Another RePuke Gaff delights us all

[LoungeMachine]

Harris Clarifies Comments on Religion

Saturday, August 26, 2006

MIAMI — U.S. Rep. Katherine Harris told a religious journal that separation of church and state is"a lie"and God and the nation's founding fathers did not intend the country be"a nation of secular laws."The Republican candidate for U.S. Senate also said that if Christians are not elected, politicians will"legislate sin,"including abortion and gay marriage.

Harris made the comments _ which she clarified Saturday _ in the Florida Baptist Witness, the weekly journal of the Florida Baptist State Convention, which interviewed political candidates and asked them about religion and their positions on issues.

Separation of church and state is"a lie we have been told,"Harris said in the interview, published Thursday, saying separating religion and politics is"wrong because God is the one who chooses our rulers."

"If you're not electing Christians, then in essence you are going to legislate sin,"Harris said.

Her comments drew criticism, including some from fellow Republicans who called them offensive and not representative of the party.

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., who is Jewish, told the Orlando Sentinel that she was"disgusted"by the comments.

Harris'campaign released a statement Saturday saying she had been"speaking to a Christian audience, addressing a common misperception that people of faith should not be actively involved in government."



The comments reflected"her deep grounding in Judeo-Christian values,"the statement said, adding that Harris had previously supported pro-Israel legislation and legislation recognizing the Holocaust.

Harris'opponents in the GOP primary also gave interviews to the Florida Baptist Witness but made more general statements on their faith.

Harris, 49, faced widespread criticism for her role overseeing the 2000 presidential recount as Florida's secretary of state.

State GOP leaders _ including Gov. Jeb Bush _ don't think she can win against Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson in November. Fundraising has lagged, frustrated campaign workers have defected in droves and the issues have been overshadowed by news of her dealings with a corrupt defense contractor who gave her $32,000 in illegal campaign contributions.

[FORD]

If Cruella had any sense, she would stop campaigning altogether. She might actually end up with a few more votes that way.

[LoungeMachine]

Originally posted by FORD
If Cruella had any sense, she would stop campaigning altogether. She might actually end up with a few more votes that way.


Depends.

FLA using Blackwell, Inc. AKA DIEBOLD ?????



Otherwise, she may actually be the first in recorded history to rack up negative votes
:D

[ODShowtime]

oh yeah, get ready for a real beaut:


wait for it...

wait for it...

[ODShowtime]

Harris campaign awaits her cash


http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060827/capt.nyol70308270335.senate_harris_nyol703.jpg?x=3 80&y=271&sig=eFUSk.ZLNsWhxnIQ7ynXOg--
Months after the GOP U.S. Senate candidate pledged to use her millions in the race, she has yet to ante up.



By ANITA KUMAR, Times Staff Writer
Published August 26, 2006

TAMPA - After months of hearing members of even her own party second-guess her run for the U.S. Senate, Katherine Harris said she would pump $10-million of her own money into her financially strapped campaign.

In an emotional announcement on national TV in March, Harris said she would use every penny her late father had left her.

Minutes later, while still in the New York studio where she made the announcement, Harris received a call from her sister. She and their brother were furious that she had not told them she was going to spend family money on her campaign, according to her former senior consultant Ed Rollins, who was with her that night.

In the days that followed, several former staffers, including Rollins, said Harris learned she would not directly receive any inheritance from her father. Instead, his assets, reported to be as much as $100-million, were left to her mother, Harriet.

Harris, a millionaire in her own right, quietly regrouped and changed her plan, telling employees and supporters that she was going to liquidate everything she had to fund the campaign.

"I'm selling everything I have," she said repeatedly. Harris donated $3-million to her campaign, though she later took back $100,000 - a move that fueled speculation that she did not have the $10-million.

Now, five months later, Republican operatives and political watchers say the Harris campaign may have seen the last of her personal resources. They doubt she will put more money into a race almost no one expects her to win.

"She's crazy if she puts in $10-million of her own money," said Brian Ballard, a Republican fundraiser in Tallahassee.

"She might as well put it in the middle of the street and light a match," said Pat Roberts, a Republican lobbyist and longtime Harris friend.

Harris refuses to answer questions about the money, and rarely mentions the pledge in her campaign speeches anymore.

"That's a process question, that's a matter of strategy," she said recently. "I'm not going to tip my hand."

Her latest campaign reports, released Friday, show she has raised $4.8-million, and that she did not give herself anymore money in the latest reporting period. She has about $2.2-million in the bank, while the incumbent, Sen. Bill Nelson, has more than $12-million.

