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April 28, 2004
| Gore To Donate $6 Million to Democrats

Al Gore will donate more than $6 million to Democratic Party groups from his 2000 campaign funds.

According to the Associated Press:

The former vice president pledged to donate $4 million to the Democratic National Committee (news - web sites). The party’s Senate and House committees would each get $1 million, and the party from Gore’s home state of Tennessee would receive $250,000.

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Most of the money comes from Gore’s general election legal and accounting compliance fund, which showed $6.6 million on March 31. The $240,000 going to the Florida Democratic Party comes from an account established to help pay for the 2000 recount drive.

Under FEC rules, Gore could not transfer or donate the money directly to the Kerry campaign.



Posted by Dan Spencer at April 28, 2004 02:36 PM | TrackBack
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Uhhh, that’s $6million, unspent, from a legal and accounting compliance fund from the 2000 election, to be spent in the 2004 campaign. Campaign finance reform is wonderful ! Wonder if thanks are due John McCain or Russ Feingold.

Posted by: TomTom at April 28, 2004 03:43 PM

If I was a Dem, I wouldn’t accept anything from Gore. The man is the kiss of death.

Posted by: brooklynlou at April 28, 2004 04:03 PM

I wonder if Tennessee would have gotten more if Gore had carried the state!

Posted by: skip at April 28, 2004 04:30 PM

Is this the same Gore who donated like 00$ bucks to charity in 1999?

Posted by: jones at April 28, 2004 07:21 PM

How stupid is this moron? Normal politicians spend all their money and even borrow money to win an election. A politiciam who has money left after an election and lost the election is worthless politician and tactician

Posted by: Ricky Vandal at April 28, 2004 07:45 PM

from the times-gazette
the algore vice-presidential library suffered a large setback today as a recent general interest study indicated no one cared about the project. a construction fund worth $6.6m was liquidated with all but $1000 going to democratic groups. m.a.t.s. (mothers against twisted sister) received that remainder. edna hogglebust, spokesman for the group, noted, “we’re not gonna take it. no, we ain’t going to take it”

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Posted by: wafflestomper at April 28, 2004 11:38 PM

Now that Kerry is all but washed up, Who are they going to spend it on?
Are they going to save in for the ‘08 election? Or sponser as much as they can, the pager owner from Democratic Underground for President? LMAO
They can donate some to Nader I suppose, he has a better chance than Kerry, or, maybe revive Edwards, he’s not quite out of the running yet.
YYYYEAAAAAA!!!! angry Dean is out though.

Posted by: Al-Lat at April 28, 2004 11:40 PM

Yeah…washed up…thats why Kerry is kicking W’s ass one on one.

Posted by: Lakhim at April 29, 2004 09:57 AM

A lead within the MOE, on a poll where Democrats were queried more than Republicans by a margin of 1.2 to 1?

Lakhim, you must be declaring “victory” now, I guess. Sad, if that is the best you can hope for, to lead by 2 in one skewed poll.

Posted by: GDubya at April 29, 2004 10:25 AM

TOBACCO MONEY

Posted by: hound at May 2, 2004 05:08 PM

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