Hall of Fame
Errol Morris ($900)
Carl Reiner ($5,100)
Ethan Hawke ($25,000)
Mark Burnett ($2,300)
Mel Brooks ($18,300)
Ron Jaworski ($5,000)
Brad Grey ($124,050)
Spike Lee ($12,600)
Harry Belafonte ($1,500)
Peter Jacobsen ($2,500)
Tucker Carlson ($1,000)
Angela Bassett ($2,300)
Arthur Blank ($229,100)
Peri Gilpin ($3,000)
Joely Fisher ($5,800)
Thomas Gibson ($3,300)
John Daly ($1,000)
Frank Gifford ($8,000)
Meryl Streep ($15,700)
Brian De Palma ($2,000)
Tom Seaver ($1,000)
Harold Ramis ($26,250)
Randy Newman ($13,500)
Kevin James ($2,100)
George Clooney ($21,900)
Jessica Alba ($600)
Phil Jackson ($7,755)
Stevie Wonder ($2,000)
Oscar De La Hoya ($1,000)
Heather Thomas ($201,014)
Christopher Lloyd ($4,800)
Lou Piniella ($4,000)
Berry Gordy ($1,243,450)
William Hurt ($3,000)
Richard Mellon Scaife ($750,054)
Neil Simon ($67,875)
Pierce Brosnan ($2,000)
John Ratzenberger ($6,525)
Lowry Mays ($384,304)
Will Smith ($4,600)
Shirley Temple Black ($4,900)
Fannie Flagg ($1,000)
Don LaFontaine ($4,200)
Bill Romanowski ($250)
Linda Ronstadt ($14,000)
Rhea Perlman ($70,054)
Anne Sweeney ($25,500)
Charles Grodin ($4,000)
George Wendt ($4,000)
Danny Meyer ($219,900)
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Lionel Richie
, 58 (bio ) recording artist
NEWS MEAT Power Rank:
n/a
Election Picks: 0 wins, 0 losses
$2,300 Democrat $5,500 special interest total: $7,800
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election Result*
Amount
Date
FEC Filing
Richie, Lionel B Jr Los Angeles , CA 90064 Self employed/Singer/Songwriter Barack Obama (D) President OBAMA FOR AMERICA - $2,300 primary 01/31/08
RICHIE, LIONEL JR LOS ANGELES, CA 90048 PERFORMER AND RECORDING ARTIST MOBILIZATION FOR ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES PAC - $5,000 primary 08/24/95
RICHIE, LIONEL LOS ANGELES, CA 90036 RECORDING ARTIST/SONGWRITER ASCAP LEGISLATIVE FUND FOR THE ARTS, THE - $500 primary 08/13/91
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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
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