Just heard that Harriet contributed to both Clinton and Gore campaigns---

[CoffeeCat]

I just heard this on Glen Beck.

He was going on and on about how unhappy he is with this nomination. Beck mentioned that she gave to Gore's campaign ($1,000) and also that she gave to Clinton when he was running for President.

I don't know any further details, other than what Beck said.

Does anyone else know if this is true?

[Walt Starr]

1. And she's a fundamentlaist whacko, too. n/t

[CoffeeCat]

9. Is she a fundamentalist wacko?

I've heard very little about her. My 4-yr old slammed her finger in our sliding glass door and I was at the doctor all day today (she's ok now!).

So, Harriet is a fundie freak?

I did hear Junior listing off her accolades, and I wondered if he was nominating her for the Supreme Court or for Mother Superior of the private school down the street.

What do we have on Harriet so far?

Thanks for any info...I'll start researching too.

[mattclearing]

2. That's the first I've heard of a Clinton contribution. n/t

[Rowdyboy]

4. It was on Drudge, then withdrawn...Apparently someone got confused...

But she did contribute to Gore and Bentson, definitely

[jackstraw45]

3. Can you find it on opensecrets.org?

I sure can't...find PLENTY of GOP contributions though.

[Midlodemocrat]

7. It is on the soft money link at opensecrets.org, I think, or on the

tray.com link. I found it on one of those this morning.

[Midlodemocrat]

5. Gore and the DNC in '88.

$1,000 each.

Since some states allow you to hop the fence in the primaries, a lot of rich rethugs put money in the coffers of the 'weakest' dem candidate, thereby making their candidate a shoo-in.

I often think we should play that game as well. Vote in the primaries for the weakest rethug, so that our guy will win by a landslide.

[sniffa]

6. not true about cLinton

the gore contribution came in 1988.

they're muddying the waters.

[mattclearing]

11. Funny that they're making false claims against a conservative opponent.

Nice that they are preoccupied with destroying one of their own.

[charlie]

8. Gave to Lloyd Bentsen as well

Hadn't heard about Clinton. Supposedly she was a Democrat way back when.

[tanyev]

10. Just saw this on Raw Story

While the conservative Drudge Report and the rest of the mainstream media trumpet revelations that Bush Supreme Court nominee Hariet Miers gave $1,000 to Al Gore's 1988 presidential campaign -- there's something they're not revealing, RAW STORY has found.

Gore's Texas campaign chair in the 1988 primaries was none other than the now-Republican governor of Texas and Bush ally Rick Perry. Perry's record reveals he is no Al Gore.

The $1,000 Miers gave -- was for the primary.

www.rawstory.com

[yellowcanine]

12. If Glen Beck said it, I would take it with about a pound of salt. He

probably got it from Drudge who probably pulled it out of his ass while he was sitting on the can this morning.

[Laelth]

13. True, she did donate to Gore and Bentsen, at least.

She and her fellow attorneys at her Dallas law firm 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

[kerry-is-my-prez]

14. Here's an article... She contributed to Bush in 2004 & to the recount

http://blogs.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2005/10/miers_donated_t.html

The Dem contributions were in the 80's.

[drummo]

15. Here's a link

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

Gore is at the bottom of the page

She did not contribute to Clinton, according to this database

Unfortunately it doesn't matter what she did in 1988. It matters what she has done in recent years.

[Jackpine Radical]

16. Corporate lawyers regularly give to both sides,

just like corp whores of all stripes. Just a way of hedging your bets. Look to see if she gave to RW candidates in the same years.

[papau]

17. WSJ implies she is anti-abortion and a Scalia "orginalist"

So is Ms. Miers's not just a judicial restraint/limited role of the court/judicial conservative, she is a Scalia anti-abortion "orginalist" with no respect for precedent?

http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB1128351923853585...

<snip>Marvin Olasky, a journalism professor and the father of the "compassionate conservative" movement, posted a series of excerpts from interviews with friends and acquaintances of Harriet Miers he conducted before the official nomination. One of the interviews was with Texas Supreme Court Justice Nathan Hecht, who said he has known Ms. Miers for 30 years and described their relationship as "very close friends."

Quoting Mr. Hecht on Ms. Miers's judicial philosophy: "She's an originalist -- that's the way she takes the Bible," and that's her approach to the Constitution as well -- "Originalist -- it means what it says."

Mr. Hecht says he and Ms. Miers "went to two or three pro-life dinners in the late 80s or early 90s."<snip>


http://usgovinfo.about.com/library/weekly/aa022701a.htm
Scalia on the Constitution


U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia explained and defended his "originalist" approach to constitutional interpretation in a closing address to a Princeton University conference on James Madison, fourth president and framer of the Constitution.

Speaking on Feb. 23, 2001, Justice Scalia explained that he, like Madison, interprets the Constitution according to the "common sense" meaning and definition of the document's words at the time they were written. An opposite approach, Scalia suggested from that applied by Justices who believe the Constitution "changes from age to age in order to meet the needs of a changing society."

Scalia criticized the second approach, saying that it too often results in crafting subjective interpretations of the Constitution to address issues that could and should be handled by Congress.

Calling his view of the Constitution an "originalist" view, Scalia conceded it often places him in a position of supporting laws that do not seem to make sense.

"It may well be stupid, but if it's stupid, pass a law!" he said. "Don't think the originalist interpretation constrains you. To the contrary. My Constitution is a very flexible Constitution. You want a right to abortion? Create it the way all rights are created in a democracy, pass a law. The death penalty? Pass a law. That's flexibility

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