Republican Party revoked support for Harris Senate campaign

[sabra]

http://www.theledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060731/APP/607310693

Republican Party revoked support for Harris Senate campaign

TALLAHASSEE, Fla.
As Gov. Jeb Bush was trying to get House Speaker Allan Bense into the U.S. Senate race, the Republican Party of Florida was trying to force Katherine Harris out.

Party Chairman Carole Jean Jordan bluntly told Harris in a May 7 letter that she couldn't win and that the party wouldn't support her campaign. The letter was also signed by national committeewoman Sharon Day and national committeeman Paul Senft.

"Katherine, though it causes us much anguish, we have determined that your campaign faces irreparable damage," said the confidential letter, obtained Monday by The Associated Press. "We feel that we have no other choice but to revoke our support."

The letter was written the day before Harris turned in paperwork to get her name on the Republican primary ballot for the seat held by Democrat Bill Nelson. Bense announced later that week that he would not enter the race despite the urging of Bush and others.

The Harris campaign didn't immediately return a phone message seeking comment Monday.

[opihimoimoi]

1. What??? No Loyalty from the GOP? After all her hard work enabling

the Buchy Wimp to win Florida?

WTF is Wrong with the GOP...Rat Bastards, SOBs, Idiots....

I hope she sues them fuckers for abandonment.

[Junkdrawer]

2. Seen this? She's a non-person now...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=1777785&mesg_id=1777785

[whistle]

9. So much for the republican party's Joan of Arc, remember.....

<snip>
Harris Republicans’ Joan of Arc

WASHINGTON, Jan 21, 2001 (Reuters) — Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris was canonised as the Joan of Arc of the Republican Party on Saturday night, in a triumphant onstage appearance at her home state’s inaugural ball.

“In France it was Joan of Arc; in the Crimea it was Florence Nightingale; in the deep south there was Rosa Parks; in India there was Mother Teresa and in Florida there was Katherine Harris,” said singer Larry Gatlin as he introduced Harris to an adoring crowd of Florida Republicans.

Republican Harris played a key role in delivering Florida and therefore the presidency to George W. Bush by making a series of decisions as Secretary of State that thwarted Al Gore’s attempts to have disputed votes recounted.

Elegant in a low-cut strapless black taffeta evening gown, Harris took to the podium at the National Building Museum to loud cheers and whistles — only minutes after President Bush had finished his traditional inaugural waltz with the First Lady.

“We just thank you so very much for your prayers, your letters of support, your flowers, your encouragement during the count and the recount,” Harris said. “And today we have a president of the USA. It is going to be a great next four years — eight years. God bless America.”

http://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20010122/world.htm

[Chulanowa]

19. I think I may vomit

Comparing Katherine Harris to Florence Nightingale? Rosa Parks? Mother Theresa?!

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot. over!

[Mad_Dem_X]

26. Holy crap! Comparing her to Mother Teresa

and Rosa Parks????????????? Larry Gatlin's been *swimming* in the Kool-Aid! :wow:

[Seldona]

42. Katherine Harris = Rosa Parks???

:freak:

Don't you have a county fair to play Larry? Jerk.

[Bucky]

51. Well, they did just kick her ass off the bus.

[Kikosexy2]

45. So no love...

from the GOP, Bush himself, Jeb or anyone for that matter...does this mean she'll fess up about the election fraud of 2000 and get back at Bush cabal??

[baldguy]

46. They're getting more like the Soviets every day.

Next, they'll be talking about a "five year plan" to get out of Iraq.

[whistle]

3. I think Katherine Harris is going to rat out JebCo on the 2000 election

.... result, just watch. She is being rejected and cornered by her own party. So, like a cornered rat, she will go right over the edge!:bounce: :toast: :woohoo: :rofl: :patriot: :yoiks:

[Junkdrawer]

5. Despondent, she will suicide herself first...

That, or her plane will crash...

[TheDebbieDee]

10. I agree with you, Junkdrawer........

For her sake, I hope Katherine Harris avoids riding in small aircraft. I wouldn't want her to get "Wellstoned"!

[wizstars]

48. Now would the KGWB really do that????

(sure they would--in a heartbeat.)

