All 4 Hollywood Republicans give to McCain -- 2 Sellecks, 1 Grammer, 1 Bruckheimer
Celebrities and owners and executives of sports franchises chipped in $273,000 to John McCain and various Republican campaign committees in the past quarter.
Hollywood types who gave McCain the maximum $2,300 include Kelsey Grammer, Tom Selleck and his wife, Jillie Mack Selleck. Producer Jerry Bruckheim
er also gave $5,000 to a joint fundraising committee on McCain’s behalf.
Here are some of the larger donations unearthed by The Times' Dan Morain, whose main McCain fundraising story is available here:
Michael and William Bidwell, owners of McCain's home-state Arizona Cardinals football team, each gave $50,000. Jerry Jones of the Dallas Cowboys gave $28,500, and George Steinbrenner of the New York Yankees gave $15,000. George’s son, Harold Steinbrenner, gave $12,300.
Stockton developer Alex Spanos owns the San Diego Chargers. He and his family contributed at least $85,950 to McCain and the GOP committees.
Fellow Arizona resident Dan Quayle gave $20,000 to a McCain joint fundraising committee.
-- Andrew Malcolm
Photo credit: Chris Pizello / Associated Press
Andrew Malcolm's immigrant parents repeatedly stressed the importance of active participation in a democracy. Early lessons included learning the alphabetical list of states by watching televised roll calls of national political conventions. That childhood exposure led to a lifelong fascination with politics, including 40-plus years of covering them and a brief stint practicing them as press secretary to Laura Bush in 1999-2000. A veteran foreign and national correspondent, Malcolm served on the Times Editorial Board and was a Pulitzer finalist in 2004. He is the author of 10 nonfiction books and father of four.
Johanna Neuman is a veteran Washington correspondent for both The Los Angeles Times and USA Today, having covered presidents and politics as far back as Ronald Reagan. A former president of the White House Correspondents Assn., she authored a book on media and foreign policy, “Lights, Camera, Wars.” Most recently she was co-author of the 
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Thankfully, there are some who have thought this out. Mr. Obama is just NOT ready. Even GWB had more experience that he does and remember the outcry then?
This Pechanga person says NO to Obama. Let's get hillary....
Posted by: Original Pechanga | July 21, 2008 at 09:07 AM
Hooray for diversity.
Posted by: Sarah | July 21, 2008 at 11:06 AM
There's always a few. jerry jones? lol..
Obama 08
Posted by: tyusmitj | July 21, 2008 at 08:24 PM
Trotting out what people gave to which candidate points out who the real bottom feeders of jounalism are. It's the really high iQ guys that get their rocks off by catching John Edwards in an embarrassing situation that will ultimately kill his political career? Is this why I chose politics hopping to be inspired by covering statesmens' speaches and great men instead of picadillos and contributions that make no different?
Posted by: McCain sorta-supporter | August 08, 2008 at 08:37 PM
The Selleck's always come through....what great people!
Posted by: SoCalgal | September 17, 2008 at 10:21 PM