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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

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To: greenspirit who wrote (134365)4/4/2001 6:58:13 AM
From: Zoltan!  Read Replies (2) of 769667
 
Dan Rather raises funds for Dem Party, then says he didn't know where he was. Wasn't that the Al Gore defense?:

Rather Spoke at Democratic Fundraiser
By Howard Kurtz
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, April 4, 2001; Page A01

Dan Rather, the longest-serving and most outspoken of the major network news anchors, recently served as the star attraction at a Democratic Party fundraiser.

Donors paid as much as $1,000 for a private evening in Austin with the CBS newsman, according to an invitation obtained by The Washington Post. Rather's appearance at the March 21 gathering generated about $20,000 for the Travis County Democratic Party -- and will undoubtedly provide ammunition to critics who have long accused Rather of leaning to the left....
washingtonpost.com

Rather said yesterday that he hadn't realized beforehand that the event was a fundraiser. "I didn't ask the question, and I should have," he said in an interview. "I take full responsibility for it. I'm responsible and I'm accountable."

Of course, Rather is neither responsible or accountable. He is a Dem.
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