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Jeanine Pirro Fundraising Letter Solicits Hillary Clinton
This is one check that definitely won't be in the mail. Jeanine Pirro, Hillary Clinton's rival and challenger for the seat of New York senator, has sent out letters urging her potential supporters to help her raise funds for the 2006 election race in which she hopes to unseat Sen. Clinton. "I cannot win without your support," Pirro said in her letters, including a copy sent to:
Hillary Clinton
That, of course, is the White House where Clinton used to be first lady. The letter came to light just three days after Pirro, who is currently district attorney in Westchester County, reported raising $438,555 in her bid for the Republican nomination to challenge Clinton's 2006 re-election effort. Clinton reported raising $5.3 million. "No wonder Ms. Pirro raised so little money," quipped Clinton spokesman Howard Wolfson on Monday. In her "Dear Hillary" letter, Pirro asked for donations of up to $1,000. Not a Supporter
"Whether it was my first campaign for district attorney in 1993 or my most recent re-election in 2001, your support has been a source of comfort and proved to be critically important to my election victories," Pirro wrote.
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Wolfson said that as far as Clinton can remember, she has never contributed to a Pirro campaign. "But today, Hillary, I need to know if I can count on you to stand by my side in my campaign against Hillary Rodham Clinton," Pirro added. "I need you and every New Yorker on my side," Pirro wrote. "But most important in this difficult campaign, I need people like you who I can trust." Since beginning her campaign on Aug. 7, Pirro has been arguing that Clinton is really interested not in winning re-election to the Senate, but in running for president in 2008. Or, as Pirro wrote in her appeal to the Hillary Clinton of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.: "You and I both know the U.S. Senate isn't Hillary's real goal."
Wolfson said the letter was forwarded to Clinton's Senate office. Pirro campaign manager Brian Donahue said the fundraising appeal was sent because someone registered the information on Pirro's campaign Web site. "Who knows, it could have been Hillary Clinton herself, doing a Freudian slip. During a taping of a television show last week, Clinton was asked, "So you are preparing for 2008?" "I am," Clinton quickly responded, before catching herself. "No, no, no. I am preparing for 2006." More Glitches Tuesday The glitches continued Tuesday for Jeanine Pirro in her quest for the Republican nomination to challenge Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's 2006 re-election bid. Asked about the "few hiccups" her campaign has encountered since its troubled launch in early August, Pirro told an Albany news conference, "It's going great." "I got to tell you, was it my best day? Absolutely not," she said before adding emphatically, "Am I better than that? Absolutely not." Seeming not to notice her gaffe, Pirro pressed on. "But, you know what? It's not how you start, it's how you finish," the Westchester County district attorney said. © 2005 Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Editor's note:
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