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Gore Pledges Over $6 Million to Democrats

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Posted by Steve White 2004-04-29 1:41:18 AM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Lol! I wonder if his contributors (Remember them at the last 4 Xmases, AlGore?) realized he still had $6.6M of their money... I mean, it's not like it's really his, now is it?

So who got / gets the interest?

Hmmmmm, if you had popped that into a few nice govt bonds or decent rate commercial papers 4 years ago...

Geez, what a loophole-riddled joke the election finance laws are... This is almost as slimy and smelly as UNSCAM, IMNVHO.

Posted by .com 2004-04-29 2:42:57 AM|| 2004-04-29 2:42:57 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Steve W. - McCain-Feingold doesn't apply to Al. He's above any such pesky details. Remember he said that Bush "Played on our fears", thus his exemption from "Mc-F"

Posted by BigEd 2004-04-29 2:56:11 AM|| 2004-04-29 2:56:11 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Obviously he raised all this money over the internet that he invented for just this purpose.

Could $6m buy one onto the Kerry ticket? I do hope so.

Posted by BruceBruce 2004-04-29 3:17:43 AM|| 2004-04-29 3:17:43 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Actually, I think this is legit by the letter of the law. I remember listening to a call on a radio talk show several years ago about what would happen to Hillary's campaign war chest if she faked a Senatorial bid and then pulled out late in the game after amassing a large bankroll. I believe that the law stated that the candidate may keep the war chest and use it for "future political activity."

Al probably kept his bankroll planning on a run in '04. As he got ready to run, somebody pointed out to him that the controversy regarding the recommendations of the Gore Commission made him unelectable as president post-9/11. In that he had zero chance on recapturing his Tenn. Senate seat, his future political activity was limited to helping others. Because the money was originally ~~laundered~~ collected as hard money, he can probably redistribute the cash as hard money.

Posted by Super Hose 2004-04-29 5:23:08 AM|| 2004-04-29 5:23:08 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Never, ever end a close election with money in the bank. You should be in max allowable debt.

Posted by Shipman 2004-04-29 7:29:58 AM|| 2004-04-29 7:29:58 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 Possibly it's just a late cash transfusion from his Chinese contributors....

Posted by Frank G 2004-04-29 7:59:08 AM|| 2004-04-29 7:59:08 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 "Someday, John, and that day may never come, I'll call upon you to do a service for me. But until that day accept this money as a gift for the Democratic National Committee."

Posted by Steve 2004-04-29 8:48:06 AM|| 2004-04-29 8:48:06 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 Al Gore, drawing from his 2000 campaign accounts, said Wednesday he will donate more than $6 million to five Democratic Party groups and help John Kerry fight President Bush's ``outrageous and misleading'' re-election bid.

What's so "misleading" about a re-election bid?

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2004-04-29 10:56:57 AM|| 2004-04-29 10:56:57 AM|| Front Page Top

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Posted by mhw TROLL 2004-04-29 5:29:52 PM|| 2004-04-29 5:29:52 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 I consider this a good thing. Everything Al Gore touches turns to stone.

Posted by B 2004-04-29 5:37:05 PM|| 2004-04-29 5:37:05 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 Considering that Gore endorsed Dean and probably detests Kerry, this is a form of deep cosmic irony.

Posted by mhw 2004-04-29 5:29:52 PM|| 2004-04-29 5:29:52 PM|| Front Page Top

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