Report: Fla. GOP Courts Joe Scarborough (to replace Harris)

[deadparrot]

PENSACOLA, Fla. - Two local businessmen active in Republican Party politics say the GOP is courting cable TV host Joe Scarborough to replace U.S. Rep. Katherine Harris (news, bio, voting record) in the 2006 Senate race against incumbent Democrat Bill Nelson.

Scarborough, a former U.S. representative, has met with senior Republican officials, Collier Merrill, a Pensacola businessman told the Pensacola News Journal in a report for Wednesday's editions.

The other businessman, Eric Nickelsen, said he had contacted Scarborough and encouraged him to run, and he corroborated that other party leaders wanted the cable talk show host to challenge Harris.

Scarborough declined to comment late Tuesday. He was sent to Congress four times from the Pensacola area, beginning in 1994.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050817/ap_on_el_se/brf_senate_harris

[halobeam]

1. IMO.... he deserves the nightmare of it all.

[Chicago Democrat]

14. Joe's no Ahnold....

Bring it on Jow

[Melodybe]

21. What about Laurie, the dead intern? Luckily for Joe, he got no

heat over her death since the corporate media was all over Gary Condit at the time.

Joe was the last person to she her alive and she was found dead in his office. Her head was bashed in.

If the GOP wants to run Joe I'm a big fat murderer for the Senate, I say go right ahead.

[krkaufman]

2. Hard to imagine Scarborough risking the cash...

... coming from his cable show, for a *possible* Senate seat.

[Lindacooks]

3. The dead intern issue will get VEEERRRYYY interesting.

[Botany]

4. Mr. Dead Intern under my desk and my wife ......

.... divorces me Scarborough?

This time no more Mr/Ms nice person .... go for his throat.

[Cha]

7. Still, they think scarface

will be better for them than cruella..that's interesting.

[aquart]

13. No, no. Cruella is running for Senate.

She's on to bigger and better.

[Cha]

39. But the article said they wanted

scarface to replace harris for the gop senate race.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050817/ap_on_el_se/brf_senate_harris

[Canuckistanian]

5. 'Dead Intern' Scarborough?

He'll never make it past the media.. oh, wait, he's Republican isn't he?

Never mind.

[RobertSeattle]

6. Which one has better knockers?

:evilgrin:

[PurityOfEssence]

8. Lori Klausutis

Come on, Joe, run! I'd love to see you under the scrutiny of the world. The press will give you a pass, since they're controlled by the reactionaries, but you can't stand any real examination, and you know it.

Please run.

[Roy]

15. The press will give you a pass, since they're controlled .........

You said.......

"Come on, Joe, run! I'd love to see you under the scrutiny of the world. The press will give you a pass, since they're controlled by the reactionaries, but you can't stand any real examination, and you know it.

Please run."


Yep, the press will give him a past, but there are these pesky little folks called Bloggers.

I think Ole' Joe will be cognizant of their power and sit this one out. (if he is smart)

Remember, the suddenness in which he left Congress that stopped the conversations about the little skeletons in his closet?

[BamaLefty]

9. Nah, He Won't Run

P.S. Scarborough is a Democrat at heart. Believe me, I know.

[SimpleMan]

17. Democrat at heart?

You gotta be kidding. He sure doesn't look that way from where I sit in Pensacola.

[mcctatas]

20. I saw him on "Real Time with Bill Maher" last year and he seemed

almost rational, plus he did a really good job on the post-debate analysis. I kinda got the feeling that he didn't buy half of the BS he spews on TV. Democrat I doubt, but a really moderate repuke I'd buy.

[liberaliraqvet26]

32. I saw that too...

he was almost normal on bill maher. but he's still an asshole on his own show.

[0007]

35. Yeah, and I saw Candy Crowley on the Jon Stewart show

and she was also a very convincing Democrat. NOT

Joe & Candy go which ever way the wind blows. Get a grip!

[jpak]

42. I've seen video clips of him talking to his "constituency" in Pensacola

He is as frightening and cold blooded as any right winger anywhere.

And he's an asshole.

Scuttlebutt in PNS has it that he knocked up a young Washington intern - and that was the grounds for his divorce.

That said, I would LOVE to see Cruella and Joe slug it out in a primary battle - dirty dish and shit would fly...

:evilgrin:

[BamaLefty]

45. My Dad Knows Him

He is a Repub, but inside he isn't. . .

