Things only Republicans learn
Since a registered Republican voter once lived here, we recently received a California Republican Party mailing urging people to vote Arnold Schwarzenegger for Governor. (The plurality sentiment in our household appeared to be that members of it "liked [Gov.-El.] Schwarzenegger better as an indestructible robot", as Zack put it.)
The mailing is very interesting and quite different from most of what we receive, since most of the people who have ever registered to vote at this address registered as Democrats, and some people belong to organizations or subscribed to magazines that sold their mailing lists to Democratic Party organizations (grumble grumble grumble).
Anyway, at the bottom of the mailing, it says
Paid for by the California Republican Party [...] Major funding by Chevron/Texaco and William Lyon Homes, Inc.
Oddly enough, the Charlotte Observer reports that
As governor, Davis has collected hundreds of thousands of dollars from chemical, oil, timber and development concerns that have broken anti-pollution laws or been embroiled in disputes with environmentalists.Among Davis' contributors are Dow Chemical, Enron, Duke Energy, Pacific Lumber, Georgia Pacific, Chevron, Tosco, Monsanto and Waste Management.
Why did ChevronTexaco donate to both campaigns? Is it just demonstrating to politicians its ability to have a "major" influence on campaign finance in future elections? Or does the Observer mean that ChevronTexaco donated to the original Davis election campaign but not to his anti-recall campaign?
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