[Demeter]

6. Far More Likely She Drinks Herself to Death

or has a suspicious accident.

Man, when the GOP eats its own, they crack the bones for marrow and make lampshades out of the hide.

[Lochloosa]

8. That was a hell of a visual....damn Demeter

[aquart]

41. Couldn't happen to a more deserving treasonous bitch.

[laylah]

65. And use the skulls for ashtrays n/t

[VegasWolf]

7. A woman scorned!!! That would be sweet karma! nt

[Akoto]

11. I doubt it, but ...

It would certainly be delicious if she did. :)

[pa28]

37. Yep, now she'll spill the beans to get even.

Then the Republicans will call her a "disgruntled" former Secretary of State.

Then they'll be making fun of her Tammy-Fae makeup and swinging lifestyle in a nasty smear campaign.

This is going to be worth the price of admission.

[Pale Blue Dot]

56. If they thought she'd do that, they'd never have abandoned her.

I don't think they're worried about it.

[GOTV]

39. I predict She will not...

... although it would be great to be wrong.

Suppose I'm right though. Suppose 2006 comes and goes, and Katherine never does spill the beans?

[Bucky]

52. Not a big "suppose" there. She's pissed & crazy, but not stupid.

There's a fat corporate gig waiting for her somewhere with some fundy outfit. Trust in one thing: Republicans take care of their own.

[boilinmad]

64. yes, but...

...theyve already done their best to discredit her and make her seem insane, so that anything she says will be scoffed at. Dont get me wrong, I think shes an evil witch, but, this seems like an organized attempt by the republican party to shut her up so that she couldnt drop any bombs on them concerning her illegal activity in the Florida election........sounds like a conspiracy theory, but nothing would suprise me from these repukes anymore....

[Norquist Nemesis]

4. Whatever happened to do or die support?

It sounds like they're pulling out support because she'll 'lose'. In reality, she's a nutcase they don't want to be associated with and are too afraid to admit it!

Nutcase Cons are so much fun! We had such a thrill here in Illinois with Keyes running. LOL!

[Raster]

12. They have to tread very carefully with Cruella de Harris, she knows where

the bodies are buried in Florida; she helped bury them. If not for her illicit, immoral and ILLEGAL actions while Secretary of State of Florida, Al Gore--the rightful President of the United States--would be occupying 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue and 9/11--as we know it--WOULD HAVE NEVER HAPPENED.

on edit: FOUR!

[spotbird]

40. Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned ...

When is Kathrine going to realize she's was just another stupid tool? I can't wait.

[Bozita]

13. I love watching Repiglicans eating their own!

[d---mad2]

63. Harris is doomed

Her troubles started when she believed that Joe Scarborough was going to run on the same ticket, for the '06 Repuke Senate aeat. Katherine publicly asked the question. "Hey joe, why was the death of Lori Klausitis swept under the rug? And we all asked who is Lori?
This question opened up another can of worms that the neocons would like to keep buried.
I'm certain that this event is well known to most of the DUers. Therefore I won't dwell on this incident.
Remember this Kat, you're the person most responsible for King George being appointed president in 2000
And it has already been stated that these neocons are notorious for EATING THEIR OWN, so it would behoove you too be very careful. Don't fly in small planes, and it might be prudent of you to hired a food-taster.
Come on over to our side Kat, you certainly know where all the bodies are buried. And if you can bust these cretins, you can be sure that we will forgive your past indiscretions.
YOU CAN TRUST US BABY

[The Backlash Cometh]

14. I hope that woman cracks soon so we can get all the dirt on the 2000

election.

[LynneSin]

15. Just out of curiousity, is she still running for her congressional seat?

Or did she retire from that seat in hopes to win the SEnate.

The repukes rewarded her by giving her an easy-win district and a nice office when she got to DC. I think even they knew that Katherine Harris could never win statewide because of the crap she pulled.

I hope she lives to tell her side of the story as to what happened in Florida 2000

[Jim Lane]

32. It seems to me she left that seat

From Wikipedia: "State Representative Nancy Detert, banker George 'Tramm' Hudson, wealthy automobile dealer Vern Buchanan and former state Representative Mark Flanagan are running for the Republican nomination. The two Democrats vying for their party's nomination are Sarasota banker and businesswoman Christine Jennings and the nominee in the 2004 race, Jan Schneider." (Florida Congressional races) The primary is September 5. The filing deadline has passed, so Cruella can't get on the ballot legitimately.

