March 23, 2004
GORE'S 50% ENDORSEMENT
Al Gore endorsed Howard Dean, but only donated $1,000 to Dean's campaign -- half the amount permitted.
Posted by Tim Blair at March 23, 2004 01:07 PMNot suprising...Al Gore seems to do everything half-assed!
Posted by: rinardman at March 23, 2004 at 01:21 PMEven funnier - 6 of his 7 nearest neighbors donated $10K to Bush - perhaps they know something!!
If you go within .5 m of Gore it's over $50,000. Al Gore - Bush's best weapon!!!!!
Posted by: Rick V. at March 23, 2004 at 01:28 PMGore describes himself as "self employed". Shouldn't that be "Un-employed"?
Posted by: George at March 23, 2004 at 02:48 PMPerhaps he was saving the rest for the legal challenge following the primaries?
Posted by: Allan at March 23, 2004 at 02:51 PMRemember Gore's largesse to charity? (Which I hope is how we might all see the Dean gift - the campaign had the feel of an ngo.)
Posted by: ginny at March 23, 2004 at 03:13 PMAh, but Kerry's old boss Michael S. Dukakis (at 85 Perry Street, Brookline MASS) gave $2000, wife Kitty gave $1000 (Michael to Kitty...honey, where'd the other $1000 I gave you go, don't tell me it was for...) and Michael Dukakis, same address, gave $500. Didn't know Junior was still living in the basement...sad...
Posted by: Timothy Lang at March 23, 2004 at 03:38 PMThat thousand bucks was as probably as useful to Dean as Al's endorsement.
Posted by: anon at March 23, 2004 at 04:11 PMWhat intrigues me is the investment broker neighbour who gave $1,000 each to Kerry, Dean, Gephhardt, Lieberman and Clark.
Posted by: PeterB at March 23, 2004 at 04:52 PMHands up everyone who's heard enough from/about Al Gore to last a fucking lifetime?
I thought so.
Tim, enough's enough. Let the dead bury their own dead.
Posted by: geezer at March 23, 2004 at 05:28 PMYeah, great link. That was fascinating. I learnt a lot about the liberal mindset, etc, etc...
Posted by: bleh at March 23, 2004 at 08:19 PMThere are all sort of fun secrets to be found on this site. Looking around my school neighborhood I found a certain Martin L. King, described as "President of the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition", gave 1k to Gephardt. I don't even know what that means.
Posted by: carl at March 24, 2004 at 01:05 AMIn fairness to Gore, my own donations (to John Edwards) aren't showing up on that site at all. The data must be incomplete. Al may well have donated more.
Posted by: Ted at March 24, 2004 at 02:12 AMThat's odd... The president of the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition Inc. is Jesse Jackson, Sr.
I think Martin Luther King III (MLK Jr.'s son) is -- or at least used to be -- president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
How accurate are these records?
Posted by: F451 at March 24, 2004 at 02:56 AMDid anyone notice the next name in that 'Gore' list - Mary Elizabeth Gore?! Tipper is listed as Author/Self employed, as well.
Posted by: brenda at March 24, 2004 at 03:03 AMGiven the nature of the 2000 campaign and election, I think it's more correct to call AlGore "self-unemployed."
Posted by: JorgXMcKie at March 24, 2004 at 03:54 AMMaybe Gore's $1000 Dean contribution was a 50% medical co-payment to the good doctor, with insurance paying the rest
Two weeks ago, March 11, Bush attended a fundraiser at East Meadow (Long Island), New York.
Several people I know who attended this $2000/head event are not yet listed at Neighbor Watch (http://www.fundrace.org/).
Posted by: Sweete at March 24, 2004 at 05:18 AMMaybe the endorsement of Gore's other check to Dean was no good...
Posted by: c at March 24, 2004 at 05:32 AM