Rep. Harris demands Howard Dean apologize

[LTR]

TAMPA, Fla. - U.S. Rep. Katherine Harris demanded an apology Thursday from Democratic Party chairman Howard Dean, who during a speech this week likened the senatorial candidate to former Soviet ruler Joseph Stalin.

Dean, in a speech to Democratic business leaders in West Palm Beach, made the remark in reference to Harris' handling of the 2000 presidential election recount when she was Florida secretary of state and an honorary chairwoman of George W. Bush's Florida campaign.

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Dean said in Wednesday's speech that Democratic incumbent Bill Nelson is "going to beat the pants off Katherine Harris, who didn't understand that it is ethically improper to be the chairman of a campaign and count the votes at the same time. This is not Russia and she is not Stalin."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060727/ap_on_el_se/dean_harris

[NanceGreggs]

1. Why not a compromise?

Dean takes back what he said about Harris, and she takes back her certification of the 2000 Florida vote count?

[LisaM]

13. Really? I demand that SHE apologize to the world

for all the death she helped inflict on it.

[Dr.Phool]

18. I think he should apologize.

Say, "OK, maybe she IS Stalin".

[Sherman A1]

28. Agreed

[gully]

20. "Count" me in.

;)

[ashling]

41. too little

waaaaaay too late

[NanceGreggs]

45. Hey, if it meant installing one Albert Gore as the rightful ...

... president tomorrow morning, I'd take it.

[Eric J in MN]

2. I predict that Howard Dean doesn't apologize.

He wasn't accusing her of murdering millions. He was accusing her of running sham elections like under Stalin.

[onehandle]

3. But she's political history. Who would care? nt

[wurzel]

12. History is Dean's point. Stalin once said

"It isn't who votes that counts. It is who counts the votes."

[onehandle]

42. I meant she's "history" as in history after November.

Back in 2000? Oh, yeah. She WAS Stalin. So was Rove.

The GOP was proud they stole Florida. Fascists to the core.

[BootinUp]

4. People in hell want ice water too. n/t

[madfloridian]

5. Whiner.

Whine whine whine.

I remember when they called us whiners all the time.

[calimary]

27. And don't forget "hand-wringers."

Whining hand-wringers. They deserve it, although I can think of dozens of worse things to call them - and her especially.

Another case of They-Can-Dish-It-Out-But-They-Can't-Take-It. Typical bullies. They only prevail when nobody challenges them.

[goforit]

6. AWe This is war.....don't apologize. Throw her more!!!

[NoPasaran]

7. Dean said, "This is not Russia and she is not Stalin."

A statement of fact. What is there to apologize about?

:shrug:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

53. She "didn't understand that it is ethically improper to be

the chairman of a campaign and count the votes at the same time."

Also a statement of fact. I hope he doesn't apologize.

[OKNancy]

8. LOL - Dean said She's NOT Stalin so what's the problem?

:rofl:

[zbdent]

25. She has a high opinion of herself

and once she served her purpose, doing her part to install this regime, she was regarded as just so much Santorum ...

[mod mom]

31. I can't wait until they throw Blackwewll to the wolves like Harris.

They use people and when they overstep their welcome cast them aside for the wolves to devour. She's political roadkill. Couldn't happen to a nicer woman.

[TankLV]

30. Waaaaaa! But I AM Stalin!!! Waaaaaaa!!!

I am TOO just as good as Stalin - even BETTER!!!

[Guaranteed]

48. ROFL nt

[Thor_MN]

9. I'm confused. She wants an apology for being called "NOT Stalin"?

NT

[msongs]

10. was it Harry Truman who said "NEVER apologize"? and howard gave her

a compliment. she is not stalin. whew, that's a big relief to the people of florida, especially jewish ones.
(The soviets did not care for jewish people).

Msongs
www.msongs.com/howarddean2008.htm

[KoKo]

11. DESPERATE HARRIS...throughs her "credibility" to the Coulter Wing of

Party...figuring going after Dean will get her BIG BROWNIE POINTS as she Implodes and her Campaign Managers leave her to go work for the "other person."

