Meg Whitman and her Republican Pals
“Former eBay CEO Meg Whitman, 52, a billionaire Republican businesswoman who built the online marketplace into a household name, has announced an exploratory committee to make a 2010 run for governor,” according to the San Francisco Chronicle.
I figured that there had to be something wrong with Whitman, given her support of last year’s failed GOP presidential candidate, John McCain, and sure enough the Chronicle revealed that Whitman’s campaign co-chair will be Mexican hater and former Governor Pete Wilson. I also found the following on a website called firemeg.com:
- Whitman’s prior experience consisted of working as a marketing director at Hasbro, overseeing the global marketing of the Mr. Potato Head and Playskool brands.
- Whitman was NOT a McCain supporter in the primaries, she was active as a co-chair in the campaign of Mitt Romney.
- Her only notable charitable donations involve gifting $30 million to her alma mater Princeton university…..while eBay founder Pierre Omidyar has donated hundreds of millions to fund microfinance around the world and created the Omidyar Network.
- Whitman lost billions of dollars when she overpaid for Skype.
- Whitman was instrumental in purchasing a stake in CraigsList, despite the remaining shareholders’ objections….then proceeded to sue CraigsList.
- eBay stole the patented technology that allowed the “Buy It Now” button to work properly (end a current auction with a purchase immediately), then fought to keep using it without paying the patent holder. Then continued to use it despite an order to cease, and eventually paid millions in a settlement….all under the direction of Whitman.
- During her tenure at eBay, Whitman oversaw the #1 and #2 ranking sites for internet fraud, phishing and identity theft (eBay #1…..Paypal #2). BTW, that’s bad, it means those sites have the most fraud, not the least.
- Despite millions of dollars of users money being stolen by fraud via eBay & Paypal, Whitman refused to implement any sort of verification process for users of eBay…for fear it would effect the stock value negatively.
- Whitman has a horrible record when it comes to investing. The only two acquisitions that have resulted in good profits were former competitors – Paypal and Stubhub. Both companies that were beating eBay (in Payments and ticket auctions) were bought to reduce competition.
- Paypal, which Whitman headed while at eBay, is not an FDIC insured bank.
- It’s not a bank at all, and the only banking charter it has is on foreign soil.
BROWN 2010!
With Pete Wilson on board, she has no chance with tax-cutting Republicans. His record tax increase in 1991 kept the recession going another 2 years longer than the national recession, until most of his new taxes expired in 1995. And his tax RATE increases actually reduced REVENUE, as producers left the state in droves, making the deficit even worse. Yet Arnold is going to repeat the Wilson folly with his own tax RATE increases, which will not bring in more REVENUE.
And the fact is, Calif. now is so Democratic that no Republican stands a chance winning a top statewide office, except a Hollywood celebrity of the mega-stature Arnold once enjoyed. The Republican will just be comic foil for the Democratic candidate.
Republicans also will be blamed for re-nominating the Austrian Oaf in 2006, AFTER he had gone socialist earlier that year. Will the GOP never learn?
Any idea how much Mr. Potato Head brings in? More than you make, brother. Whitman may be a soulless Republican but you can’t deny her business and management skills. Oh wait, that’s the last thing California needs – business and management.
POOR CALIFORNIA!!! Don’t Let Whitman DESTROY California, Like She Has Ebay!!!
ebayer’s are glad she’s gone from ebay, BUT she promoted John Donahoe as her successor as ebay’s new CEO. He is continuing to impliment Whitman’s and Donahoe’s “Disruptive Innovation” of ebay. Whitman should have taken Donahoe and that plot with her! Slick of her to set ebay on a huge downward trend, then let Donahoe finish the dirty work for her (although he is equally responsible for killing ebayers reputations and businesses). To learn what ebayers are really saying about what Whitman and Donahoe have done to the site, search the internet for:
“Ebay Stockholders and Sellers Calling For Immediate Termination of
John Donohoe CEO Petition”
http://www.petitiononline.com/jdonohoe/petition.html
reviews of ebay’s horrendous upper management
http://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/eBay-Reviews-E7853.htm
ebay’s CEO, Donahoe’s, DESTRUCTIVE ebay scheme:
http://genuineseller.com/ebays-disruptive-innovation-hows-that-workin-for-ya/
I see Whitman is receiving contribution funds through Paypal (owned by ebay). I wonder if she will suffer the same denials to access her funds as are NOW forced on ebayers???
Paypal (owned by ebay, can now withhold any users funds for up to 180 days at Paypal’s “sole discretion”. Want to fight the withholding of your funds?…good luck with that. Paypal is judge, jury and executioner.
calif has gone far left so she has no shot but i will take her over reconquista if he runs mr 11 percent . he is here 11 percent of the time . gavin FLAMING FAR LEFT NEWSOME . jerry berkely brown . wow what great choices .
Please read Chapter 3: MEG WHITMAN REVEALED
http://www.ekepas.com
Kepas vs. eBay: INTENTINAL DISCRIMINATION
and
Appendix C: Stacie Wilson vs Anita Gaeta (Meg’s Perssonal Assistant) & eBay.
Sincerely, Emmanuel Kepas
Matt Smiuth of the SF Weekly wrote this story:
Republican Meg Whitman’s secret past as a porn-peddling CEO at eBay
http://www.sfweekly.com/2010-01-13/news/republican-meg-whitman-s-secret-past-as-a-porn-peddling-ceo-at-ebay/
Sincerely, Emmanuel Kepas
I’d like to thank Meg Whitman for pledging to contribute $100M of her personal fortune to the California economy, by way of her election. Way to go Meg!!! We won’t need to elect you to produce jobs in California, since your spending spree will do the trick! Yay for California!
This state is so screwed, it’s sad.
This woman is a fraud. She tried to intimidate Steve Poizner out of the primary race and just purchase her Governor’s chair. She never really “LEAD” E-Bay, E-Bay lead itself.. She’s shifted tons of money offshore to avoid taxes.Taxes she vowed NOT to lower, no doubt..
Then there’s Jerry “Oil Barron” Brown who uses “green” issues to enrich his family and their ties to Indonesian oil… Ironic isn’t it?
Poizner is pushing for a part-time legislature.. I think that’s our only hope. Unfortunately, he probably won’t win, so we’re screwed.