Hall of Fame
Jann Wenner ($156,658)
Paul Dooley ($6,800)
Nancy Cartwright ($6,000)
Clint Eastwood ($2,450)
Daniel 'Lemony Snicket' Handler ($12,300)
Joe Eszterhas ($1,000)
Itzhak Perlman ($11,000)
Carol Higgins Clark ($1,000)
Cloris Leachman ($1,000)
Ozzy Osbourne ($2,000)
Judy Blume ($23,750)
Tyne Daly ($12,050)
Judith Krantz ($232,964)
Dan Reeves ($15,000)
David Soul ($500)
Forest Whitaker ($4,300)
Jimmie Johnson ($4,300)
Woody Allen ($12,750)
Diedrich Bader ($3,000)
Elmore Leonard ($3,950)
Camryn Manheim ($1,000)
Tom Robbins ($4,250)
Andrew Napolitano ($12,000)
Dick Van Patten ($3,535)
Janeane Garofalo ($10,388)
Merle Haggard ($1,000)
Lucy Lawless ($4,000)
Cris Collinsworth ($6,500)
Nancy Sinatra ($44,925)
Mary Higgins Clark ($61,900)
Taylor Hackford ($25,700)
Cybill Shepherd ($23,500)
Jeffrey Lurie ($59,200)
Paul Tagliabue ($32,749)
Gore Vidal ($2,000)
Brandon Routh ($250)
Courtney B Vance ($250)
Burt Bacharach ($64,450)
John R Hall ($750)
Alanis Morissette ($3,000)
Thomas Schlamme ($60,675)
Isaiah Washington ($4,550)
John Astin ($1,000)
Sheena Easton ($8,700)
Steven Soderbergh ($19,600)
Matt LeBlanc ($4,000)
Walter Cronkite ($2,000)
Traci Lords ($300)
Blake Edwards ($8,500)
Denise Austin ($10,000)
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Hall of Fame ► Celebrities
Carly Simon
, 62 (bio ) singer/songwriter
NEWS MEAT Power Rank:
430
Election Picks: 4 wins, 2 losses
$9,200 Democrat $250 special interest total: $9,450
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election Result*
Amount
Date
FEC Filing
Simon, Carly Vineyard Haven , MA 02568 Self Employed/Musician/Entertainer John Hall (D) House (NY District: 19) JOHN HALL FOR CONGRESS - $500 primary 03/31/08
Simon, Carly New York, NY 10022 John Hall (D) House (NY District: 19) JOHN HALL FOR CONGRESS - $-1,000 primary 07/21/06
Simon, Carly New York, NY 10022 self/singerJohn Hall (D) House (NY District: 19) JOHN HALL FOR CONGRESSWon $2,100 primary 06/30/06
Simon, Carly New York, NY 10022 self/singerJohn Hall (D) House (NY District: 19) JOHN HALL FOR CONGRESSWon $2,100 general 06/30/06
Simon, Carly New York, NY 10022 self/singerJohn Hall (D) House (NY District: 19) JOHN HALL FOR CONGRESSWon $500 primary 04/10/06
Simon, Carly New York, NY 10022 self/singerJohn Hall (D) House (NY District: 19) JOHN HALL FOR CONGRESSWon $500 general 04/10/06
Simon, Carly Vineyard Haven, MA 02568 DNC SERVICES CORPORATION/DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE (D) - $250 primary 08/01/05
Simon, Carly New York, NY 10022 DEMOCRACY FOR AMERICA - $250 primary 09/28/04
SIMON, CARLY NEW YORK, NY 10022 SINGER/SONGWRITERHillary Rodham Clinton (D) Senate - NY FRIENDS OF HILLARYWon $1,000 primary 08/16/04
Simon, Carly Tisbury, MA 02568 Self employed/MusicianHoward Dean (D) President DEAN FOR AMERICALost $1,500 primary 08/05/03
SIMON, CARLY NEW YORK, NY 10023 GELFAND RENNERT & FELDMANGREEN, MARK (D) Senate - NY GREEN FOR UNITED STATES SENATELost $250 primary 03/18/98
SIMON, CARLY NEW YORK, NY 10023 MUSICIANBill Clinton (D) President CLINTON/GORE '96 PRIMARY COMMITTEE INCWon $1,000 primary 11/09/95
SIMON, CARLY NEW YORK, NY 10023 MUSICIANEdward M. Kennedy (D) Senate - MA KENNEDY FOR SENATE (1994)Won $500 primary 08/29/94
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2008 DELEGATE COUNT as of 05/17/08
US WAR SHEET
Iraq
Afghanistan
Days
1,886
2,414
GIs Killed in Action
3,326
298
DoD
Non-Hostile GI Deaths
754
133
DoD
GIs Severely Wounded
13,395
1,198
DoD
Current Troop Deployment
155,000
30,000
Brookings , AP
Total Cost (approved through Sept 2008)
$488 Bln
$156 Bln
Cost Per Day (Avg)
$241 Mil
$61.2 Mil
casualty status updated May 16, 2008
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)
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