Husband of former FL Sec. State Katherine Harris commits suicide

[avaistheone1]

Source: WFLA.com

SARASOTA, FL - Sarasota Police are at the waterfront home of former Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris, where her husband Anders Ebbeson committed suicide.

Police officers responded to a report of a death at the home at 1420 Bay Point Drive around 7:30 Tuesday morning.

Sarasota Police Chief Bernadette DiPino told reporters that Harris' husband had taken his own life. Harris, who was at the home Tuesday morning, told police that Ebbeson had been suffering from an illness or medical condition.

Pastor William Hild, of the First Baptist Church of Sarasota, is a spokesperson for the Harris family. Hild told reporters Tuesday morning that Harris wanted the public to know that her husband is "no longer suffering".



Read more: http://www.wfla.com/story/24009825/husband-of-former-fl-sec-state-katherine-harris-commits-suicide

[wyldwolf]

1. Condolences to the Harris family

[George II]

53. Sorry, but until she personally apologizes to the families of the tens of thousands.....

....of people who died as a direct result of her blatant acts of voter fraud (i.e., victims of the WTC attacks, Iraq and Afghanistan wars - Americans AND Iraqis/Afghanis) I can't feel sorry for her.

It sounds cruel, but................

[dawn frenzy adams]

81. Yes.

Indeed.

[wyldwolf]

85. his parents and their children were not a party to that.

Not only did your reply sound cruel, it sounded classless.

[BlueJazz]

103. Did you go to school in this reality or are you from some alternate Universe???

[wyldwolf]

112. Did you mother raise you in a barn???

[George II]

106. You didn't read my reply - its not classless, but your response is clueless

[Indi Guy]

109. I'm glad I don't live in a reality where the compassionate are deemed clueless. n/t

[wyldwolf]

113. your response was very classless.

[George II]

115. One more time, try reading what I posted....thanks.

[wyldwolf]

116. I did, and my statement stands.

[Katashi_itto]

87. Agree

[gopiscrap]

89. agreed

[BlueJazz]

102. I understand what you're saying. Some here will try to equate your line >>

"I can't feel sorry for her" as saying "I hate her offspring"

I don't know why some DUer's have not learned to read. You said NOTHING in your post about anybody but her...

On Edit: If I had time I would start a class on how to not put words in people's mouths but from the posts right under yours, I doubt if it would help.

[PCIntern]

2. It is a good thing for all

that I am uncharacteristically speechless.

[Xipe Totec]

3. Heartfelt condolences. nt

[leftynyc]

4. My sympathies to the Harris family (n/t)

[Divernan]

5. More from OP link:

Harris was thrust into the national spotlight during the 2000 presidential race between Democrat Al Gore and Republican George Bush. Harris was Secretary of State at the time and was a central figure in the recount effort after it was discovered that there were only 537 votes that separated Gore and Bush.

[mahina]

110. I'll go back and read the link, but no mention here that she was Bush's campaign head.

And Secretary of State. Also.

[Divernan]

111. You're right; she was Bush's Florida co-campaign chairman.

Main article: United States presidential election in Florida, 2000

As Secretary of State for the State of Florida (and co-chair of Bush's Florida election efforts), Harris was a central figure in the 2000 US presidential election in Florida. Harris certified that the Republican candidate, then-Texas Governor George W. Bush, had defeated the Democratic candidate, then-Vice President Al Gore, in the popular vote of Florida and thus certified the Republican slate of electors. The margin separating Bush from Gore was 537 votes. Harris ordered a halt after several recounts. Her ruling was upheld in the state circuit court, but was subsequently overturned on appeal by the Florida Supreme Court. That decision was reversed by the U.S. Supreme Court in Bush v. Gore. In a per curiam decision, by a 7-2 vote, the Court in Bush v. Gore held that the Florida Supreme Court's method for recounting ballots was a violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. By a 5–4 vote, the Court held that no alternative method could be established within the time limits set by the State of Florida. Three of the concurring justices also asserted that the Florida Supreme Court had violated Article II, § 1, cl. 2 of the Constitution, by misinterpreting Florida election law that had been enacted by the Florida Legislature.

The decision allowed Harris's previous certification of Bush as the winner of Florida's electoral votes to stand. Florida's 25 electoral votes gave Bush, the Republican candidate, 271 electoral votes, defeating Gore, who ended up with 266 electoral votes (with one D.C. elector abstaining).

