Hall of Fame
Lisa Loeb ($3,600)
John Podhoretz ($450)
Siegfried Fischbacher ($41,450)
Leonard Nimoy ($38,300)
Philip Seymour Hoffman ($10,900)
Tony Stewart ($4,000)
Richard Dreyfuss ($39,200)
Tom Coughlin ($1,126)
Heather Locklear ($1,000)
Judith Regan ($14,500)
Topher Grace ($6,600)
Candace Bushnell ($3,000)
Roseanne Barr ($27,139)
Greg Biffle ($3,500)
Jason Bateman ($5,125)
Billy Joel ($13,550)
Sam Waterston ($42,627)
Holly Robinson Peete ($34,890)
Carol Leifer ($8,250)
Tyra Banks ($6,500)
Jay Roach ($19,400)
Ry Cooder ($13,500)
Laura Innes ($3,800)
Tony Danza ($2,300)
John Rich ($12,800)
James Whitmore ($34,270)
Lou Piniella ($4,000)
Pia Zadora ($6,500)
Peter Farrelly ($90,900)
Garrison Keillor ($84,461)
Randi Rhodes ($6,700)
Joe Flanigan ($2,300)
M Night Shyamalan ($5,900)
Majel Roddenberry ($3,000)
Maggie Gallagher ($500)
Lee Greenwood ($17,350)
Sidney Lumet ($6,050)
J J Abrams ($139,800)
Nicolas Cage ($3,000)
Drew Barrymore ($1,000)
Big Kenny Alphin ($3,300)
Hal Sparks ($3,750)
Robert Evans ($4,000)
Al Leiter ($10,000)
Abigail Van Buren ($70,438)
Kenny G ($2,000)
Kal Penn ($4,155)
Ashley Judd ($8,750)
Lily Tomlin ($20,142)
Robert DeNiro ($70,500)
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Andy Griffith
actor
NEWS MEAT Power Rank:
1,624
Election Picks: 1 win, 3 losses
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election Result*
Amount
Date
FEC Filing
Griffith, Andy Los Angeles, CA 90025 Self employed/ActorJohn Kerry (D) President JOHN KERRY FOR PRESIDENT INCLost $1,000 primary 06/04/04
GRIFFITH, ANDY MANTEO, NC 27954 ACTORSANDERS, CHARLES ADDISON (D) Senate - NC SANDERS FOR SENATELost $500 primary 11/30/95
GRIFFITH, ANDY NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CA 91602 ACTORSANFORD, JAMES TERRY (D) Senate - NC TERRY SANFORD FOR U S SENATELost $500 general 11/03/92
GRIFFITH, ANDY NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CA 91602 VIACOMSANFORD, JAMES TERRY (D) Senate - NC TERRY SANFORD FOR U S SENATEWon $500 general 10/22/86
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US WAR SHEET
Iraq
Afghanistan
Days
2,299
2,827
GIs Killed in Action
3,456
475
DoD
Non-Hostile GI Deaths
865
167
DoD
GIs Severely Wounded
13,830
1,976
DoD
Current Troop Deployment
135,000
38,000
AP
, Reuters
Total Cost (approved through mid 2009)
$650 Bln
$200 Bln
AP
Cost Per Day (Avg)
$261 Mil
$70.8 Mil
casualty status updated July 2, 2009
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