Sarah Palin = Katherine Harris, Sarah is finished in the GOP.....

[Rebellious Republican]

She was nothing more than a tool. Both were considered attractive, used sex appeal, both served a function and were rewarded. They were both empty, shallow, egotistical boxes of rocks. When they outlived their usefulness they were or will be kicked to the curb.

Here is nice comparision of Kate Harris, I do recommend reading the full article, it offers some insight into Sarah's future....

Jilted
The Bush brothers kick Katherine Harris to the curb.
By Brian Montopoli
Posted Thursday, June 30, 2005, at 5:16 PM ET

Odds are that you haven't thought about Katherine Harris for a while. When she was Florida secretary of state in 2000, of course, Harris' maneuvering helped George W. Bush carry Florida, and with it the presidency. For her role in the election, she was skewered as nakedly partisan and parodied on Saturday Night Live as an ambitious harpy caked in enough makeup to embarrass a drag queen. But Harris took her lumps, expecting the Republican Party to eventually repay her for her efforts. Instead, the president and his brother Jeb are now trying to sink her.


In 2002, Harris ran for the U.S. House of Representatives in a heavily Republican district and won. Two years later, she considered making a run for Bob Graham's Senate seat. But the White House wanted a different candidate in the race—Mel Martinez, then the secretary of Housing and Urban Development. In an effort to keep Harris out of the primary, Republicans approached her with a backroom deal, according to Florida media reports: Stay out of the 2004 race and the party will support your Senate run in 2006. Harris agreed, and Martinez ascended to the Senate.

http://www.slate.com/id/2121746/

Where is Katherine Harris now? :shrug:

[Condem]

1. Tallking about that at dinner tonight, Rebellious

Her career is doomed. A footnote. Nothing more.

[Cirque du So-What]

2. Where is Katherine Harris now?

I saw her down in the warehouse district the other night.

[Rebellious Republican]

4. That ass does look kinda familar, I am sure Jeb would reconise it.

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3. I've often thought about the comparison of Palin and Harris. Harris actually accomplished what they

wanted her to do.

Also a few major differences summed up in this Wiki entry:

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Harris graduated from Bartow High School in Bartow, Florida in 1975, and then attended the University of Madrid in 1978. Harris received a bachelor of arts degree in history from Agnes Scott College in Decatur, Georgia in 1979, and then studied under Christian theologian Francis Schaeffer at the L'Abri community in Huemoz, Switzerland, not far from Lausanne. While in college she was an intern for U.S. Representative Andy Ireland. Harris received a mid-career masters degree in public administration from Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government in 1997 with a concentration in international trade. Before entering politics, Harris was a marketing executive at IBM and a vice president of a commercial real estate firm.

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[Rebellious Republican]

6. Yes all thats wonderful, you would think with that Pedigree, Kate

would be an intelligent woman. I guess money can BUY you an education or least a pedigree....

Harris' family is one of Florida's wealthiest and most politically influential.<1> Her father owned Citrus and Chemical Bank in Lakeland, Florida.<2> Her grandfather was Ben Hill Griffin, Jr., a wealthy businessman in the citrus and cattle industries and a powerful figure in the state legislature.<3> Ben Hill Griffin Stadium at the University of Florida is named for him.<4> Harris married Swedish businessman Anders Sven Axel Ebbeson (born March 16, 1945) in 1996 and has one stepdaughter, Louise.

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

:think:

[enough]

8. There's a novel there somewhere.

[JI7]

5. Harris was evil but not an idiot like Palin and as someone else pointed out she accomplished

the evils she was set out to do.

[Rebellious Republican]

7. Yes Katherine was an Idiot, having a pedigree does not absolve her of her actions

"Idiot" was originally created to refer to "layman, person lacking professional skill", "person so mentally deficient as to be incapable of ordinary reasoning".<6><7> Declining to take part in public life, such as democratic government of the polis (city state), such as the Athenian democracy, was considered dishonorable. "Idiots" were seen as having bad judgment in public and political matters. Over time, the term "idiot" shifted away from its original connotation of selfishness and came to refer to individuals with overall bad judgment–individuals who are "stupid". In modern English usage, the terms "idiot" and "idiocy" describe an extreme folly or stupidity, and its symptoms (foolish or stupid utterance or deed). In psychology, it is a historical term for the state or condition now called profound mental retardation.<8>

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

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9. RR, I just noticed that you are taking all this as an argument.

I did not mean to suggest that anything about Katherine Harris exonerates her role in the worst constitutional crime in American History. I feel the same way about Sandra Day O'Connor. I have never understood how O'Connor managed to come out of that somehow untainted in the mind of conventional wisdom.

Just meaning to suggest that Harris' and Palin's stories are interestingly different while interestingly similar, thus agreeing with your OP. I did not mean to argue with your post, only to discuss it. The parallels between Harris and Palin are very interesting.

[Rebellious Republican]

11. Thanks, I am still drained from campaigning all day yesterday and

having to be at work at 7:00am this morning.

:toast:

[SwampG8r]

13. i tried to explain to a coworker that idiot meant selfish

but she didnt get it
friggin idiots

[mw]

10. Yep. And they didn't even leave $100 on Palin's nightstand

Stiffed by a John (McCain)

[Rebellious Republican]

12. Bwahahahaha....excuse me, now I have to go and clean up the coffee

I just sprayed all over my ketboard.

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