Harris later wrote Center of the Storm, her own memoir of the 2000 election controversy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_Harris

[nolabear]

6. May he cross easy, and she find peace.

Sometimes politics is irrelevant.

[seabeyond]

9. +1. nt

[HERVEPA]

10. Politics not irrelevant

No sympathy for her. She helped caused many thousands of needless deaths.

[sharp_stick]

13. Enjoy your pointless

anger.

[HERVEPA]

15. Tell that to the people who died because of her.

And note my comment related only to her, not to her husbands other relatives.

[sharp_stick]

18. No thank you

I'll just direct you to the Nolabear reply to your post. It says it much more "nicely" than I can.

[gopiscrap]

91. no kidding

[nolabear]

16. Then I'll extend it to you.

I don't think you're a bad person, incapable of good or change or love, but the inability to lay down the sword and stop for a moment to respect the astonishing loss and awe of death is, to me, a vital part of being human. I'd wish that ability for everyone, her and you.

[HERVEPA]

20. Well, that feels just as good as when the the anti-choice harassers tell me they'll pray...

for me when I'm escorting at Planned Parenthood. (After they've called me the Spawn of Satan).

[nolabear]

35. I'm sorry about that. I don't think you're wrong.

I think we just see and feel things very differently. In the case of escorting the women I'd be right there beside you, and I might feel as mad about the prayer. But I think those offering to pray do mean what they say and though I won't take it on I can accept that they feel that. And if I refuse to talk to them and throw rocks back nothing ever gets any better.

So I hope you'll accept that I didn't mean to insult you and we can keep talking about our differences.

[HERVEPA]

44. OK, but

as actually an escort one must refuse to talk with them. That's one of the conditions. They are there because their church tells them what to believe, and they are totally unable to talk rationally on the subject. If you did the escorting, you would understand that. I accept that you didn't mean to insult me, but you were implying what was a correct/better way to feel on the subject. I can be in awe of death and what it entails (well, just you no longer exist except in people's memories) with out having any sympathy at all for Katherine Harris. Let her apoplogize sincerely for what she did and put the country through, and I might consider it.

[nolabear]

49. Understood.

[DonCoquixote]

65. Yes, it does make us human

but so does the outright willingness of some to exploit any disaster for their gain. Yes, there must be forgiveness, and hopefully reconociliation. But there can be no reconciling with someone that is swinging an axe at your neck, and sorry to say, especially in Florida, that is exactly what is happening. This state wanted so much carnage that Jeb Bush and Charlie Crist were considered too far to the left, and many of the Tea Party down here actually thinks Rick Scott is a liberal.

That beings aid, none of this allows us to have a lack of respect for life. I will not extend my hand to the enemy until they drop their weapon, but failign that, I will at least nod my head in condolence.

[nolabear]

77. Well put.

[cactusfractal]

22. Agreed...

Her part in the 2000 Bush Selection led to thousands of American and tens, perhaps hundreds of thousands of Iraqi deaths in a war planned well before she "certified" the election of the man she worked to elect.

May she have long life and poor sleep.

[HERVEPA]

25. Nice to hear someone who gets it.

[KansDem]

31. Iraq Body Count...

...since 2003
http://www.iraqbodycount.org/

To date: 155,294 to 126,497 (documented civilian deaths from violence)

American military deaths since 3/19/2003:
American Deaths (Total / In Combat)
Since war began (3/19/03): 4489 3528
Since "Mission Accomplished" (5/1/03) (the list) 4347 3424
Since Handover (6/29/04): 3627 2899
Since Obama Inauguration (1/20/09): 256 128
Since Operation New Dawn: 66 39
American Wounded Official Estimated
Total Wounded: 32021 Over 100000

http://antiwar.com/casualties/

[gopiscrap]

92. yup, she's partly responsible for this

[gopiscrap]

90. yup

[hibbing]

11. +2

[duhneece]

23. Thank you...I love DU when I read our compassion

Having read down a bit, I'll stop here now.

[dipsydoodle]

86. +3

Rest in peace.

[HERVEPA]

7. No sympathy to Katherine Harris herself

Katehrine Harris ==> Bush selection ==> 9/11 warnings ignored, needless Iraqi deaths, environmental destruction

[gopiscrap]

93. agreed

[marsis]

19. Just a misguided terrible post.

Just like the preacher's from the right bloviators blaming WTC, Katrina, Sandy, etc etc on gays, Liberals, Obama, etc. etc.
That's a game too embarrassing to play.

[HERVEPA]

21. Nothing like it. Poor analytical skills.

There is a direct relationship between what she did and massive loss of life.
There is no link at all in what you compare it to.

