Harris Miller Lies about his Donations to Hastert and Abraham

By: Lowell
Published On: 5/19/2006 2:30:30 PM

Since Harris Miller continues to lie about why he gave money to arch-right-wing Republicans Dennis Hastert and Spencer Abraham, here's what Miller had to say about those guys.  First, here's Miller on House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-IL):

ITAA's PAC Plans To Feed House Speaker Hastert
Robert MacMillan, Newsbytes
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27 April 1999
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(c) 1999 Newsbytes News Network

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"Speaker Hastert gets IT," said ITAA President and NetPAC Director Harris Miller. "And the high-tech community is getting to understand the political process better. The people who have come to support Speaker Hastert today realize that he has championed technology interests in the past and they want to express their thanks."

Now, here's Miller on former Sen. Spencer Abraham (R-MI), courtesy of the Orlando Business Journal):

..the tech industry also rewards its friends on the Republican side of the aisle. Sen. Spencer Abraham, R-Mich., one of the sponsors of the legislation to raise the cap on H-1B visas, has received more than $216,000 in contributions from the computer industry.

"I'm doing everything I can to get him re-elected," says Harris Miller, a lifelong Democrat who heads the Information Technology Association of America.

Doing everything he can to get Spencer Abraham re-elected?  Wait, let me guess, the ITAA forced him to say that?  What a joke.  What a liar.

Comments



This is the same Hastert who says that people who make $40k don't pay taxes!!! (Loudoun County Dem - 5/19/2006 3:10:11 PM)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2006/05/19/speaker-hastert-claims-fa_n_21274.html

Yeah, he gets it...



Spencer Abraham was targeted by the labor movement (Info_Tech_Guy - 5/19/2006 4:37:13 PM)
for damn good reasons. He was the former ultra-conservative Chairman of the Michigan Republican Party, pro-offshore outsourcing and a leading proponent of worker replacement programs using H-1b.


Miller's Abraham contrib tells you all you need to know (Craig - 5/19/2006 11:19:39 PM)
This is a guy who cares about outsourcing and what's good for IT big business first and the Democratic party second.  I mean Abraham was widely considered the most vulnerable GOP incumbent in the Senate in 2000, and for a self-declared Democrat to support him is a huge partisan betrayal.

Miller should answer for it, since he claims such partisan purity.