[Child_Of_Isis]

18. He can't be!

He has those pig eyes that republicans have.

[madeline_con]

10. Proof Harris would never win....

and further, it's proof they're running scared. Even RWers voted for Nelson.

This should be interesting....

[vanboggie]

11. At least it'd get rid of the Scarborough Country lies show n/t

[tsuki]

12. Yep, just the man of "moral, family values" to represent the GOP. eom

[lovuian]

16. I love it when Bush Screws the one who got him in the WH

such Karma!!!

Katherine now you know what you did!!! You did political suicide honey!!!

Hope it was worth it!!!

[Buns_of_Fire]

33. Your masters are a fickle lot, Katherine

Well they were all impressed with your Halston dress
And the people that you knew at Elaine's
And the story of your latest success
Kept us so entertained
But now you just don't remember
All the things you did
And you're not sure that you want to know
I'll give you one hint, honey
You sure did put on a show

--Billy Joel, "Big Shot"

[buddysmellgood]

19. Gosh? What's wrong with Katerine? Why wouldn't just everyone get

behing her?

[DoYouEverWonder]

22. Report: Pensacola Republicans say Scarborough courted for Senate

Aug 16, 10:48 PM EDT

PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) -- Two businessmen active in Republican Party politics say the GOP is courting cable TV host Joe Scarborough to replace U.S. Rep. Katherine Harris in the 2006 Senate race against incumbent U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson.

Scarborough, a former U.S. representative, has met with senior Republican officials, Collier Merrill, a Pensacola businessman active in the party, told the Pensacola News Journal in a report for Wednesday editions.

Republican Eric Nickelsen, a partner in the firm of John S. Carr Co., said he had contacted Scarborough and encouraged him to run, and he corroborated that other party leaders wanted the cable talk show host to challenge Harris.

Scarborough declined to comment late Tuesday. He was sent to Congress four times from the Pensacola area, beginning in 1994. He resigned in 2001 to spend more time at home.

http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/F/FL_SENATE_HARRIS_FLOL-?SITE=FLPET&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=state.shtml&CTIME=2005-08-16-22-48-37

Jeez, what a pair of winners. I can't decide which one is worse. Harris or Scarborough? Maybe if Scarborough runs the media will reopen that dead intern laying on the floor in his office case?

[Fridays Child]

23. No problem and, hey, Joe, don't let a little thing like...

...the suspicious death of Lori Klausutis get in your way.

[skiddlybop]

26. Yeah, they nominate Joe "Dead Intern" Scarborough

so they can blame the media when the story comes out.

[ngGale]

24. OMG - When will it ever end ...

do we even have any good guys anymore? Those two candidates give me nightmares. Argh~!

[Spinzonner]

25. The Republican will nominate anything

but they prefer the shady so they can have a head start on true corruption - Republican style.

[BQueen]

27. I guess they weren't impressed with her pageant-girl makeover

what a performance on Hannity and Colmes by Katie and her breasts. (Yes, they're hers, she has the receipt! So stop saying that!)

It is pretty sad when a guy with a suspicious dead body to get past looks good....I guess it's good news for our side, right?

[Kolesar]

28. "Katie" Harris?

I saw her standing in profile jutting her tits in a tight jacket on Hannity and Colmes. Fortunately, I saw it on TDSw/JS and Jon was able to take the segment to a hilarious finish.

[BQueen]

29. Yeah, thought that name fit her tittering attitude

(pun intended)
I saw both -- the DS graphic of Colmes at the end was hilarious.

I kept thinking she must have gone to a pageant consultant - she was just like one of those vacuous contestants posing and trying to look as though they were listening to the question while figuring out some way to work in "You know, world peace!"

[Kolesar]

30. Alan Colmes had this "William Macy" look, you know the guy from Fargo

who sold cars. What I like about Macy is that he plays these forlorn characters like the cuckold husband on Boogie Nights.

This picture captures that look:


"Katie" Harris' forced smile was pretty creepy, too, now that I recall it.

[K8-EEE]

38. Ahem....

She for sure had a tittering, or you could say, batshit crazy, old drunk chick at the bar who thinks she's hot attitude.

But I don't think KATIE quite fits her....of course maybe that's cuz I'm one myself!

LOL!
:hi:

[Kolesar]

40. I thought your screen name was a ham radio call sign

Sorry! Ok, then we need a new name for Harris. She used to be called "Cruella" on this board. Now we need an over-the-hill floozie drunk name for her.