Harris has been failing to come anywhere close to the national party's fundraising goal for her of $2-million a month. But she surprised even longtime advisers and friends when she first suggested putting in her own money.

She had never donated any significant amount to her previous campaigns, in large part because fundraising had always been one of her strengths.

Harris, a member of Congress from the Sarasota area, told a handful of senior aides that she was considering donating between $5-million and $20-million - the amount her staff had estimated she needed to be competitive in a race against Nelson.

They discouraged her from putting in any money because they thought it then would be even harder for her to raise money, and because her opponents would then, by law, be able to collect larger donations.

"I gave her the best counsel I could," Rollins said. "My counsel was she could not possibly win. ... She didn't listen to anyone."

When Harris learned she would not receive money from her father, she told her staff that she would need to sell her properties, including her $1.1-million townhome in Washington, D.C., and the multi-million dollar waterfront land in Sarasota where she planned to build her dream home.

None of the properties have gone on the market.

Chris Ingram, a former Harris staffer who now runs the campaign of her opponent, LeRoy Collins, said he repeatedly asked her how she planned on getting the money and she always responded that she would sell her properties. He said she balked when he told her she should put the homes on the market.

A fourth-generation Floridian, Harris is the granddaughter of Ben Hill Griffin Jr., the late citrus and cattle magnate whose name graces the University of Florida football stadium. Griffin was worth $500-million - a figure eventually split among five children, including Harris' mother - after his death in 1990.

Her father, George W. Harris Jr., who was chief executive officer and chairman of the board of Citrus and Chemical Bank in Polk County, reportedly was worth about $100-million when he died in January.

Harris reports assets between $7.7- and $36.8- million, according to the most recently available federal financial disclosure reports. Much of that can be attributed to assets in her husband's company, InterCon Marketing, worth $5-million to $25-million.

Rollins said Harris told him she could not spend her family's or husband's money on the campaign.

Ken Plante, a former Republican senator who has known Harris for years, said she could put more money in later if she wins the primary next month - as she is expected to over three newcomers. "It's a drop in the bucket for her," he said. "She's got the money."

In total, Harris has given the campaign $3.25-million but she took back $100,000 in July to finish renovating her "historic home in Washington, D.C.," reportedly so she could sell it for the campaign.

Ingram said he and former campaign manager Glenn Hodas first learned that she took back the $100,000 from the campaign's financial staff about five days after it happened. They waited another two weeks before confronting her about the money, knowing that reporters and others would ask them about it when the financial documents became public, he said.

At first Harris did not have an answer for them, Ingram said, but two days later she told them she was renovating her "home theater" to increase the value of her home in order to sell it.

In the meantime, Nelson is using Harris' $10-million pledge to try to raise money for his own campaign.

"I take nothing for granted," said Nelson, the Democratic incumbent, at a luncheon in West Palm Beach this week. "She says she's putting in $10-million of her own money. You know how many negative ads can be bought with $10-million?"
http://www.sptimes.com/2006/08/26/State/Harris_campaign_await.shtml

[ODShowtime]

I guess my dreams of seeing her run into the poor house over this are probably unlikely, but I still relish the idea of her throwing down a couple million in cash and then losing.

Pats Roberts was crackin me up!

[BITEYOASS]

Call me crazy, but after this election, she ought to make a living at MILF porn. IMO

[LoungeMachine]

Originally posted by BITEYOASS
Call me crazy, but after this election, she ought to make a living at MILF porn. IMO


I'd pay $20 to see her get rammed by mANN Coulter :D :eek:

[EAT MY ASSHOLE]

Originally posted by BITEYOASS
Call me crazy, but after this election, she ought to make a living at MILF porn. IMO

EWWWWWWWWW!!! (And that's coming from ME!!!)


Originally posted by LoungeMachine
I'd pay $20 to see her get rammed by mANN Coulter :D :eek:

Well, actually when you put it like that... ($20??? What are you, jewish??? I'd pay two THOUSAND to see that..!!!)

[LoungeMachine]

Originally posted by ODShowtime
I guess my dreams of seeing her run into the poor house over this are probably unlikely,


Well, at least your dreams are far more realistic, and quite a bit less disturbing than TurtleFucker's :D

[ODShowtime]

A harris/coulter sandwich is pretty gross if you ask me. All beef franks.

[BITEYOASS]

Originally posted by LoungeMachine
I'd pay $20 to see her get rammed by mANN Coulter :D :eek:

and have it filmed by the bangbros.