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Related: About this forumLiberal Support For Chris Christie Frustrates Democrats
Fundraisers in Beverly Hills and Silicon Valley, and a fan-base that includes Mark Zuckerberg. A huge gulf between Christie's popularity and record, says Henne.
posted on February 15, 2013 at 4:06pm EST
Chris Christie well-publicized three-day campaign swing this week through the liberal heartland of California left Democrats back east exasperated, and even confused, by the Republican governor's popularity with the Hollywood and Silicon Valley crowds.
Christie's trip took him from Beverly Hills to La Jolla and Santa Barbara, and ended with a private event at the home of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg.
"When we he heard that Mark Zuckerberg would be holding his first-ever political fundraiser for Chris Christie, we were just shocked," said Beck Bond, political director for progressive group CREDO, who helped stage a 50-person protest outside the social media giant's Palo Alto home.
"He was making a very public statement by raising money for the guy who's well known for his conservative record," said Bond. "These are people who you'd think would not want to be associated with the war on women, and supporting Chris Christie is supporting that war on women."
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Liberal Support For Chris Christie Frustrates Democrats (Original Post)
DonViejo
Feb 2013
OP
Zuckerberg paid no taxes last year. He earned billions. I don't have a link, sorry..n/t
monmouth3
Feb 2013
#2
And Christi? He goes after teacher unions and loves the idea of turning Public ed into private ed...
busterbrown
Feb 2013
#8
immoderate
(20,885 posts)1. It's the Ralph Kramden Effect.
--imm
monmouth3
(3,871 posts)2. Zuckerberg paid no taxes last year. He earned billions. I don't have a link, sorry..n/t
DrToast
(6,414 posts)3. Zuckerberg has worked closely with Christie on Education
busterbrown
(8,515 posts)8. And Christi? He goes after teacher unions and loves the idea of turning Public ed into private ed...
Just freaking great!!
DonViejo
(60,536 posts)4. Here ya go..
monmouth3
(3,871 posts)5. Many thanks for posting that, should have known I saw it here...Haha...n/t
Lucky Luciano
(11,258 posts)9. Zuckerburg sold $1.6B in FB stock in the IPO
...specifically to pay taxes. Also, he has not realized his billions for the most part because it is all FB stock. I think the part he had to pay taxes on was from stock options converting to actual stock - which is a taxable event.
The company itself may have done a good job of dodging taxes though on their roughly $1.1B in profits.
msongs
(67,441 posts)6. he is outspoken which shocks democrats used to democratic politicians who play it safe nt
Trascoli
(194 posts)7. I don't trust him at all
He'll turn hard right in a heartbeat, they always do.