Of course, after the primary, there might be a deal. The winner for the House seat is ordered to step down, to be replaced by Cruella, that being the necessary inducement to get her to step down from the Senate race and be replaced by a candidate who might win.

Or maybe she'll just move in with Tom DeLay in his Virginia condo. It would serve both of them right.

[Democrat 4 Ever]

34. I'm pretty sure she isn't running for her House seat - so that

seat could be up for grabs. No wonder the Repukes are so pissed at her.

This article doesn't address the Democratic candidate for Florida 13th but it does seem to appear there is plenty of turmoil going on in Florida repuke politics right now.

http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/news/nation/15113688.htm

[K8-EEE]

16. Ooooh This Is Going To Be A Fun Freeper Topic!!!

YEOW!!

[MikeNearMcChord]

55. I braved the elements, put on a full body chemical suit, with a gas mask

And ventured over there, alas the story is not there, I think the Freeper Mods are censuring this. It seems that the Freeper brethern and sisteren are denouncing the abandonment of conservative principles in dumping Harris(oh well the fact that she might also be a nut doesn't count)
Here is a taste:
:rofl:
You Harris bashers should just STFU. You're worse than trolls.

Leave the woman alone and let the cards play out in the primary, and then in the general if she wins the former. We support Harris, we don't give a feces what the biased FL MSM rags say with their stupid, slanted polls, and we don't appreciate you chumps dumping on her with smarmy personal insults and ad hominem attacks because you can't refute her solid conservative stand on the issues.

Harris supports our brave men and women in the military, she is a solid conservative across the board on the issues, and she has strong grassroots support in FL. She declared her candidacy in Dec of '05 while other so-called FL Republicans sat on their asses, wrung their hands, whined, and attacked her without having the balls to enter the race themselves. Nelson is a flat-out joke - if Harris supposedly couldn't win, these liberals, RNC elitists, and pseudo-FReepers like you wouldn't be attacking her.
21 posted on 07/31/2006 1:38:01 AM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (404 Page Error Found

It looks like EEE is a kool-aid drinker here is another one To:Extremely Extreme Extremist
I could not have said it better my self....It really is sickening that so called conservatives bash her like they do on this board...She is as conservative as they get....That is one reason she did not get the support of the Republican establishment....She has held true to her conservative roots....She is not afraid to go against the odds and has done so repeatedly in the past and won...Yet another liberal rag with a negative story here and makes a few comments that Republicans are not supporting her...The world has fell in because of it...If I was some of you...I would not support a conservative either...Why, It is much better to put a few more RINO's in office...That is going to help us protect conservative values...You can post these liberals news media and gloat over them all day long...Those of us who know her and live in her district will continue to support her period..I have voted for my last RINO ever again...If this party does not get its act together and start supporting conservatives then they can go to -----....
55 posted on 07/31/2006 9:54:10 AM PDT by RNO1 (POW's Never Ever Have A Good Day)

[K8-EEE]

67. They Finally Have The 4-1-1 == SO FUN!

I know it's sick but I love FR threads on Katherine Harris & Evolution. It's just funny when half of them realize the other half are crazy (but for different reasons than the other half is, if you get me.)

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1675207/posts?q=1&&page=51

[K8-EEE]

17. May 7? Kind of Old News, Huh?

I wonder why this article just came out now?

[TheVirginian]

21. It was confidential... wasn't made public until today.

It was delivered May 7th.

[ToeBot]

18. I suspect she must be the chief instigator...

rather than just an accessory. If it were otherwise, she would have more leverage and they couldn't treat her with such impunity.

[ShortnFiery]

20. Kathy Harris needs a real close friend, who's WIRED, to tell her

secrets to? <oh please, oh please make it true> :P

[PurityOfEssence]

60. Oooh, now you're thinkin'...

Of course, if it's not done in a state without two party consent laws the person is committing a crime, but what the hey.

