Meg Whitman's Campaign in Quotes

"Whitman's camp insisted she won't attend a debate next month at the Republican state convention in Santa Clara, just 12 miles from her home. Campaign spokeswoman Sarah Pompei said it was still unknown if Whitman will speak to editorial boards"
-Carla Marinucci


"Former eBay executive Meg Whitman , the 2010 gubernatorial candidate who has recently portrayed herself as a 'darned good' conservativeRepublican, endorsed Democratic U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer in 2003, records show. "'Whitman contributed $4,000 to Boxer in the 2004 reelection campaign -- and endorsed Boxer as a part of Technology Leaders for Boxer.''
-Rose Kapolczynski, Boxer aide


"Camp Whitman campaign claims to have done 170 interviews over the past year (we're still waiting on seeing the list), but few contain more than a handful of questions. (The reluctance to cut her loose is baffling because Whitman seemed smart, very assured and well-prepared Tuesday -- she's no deer in the headlights.)"
-Joe Garofoli


"Apparently, Whitman and her highly paid advisers believe she can coast to the Republican nomination just by spending tens of millions of dollars on TV and radio ads and making robotic appearances in friendly venues – and perhaps win the governorship the same way. There is, however, a phrase that describes that strategy – arrogant cowardice."
-Dan Walters


"Republican candidate for governor Steve Poizner today revealed intimidation tactics from Meg Whitman in which her top political advisor threatened to spend $40 million “tearing up” Commissioner Poizner. Last week, Meg Whitman's trusted advisor Mike Murphy contacted multiple people connected to the Poizner campaign and attempted to intimidate Poizner out of the race. In return for dropping out, Meg Whitman offered to deliver to Commissioner Poizner the Republican nomination for the 2012 U.S. Senate race against Dianne Feinstein."
-Mark Halperin


"So when Meg Whitman, who's running for governor, chose to hire Mike Murphy, what does it say?"
"It says that she holds Sarah Palin's many fans in the Republican Party in absolute contempt. She thinks so little of them and feels their support is so unwanted for her campaign, that she's going to hire a guy like Mike Murphy, who made more of a name for himself trashing Sarah Palin than he did working for the McCain campaign."
-John Hawkins


"My Voting Record... Is Unacceptable"
-Meg Whitman

Ralph Samuels was one of VECO's "Dirty Dozen"

Continuing to look into Ralph Samuels record, the former Alaska legislator who is taking on Sean Parnell in the Alaska gubernatorial primary, I found something ugly. It turns out Ralph, who I wrote about a few days ago and suspect is a corrupt 'good ol boy,' is listed as one of "Veco's Dirty Dozen."

Back in May of 2007, a former legislator from Anchorage and government watchdog by the name of Ray Metcalfe wrote:

"Even though the FBI's indictments of dirty politicians and those who bribe them has begun, (just the tip of the iceberg) House Majority Leader Ralph Samuels, Senate President Lyda Green, and about 20 other members of our Legislature who owe their elections to VECO are still stumping for the oilfield services company that is at the center of the ongoing FBI investigation.

Why would any legislator trust those who say the governor's Alaska Gasline Inducement Act is bad for Alaska, when they know those detractors are directly or indirectly associated with those who bribed our legislators.

They are pushing an ethics bill that does nothing, and - for those who haven't already figured it out - our state treasury is now funded by a tax scheme that brings in about half of what it should. It's the same tax scheme referenced in the indictments that VECO bribed our legislators to pass.

If you read the rest of that piece you'll realize why ACES exists today and also why I call the Palin-haters on the right, "Oil RINO's."

Mr. Metcalfe wrote another piece to follow up in October of that year called "Veco's Dirty Dozen." He states:

"The following twelve Alaska legislators all have four things in common:

1. Every one of them has taken more than $10,000 from Veco.

2. When Veco owner Bill Allen asked to be relieved of his requirement to register as a lobbyist, they crafted and passed legislation ending Bill Allen's requirement to register.

3. When presented with hundreds of pages of evidence of Veco's bribery, each of them refused to respond.

4. When asked to admit or deny under oath whether or not had taken advantage of the illegal polling, services that Veco's Vice President Rick Smith admitted having provided to over 100 of their favored candidates, every one of the still seated legislators below refused comment."

1. Mike Chenault, $32,000

2. Ralph Samuels, $10,250

3. Mike Hawker, $21,350

4. Lesil McGuire, $17,550

5. Lyda Green, $18,000

6. Kevin Meyer, $23,350

7. John Cowdery, $45,200

8. Con Bunde, $18,650

9. John Coghill Jr, $10,480

10. Richard Foster, $16,750

11. Fred Dyson, $21,700

12. Gary Stevens, $14,275

He then goes on to warn Alaskans "Watch closely as they go to bat for everything Veco fought for --- and remember them next election. "

There turned out not to be another election for Ralph to represent Alaska's 29th district. He started to run for re-election but withdrew his candidacy during the primary that year. I wonder why? Ralph appeared to go to bat for those he 'owed his election to' aside from his lone vote against AGIA. Ralph Samuels also opposed ACES and is a sort of mini-champ for those corrupt influences in Alaska. I'm still digging through his voting record and beyond the big headline votes, I'm curious how much VECO and other 'bed partners' influenced Ralph's decisions.

Speaking of misguided Alaskan's, I ran into Valerie Henning again while conducting my research. She said "Ralph Samuels for Governor!"

These people are shameless.