[DoYouEverWonder]

31. What was that all about?

She looked like someone that had just gotten a pair of new boobs and wanted to show them off to the world. That woman gives clowns a bad name.

[Kolesar]

37. What a smile, too

She looked like she had gas.

[rocktivity]

44. I guess they didn't like the way Katherine "courted" Hannity and Colmes

And Michelle Malkin has the nerve to try to describe her appearance as "unremarkable."

:headbang:
rocknation

[tanyev]

34. How many people live in Florida?

Scarborough and Harris are the best candidates they can come up with? God help us all.

[leesa]

36. Good. Let's re-open that dead intern in his office bit.

[Orion The Hunter]

41. Ha Ha

I guess the GOP in Florida just do not like Mrs. Harris' "running mates" :)

[6000eliot]

43. Didn't "the twins" get everybody excited the way she intended?

[jarab]

46. kick

...O...

[Placebo]

47. TV Show Host Scarborough Weighs Senate Bid

Congressman turned political talk show host Joe Scarborough has a choice to make: renew his contract with NBC or challenge Katherine Harris for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate.

Scarborough said Wednesday that he has already talked with Sen. Elizabeth Dole, who heads the National Republican Senatorial Committee, and plans to meet with Republican National Committee Chairman Ken Mehlman and White House officials next week about whether to get into the race to unseat Democrat Bill Nelson.

"I've told everybody I'll keep an open mind. I'm happy with NBC, NBC is happy with me. They've offered me a new contract. That's sitting on the table," Scarborough said.

Scarborough, who spent seven years in Congress, said Republican leaders are concerned about Harris' electability because of the role she played in the 2000 presidential recount. She was Florida's secretary of state then, and Democrats say she fought recounts that could have jeopardized President Bush's 537-vote victory.

More...

:eyes:

[TomInTib]

48. Killer Diller

maybe the death of a young, pretty, athletic white woman will get the play it deserved the first time.

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

49. "TV Show Host Scarborough Laughs About Dead Staffer on Imus"

Thursday, June 05, 2003

Scarborough Laughs About Dead Staffer

From BartCop Forum:

Conservative MSNBC news host Joe Scarborough was a guest on MSNBC's Imus show last Thursday, May 29.

In complementing Scarborough on his sense of humor, Imus said, "Don't be afraid to be funny, because you are funny. I asked you why you aren't in Congress. You said that you had sex with the intern and then you had to kill her." To which Scarborough laughed, "Yeah, ha, ha ha, well, what are you gonna do?"

http://www.blogstudio.com/dystopia/06_01_03___06_07_03_The_Daily_Dystopian.html

[pfitz59]

50. Lets see: Evil or Eviler

Anagrams for: Vile or Viler! Neither would do any servicce to Flori-duh or the nation!

[TheDebbieDee]

54. Actually, the anagrams would be vile and revile. % ^ )

[cdeca2005]

51. Someone refresh my memory....

Someone refresh my memory....

...dead person in his office?
...adulturer?
...divorcee?

[CatholicEdHead]

52. He will renew with MSNBC

he will listen to his hurting back.

[stepnw1f]

53. Wasn't His Intern Found Dead in His Office?

What ever happened to that investigation. And yet the like of this Freeper type haas the audacity to bring up Teddy K.

We know one was an accident... but his intern? Hmmmmmmm....

What goes round comes round.

[Old and In the Way]

55. Well, he is against the Iraq War.....

"Well, I just think it's a bad idea. What's going to happen is they're going to be over there for 10, 15, maybe 20 years."
--Joe Scarborough (R-FL)

Oh, sorry, that was Joe talking about Clinton's intervention in Kosovo.

[UTUSN]

56. Tweety Is Eating His Heart Out

1) Tweety wishes he were ROVE - the kingMAKER, and

2) Tweety wishes he could DO IT ON HIS OWN.


(It's OVER for YOU, Tweety!)

[LeinesRed]

57. is he tired of "devoting more time to his family?"

Isn't that why he quit the House?

[UTUSN]

58. Um, Dead Intern in the Office (& I Don't CARE If This Is FAIR) N/T

[tsuki]

61. He devoted a car ride to Walton County to get a "quiet" divorce. eom

[zalinda]

59. I hope he does...........wouldn't Harris be

pissed? Does she have dirt to spill? Would she spill it out of spite? One could only hope.

zalinda

[maxrandb]

64. Great Minds Think Alike

I thought the same thing. "How much will it take before she gets pissed and starts talking about what really happened in Florida?"

