MessageTechnically, in her speech she said she "put it on eBay," she didn't
outright say she sold it on eBay, though, you're right, that's what was implied.
As for eBay's connection to the campaign, Whitman of course is no longer CEO of
the company but by her presence in the campaign it wouldn't surprise me if she
were to get a cabinet seat or some other high profile appointment (which is I'm
sure what she is angling for), should McCain win. Her efforts probably have
more to do with her own personal grandiose ambitions, rather than the fortunes
of eBay.
Who knows? Hey, maybe he'll send her to Iraq...
Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: Franc
To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
Sent: Friday, September 05, 2008 9:50 AM
Subject: Re: [MOPO] Is Ebay using the GOP Presidential race and Sarah Palin
to promote itself?
This is so weird, I just have to ask the question: Is Ebay so desperate that
it is trying to promote itself through the GOP Presidential race? No doubt
everyone knows by now that former CEO Meg Whitman was previously an advisor to
Mitt Romney's failed presidential campaign and is now one of John McCain's
chief advisors being one of the several people he indicated he most admired and
sought professional advice from. Well, Sarah Palin has mentioned several times
now in her stump speech in which she lists all her accomplishments as Governor
of Alaska that he successfully auctioned off on Ebay the luxury Alaskan state
jet bought by the previous government for use by her office. Turns out that's
not true. After going unsold for months, the jet was put in the hands of Turbo
North Aviation, an Anchorage aircraft broker, which put an asking price of
$2.45 million on the nearly $2.7 million jet. It was ultimately sold privately
to an Alaskan business man for $2.1 million, $31,000 of which went to Turbo
Aviation as a sales commission. Why is Sarah Palin lying about an Ebay
connection? It doesn't diminish whatever accomplishment she achieved in selling
an Alaskan state jet but it strangely propels Ebay into the headlines and
promotes it as an effective selling tool in the public's eyes. I find this very
puzzling. Does anybody else? FRANC
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