[bigdarryl]

24. I respect other DU'ers opinions but I'm so mad and upset about

How these republicans get away with ANYTHING and Everything and the media or their party doesn't hold them accountable. So I don't have any sympathy for any republican.I mean DAMN!! we just had Martin Bashir apologize on national TV for what he said about stupid ignorant ass Palin.Sound familiar(Big Ed) why is it that when our side say something about rethugs we have to apologize.

[rudolph the red]

27. Martin Bashir commented that someone should shit in her mouth,

it seems to me that a comment like that does require an apology.

[gopiscrap]

94. I don't think so and we took a poll on it.

[rudolph the red]

114. Well, there ya have it

[tblue]

28. I hear ya.

Sometimes it gets a little too PC around here. Katherine Harris gave us President GWB and VP Cheney. You know she and Jeb cooked up the voter purge, right? She can never repay the debt she owes this country. I don't believe her husband's death is related to this, but nothing you can say comes anywhere close to the evil she has done.

[gopiscrap]

95. exactly

[840high]

105. I don't care that it was Palin - it

was a disgusting comment made by a disgusting woman hater.

[marsis]

29. Oh really,

"All I have to say is all that dirty shit she did in the 2000 Presidential election Is coming home to roost."

So what she did caused her husband to get sick, "coming home to roost", and I have poor analytical skills?

Cant stand the hag, I understand what damage she caused the USA and world but to blame her husbands sickness on that is kind of like tea party logic, no, it's just like tea party logic. Just can't go there.

Although, we could really use a "crazy wing" of the Democratic party like the republicans have, maybe you guys could start it.

[HERVEPA]

45. Read what I wrote! In no way did I blame her husbans's sickness on this.

I said SHE deserves no sympathy because of it.

[marsis]

73. "All I have to say is all that dirty shit she did in the 2000 Presidential election Is coming home

to roost", kinda sounded like it. Apologies if I was wrong.....

[HERVEPA]

88. That was not my post

[L0oniX]

12. Message hidden by jury descision

[bunnies]

26. Cutting out the middle man?

I like it!

[Jack Rabbit]

17. ()

[Nye Bevan]

30. Thanks juries for keeping this place classy (nt)

[HERVEPA]

46. No thanks to the jury for hiding it.

We're not children. We can handle honesty.

[Ranchemp.]

48. Juries should hide vile shit like that, including yours.

This woman is in a lot of mental pain today, despite what she did in the past, a little bit of sympathy is warranted.

[HERVEPA]

50. They should actually hide your vile gun shit.

Note to jurors if this is alerted on. See the language this post this is in response to.

[Ranchemp.]

51. Nice diversion.

Stay classy.

[HERVEPA]

55. Stay classy after you call my stuff "shit" in your post???

[Ranchemp.]

62. Ok.

[heaven05]

56. I agree with you

[Ranchemp.]

59. Of course you do.

[heaven05]

61. I still agree with him

not you.

[Ranchemp.]

63. Of course you do.

[heaven05]

67. Thank you

for your self portrait smilie. Fits you, a little more lean to the cap(dunce) would help though. I don't care that K. harris's husband committed suicide. Period.

[Ranchemp.]

70. Of course you don't care,

that shows what kind of person you really are.

[heaven05]

71. thank you

Can't you take a hint? I don't care what you think of me, either.

[Ranchemp.]

72. Yeah, I get that.

No compassion whatsoever.
Whatever, have a good day.

[heaven05]

75. good

that settles it. You have a good one too.

[gopiscrap]

97. good for you!

[PassingFair]

83. Maybe she can run back to Rick Renzi....

Oh wait....he's in JAIL.

snip>On June 12, 2013, Renzi was convicted on 17 of 32 counts in his corruption case that accused him of using his office for personal financial gain and looting a family insurance business to help pay for his 2002 campaign.[9] On October 28, 2013, he was sentenced to three years in prison.[10]

Guess she'll have to find someone else to "canoodle".

I think she was a mentally unstable person that was USED by the Bushies.

I feel badly for her husband and any children he might have had, but I won't
lose any sleep over her feelings.

[gopiscrap]

98. excellent

[gopiscrap]

96. I agree

[Corruption Inc]

79. Yeah, it's so classy, LOL

No sympathy for an election rigging criminal.

[MyNameGoesHere]

32. I almost forgot all about her

so I decided to brush up. WOW! I am not sure bachmann deserves sole possession of the batshit crazy of the century award.
Oh and sorry about your loss, i suppose. Maybe.