She'll never come clean of her own accord because it'd show her as a deeply cynical lawbreaker.

Scorned like a one-night stand, isn't she? Used and discarded. What's a poor girl who inherited millions upon millions to do?

Funny how the Bush family prides itself on loyalty, isn't it?

[superconnected]

22. She's only gotten this far because they were afraid she'd rat them out.

They're not going to let an election get thrown because of her. I bet they make it look like a suicide.

Note to self - If she suddenly dies, remember the new repuke comming in has as much blood on his hands and the ones who killed her. That's what his career stepping stones will be resting on.

[Maven]

23. SING, baby, SING!!!

Come on Kat, baby, you've been double-crossed. Time to cash in some of those secrets for revenge! Go on, hun, get it all of your oversized chest!

[gordianot]

24. The goods on her must be good to out such a player in the 2000 debacle.

Whatever it is cannot be avoided. Jail time must be in the works in the near future.

[mom cat]

25. I guess that Rebup loyalty does not extend to women.

[Lochloosa]

28. I don't think Rebup loyalty is gender based. When you are

of no use to them you are expendable.

Demeter's descripton above:

When the GOP eats its own, they crack the bones for marrow and make lampshades out of the hide.

[WI_DEM]

27. Now that they've written her off, will she go public with how they

stole Florida in '00?

[Tight_rope]

29. Man..They sure slapped her around.

[TrueFunkSoldier]

30. Another prayer to our Dear Lord...

Dear Lord:

Please, oh please, allow Katherine Harris to get a sudden case of self-righteous and spill the beans about how she enabled the Bush campaign to steal the Election of 2000.

Please, oh please, Lord let her come forward to tell the truth about what really happened and how the Republicans bribed her and promised her a congressional seat if she made it so that blacks, Jews, the elderly and most non-Cuban Latinos were disenfranchised in Florida.

Please, oh please, Lord allow her to expose the lies and corruption of the Jeb Bush and George Bush administrations.

And please, Lord, I know that you know that she knows that they know something about what happened in Ohio. Please let the truth and the facts surface...

...and let her confession stir the hearts and minds of the American public and right the wrongs that this administration hath wrought.

Thank you, dear Lord and Amen...

TFS

[Tight_rope]

31. The "TRUTH" will "ALWAYS" come out in the "WASH"!

[Maraya1969]

33. Sorry for being so childish - I parked next to a Katherine Harris bumper

sticker the other day and this news brings a tear of joy to my eye.

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Ganja Ninja]

35. Don't listen to them Katherine.

Hang in there baby! Spend, spend, spend! You can't have burned through that $10 million yet.

[McCamy Taylor]

36. Harris will attract Dem voters to the polls, coat tails Dem candidates.

[Supply Side Jesus]

38. Adios Tit soup.

your bust will be missed. ;)

[The Wizard]

43. Somehow

Martha Mitchell talking to the media during Watergate comes to mind. She didn't last long after that. Since the Bushes make the Sopranos look like Walt Disney, Kathy may wind up as bait or chum on a fishing boat. Florida has a huge coast line. With hurricane season looming she could have a tragic accident.

[SKKY]

44. How long do you think before she flips???

And, wold we take her into the fold? I wouldn't.

[warrens]

47. New Repuke strategy: No funding for Scumbags

Breaking: All Republican candidates withdraw from congressional, senatorial, gubernatorial and other campaigns.

[loves_dulcinea]

50. i hope she's bitter

i hope she's bitter enough to shout from the mountain tops. fuck! i hope she's bitter.

[Dulcinea]

69. Like your handle! Welcome aboard!

:loveya:

[orleans]

49. jigs up you bitch (harris!) maybe now is the time for you to

start blowing some whistles (before the dems go after your fucking ass too)

[superconnected]

53. Didn't she just hire a new campaign manager last week?

I don't think cruella is gonna step down. Now that she's on her own, the GOP is her competitor.

Let's hear your campaign smear Kathy! Tell us how sleazy they are!

[Botany]

54. Kathy, honey you have been wronged by your lover.

Time to write that tell all book ..... betya you could get a $5 million advance.

Tell about the purge lists.

