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Democrats are still trying to get votes thrown out in Florida. As for operatives...Well, look no further than the Dems biggest donors!
Donor Funds 'Independent'
Seminole Suit
Friday, December 8, 2000
By Brian Blomquist
WASHINGTON — The Internet millionaire who's the single
biggest donor to Al Gore's recount fund is also
bankrolling the controversial Seminole County lawsuit,
new records show.
Gore has claimed he's not a part of the Seminole County
suit, since it aims to throw out all that county's
absentee ballots - which runs contrary to Gore's
count-every-vote mantra.
Records show that Steven Kirsch, who admits he bankrolled
the Seminole County suit to the tune of $250,000, also
paid $500,000 to a committee that Gore established to
wage the recount war.
Kirsch, who invented the optical computer mouse in 1982
and also founded the Web company Infoseek, was the single
biggest donor to Gore's recount committee, which
collected $3.2 million for lawyers' fees and expenses.
Kirsch told CNBC he's bankrolling Seminole County
plaintiff Harry Jacobs, a man Kirsch says he has never
met, because he believes Gore was the rightful winner of
the Florida election. Kirsch also conceded he has talked
with and advised Gore's lawyers.
Gore aides didn't immediately respond to requests for
comment. Gore this week spoke favorably of the Seminole
lawsuit though he insists he had nothing to do with it.
His aides recently talked Kirsch out of running radio ads
in Florida on Gore's behalf. |
