Georgians for Hillary Clinton
April 19, 2007 at 2:43 pm by Andisheh Nouraee in NewsFrom the website OpenSecrets.org, here are some of the notable Georgians who’ve donated to Sen. Hillary Clinton’s ‘08 presidential campaign. $2,300 is the maximum legal donation. On Tuesday, I listed some of the notable Georgians who’ve donated to former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney’s campaign.
To clarify, by “notable†I mean people whose names stand out to me when I look at the list. If I missed any significant names on the list, please let me know.
Michael Coles, $2,300 — Coles isn’t just the namesake of Kennesaw State University’s Coles College of Business; he is the CEO of Caribou Coffee. Clinton’s voting record is centrist, so don’t try to characterize Coles as just another Latte Liberal. Mocha Moderate is probably more accurate. Coles’ wife Donna also gave $2,300.
J. Allen Maines, $2,300 — Maines is a partner at the Atlanta office of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker. In 2007, Maines was named a Super Lawyer by the legal trade publication Super Lawyers. His superpowers include producing billable hours while he sleeps and showers, and the ability to name every U.S. Supreme Court justice, living and dead, in ascending order of height. The previous sentence is a lie.
John R. Paddock, $2,300 — Paddock is a psychiatrist and an adjunct associate professor at Emory. He is the co-author of a 1999 research article titled “When guided visualization procedures may backfire: imagination inflation and predicting individual differences in suggestibility.” An amateur psychologist might wonder if Paddock is drawn to Clinton’s candidacy because she’s even more long-winded than he is.
Keith Mason, $2,300 — Mason was a White House staffer during that other Clinton’s presidency. He is now a partner at McKenna Long & Aldridge, where one of his co-workers is Zell Miller. The company Christmas party is no doubt a hoot.
Mukesh Patel, $1,000 — Mukesh “Mike” Patel co-owns 14 hotels. He is also a member of MARTA’s board. Rumors that his donation to Clinton’s campaign arrived in the form of crumpled $1 bills and quarters have proven entirely unfounded.
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