When the Democrats wined and dined, here's who paid the piper

By Josey Ballenger

WASHINGTON, September 14, 2000 — Anyone who thought the Democratic National Convention was only about presidential nominee Al Gore must have

Excerpts from this story referencing "America Online":

"… , August 15, 10:30 p.m.-2 a.m.Host: Democratic National CommitteeSponsors: America Online and United Parcel ServiceLocation: Sky Bar (owned by Rande Gerber, Cindy C …"

"… political action committee)Sponsors: AT&T, Philip Morris, Walt Disney, America Online ($1.2 million, 44 percent to Democrats), Federal Express, Microsoft, and t …"

"… and Jim Moran (Va.) and othersSponsors: Microsoft Corp. (Koch Industries, America Online, AT&T Wireless, Lucent Technologies and Citigroup. (Citigroup has cont …"

"… antor’s law firm, Mayer, Brown & Platt, whose clients include Aetna, America Online and General Electric. Kantor, the host, was Clinton’s commerce secretary …"