Hall of Fame
Dr Keith Ablow ($1,750)
Phyllis Schlafly ($10,901)
Jerome Bettis ($9,300)
Maura Tierney ($43,100)
Kurt Busch ($1,000)
Art Modell ($250,000)
Jennifer Garner ($10,600)
George Packer ($1,250)
Lars Ulrich ($2,300)
Mark Brunell ($5,000)
Grant Hill ($2,300)
Andre Agassi ($158,700)
Markos Moulitsas ($31,250)
Veronica Hamel ($9,400)
John Davidson ($550)
John C Reilly ($3,300)
Alanis Morissette ($3,000)
Lou Piniella ($4,000)
Jerry Zucker ($61,966)
Dan Castellaneta ($3,300)
Mary Higgins Clark ($61,900)
Rob Lowe ($1,000)
Taye Diggs ($2,300)
Ben Harper ($2,000)
Morgan Fairchild ($21,375)
Ellen Barkin ($95,500)
Peter Yarrow ($15,622)
Regis Philbin ($1,000)
Elaine May ($7,000)
Gretchen Wilson ($2,300)
Robert Evans ($4,000)
Richie Sambora ($2,000)
Tina Brown ($1,000)
Spike Feresten ($2,550)
Vanessa Williams ($3,500)
Albert Brooks ($250)
Jared Kushner ($117,700)
Stuart Sternberg ($36,785)
George Karl ($7,500)
Denise Austin ($10,000)
Neil Simon ($67,875)
Jann Wenner ($167,658)
Jeff Burton ($3,000)
Peter Chernin ($222,913)
Jamie Foxx ($15,700)
Julius Peppers ($2,000)
Lanny Wadkins ($1,300)
Alan Dershowitz ($21,810)
Jonathan Franzen ($9,100)
Elisabeth Hasselbeck ($1,000)
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Gore Vidal
author
NEWS MEAT Power Rank:
1,492
Election Picks: 0 wins, 1 loss
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election Result*
Amount
Date
FEC Filing
VIDAL, GORE LOS ANGELES, CA 90068 AUTHOR HOMEANDERSON, JOHN B (IND) President NATIONAL UNITY CAMPAIGN FOR JOHN ANDERSONLost $1,000 general 09/12/80
VIDAL, GORE LOS ANGELES, CA 90068 AUTHORANDERSON, JOHN B (IND) President ANDERSON FOR PRESIDENT COMMITTEELost $1,000 primary 02/05/80
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* general election result only; "Lost" = didn't win seat for that cycle
Data for this NEWS MEAT report provided by the Federal Election Commission as of 12/15/08 — 16,423,650 records
NEWSMAKERS
political donations of today's newsmakers
US WAR SHEET
Iraq
Afghanistan
Days
2,121
2,649
GIs Killed in Action
3,400
406
DoD
Non-Hostile GI Deaths
821
153
DoD
GIs Severely Wounded
13,624
1,692
DoD
Current Troop Deployment
148,000
30,000
Brookings , AP
Total Cost (approved through mid 2009)
$650 Bln
$200 Bln
AP
Cost Per Day (Avg)
$261 Mil
$70.8 Mil
casualty status updated January 2, 2009
NEWSMEAT HALL OF FAME
individual donations of $200 or more made after 1977
Political donations made by the powerful, rich, and famous.
• Celebrities (actors, musicians, authors, icons)
• Billionaires
• Sports Stars
• Media
• Business Executives
• Politics (pols, players, pundits, shills)
Data Provided by the Federal Election Commission as of 12/15/08
16,423,650 records (election cycles 1980-2008)
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