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Home Front: Politix
Jeffords to donate campaign money to Vermont interests
2006-06-26
MONTPELIER, Vt. -- Retiring Sen. James Jeffords will give most of his $2 million in leftover campaign money to causes in Vermont. "The bulk of the money is going back to Ben & Jerry's in Vermont," said William Kurtz, Jeffords' chief of staff. "It will highlight the ski resort areas where the senator focused much of his earmarks good work over his career." The money will be used to create five college scholarships. Large donations will be made to a historical site and to the University of Vermont, according to Federal Elections Commission records and the senator's office. About $225,000 has been donated to a political cause: the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.

Jeffords announced more than a year ago that he was retiring. At that time he had more than $2 million in campaign donations. Much of the money came before his decision not to seek re-election. Jeffords, who has held the Senate seat since 1989, gained national recognition in 2001 when he announced that he would abandon the GOP, which placed the Democrats in control of the U.S. Senate. UVM expects to receive more than $800,000, said Karen Meyer, UVM's vice president for state and federal relations.
Posted by:Fred

#8  Benedict Arnold did a great job at Saratoga.
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2006-06-26 20:07  

#7  his poor ethics, lack of loyalty, and self aggrandizement pretty much trump any sympathy I might have had for him. Good riddance from the Senate
Posted by: Frank G   2006-06-26 19:35  

#6  Hummm... Parkinson's dementia? That's bad business.
Posted by: 6   2006-06-26 19:26  

#5  Jeffords is in very poor health, and has been for quite some time. He is not in command of himself. I suspect this has been the case for years, worsening with time. Think Alzheimer's, but different. He is aware that he is not 'right', which has got to be bad. And the vultures have been squabbling over the spoils for a while. I have spoken to him, do not hold with many of his political views, but as a person, I am saddened by his downward slide.
Posted by: Whiskey Mike   2006-06-26 19:01  

#4  You know, if he hadn't switched parties back in 01, whould anybody outside of Vermont ever heard of this guy?
But those were heady times back then weren't they, Jim? All two weeks of them...
Posted by: tu3031   2006-06-26 12:29  

#3  Look closely, his eyes are too close together.
Now, remember, this is a man who changed from republican to tranzi because Bill Clinton was no longer president. While the rest of us breathed a sigh of relief, he became disoriented and began to fall in the shower.
I conclude he was born with a shrunkin skull, and his brain has compressed as a result. I'm waiting for him to die so an autopsy can be preformed.
In the mean time, try to be nice to him, the poor idiot.
Posted by: wxjames   2006-06-26 08:16  

#2  Large donations will be made to a historical site and to the University of Vermont

...Must be where he hope to teach part-time eh?
Posted by: Besoeker   2006-06-26 07:49  

#1  I hope he likes being remembered as a Quisling.
Posted by: Oldspook   2006-06-26 03:38  

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