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Republican Philanthropist Pays Pro-Gore Legal Bills
SAN JOSE, Calif. (Reuters) - A high-tech philanthropist -- and
registered Republican -- has undertaken to help supporters of
Democratic candidate Al Gore (news - web sites) pay some of the
mounting Florida legal bills.
Steve Kirsch, who founded Infoseek and has become one of Silicon
Valley's most aggressive philanthropists, said he was paying
hundreds of thousands of dollars to help pro-Gore forces battling
over thousands of absentee votes in two Florida counties.
``I think you can very easily show statistically that Gore won
the election, and it is just not right that the actual count does
not reflect that,'' Kirsch told Reuters on Wednesday.
``Even under the most extreme assumptions, the people of Florida
voted for Gore.''
Although a registered Republican, Kirsch has been a supporter of
Gore's bid for the presidency since he met the vice president at
a Silicon Valley fund-raiser featuring rock star Elton John.
With recount problems mounting in Florida after the election,
Kirsch saw an opportunity to help.
He has thus far wired about $200,000 to Seminole and Martin
counties, where Democrats are seeking to throw out some 15,000
absentee ballots in Republican-leaning regions, and has pledged
to spend at least another $150,000.
``There were lawyers who were about to drop out of the case
because they were not getting paid, they were doing it all pro
bono,'' Kirsch said. ``So I'm paying their legal bills.''
Kirsch said he remained hopeful that Gore would eventually
prevail in Florida and take the White House -- an unusual wish
for a Republican multimillionaire.
``I tend to look at the candidates, I don't vote strictly on
party lines by any stretch,'' Kirsch said. ``Their position on
the issues is just one thing. It's experience, it's proven track
record, overall ability, overall intelligence. I'm very
bipartisan in the way I vote.''
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