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McCain Claims Meg Whitman 'Founded' eBay ... Truth: Obama Supporter Is Founder

Posted by Satyam Khanna, Think Progress at 11:14 AM on October 27, 2008.


In a statement on the economy today, however, McCain incorrectly claimed that Whitman was the "founder" of EBay.
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Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) frequently touts former EBay CEO Meg Whitman as someone he goes to for economic advice, even floating her as a possible Treasury Secretary. In his statement on the economy today, however, McCain incorrectly claimed that Whitman was the "founder" of EBay:


And next to him is a person well known to most Americans, Meg Whitman, the founder of EBay. I often like to repeat, 12 years ago, there was five employees, and now 1.3 million people around the globe making a living off of EBay.
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As Huffington Post notes, "Whitman joined eBay as CEO in 1998, three years after it was founded by Pierre Omidyar, a Barack Obama supporter."

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Satyam Khanna is a Research Associate for The Progress Report and ThinkProgress.org at the Center for American Progress.


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Omidyar and Obama
Posted by: palolololo on Oct 28, 2008 5:32 AM   
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Both went to Punahou school in Honolulu,Pierre just a few years behind Barack.

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It Has Become Very Sad
Posted by: desidid on Oct 28, 2008 5:55 AM   
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to watch McCain distort something in nearly every appearance. But sadder still is the media's responce to such gaffs. The media doesn't appear to think these lapses are important. In fact they seem to think its just John being John. Well that should be talked about, because John being John is a huge problem.

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