Tell about DBT / Choice point

Tell about stopping the recount

Tell about the negative 16,000 votes that Al Gore got in Volusia County from diebold in one precinct
after he was declared the winner

Tell what you promised or paid

Tell about Tom Feeney, Clint Curtis, and Ray Lemme who got up one morning
and drove to Georgia and committed suicide in a motel room that his credit card
has him checking in the night before

Tell about Jeb's biz dealings in Florida .... you know buy a property .... declare bankruptcy .....
and then but the same property for dimes on the dollar.

Don't hold back sister ...... you have been cut out of the family business (mafia) and
if you stay quite ..... your future does not look pretty ...... look what happened to Marvin
Bush's domestic help.

The Fairfax police public statement on the death made no reference to Marvin Bush, his address, or the videotape of the deceased employee with President Bush:

"A 62-year-old Alexandria area woman died after being pinned between a rolling car and a building. The crash happened on Monday, around 9 pm, near the intersection of Fort Hunt Road and Edgehill Drive. Bertha Champagne had gone outside to get something from a car in a driveway. The car, which was left in gear, began to roll forward. Champagne was pinned between the car and a small building next to the driveway. The car continued to roll down the driveway, crossed Fort Hunt Road, and came to rest in a wooded area. Champagne was taken to Inova Mount Vernon Hospital where she was pronounced dead."

[rpannier]

57. Pretty weak of the gop

She's their senate candidate and they have an obligation to support her in the general election.
I support Lamont in the primaries. But, should he lose (and God knows I hope he doesn't) I will (unhappily) support LIEberman.

The problem for the pukes in Florida is, they don't have a candidate who can beat Nelson. I think, if jebbie the scrub is so concerned he should run.

[BadGimp]

58. and this: Fla. Republicans Won't Back Rep. Harris (AP)

Fla. Republicans Won't Back Rep. Harris
Jul 31 1:45 PM US/Eastern
Email this story

By BRENDAN FARRINGTON
Associated Press Writer

TALLAHASSEE, Fla.

The state Republican Party bluntly told Rep. Katherine Harris that she couldn't win this fall's Senate election and that the party wouldn't support her campaign, a letter obtained Monday by The Associated Press shows.

Party Chairman Carole Jean Jordan made a last-ditch attempt in the confidential May 7 letter to force Harris out of the race for the nomination to challenge Democrat Sen. Bill Nelson. But the next day, Harris turned in paperwork to get her name on the Sept. 5 Republican primary ballot.

The letter came as Gov. Jeb Bush was trying to get state House Speaker Allan Bense into the race. Bense announced later that week that he would not enter the race.

Harris rose to national prominence as Florida's secretary of state during the bitter presidential election recount in 2000 that gave the White House to George Bush. She was elected to the U.S. House in 2002.

The Harris campaign didn't return a phone message seeking comment Monday.
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/07/31/D8J743QG2.html
condt.....................

When does she turn on them??? Pass the Popcorn, this just might get interesting ;P

pass the

[Hubert Flottz]

59. Every party has it's Joementum!

The GOP has found theirs!

[Hulk]

61. double standard

You would think the dems are a bunch of traitors for calling butt-kissing Joe on the carpet to represent CT for the dem ticket. At least they give him an opportunity to stand before his constituents. This goof-ball nazi, Harris, is having the carpet pulled from under her feet before she gets a chance to step up to the microphone and shout "zieg heil"!!

[Marie26]

62. Go, Kathy! nt

[samsingh]

66. the thiefs turn on each other

[DAMANgoldberg]

68. She will probably not win...

keep in mind, that it's her family's money that she is spending on this campaign. So she could on the eve of the election, go to Countdown for an exclusive LIVE interview and spill her guts. Just make sure that she is not identified in her location. That is Must See TV for sure.

[spinbaby]

73. Didn't she just pull a bunch of money out of her campaign?

To remodel her house or some such thing?

[rayofreason]

70. Her campaign is so screwed up....

....her people are stabbing each other in the FRONT!

[RCinBrooklyn]

71. Maybe they'll piss her off enuf to spill the beans on 2000 election fraud.

[samsingh]

72. even a dimwit like harris must have felt the betrayal here.