Florida Republicans rally around Katherine Harris

[sabra]

http://www.theledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060121/APN/601210793

Florida Republicans rally around Katherine Harris

By BRENDAN FARRINGTON
AP Political Reporter
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla.

If there was any remaining doubt that Florida's top Republican leaders weren't behind Katherine Harris's run for U.S. Senate, those leaders did their best Saturday to cast it aside.

Gov. Jeb Bush said he would campaign for Harris and encouraged a crowded room of Republican activists to do the same. At a separate rally following his speech, Lt. Gov. Toni Jennings gave strong praise to Harris and told her, "Go, run and win."

And supporters scoffed at the nay-sayers who think she can't win and the polls showing Harris far behind incumbent Democrat Bill Nelson.

"People say to me 'How can she win, she's 20 points behind in the polls?' and I say, 'Polls mean nothing at this point in the campaign,'" said Ed Rollins, who was President Reagan's political director. "The way she's going to win is the same way Jeb won (and) President Bush won. It's you Floridians who turn out and vote."

[acmavm]

1. same way Jeb won (and) President Bush won means the

'fix' is in.

[mom cat]

9. Bingo.

[pdurod1]

10. Couldn't have said it better...

[HuffleClaw]

18. yeah, that was pretty blatant wasn't it?

downright insulting if you ask me.

[Jim Sagle]

2. Polls mean nothing, Diebold means everything.

[ladjf]

21. At this point, it's not too likely that the "Diebold Scam" will allow

the Democrats to have their votes counted.

[Lost-in-FL]

23. Sounds like this could go on a sticker.

[Whoa_Nelly]

3. Stupid is

as stupid does.

'nuff said.

[Richard Steele]

4. So they ADMIT they are going to steal the election for her....

QUOTE:
"The way she's going to win is the same way Jeb won (and) President Bush won."

Not like I didn't expect this.

[ladjf]

22. Florida and Ohio are submerge in electoral corruption.

[Botany]

5. Bet on this horse?

'How can she win, she's 20 points behind in the polls?' and I say, 'Polls mean nothing ........"

Damn straight control the machines & the vote .... "they" really mean nothing.

Watch she will be 20 points down but win by a miracle turn out of faith based voters.


http://www.research.fsu.edu/researchr/winter2005/features/battlefield.html

Republican Poly Sci prof @ FSU says that 2000 was stolen.

[quaoar]

14. I don't think those jeans are tight enough

And she needs to wet down that T-shirt. Maybe do some lap dances.

[GregW]

25. No, bet on THIS horse...

[hyphenate]

6. ....

"The way she's going to win is the same way Jeb won (and) President Bush won. It's you Floridians who turn out and vote."


Yeah--crooked politicians win by intimidation, scare tactics, and by voting early--and often.

As someone mentioned on a TV show I saw recently--Katherine Harris will get a lot of the "cemetery vote."

[Ian David]

7. The lady who spent tax money to use Jewish Holy Water on orange trees...

to see if it would cure citrus canker.

Yeah, this is what Florida needs.

[Mnemosyne]

15. I cannot even bring myself to ask

if you are serious Ian. Has it really gotten that bad?

Argh!

[Ian David]

16. Here are some links

Remind me in the morning to make sure this is added to her Wikipedia entry.

Rep. Katherine Harris Pushed Kabbalah Cure For Tree Disease...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2005/07/05/rep-katherine-harris-pus_n_3671.html


Kabbalah water is all wet as a miracle cure
Plus: Mariah Carey's obviously airbrushed abs
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/8587282/

Katherine Harris’s Kabbalah Cure
http://southernstudies.org/facingsouth/2005/07/katherine-harriss-kabbalah-cure.asp

It's been discussed on DU before, but I can't find those links.

[Mnemosyne]

17. I would love to find out how much hagatha wasted

of taxpayer's cash on that one.

I'll try to run a search in the a.m and find the DU links. Thanks for the links, what an amazing idiot woman.

[msongs]

8. when will the dems inc start making evote fraud an issue?

a few titters and snickers here and there, but no national coordinated media savvy campaign to save american elections.

no rallying cry, "save american elections", asserting that the dems are the party of open and honest elections (and
by default, the repubs are NOT)

doh.

Msongs
www.msongs.com/dean2008.htm

[Judi Lynn]

11. Fla. GOP Rallies Around Harris for Senate

Fla. GOP Rallies Around Harris for Senate
Sunday January 22, 2006 3:33 AM
By BRENDAN FARRINGTON
Associated Press Writer

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) - If there was any remaining doubt that Florida's top Republican leaders weren't behind Katherine Harris's run for U.S. Senate, those leaders did their best Saturday to cast it aside.

At the state GOP's quarterly meeting, Gov. Jeb Bush said he would campaign for Harris and encouraged a crowded room of Republican activists to do the same. At a separate rally following his speech, Lt. Gov. Toni Jennings gave strong praise to Harris and told her ``Go, run and win.''

The campaign hasn't been easy for Harris since August when she announced her bid to challenge incumbent Democrat Bill Nelson. GOP leaders in Washington searched for another candidate, convinced that voters were polarized by her role as Florida's secretary of state in the 2000 presidential election recount and that she could not win.

Fundraising has also gone slower than she expected and she acknowledged Saturday that she gave her campaign $250,000 during the final quarter of last year. She said, however, that she raised more than $1 million in other cash contributions - double the amount she raised in her first quarter of fundraising.
(snip/...)

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-5562567,00.html

[TheCowsCameHome]

12. What a lovely bunch of boobs - too bad their all fake.

[Maddy McCall]

13. Could she have become so furious at being snubbed by the FL PTBs...

that she called in a favor from Jeb. IOW, you help me or I talk.

[Up2Late]

19. Only one word for this...

...PUKE!:puke:

[ladjf]

20. That's what I call "rallying around a tattered flag".

[bluedog]

24. reporters are ejected during the speech.

GOP leaders say a state function is private, so reporters are ejected during the speech.

By ADAM C. SMITH, Times Political Editor
Published January 22, 2006

LAKE BUENA VISTA - The Florida Republican Party on Saturday called security to eject reporters listening to Gov. Jeb Bush tout his party's accomplishments in Tallahassee.

The unusual scene - five hotel security staffers and a sheriff's deputy escorting reporters away from where they could hear the governor - occurred in the middle of a speech in which Bush exhorted party activists to spread the word of Republican successes in Florida.

http://www.sptimes.com/2006/01/22/State/Bush_touts_his_record.shtml