Miers Gave to GOP Candidates, Democrats Gore, Bentsen

[NNN0LHI]

http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBI69RUCEE.html

WASHINGTON (AP) - Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers contributed thousands of dollars to the campaigns of Republicans and Democrats, including Demcrat Al Gore's presidential bid in 1988 and former Texas Sen. Lloyd Bentsen's re-election campaign.

Through the years, Miers has contributed more than $10,000 to political candidates, focusing mainly on Texas Republicans such as Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, Rep. Pete Sessions and former Sen. Phil Gramm.

Miers also has donated to Democrats. In 1988, she gave $1,000 to Gore, the Tennessee senator then seeking the party's presidential nomination. Gore won the Democratic nomination in 2000 and was defeated by George W. Bush in a disputed election.

Miers also gave $1,000 to another prominent Democrat - Bentsen, the longtime Texas senator who in 1988 ran for re-election and also was Michael Dukakis' vice presidential choice on the Democratic ticket that year.

[Jon8503]

1. Did'nt Bentsen switch parties sometime in his career??N/T

[WI_DEM]

4. No

[Rose Siding]

2. Since the center has canted right since then,

that should be figured in to the weight given to those contributions. She contributed to dems who would probably now be considered raving libs.

Was Gore pro-choice by then?

[Laelth]

3. Law Firms Donate to the Party in Power

She and her fellow attorneys probably agreed to each donate a certain amount to candidates who would protect their corporate interests. Miers donated to Democrats when they were the only game in town in Texas. I wouldn't make too much of that. Once the Repukes came to power, she (and her law firm) put their money where there hearts were (in the hands of big business).

More thoughts on the Miers nomination here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=2130848&mesg_id=2130848

-Laelth


Edit:Laelth--grammar and clarity.

[Inland]

5. Yeah, I'm hardly impressed. nt