Hall of Fame
Nicole Kidman ($25,500)
Oscar De La Hoya ($1,000)
Roger Ailes ($6,750)
Wes Craven ($14,100)
Ken Burns ($36,500)
Anne Rice ($85,283)
Joan Allen ($1,250)
Larry Merchant ($7,750)
Maggie Gyllenhaal ($1,000)
Usher ($250)
Shannen Doherty ($240)
Mark Cuban ($7,000)
Kevin Bacon ($23,800)
Barry Switzer ($6,500)
Joely Fisher ($5,800)
George Wendt ($4,000)
Bette Midler ($151,725)
Emmylou Harris ($1,750)
Jerry Stiller ($2,000)
Angie Dickinson ($2,000)
Jane Kaczmarek ($38,750)
Dennis Green ($7,550)
Tom Hammond ($2,000)
Linda Ronstadt ($14,000)
Carol Burnett ($14,750)
Roger Goodell ($10,300)
Randi Rhodes ($3,950)
Rob Morrow ($2,500)
Michael Stipe ($76,838)
Rosie O'Donnell ($176,300)
Robert 'Lute' Olson ($104,955)
Jane Pauley ($7,900)
Chris Parnell ($3,000)
Tom Watson ($8,001)
Carol Higgins Clark ($1,000)
Robert Scheer ($2,500)
Christopher Lloyd ($4,800)
Paul Michael Glaser ($1,000)
Greg Biffle ($3,500)
Garth Brooks ($1,000)
Ryan Reynolds ($2,500)
Lily Tomlin ($17,642)
George Bodenheimer ($62,680)
James Taylor ($1,750)
Paul Dooley ($6,800)
Peter Farrelly ($80,900)
Jon Bon Jovi ($30,680)
Trisha Yearwood ($3,000)
Carl Reiner ($5,100)
Joel Surnow ($4,100)
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Hall of Fame ► Media
Christopher Ruddy
(bio ) NewsMax founder
NEWS MEAT Power Rank:
327
Election Picks: 3 wins, 1 loss
$4,300 Republican $12,600 Democrat $1,000 special interest total: $17,900
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election Result*
Amount
Date
FEC Filing
posted 05/04/08 RUDDY, CHRISTOPHER WEST PALM BEACH , FL 33416 NEWSMAX MEDIA/PRESIDENT Jim Inhofe (R) Senate - OK FRIENDS OF JIM INHOFE COMMITTEE - $1,500 primary 02/22/08
RUDDY, CHRISTOPHER W. WEST PALM BEACH , FL 33409 NEWSMAX MEDIA INC./PRESIDENT & CEO ORRINPAC - $1,000 primary 03/26/07
RUDDY, CHRISTOPHER WEST PALM BEACH, FL 33416 NEWSMAX MEDIA/CEOJoseph Lieberman (D) Senate - CT FRIENDS OF JOE LIEBERMANWon $11,600 general 10/09/06
Ruddy, Christopher West Palm Beach, FL 33409 NewsMaxMedia Inc./ExecutiveE. Clay Shaw (R) House (FL District: 22) FRIENDS OF CLAY SHAWLost $500 general 09/29/06
RUDDY, CHRISTOPHER WEST PALM BEACH, FL 33416 NEWSMAX MEDIA/CEOJoseph Lieberman (D) Senate - CT FRIENDS OF JOE LIEBERMANWon $1,000 general 08/27/06
Ruddy, Christopher West Palm Beach, FL 33409 NewsMaxMedia Inc./ExecutiveE. Clay Shaw (R) House (FL District: 22) FRIENDS OF CLAY SHAWLost $300 primary 03/31/06
Ruddy, Christopher West Palm Beach, FL 33409 NewsMaxMedia Inc./ExecutiveE. Clay Shaw (R) House (FL District: 22) FRIENDS OF CLAY SHAWLost $500 primary 02/28/06
RUDDY, CHRISTOPHER WEST PALM BEACH , FL 33416 NEWSMAX MEDIA/PRESIDENT/CEO Mel Martinez (R) Senate - FL MARTINEZ FOR SENATEWon $500 general 10/26/04
Ruddy, Christopher West Palm Beach, FL 33416 NewsMax Media Inc./Exec.Mark Foley (R) House (FL District: 16) FRIENDS OF MARK FOLEYWon $1,000 primary 06/16/03
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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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