Questions arise about Bush money paid to Miers firm

[cynatnite]

snip:
I'm baffled," said Randall B. Wood, a partner in the Austin firm of Ray, Wood and Bonilla, and former director of Common Cause of Texas. "I've never seen that kind of money spent on a campaign lawyer. It's unprecedented."

The amount received by Locke, Purnell for the 1998 Texas race approaches the national tab for the 2004 Bush presidential re-election campaign, when at least $191,000 was spent on lawyers, Federal Election Commission records show.

In 2000, the Bush presidential campaign spent about $365,000 on legal services, the records show.

snip:
Former Texas Land Commissioner Garry Mauro, a Democrat who was defeated handily by Bush in the 1998 campaign, said both the amount and the timing of the payments are curious. In late September, when Miers' firm received the first of two $70,000 payments, Mauro said he trailed Bush in the polls by 35 points.

"If they're spending that kind of money," said Mauro, now an Austin attorney who estimates he spent less than $20,000 on legal fees during the campaign, "they're spending it to protect themselves from something."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051021/ap_on_go_su_co/miers_campaign_windfall

[w13rd0]

1. Hahaha...

...so Miers knows where some bodies are buried, and the payoff is a lifetime appointment. What's with Bush and cronies? And just what does Miers know that's so damn valuable to Bush?

Wait, let me guess, she was inspired by the story of how Jesus turned his life around and decided to help him in covering up some past misdeeds and crimes so he could become "part of the solution"...

The rabbit hole just gets deeper and deeper...

[aquart]

2. Was this before or after funeralgate perjury?

[cynatnite]

4. They pulled records from '93-2000

The funds they discuss here are mostly those from 98-2000. Missing is the latter half of '95. It's said they were 'misplaced'.

[texpatriot2004]

3. "They were spending it to protect themselves from something."

Exactly. I wonder what?

[Spinzonner]

5. Maybe paying forward for Presidential run related activities

[SpiralHawk]

6. Miers does know where many BushCo bodies and turds are buried

She is a BushCo fixer. So I say nix her.

[in_cog_ni_to]

7. So THAT'S what the going rate is for purging military records!

Money talks, eh?