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Flashback: Dan Rather, Democratic Fundraiser
The Washington Post gave front-page play on Wednesday to Howard Kurtz's report that Dan Rather helped raise $20,000 for the Travis County Democratic Party in Austin, Texas. When he was confronted with the story, Democrat Dan had some curious things to say.
Sounding an awful like Al Gore tumbling out of a Buddhist temple, Rather claimed he hadn't realized beforehand that the event was a fundraiser. But Dan "stopped short" of "saying he would not have attended had he known in advance that he was being used to raise money." But why stop short of making such an easy, perfunctory statement? Because the event was co-sponsored by Robin Rather, the anchorman's daughter and a "Texas environmentalist and marketing executive" who's eyeing a run for Mayor of Austin.