Semi-News: Cheney Donation of Millions to Charity Denounced

AZCONSERVATIVE ^ | 22 Apr 2006 | John Semmens

[John Semmens]

Vice President Dick Cheney and his wife Lynne gave away nearly $7 million last year to help the poor and to medical research. According to income tax information released by the White House, the Cheneys' adjusted gross income in 2005 was $8,819,006. The Cheneys gave more than three-quarters of their income to several charities, including George Washington University's Cardiothoracic Institute and a charity for low-income high school students in the Washington, D.C. area, Capital Partners for Education.

The Cheneys' charitable generosity was denounced by Democratic National Committee Chairman, Howard Dean. "This generosity conflicts with our continuing efforts to portray Cheney as the cold-hearted miser we all know he is," said Dean. "The donations were a deliberate undermining of our strategy. People are now comparing the millions given away by the Vice-President to the paltry sums donated by Democrats. This is unfair. It's our money. Why should we have to give it away?"

Dean cited millionaire Jim Pederson's donation of $2 million to his campaign against Jon Kyl for the U.S. Senate seat in Arizona as a model of responsible giving that voters should take notice of in the November 2006 election.

In related news, Dean called border security his party's top immigration priority for November. "The first thing we want is tough border control," he said. "Many of these immigrants are failing to register to vote. Correcting this is our top priority. I mean, these are potential Democratic votes going to waste. Any Mexican that can't see that the Democrats are on their side should be denied entry."

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