[hamsterjill]

33. As hard as it is for me to say this...

I wish peace to the Harris family. That same faith and belief that she spouted so prominently when she was certifying an unjust election is what commands me that I must care about her.

I'm sorry to see anyone feel so hopeless and helpless that they choose to end their life, and I know first hand the pain and anguish that such an action takes on the remaining family members.

I hope she finds comfort.

[Ranchemp.]

34. I read some of the comments here, including the one's hidden by jury,

and it makes me very sad.
There are some truly vile disgusting comments made by a couple of members, I thought that we were the party of compassion, apparently not, at least with a couple of people.
May they never have to feel the pain this woman is going through today.

Condolences to the family and RIP Anders Ebbeson, may you cross gently to the other side.

[Kingofalldems]

36. Looks like an attack on the Democratic party based on 2 comments.

[Ranchemp.]

38. I disagree.

It's a couple of members who have some anger issues, not a condemnation of the Dem. Party.
But, take it as you like.

[heaven05]

58. ??????

awwwww!

[Ranchemp.]

64. ???????

Cute.

[Puzzledtraveller]

117. bitterness, rage, anger

are easy emotions, especially with the anonymity of the internet, it's called deindividuation. Sad to see, but not unexpected.

[valerief]

37. Sad

but can you blame him?

[ScreamingMeemie]

40. Blame him?

For wanting to end his suffering due to illness?

Or something else? I only ask this because there are people who said the exact same thing about my husband...in reference to his marriage to me.

[valerief]

42. Sorry, I didn't know you were just like Katherine Harris. nt

[ScreamingMeemie]

43. To be honest, you don't really "know" me at all.

Thank you for your nice response. I am sorry, but these kinds of comments in regard to the suicide of the spouse of anyone are always going to make me physically ill... because I have been there. My kids have been there.

I hope you will, at least, take that into consideration.

Thank you.

[msanthrope]

54. Christ--delete this. nt

[HERVEPA]

57. The poster implies she was NOT like Katherine Harris

[Psephos]

68. No, you are comprehension-challenged.

That's the kindest reading.

It's bad enough to see calumny heaped on a suicide spouse in the news, but to do it to someone who's a member here on DU makes me vomit.

[HERVEPA]

69. Nope, you are comprehension challenged.

The implication is that the comparison between her and Katherine Harris would be valid only if the DU poster (who has been here a long time and is well-respected) were like Katherine Harris, and that this is unlikely.

In any case, it is sad for the DU poster here who lost her husband to have to see this.

[PeaceNikki]

52. that's really fucked up.

[Beacool]

39. My condolences to his family.

Suicide is so tough on the family.

May he rest in peace.

[ScreamingMeemie]

41. .

http://www.afsp.org/

[adirondacker]

47. Probably feared becoming another Terri Schiavo. Sad. nt

[heaven05]

60. I don't care

[Demobrat]

66. I'm sorry for his pain.

Hers, not so much.

[Dash87]

74. This makes me sad, and digs up old memories.

Sad for Harris, and sad that people feel the need to lash out with vile responses here.

[gopiscrap]

99. you reap what you sow

[ScreamingMeemie]

108. Which leaves me to wonder...

...what exactly did I sow?

What did my children sow?

To reap my husband's suicide?



http://www.afsp.org/

[AAO]

76. I'm shocked. SHOCKED, I tells ya!

But My sincere condolenses to his family, even Katherine.

[richmwill]

78. My response, based on what my mother taught me-

[grantcart]

82. In the same vein let me add to your articulate statement.

[DisgustipatedinCA]

80. This is tragic. Full stop. In addition to this being a tragic story...

...it also reminds me of how Katherine Harris did her part to steal an election, which subsequently got upwards of a million people slaughtered. She should continue to be excoriated for what she did to democracy in this country, but I am sorry to hear of her husband's suicide.

[RoccoR5955]

84. I was going to say something plunky,

But upon perusing the posts that the jury have hidden, I have decided that most here cannot take a joke, and thus will just STFU on this issue.

[gopiscrap]

100. wow I have never seen so many posts on one thread hidden by a jury

[hrmjustin]

101. May he rest in peace!

[idwiyo]

104. Condolences to the rest of his family but none to his wife. Can't bring myself to feel sorry for her

[burnsei sensei]

107. A dreadful thing, regardless of the family experiencing it.

Suicide is an unrecognized epidemic.