Zell Miller - Dem's Benedict Arnold

Senator Miller used colorful language sum up special interest fundraising, saying it made left him “feeling like a cheap prostitute who’d had a busy day.”

Senator Miller wrote a scathing critique of the pay-to-play system of financing campaigns in a February 25, 2001, opinion piece that appeared in both the Washington Post and the Savannah Morning News. The op-ed can be found on Senator Miller’s official website here.

“We want to remind Senator Miller of his own words regarding fundraising and the negative impact that special interest money has on the political process,” said David Donnelly, director of Campaign Money Watch. “As he introduces Bush tonight at this special interest fundraising event that’s likely to raise millions, let him reflect on his words: ‘Most large contributors only understand two things: what you can do for them or what you can do to them.’

“So why is he raising money for the most excessive special interest-driven campaign in American history?” asked Donnelly.

Campaign Money Watch is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to holding elected officials accountable for special favors they do for their big money contributors.