Sheesh... HEY KATIE...Tell us Dem's what you know about "STOLEN ELECTION 2000" and maybe we can "cut a deal" for you! :rofl:

[Monkeyman]

14. She so nuts she will forget about in a day or two

[gristy]

15. Here's your apology, trash

"I'm sorry that Ms. Harris does not understand that it is ethically improper to be the chairman of a campaign and count the votes at the same time. I'm also sorry that she doesn't live in Russia and is Stalin's illegitimate daughter." :evilgrin:

[greenbriar]

16. truth hurts doesn't it bitch

I hope you fall flat on your fake boobies and they pop and you deflate and go away

[theanarch]

17. well, to be fair...

the truth hurts only if you're guilty.

[shanti]

19. i love it!

dr. dean, DO NOT apologize! you are so correct!

[ananda]

21. really?

But doesn't Harris and the whole GOP owe a huge apology to America for fixing the voting system?

[liberalhistorian]

22. Well, Kathy baby, a hard lesson we must

all learn at some time or another in life is that there are times when the truth hurts! :rofl: :rofl:

[truthisfreedom]

23. This is how she's staying in the news?

wow.

[Tellurian]

24. Dean's words are diabolically correct..

his next press conf, should the press make ref to Harris-

Ask if Ms. Harris is correcting Dean's statement,
acknowledging, she is LIKE Stalin...

After all, Dean said, "she is NOT Stalin!"

[IndianaGreen]

26. Dean should apologize!

Comparing Harris to Stalin is an insult to Stalin's memory!

[Cha]

29. Same thing happened in

Ohio, didn't it? blackwell was the secretary of state and chairman of some damn bush thing?

Good, harris is bringing it up again...way to get Dean more publicity for what he accused her of..which was being the secretary of state and chairperson of the bush campaign..ya dumb shit.

[TheCowsCameHome]

32. Go get 'em, Katy. Show us how a winner deals with this stuff.

Oh. You mean you're no doing so well in the polls? Sorry to hear that.

Bwahahahahahahahahahahaha.

[EFerrari]

33. Yet another reason to love Howard Dean.

:kick:

[Cocoa]

34. this should give her campaign a jump start

:rofl:

[jwirr]

35. I do not think he should apologize. He was referring to Stalin's

quote about voting which I think goes something like this. "It does not matter who one votes for, what matters is who counts the votes." Obviously Harris agrees with Stalin.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

54. I agree...

Stick to your guns, Howard.

[WCGreen]

36. Fuck her......

The only apology she should get is, don't let the door hit you on the ass on your way out, bitch....

[IowaGuy]

37. Sir (uh Madam), I knew Joseph Stalin...and your no Joseph Stalin...

His mustache was much nicer....

[ticapnews]

38. OK, OK, fine. You *ARE* Stalin!

That make you feel better, Kathy?

[GoddessOfGuinness]

55. THAT should be Dean's retort!

:rofl:

[MarkTwain]

39. It's The Descendants and Family of Stalin...

... who should be demanding that Dean apologize.

[lpbk2713]

40. Dean was wrong in comparing Harris to Stalin.

Harris doesn't have a mustache.

[zonkers]

43. What's the problem... he said "...she is not Stalin". This is true.

[Zorra]

44. Apologize? Send that bleep bleep bleeper bleepin' bleep

to prison for treason.

[aaronbees]

46. Harris is the one who should apologize

...for disenfranchising voters.

[Guaranteed]

47. The comment speaks for itself.

It's not inappropriate at ALL.

[librechik]

49. "'I'm sorry I said you're not Stalin.I really meant you're not Hitler."

[krkaufman]

50. Actually, Dean said that she is NOT Stalin.

So he didn't "liken" her to Stalin. What's the problem?

[brentspeak]

51. You think Harris would apologize if Dean made the same request?

Of course not. She's got a lot of nerve.

[warrens]

52. I'll write the apology

"I'm sorry, Ms. Harris. Your moustache is much less bushy than Stalin's was."

[andlor]

56. harris

fuck off!!!!

[truebrit71]

57. Good luck you miserable old tart....As soon as you apologize for ...

..fucking with a Federal Election and that you are willing to name names in order to right the heinous wrong you committed, I think it would be best if you just shut the fuck up and concentrated on figuring out which part of your anatomy gets surgically altered next.....

M'kay?

[Vogon_Glory]

58. Howard Dean DID Misspeak

Howard Dean DID mis-speak. He SHOULD have said "This is not the Philippines of thirty years ago and Katherine Harris is not Ferdinand Marcos."

:evilgrin: