Harris takes back $100,000 from campaign to renovate home

[kskiska]

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Katherine Harris gave her campaign more than $3 million to run for Senate, but then took back $100,000 to finish renovating her "historic home in Washington, D.C." her campaign revealed Friday.

The campaign said that the Republican congresswoman would sell the house, if necessary, to fund her embattled Senate race to unseat Democratic incumbent Bill Nelson. The decision was immediately questioned.

"I have never heard of a candidate taking money out of a campaign coffer like it's an ATM. It absolutely boggles my mind," said former Harris campaign manager Jim Dornan. "This is a woman who has completely lost touch with reality. You don't take your campaign contributors' money, whether it's yours or not, and spend it to renovate you house. This is absolutely insane."

The campaign announced Harris repaid some of the money she already gave the campaign in a press release detailing fundraising for the three months ending June 30.

Nelson's campaign manager Chad Clanton was almost speechless when he heard about the report.

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http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/news/breaking_news/15042374.htm

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. I think the term we are looking for here

is "batshit crazy." I hope she sticks with her deranged campaign. Defeating her will be like shooting comatose fish in a teacup.

[Terre]

30. ROFLMAO!

:rofl:  :rofl:  :rofl:  :rofl: 

[saigon68]

39. SHE NEEDS A NEW BIDET IN THE SECOND BATHROOM

TO RINSE OUT HER MOUTH

[JohnnyRingo]

40. DeLay took his remaining campaign money...

...and transfered it to his legal fund after he backed out.
I wouldn't have thought that ethical or within the law.
It appeared he continued to campaign to raise personal funds.

Barstool Republicans should certainly think twice before donating their hard earned money to these crooks without conscience.

[pinto]

2. What a side show....

[VegasWolf]

3. She's not going to need that home in D.C. nt

[The Wizard]

23. No she won't

But the increased value from the renovations will go directly into her pocket when she sells it after being run out of town on a rail in November.

[formercia]

50. She would get a better price

if she beat the rush by putting it on the market now.

[tanyev]

4. FLAMING HYPOCRITE! Widow's mite, my ass.

"I am willing to take this widow's mite, this pearl of great price, and put everything on the line," she told Donvan. "No matter how much you have, are you willing to take what you have and sell it all for a great price?"

[yardwork]

5. The Harris campaign is the gift to Democrats that keeps on giving

[SammyBlue]

29. Well, yes. . .Harris is Herpes too.

[C_U_L8R]

6. Republican Standard Operating Procedure

I thought all Republicans stole from the treasury....
Isn' t that what Republicanism is all about.. gettin' rich...right?

[struggle4progress]

7. It's small potatoes compared to much Publican thievery in recent years

[rodeodance]

8. what's the big deal. it is her money to start with.

[VegasWolf]

9. IRS and FEC campaign funding rules? nt

[mtnester]

11. She more than likely "loaned" the 3 mil to her campaign

you can choose to pay back the loan in whole, part or none.


My personal opinion? She never gave that 3 million in total as ANYTHING to her campaign. she just gave lip service to it (and with THAT closing thought...my mind went completely foul and I will stop now)

[Jackpine Radical]

24. Unfortunately, my mind followed yours

right into the same sewer.

[Donkeykick]

26. I Agree!

Once it has been turned over to a campaign, one can not come back to retrieve it; this would upset Uncle Sam!:popcorn:

[Rose Siding]

12. It is a big deal. Some contributors judge the viability of a candidate-

by the financial health of the campaign. (It also generates invaluable press) -So it's fraudulent for her to set her campaign up to look like there's lot of cash, and then dip back into it.

It's also a kick in the teeth to anyone who might have struggled to donate (if there ARE any repubs like that)

[MissWaverly]

28. this is like Barbara Bush "donating" to the Gulf Coast

and earmarking it for her son's use but it's probably a charitable contribution and tax deductible, another GOP ploy that I think is really clever, combine camgaign with religious
efforts, that way all campaign contributions become legitimate tax deductions as charitable
contributions. I must admit, these individuals have every dirty scheme thought out.

[insane_cratic_gal]

10. She confident isn't she?

A house in DC already or was that a gift from the Bush's for 2000?

[MissMillie]

45. it'll be worth that much more when she has to sell it in November

:)

[DELUSIONAL]

13. Oh -- this is really funny -- on a day where humor is needed

Is there a GOP idiot who isn't crazy?

Now I know why RayGUN closed the nut houses -- so they could run for office as GOPigs.

[VegasWolf]

15. Yes, RayGun felt the most compasionate place for the mentally disabled

was the streets. Asshole.

:puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke:

[DoYouEverWonder]

14. Her father only left her $700+ Million

Why did she have to go back to her campaign money?

[benddem]

16. strange

I thought she'd lost touch with reality in 2000. But she is definitely outdoing herself.

[Botany]

17. GETTING THE HOUSE READY FOR SALE?

Not unless a major "diebold thing" happens she is toast.

