On the Bus with Katherine Harris (Hilarious!)

[kskiska]

By Stephen Elliott

I got word that Representative Katherine Harris was going to do a bus tour. Her campaign was floundering, and she had just injected $3 million of her own money and hired a new staff from out of state. Officially, the three mil is a loan but it’s not looking like she’s going to get any return on that investment. The former secretary of state of Florida, the woman most responsible for George W. Bush’s improbable victory in 2000, would not take a hint from Jeb or anyone else and drop out of the Senate race this November. So off I went on the bus.

Only two reporters showed up for the April bus tour, me and Bill Adair, the Washington bureau chief for the St. Petersburg Times. It was a statement of how poorly things were going. I was surprised they even let me on but originally I was writing this for The Believer, and I think someone mistook that for a Christian magazine.

(snip)

She asked the audience to think about the challenges. “Could you imagine our security if Al Gore had been elected in 2000? Could you imagine what would have happened to our economy if John Kerry had been elected in 2004?”

She was starting to make me sad. I could imagine both of those things. I could imagine the $200 billion spent on a war with Iraq spent instead on education. I could imagine an America with serious partners and an agile military that wasn’t bogged down in an unwinnable war and wasn’t intent on forming a blockade around Iran.

(goes on to describe how Harris came on to a young guy)

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[Canuckistanian]

1. This must be the same guy who gave the pictures to Sam Seder's blog

The ones showing Katherine Harris sliding closer and closer to the college reporter.

What a sad campaign. Nothing but old people and anti-tax fanatics.

At this rate, I don't even think she'll be invited back on Hannity's show.

[Nostradammit]

2. A very interesting read

well written and amusing. Please tell me that a Harris victory would be the death of electronic voting.

[ixion]

3. a good read

very interesting look at the rolling train wreck that is the Harris campaign.

[Skittles]

4. this woman just does not get it

her services are no longer required

[Vidar]

5. Well done.