Norah O'Donnell: "Katherine Harris, Republican hero of 2000 FL recount"

[Human Torch]

The transcript from yesterday's show:

O‘DONNELL: Welcome back to HARDBALL. Katherine Harris was the Republican hero of the 2000 Florida recount. She was elected to Congress twice but now she is fighting for her political life in her bid to oust Democratic Senator Bill Nelson.

The Florida primaries just five days way, Congresswoman Harris is in Tampa tonight. Welcome, Congresswoman.

REP. KATHERINE HARRIS ®, FLORIDA SENATE CANDIDATE: Thank you, Norah. It‘s great to be on the show with you this evening.

O‘DONNELL: Thank you for joining us. Now, last May Governor Jeb Bush, of Florida, said I just don‘t think she can win. Why are you running?

HARRIS: Oh, because we can win and when we travel the state there is a wave of support from Republicans, Democrats and Independents because when they hear our voting record and our accomplishments versus the present senator, it‘s really astonishing. He‘s left our traditional values. He doesn‘t line up with where Florida is and we know we can win. That was kind of a political ploy, prior to a qualification. We‘ve been going everywhere. We have enormous support and we know we‘re going to win.

More, if you can stomach it, at http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14622659/

[davidinalameda]

1. poor deluded woman

:puke:

[gademocrat7]

2. They bothh need to put down the crack pipe.

[Virginia Dare]

3. Change the word "hero"...

to "crack whore" and I'd agree with that statement. I guess high crimes and treason mean nothing to these people, it's to be celebrated in fact.

[Cha]

12. Yeah, that would have been more

accurate..whatever..she ain't no hero now. I bet she fumes in the mirror how much she did for those assholes and now they've left her in the gutter(albeit where she belongs).

[opihimoimoi]

4. Has that POS no SHAME? Cruella has foisted the WORST POX on AMERICA

by cheating for BUSH...

Is she DELUDED to the point of being out of touch with REALITY?

Apparently so cause all I see is her living in a FANTASY WORLD.

Some POSTER GIRL THEM GOPers got...a living breathing asshole wearing fake tits...Damn...

[orleans]

5. i thought she had harris on the run several times:

"O‘DONNELL: The latest poll in your state at July shows, however, that it looks like a blowout, that Senator Nelson would crush you 61 to 24. That‘s a huge lead even with just two months to the election. Is your campaign essentially a fool‘s errand? "

snip

"O‘DONNELL: Congresswoman, I must ask you, because your campaign has also been dogged by questions that there have been bizarre things that have happened on the campaign trail, statements by you, high staff turnover, et cetera.

snip

"O‘DONNELL: You know, I ask you that question because Ed Rollins, the prominent Republican strategist who was once your campaign manager and actually quit ...

HARRIS: That was kind of silly. You know, he said that—I don‘t know what he said, but the fact is ...

O‘DONNELL: He said that you told him that God wanted you to be senator.

HARRIS: That‘s silly. That‘s just silly. I wouldn‘t be so presumptuous as to what God would say. I think that‘s up to His own decision.

O‘DONNELL: Ed Rollins was a former campaign manager. He quit. You have had four campaign chief of staffs quit and you‘ve had four press secretaries quit. One of your speechwriters also quit and when she informed her friends that she was quitting she said in an e-mail, quote, “Value of handing in my resignation letter, priceless.”

Other staffers have said that you spin completely out of control over the smallest things. They‘ve not only quit but they‘ve been very tough on you. That‘s not something you normally hear in politics."

snip

O'DONNELL "why is it then that even Karl Rove and others at the White House don‘t want you to run. Why do you think that there is this great dislike of your campaign?

snip

O'DONNELL "I think the “New York Times” in which they said that you had said you were—the first thing you wanted to do when elected senator is to bring a dog with you to work everyday in order to use ...

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"O‘DONNELL: Congresswoman, there has also been the Republican scandal, as you know, involving Congressman Duke Cunningham. You have been questioned in that case and yet you did not tell members of your campaign staff that that was the fact and they went out and made misstatements.

HARRIS: Norah, I think that‘s kind of old news. You know, we‘ve moved on. We have a great campaign and this is not what the people of Florida are interested in. But to address that ...

O‘DONNELL: You don‘t think that the people of Florida may or may not be interested in any potential corruption?

HARRIS: No, I will answer that. I will answer that. The Justice Department says there is no way we could have know that someone was going to reimburse contributions given by us in the future and they have said we are not a target. So we‘ve moved on and we want to talk about the issues.

O‘DONNELL: So tonight you can say here that you‘ve been cleared in that investigation?

HARRIS: They said I‘m not a target.

snip

"O‘DONNELL: And finally, if you did have the chance, although it does not appear likely according to the White House, that the president would come and campaign with you, would you want President Bush to come and campaign with you?

HARRIS: Oh, we welcome everyone to the table."

i thought it was very amusing. kathrine's eyes widened, her nostrils flared, and yet she remained psychotically calm.

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[grytpype]

6. She polls at 20% in Florida.

That's not even enough to get a Republican elected in Florida, they need at least 30%.

[onenote]

7. a "political ploy"!!! LOL!!

Yep,having the governor of your state, and member of your party, publicly declare that he doesn't think you can win...that's a tried and true "political ploy". Maybe for their next "political ploy" they'll announce that the only person stupid enough to vote for K. Harris would be K. Harris.

[otohara]

8. Whora & The Whore

just two GOP girls giggling.

[Monk06]

9. I remember a TV interview with GWG and Jeb that Micheal Moore got

on tape. They were on a plane to Florida during
the 2000 campaign. The interviewer asked George
and Jeb about their chances of taking Florida.

George turned to Jeb and said, "Oh we're going
to win alright" and then they they both laughed.

Harris carried the water for them in that bit
of treachery and now the GOP have thrown her
under the bus.

They don't want her within a thousand miles of
a Senate Ethics investigation.

"Thanks Katherine you're a trouper and a fine piece
of ass BTW. Now go away."

Yours sincerely Jeb

[chaplainM]

10. Flagrant violation of posting rules

If you're going to start a thread with "Katherine Harris" in the subject line, you are duty-bound to include a goofy photo. I can't stress this enough.

[McCamy Taylor]

11. ROFLMAO

:rofl:

[ThomWV]

13. Her Insistant Use Of The Word "We" Was Really Disquieting

They all do it, but not like she did during that interview.