This proves beyond a doubt that the RepubliKKKans don't give a shit about the good of the country, or family values, or the people they represent. This proves that it's all about POWER! In their minds, that Senate seat belongs to them, and by God, they're going to get it, by hook, or by crook. If it means they have to squash the enabler Harris like a bug, so be it.

They see a Democratic Senator that may be vulnerable.

They see a RepubliKKKan woman that has a lot of baggage.

They see a smarmy, beady eyed, divorced, "I don't know how that dead intern ended up in my office", neo-con, that has had an "informercial" for the past 4 years.

They see that, said neo-con, may have a better chance of beating Senator Nelson than "Cruella DeVille".

and voila!!

Now, if the people of Florida elect either of these "numbnuts" instead of Senator Nelson, they deserve what they get!

[SoCalDem]

60. Of course he does.. H's had an "infomercial" for a couple of years

and the dead intern thing has settled down now.. :puke:

[bribri16]

62. This scum-bag should not even be allowed to run anywhere. n/t

[maxrandb]

63. I've Seen Beady Eyes Before, but this Guy's Take the Cake

[SheepyMcSheepster]

65. a DUer a while ago posted something like this about his eyes:

"his eyes make him look like he has spent hours peking through blinds".

that cracked me up.

[jarab]

66. kick

...O...

[sabra]

67. Joe Scarborough mulls challenge to Harris

http://www.gainesville.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050818/LOCAL/50818006/1078/news

Joe Scarborough mulls challenge to Harris

TALLAHASSEE - Congressman turned political talk show host Joe Scarborough has a choice to make: renew his contract with NBC or challenge Katherine Harris for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate.

Scarborough said Wednesday that he has already talked with Sen. Elizabeth Dole, who heads the National Republican Senatorial Committee, and plans to meet with Republican National Committee Chairman Ken Mehlman and White House officials next week about whether to get into the race to unseat Democratic incumbent Bill Nelson.

''I've told everybody I'll keep an open mind. I'm happy with NBC, NBC is happy with me. They've offered me a new contract,'' Scarborough said.

Scarborough said Republican leaders are concerned about Harris' electability because of her role in the 2000 presidential recount

[ixion]

68. oh please make it so...

it will pretty much guarantee Nelson's spot. ;-)

[havocmom]

69. Joe, let's talk bodies in offices

again.

[rocktivity]

76. It's not his fault that the intern's heart stopped and she fell

striking her head on his desk. Of course, how she managed to land UNDERNEATH the desk is a bit of a problem. Perhaps an exhumation and an accident renconstruction specialist are needed.

:headbang:
rocknation

[Verve]

70. The lesser of two evils...

Scarborough. At least we wouldn't see him on t.v. while he was campaigning. Hopefully, MSNBC won't pick him up again after he loses.

[Judi Lynn]

71. If he balks on this, I'd guess he's indicating there really IS something

he's trying to hide, and he's afraid to tempt fate by running again.

His disappearance from Congress at a time he was gaining momentum, having even been one of the ones who got in on the ground floor trying to kick Bill Clinton to death politically was unexpected.

Suddenly Scarborough announced he was quitting in order to "spend some time with his family," the same family he didn't remember when he joined the feeding frenzy on the Monicagate scandal. You couldn't KEEP him off camera then. He was morally outraged! Suddenly he was also getting divorced. Suddenly he was gone.

What happened, Joe?

[MrBenchley]

74. Whatever it was, I'm sure it had nothing at all to do

with the female staffer found dead in his office, since that was declared a death by natural causes by a coroner who had been thrown out of Missouri for falsifying autopsy results....

[Judi Lynn]

75. What would it have taken to get the media attention on this?

Maybe someone should suggested to a Washington reporter that he's a secret Democrat.

No one EVER formally found it worth anyone's attention that the coroner had a fiendishly unreliable history.

[MrBenchley]

77. Good question....

Imagine the uproar if MSNBC had offered Gary Condit a talk show...

[Ernesto]

72. What a classic battle of wierdos! n-t

[underpants]

73. Cue banjo music

ba babumbumbumbumbaaa

[Canuckistanian]

78. Time to Goggle bomb Scarbourough with 'Dead Intern'

I think there are many unanswered questions. It's his Chappaquidick.