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Mon Feb 22, 2016, 03:02 PM Feb 2016

How Jeb Bush spent $130 million running for president with nothing to show for it.

A pale contrast to his brother, who spent trillions in a war without anything positive to show for it, but hey -I digress.


New York Times
When Jeb Bush formally entered the presidential campaign in June, there was already more money behind him than every other Republican candidate combined. When he suspended his campaign on Saturday night in South Carolina, Mr. Bush had burned through the vast majority of that cash without winning a single state. It may go down as one of the least successful campaign spending binges in history. Here is Mr. Bush’s story, as told by his ledger:

Positive Advertising: $84 Million
(details at link)

Valets: $15,800
(details at link)

Clubbing: $94,100
(details at link)

People: $8.3 Million
(details at link)

Branding: $88,387
(details at link)

Vegas, Baby: $48,544
(details at link)

The Consultants: $10 Million
(details at link)

Pizza: $4,837
As his fortunes declined this winter, Mr. Bush sharply pared back employees’ salaries and consulting fees, even laying off some campaign staff members to bring down costs. But let it never be said that Mr. Bush allowed his team to go hungry. His campaign and super PAC were particularly fond of the pizza, whether from Domino’s or from Pizza Ranch, the Iowa chain.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/23/us/politics/jeb-bush-campaign.html?_r=0


Domino's? Ewww.
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How Jeb Bush spent $130 million running for president with nothing to show for it. (Original Post) Tab Feb 2016 OP
And the fat cat media moguls laughed all the way to the bank. Brother Buzz Feb 2016 #1
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