on Wednesday defended her donation of a record-breaking $119 million of her own money, saying "my job is to spend money to get this message out."Whitman has been found to be an egregious liar. A hypocrite who feels democracy is best served with Soviet style propaganda passing for informed debate. Thinks the state and federal government has the right to meddle in people's personal lives. Has displayed the kind of arrogance that average citizens are tired of seeing in public officials. Has displayed a blatant disregard for the concerns of average citizens. Meg thinks scientific conclusions can be dismissed with her opinions - damn the empirical evidence. In other words Meg Whitman is your typical right-wing Republican.
The former eBay CEO, whose donations to her campaign now top New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's $110 million contribution to his re-election bid last year, made the comment after an appearance before a crowd of nearly 300 employees at the San Francisco headquarters of Yelp, the social-networking and rating website.
In a departure from her tightly scripted campaign events, Whitman took some tough questions from the mostly under-30 audience, who grilled her on her campaign spending, negative ads and stance on Proposition 8, the state's ban on same-sex marriage, which she supported.
..."Why are you refusing to remove an ad that has been proven to be false and therefore misleading?" McKay asked. "Why would you knowingly and purposely run a campaign that is based on lies?"
Whitman defended the spots as "essentially" true, saying "politics is a tough business. And you have got to tell people why to vote for you."
'Smear tactics'
McKay also asked: "Why have you made smear tactics and an overall negative focus such hallmarks of your campaign? It doesn't seem to me that defaming your opponent will help California in any way."
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