Hall of Fame
Ellen DeGeneres ($3,000)
Tavis Smiley ($2,500)
Paul Thomas Anderson ($1,500)
Virginia Halas McCaskey ($22,200)
Walid Phares ($1,000)
George Wendt ($4,000)
LeVar Burton ($3,400)
Haim Saban ($11,060,228)
Cheryl Hines ($2,000)
Lauren Hutton ($4,000)
Barry Bostwick ($250)
Albert Brooks ($250)
Melissa Etheridge ($7,000)
David Pecker ($88,170)
Kathy Hilton ($4,300)
Mike Binder ($7,700)
Garrison Keillor ($84,461)
Howard Stern ($4,350)
Joe Walsh ($7,250)
Phil LaMarr ($500)
Arnold Schwarzenegger ($20,250)
Helen Hunt ($7,550)
Denny Crum ($2,654)
David Hyde Pierce ($32,300)
Ethan Hawke ($25,000)
Mike Ditka ($22,588)
Adrian Pasdar ($8,600)
Kevin Johnson ($13,400)
Muhammad Ali ($3,000)
Toni Morrison ($5,800)
Pia Zadora ($6,500)
Joe Paterno ($7,550)
Dan Dierdorf ($2,200)
Marina Sirtis ($5,100)
Chris Parnell ($3,000)
Kristi Yamaguchi ($2,300)
Jasper Johns ($10,000)
Amber Valletta ($34,750)
Kevin James ($2,100)
Patrick Duffy ($3,500)
Tom Hayden ($113,628)
Barry Manilow ($95,900)
Charles Barkley ($2,000)
David McCullough ($9,000)
Larry Hagman ($44,449)
Diedrich Bader ($3,000)
Valerie Harper ($13,450)
Isaac Mizrahi ($18,765)
Warren Littlefield ($9,620)
Jaclyn Smith ($3,574)
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John Ratzenberger
, 62 (bio ) actor
NEWS MEAT Power Rank:
945
Election Picks: 3 wins, 2 losses
$4,500 Republican $4,700 Democrat $325 special interest total: $9,525
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election Result*
Amount
Date
FEC Filing
RATZENBERGER, JOHN D. MR. WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA 91361 FIDDLERS BAY PRODUCTION/ACTORJohn McCain (R) President MCCAIN-PALIN VICTORY CALIFORNIALost $1,500 primary 10/03/08
RATZENBERGER, JOHN D. MR. WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA 91361 FIDDLERS BAY PRODUCTION/ACTORJohn McCain (R) President MCCAIN-PALIN VICTORY CALIFORNIALost $500 primary 09/23/08
RATZENBERGER, JOHN D. MR. WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA 91361 FIDDLERS BAY PRODUCTION/ACTORJohn McCain (R) President MCCAIN VICTORY CALIFORNIALost $1,000 primary 08/30/08
RATZENBERGER, JOHN LOS ANGELES, CA 90025 ACTORKENNEDY, JOSEPH P II (D) House (MA District: 08) CITIZENS FOR JOE KENNEDY 1988Won $200 primary 09/11/95
RATZENBERGER, JOHN SEATTLE, WA 98104 ACTORHYATT, JOEL (D) Senate - OH HYATT FOR SENATE COMMITTEELost $1,000 general 08/16/94
RATZENBERGER, JOHN LOS ANGELES, CA 90025 ACTOR NATIONAL REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL COMMITTEE (R) - $1,500 primary 06/21/94
RATZENBERGER, JOHN LOS ANGELES, CA 90025 Barbara Boxer (D) Senate - CA BARBARA BOXER FOR U S SENATEWon $500 general 10/28/92
RATZENBERGER, JOHN LOS ANGELES, CA 90025 ACTOR HOLLYWOOD WOMEN'S POLITICAL COMMITTEE - $325 primary 12/06/89
RATZENBERGER, JOHN LOS ANGELES, CA 90025 PARAMONT STUDIOSMETZENBAUM, HOWARD M (D) Senate - OH VOICES FOR CHANGE '88Won $2,000 primary 10/06/88
RATZENBERGER, JOHN MR LOS ANGELES, CA 90029 ACTOR DNC SERVICES CORPORATION/DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE (D) - $1,000 primary 09/26/88
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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 11/2/09 — 17,177,929 records
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US WAR SHEET
Iraq
Afghanistan
Days
2,425
2,953
GIs Killed in Action
3,475
640
DoD
Non-Hostile GI Deaths
885
193
DoD
GIs Severely Wounded
13,880
2,618
DoD
Current Troop Deployment
124,000
68,000
AP
, AP
Total Cost (approved through Sept 30, 2009)
$711 Bln
$219 Bln
AP
Cost Per Day (Avg)
$298 Mil
$75.2 Mil
casualty status updated November 5, 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 11/2/09
17,177,929 records (election cycles 1980-2010)
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