Interesting . . . Harriet Miers has donated to the DNC and to Al Gore's

[ET Awful]

campaign in the past

http://www.newsmeat.com/washington_political_donations/Harriet_Miers.php

Note: It was Gore's 88 campaign, not the 2000.

[Mass]

1. And the right is using that to tell us she is acceptable

This is the worst example of cronyism that we have seen, even in the Bush administration. His personal lawyer? Come on. Why would her political donations nearly 20 years ago be relevant.

[1932]

2. Gore was one of most pro-corporate Dems running in '88

after Biden, of course.

Here's the full list:

Bruce E. Babbitt, former governor from Arizona
Joseph R. Biden Jr., U.S. senator from Delaware
Michael S. Dukakis, governor of Massachusetts
Richard A. "Dick" Gephardt, U.S. representative from Missouri
Albert A. Gore Jr., U.S. senator from Tennessee
Gary W. Hart, former U.S. senator from Colorado
the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, civil rights activist
Paul M. Simon, U.S. senator from Illinois

For the Republicans:

GHWB, VP from Texas
Bob Dole, Senator from Kansas
Pierre DuPont, former Governor from Delaware
Alexander Haig, Reagan's former Secretary of State
Jack Kemp, Congressman from Buffalo, NY; former NFL player
Pat Robertson, evangelical preacher

[Tesla]

4. Is dosen't care who's butt she kisses

[Walt Starr]

10. Wasn't he anti-choice in '88, too? n/t

[Hobarticus]

3. A thousand bucks to Dems does not a qualified SC nominee make...

This is just a smokescreen.

[ET Awful]

5. Not my point . . . my point is what happened that made her do a 180 degree

turn from supporting Democratic candidates to supporting . . . Bush?

If she was donating to Gore instead of Poppy, what caused her to flip?

[Hobarticus]

7. I see your point n/t

[DoYouEverWonder]

6. That was over a decade ago

and apparently she has changed her allegiance and is now a royal butt kisser.

[Skwmom]

8. Republican backers are known to donate in Democratic primaries

to help the Republicans get the Democratic nominee they want to run against in the general election.

[AllegroRondo]

9. DING DING! We have a winner!

I've seen a lot of this in Missouri, where the open primary system allows "fence jumping". Its very common for Republicans to encourage their voters to vote in the Dem primary for the worst candidate.

[Skwmom]

11. That is why Imus took his show on the road during the primaries.

To anyone who had any doubts about what role Imus played in the 04 primaries guess who he had as a recent guest? Bush Sr. - and he isn't going to appear on the Imus show if Imus was really anti-George/pro-Democrat in 04.

[Toots]

12. So did Rove

It is small amounts used completely as cover...