I totally agree with your last comment about not letting political stuff edge in on MOPO. I only asked the question because I found the whole Ebay plug (or deception, as I see it) incomprehensible and since there seems to be a lot of Ebay experts on this board, I thought they'd have some interesting perceptions. And they did. FRANC
-----Original Message----- From: MoPo List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kirby McDaniel Sent: Friday, September 05, 2008 1:15 PM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] Is Ebay using the GOP Presidential race and Sarah Palin to promote itself? Yes, Sean, but that's a distinction almost without a difference. She didn't say she failed to sell it on ebay. She said she "put in on ebay" which amounted to a little plug. Hey, the Dems have their backers too. Letting the political stuff edge in on MOPO will be detrimental to the list, so I suggest canning it, everybody. Kirby On Sep 5, 2008, at 10:30 AM, Sean Linkenback wrote: No. Actually she never said that she sold it on eBay at all - her line was that she "put it on eBay", which of course is absolutely true. (You can watch that part of her speech again here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82hn63DSjGE <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82hn63DSjGE&feature=related> &feature=related, or read the text here:http://coverawards.com/2008/09/03/news_sarah_palin_rnc_acceptance_s peech_42752/). But you've never let the truth stop you before, so why do it now? _____ From: MoPo List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Franc Sent: Friday, September 05, 2008 9:51 AM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU 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 Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
