Former Sen. Gary Hart says he's considering running for president

Associated Press ^ | 11-5-02

[RGSpincich]

I like his women better than Clinton's.

[VMI70]

A big time residential contractor in Wrightsville Beach, NC bought it and renamed it. It was sold about 4-5 years ago and is no longer in Wrightsville. It's a beautiful boat.

[Doctor Stochastic]

As co-author of the Patriot Act, he's already got a head start.

[NautiNurse]

Thanks for the Monkey Business update. I recall some time ago that the high-end charter boat was having a tough time financially because of the publicity. Seems folks didn't want to pay the $25K weekly fee to be hounded by paparazzi.

[southern rock]

Too funny!

This is what Donna Rice is up to nowadays!

Needless to say, I don't think she'd make a good VP for Hart. He would be spending all of his time at whitehouse.com, she would be trying to take it down. LOL!

[SkyPilot]

I like his women better than Clinton's.

I liked Donna too. I hear that today, she is a committed Christian who fights against pornography. I also hear that she still looks great, and is very eloquent.

[southern rock]

Hmm.... No mention of "Monkey Business" in her official bio:

Donna Rice Hughes

Mrs. Hughes is the author of Kids Online: Protecting Your Children In Cyberspace. (Revell, September 1998) which has been translated into both Spanish and Korean. Additionally, she has her own Internet safety website at www.protectkids.com.

From 1999-2001, Mrs. Hughes served as spokesperson and senior advisor to FamilyClick.com, a state-of-the-art Internet Filtering Service. In 1999, Mrs. Hughes received a Congressional appointment to the Child Online Protection Commission (COPA) to examine technological solutions to protect children online and served as co-chair of the COPA Hearings in July 2000 on filtering/ratings/labeling technologies.

She is frequently sought out by the media, policy makers, law enforcement officials and industry leaders for her expertise on solutions for ensuring that children have a safe and rewarding experience online. Donna has given over 2000 media interviews and has been a featured guest on numerous television shows including Crossfire, Dateline, The Today Show, Oprah and The View. Additionally, her views on this issue have been featured in publications including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, USA Today, The San Francisco Chronicle, The San Jose Mercury News and People Magazine. Additionally, she has authored numerous articles and editorials that have been published in USA Today, The Los Angeles Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, McCalls Magazine and MSNBC.com. Mrs. Hughes co-wrote the story for the season finale episode of Touched By An Angel which brought the message of Internet dangers and online safety to prime time television and won the Nielson ratings for it's time slot during May sweeps.

She has spoken extensively on the subject in educational and professional forums across the country including Johns Hopkins University, MIT, American University, The Freedom Forum and The National Press Club. She has testified before the United States Congress, both House and Senate, on the issues surrounding Internet dangers and safety solutions.

From 1994 until July of 1999, Mrs. Hughes served as Communications Director and then Vice President of Enough Is Enough, a non-profit educational organization whose mission is to make the Internet safe for children and families (www.enough.org). Mrs. Hughes led Enough Is Enough's efforts regarding the issue of online child safety and played a pioneering role in the national effort to make the Internet safe for children and families. While at Enough Is Enough, Mrs. Hughes developed a three-pronged strategy that involves the public, the technology industry and law enforcement sharing the responsibility to protect children on the Internet. This approach has been adopted by many industry and government leaders.

Mrs. Hughes served on the steering committee for the Internet Online Summit: Focus on Children in December of 1997. She proposed and led the Summit's adoption of an industry "ZERO Tolerance" policy against child pornography, which was endorsed by the White House and the Justice Department. She later served on the executive committee for the Summit's public awareness campaign, America Links Up, and currently serves on the advisory board for the Get Net Wise initiative.

Mrs. Hughes received a Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of South Carolina and graduated Magna Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa. She is the Founder and Principal of DRH Enterprises, LLC.

Donna and her husband, Jack, live in Northern Virginia.

[SMEDLEYBUTLER]

Go ahead, Gary, make our day!

[southern rock]

Amazing, isn't it? After 8 years of Bubba in the White House, it is hard to believe that THAT photo brought down a presidential campaign as recently as 1988. Goes to show you just how low the stainmaker lowered the bar.

[DonQ]

The Gary Hart campaign crashed and burned because of the Donna Rice business ... which was engineered by a rightwing Republican. The South Florida campaign for Hart made the mistake of hiring George Depontis as its manager. I know George from highschool; he's got lots of political savvy - but he is enthusiastically a bircher Republican. Depontis introduced Hart to Rice.

The supposed photo of Rice in Hart's lap aboard a yacht was staged, on the pier not on the water. Hart was sitting down when Rice asked if she could have a picture with him, as is very common with Senators and Presidential candidates, ... and then she plopped herself in his lap and a buddy snapped the picture, all in a few seconds.

For the supposed "affair", she enticed two Miami Herald reporters to follow her around Washington, claiming she could prove that Hart was carrying on an affair with her (doesn't sound like she was much of a friend to Hart even then). Instead of riding in the same car with them, she had a taxi follow her directions while the Miami reporters were tailing her. She went into a door which was identified as Hart's ... and the reporters never saw her come back out although they waited until past dawn. She claimed to have spent the night. But the fact is that she had the cab drop her in the alleyway at Hart's kitchen door, having called Hart to tell him she was delivering money for his campaign (always something that will get you access to the candidate). Hart let her in through the backdoor and called a cab for her and showed her out shortly thereafter from the front door. No sex. But the reporters, being unfamiliar with DC, were not aware that they were watching the backdoor all night long.

A clever trick to use newspaper reporters to blow up a candidacy.

[Bubba_Leroy]

The demonRATs should rename their party the G.O.P. (the Geriatric Old Party).

[dirtboy]

He campaigned again for the 1988 nomination but withdrew after reporters spotted him at a Washington town house with model Donna Rice, then 29.

However, since Clinton subsequently did such a stellar job defining deviancy downward, Hart's former dalliances should no longer be an impediment.

[Pompah]

Oh Geez. We have got to be close to the bottom of that democrat barrel. Can you just see it.:
HART / CLINTON 2004' Yeh Baby. Bring Um On.!!

[paddles]

Hartpence: the guy who fudged his age to become the world's oldest Ensign in the Naval Reserve as a Senator.

No doubt to maintain his viability within the system.