Besides i am sure that the Carylie group, Enron, or some Saudi $ is in a nice Swiss account
for her 2000 actions.

[Marie26]

18. Go Kathy! nt

[durrrty libby]

20. She needs to step it up and run for president n/t

[pitohui]

19. when are they going to arrest this outrageous woman?

i mean is there even a pretense that she is not a con artist and a thief?

[soup]

21. Ah, the Owl House

Guess she needs the money to remove the bats from the belfry...

>Harris talks in rapid Southern twang and at times seems to be fluttering an invisible Scarlett O'Hara fan. Unlike in Sarasota, where she regularly attends the poshest charity events, she says she purposefully hasn't made much of a social splash in Washington, eschewing the endless rounds of parties and galas in favor of weekly commutes home to her husband, Swedish-born businessman Sven Anders Axel Ebbeson, and weeknights spent at her historic Capitol Hill townhouse, The Owl House, which Harris is renovating. (“I care about preservation,” she says. “It's one of my passions.”)
http://www.sarasotamagazine.com/Pages/hotstories/hotstories.asp?4555

K Harris ---> Certifiably Batshit Crazy - but I'm sure it's not her fault, nothing ever is...

edit to fix link

[CraigHinTenn]

22. But Hanity still loves her!

[grannylib]

25. And here I thought she might use it for a better purpose, such as a

makeover...kind of like the scrubbed-of-makeup-but-hey-look-at-my-tits pose she adopted on HannityandmoreHannity that one time...with this frozen, 'beauty-queen'-type smile on her face...

[annabanana]

27. She just does the SOP. . right out in public

in front of the cameras and all..

She is just plain too stupid to know that there might (might) be some kind of problem with that...

[Historic NY]

31. Maybe it was important to her to have the curtains match.............

the carpet. :crazy:

[Stinky The Clown]

32. The only thing better would be if she were an incumbent Senator

This seat is slam dunk to be Dem again.

This woman is batshit crazy.

[PATRICK]

33. Dornan rats outs former employer

Harris certainly makes it easy yet I wonder how this compares to other bitter campaign managers who usually trash the campaigns that didn't listen to them. Usually it is about bad choices and poor candidates but never such accusatory details. All the attention of course is focused on Harris and that is the norm. No one ever thinks about the ex-adviser at all. But Harris is making it easy and Harris' 'friends' in the Bush circle certainly do not mind at all.

[williesgirl]

34. Wonder if they'll try to get her out over the "ovarian mass" bit? Can

substitute someone over ill health?

[mikelgb]

35. Well when she 'wins' in Novemeber because of

Choice Point and Diebold maybe then people will realize the elections are being stolen.

[AnnieBW]

36. She'll Become a Lobbyist

She'll just hit the revolving door and become a lobbyist.

[bunnyhugger]

37. i think what she *really* needs....

..... is a little *face renovation*......

can i get an amen?

[superconnected]

51. Amen. That is one ugly rethug.

[unblock]

38. everyone knows, the only donors who get refunds are racists and criminals

if you donate money and want it back, all you have to do is say something really toxic, then wait for the public backlash to insist that the campaign PAY YOU BACK!

this always struck me as a very peculiar practice. if someone donates money to MY campaign, then he turns out to be an active kkk member, i am NOT writing a check TO that kkk member! instead, i might donate it to the naacp, or some other suitable organization, but i'll be damned if i'm going to pay someone for turning out to be a rotten excuse for a human being.

[truthisfreedom]

41. she's GOT to have an interesting story to tell about the Fla recount.

i just wonder if she's going to die in a small plane accident. or have an apparent "heart attack."

[susu369]

43. Everyone is just being so mean to her

why, she may get so depressed she'll commit suicide (if you get my drift).

[opihimoimoi]

42. Moxie and Spunk made her do it...give her a break.....

[GCP]

44. I believe she knows she's going to lose

And is stripping the coffers now while she has the chance.

[mkb]

46. Start Grasping Flagrant Fouls

I'm not horsing around when I say that Pretty Vicky is probably coming down a bit from her 14th floor penthouse. She has taken a seat, leaving herself a bit of a toothache that needs to be yanked.
Years ago I used to do delivery for dentists so the metaphor rings true.

[afrosia]

47. £100,000 is a lot of money

What was she buying? A new house?

[bleedingheart]

48. Homes in Washington sell for millions...

so it is just decorating money for the wealthy to spend about $100K...

[baldguy]

49. Isn't it a crime to use campaign funds for non-campaign related stuff?

[nealmhughes]

52. Dalmatian puppies need a lot of space to get fat enough for the coats.

[samsingh]

53. this is the fuzzy math she used in 2000

[jmowreader]

54. She couldn't have trashed the place THAT bad...

You know how much drywall and paint you can get for $100,000?

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

55. Can't Bush offer her some sort of Cabinet position and keep her around?

Her crazy antics are such good material for the left.