Harriet Miers may have contributed to Democratic campaigns, but that's hardly something to be ashamed of. Some of our best Republicans are former Democrats, Texas Governor Rick Perry, who happened to be Texas state chair Gore's 1998 presidential campaign when Miers gave it $1000 back in 1988. Perry said he became a Republican "because I learned that the Democratic Party could not be trusted to run the state of Texas, much less the United States." We can respect someone changing his mind, but in explaining Miers's flirtation with Democrats, her allies aren't arguing she changed her mind; they're saying she didn't have one. At today's WH briefing, Scott McClellan explained that
Miers as Yellow Dog Democrat (Emphasis on Yellow)
Miers as Yellow Dog Democrat (Emphasis on…
Miers as Yellow Dog Democrat (Emphasis on Yellow)
Harriet Miers may have contributed to Democratic campaigns, but that's hardly something to be ashamed of. Some of our best Republicans are former Democrats, Texas Governor Rick Perry, who happened to be Texas state chair Gore's 1998 presidential campaign when Miers gave it $1000 back in 1988. Perry said he became a Republican "because I learned that the Democratic Party could not be trusted to run the state of Texas, much less the United States." We can respect someone changing his mind, but in explaining Miers's flirtation with Democrats, her allies aren't arguing she changed her mind; they're saying she didn't have one. At today's WH briefing, Scott McClellan explained that