Katherine Harris: "It smacks of real paranoia," Ex Campaign Manager

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Questions Dog Harris Behavior
By WILLIAM MARCH and KEITH EPSTEIN The Tampa Tribune
Published: Apr 4, 2006
http://www.tampatrib.com/MGBEOW9PLLE.html

But in the past 10 days, Harris has:

•Had locks changed and posted a security guard at the door of her campaign headquarters in Tampa and had former staff members escorted in to retrieve their belongings.
•Told a gathering of supporters in Cocoa Beach on Saturday that the Republican Party had "infiltrated" her campaign staff to put "knives in my back."
•Told a reporter that a longtime, trusted political adviser had leaked a story about her staff members quitting, then called back to retract the comments.
•Announced hiring her new staff without identifying them.

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According to Florida Today, she told a gathering of Republicans, "I didn't know I was going to get the knives in my back from my own party, and I'll be honest, it's infiltrated my campaign staff."

She added, "For too long, we have been undermined by people in our own party and staffers in our own campaign."

The newspaper also quoted Harris as saying, "I was told if I didn't get out of the race, I would have an April surprise," meaning a negative event for her campaign.

[mtnester]

1. I think she has every right to be afraid

don't you all?

[autorank]

5. Maybe FL Repubs are mad at her for stealing 2000 for * ;) n/t

[formercia]

60. Dat's some kettle of fish, Ollie.

Be careful what you wish for......

[lala_rawraw]

16. i don't really care... she helped fix

the election of 2000 and put those very knives she is now so afraid of into us, so i think Karma is a bitch, but so is Harris. let the knives keep on coming as far as I am concerned.

[mtnester]

20. I was NOT being sympathetic, merely passing fancy on

how the Repubs play ball...and she damn well ought to be scared, but it is a little too late methinks

:)

[paul_fromatlanta]

2. Isn't she a Republican darling..after 2000?

[struggle4progress]

49. "When you sup with the devil, bring a long spoon"

[paul_fromatlanta]

61. I had not heard that expression before - funny as heck

[izzybeans]

3. I hate to say it but this sounds familiar.

[Virginia Dare]

4. She's got a bad case of fleas...

been laying with the dogs...

[autorank]

7. LOL..."snap it Frenchie"...Jebs poodle is a bit rabid. n/t

[stepnw1f]

6. A Little Guilt May Be Behind This Paranoia

Afterall the shit she pulled, can you imagine if she were a Dem?

[AzDar]

8. When you lie down with dogs, beeyotch..... Let's not forget that this

Seahag played a tremendous part in the ruination of our Country in 2000.

[orwell]

9. And Yet...

...she is a sitting Congresswoman, proof positive that the Con Elite Media/Pol machine could get a brain dead homicidal maniac with a cocaine problem elected to public office.

Exhibit number one sits in the White House.

[autorank]

13. ...oh, we'd never elect that type of person pResident

:scared: This is very upsetting. That simply couldn't happen. I'm moving to Guam, get a new start;)

[tanyev]

10. What else are the voices telling you to do, Kathy?

[Fridays Child]

11. She knows, better than anyone, how the GOP can destroy a candidate.

Why don't you turn on them, Katherine? You know who they are. Let's get to the bottom of how they annihilated Gore just like they're annihilating you. It'll do your immortal soul good to get this all off your chest.

[Ian David]

23. You know, I hope she actually runs and wins in a landslide...

by using voter fraud that is so extreme, and so obvious, that there is no way she can possibly cover it up.

Maybe that's what the GOP is really afraid of?

That she's going to win 250% of the vote?

That she's going to cheat big, cheat careless, and cheat so obviously that she'll blow everything wide open?

[Fridays Child]

25. But, by herself, I don't think she has the power.

In 2000, she was just a cog in the machine, albeit a critical cog. Now, she's finding out that the party she sold her soul to has decided that she's outlived her usefulness to them. And they're going to "Gore" her. The question is whether she knows where the bodies of 2000 are buried, so to speak. Because, if she does, given her penchant for drama, she's a potential loose cannon and a huge liability to them.

Personally, I don't care what happens to her because she's guilty of treason most foul, in my book. But, if she intends to out the GOP machine, I hope she avoids small airplanes and the like.

[Canuckistanian]

46. You think that's it?

The GOP has a solid track record of appointing and annointing the worst scum on earth. Why should Harris be any different?

After all, she did them the ultimate big favor - she delivered Florida with a minimum of political damage.

Where's the love for Harris? Why was she dismissed so summarily? What did she do that was so offensive?

[Fridays Child]

53. That's what I don't get.

[Bake]

26. After all, she has so MUCH "on her chest!"

What with the twins and all ... what are their names again?

Bake

[Chulanowa]

56. Their names are

Mongo (on the right) and Lurch (on the left).

[NewWaveChick1981]

57. I believe the Daily Show also gave them the nicknames

"Moxie" and "Spunk". :P

[gratuitous]

27. That was my thinking

Cruella surely knows what sort of skullduggery the national GOP is capable of, having aided and abetted them in the past. Now that they've turned on her, or she thinks they've turned on her, she's probably right to have some fear of what Jim Baker, Karl Rove and the rest of the bloody brotherhood of the Bush cabal might do.

[sui generis]

12. odd thing that if she was told about an April Surprise

she isn't identifying who told her.

Passive voice and untraceable sources suck toots - "some say" it usually means you're fibbing.

[LibertyLover]

14. Just because she's paranoid

doesn't mean that they aren't out to get her - and it couldn't be happening to a more deserving person. LOL

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36. Sweet!

:freak:

[Vickers]

15. It's only matter of time before the GOP fucks you over, honey.

Ask anybody!

[Fridays Child]

24. It is eating their own that will undo the GOP, in the end.

They'll do things like this and they'll use their control of voting systems to steal ballots from Republican primary candidates they don't like. Aggrieved GOP candidates will wake up and figure out that it's not good for the Democracy to do this to anyone, no matter the party.

But the Republican inner sanctum won't give up easily, and I have a feeling that they're going to get a lot meaner before it's all over.

[eShirl]

17. honey, changing locks isn't going to do a bit of good

the Republicans are old pros at breaking and entering for political purposes

[skids]

21. Actually I thought that was the one sensible item...

...on the list. Dems should make a practice of doing that from time to time on their own offices. No sense in making things easy for those who want to get in there and shouldn't.

[blondeatlast]

22. Beat me to it! It was just a break-in at an office, was all...

And it only brought down an entire administration...

[ChiciB1]

18. Cruella?? Looking For Sympathy, As Usual!!

She's such a witch... she knew ALL along that they had dissed her! If she didn't then why would she have decided to pour all her OWN money into the race???

To come out a pose as the wounded deer is just another one of her ploys! She may end up not running, but then Nelson isn't much better. Just got a reply from Nelson to my request that he support Feingold! I'm SURE you KNOW what it said!

He's waiting for the investigation!! Then it says don't "reply" to this message, when I want to know WHAT INVESTIGATION?????

AAAARRRRGGGGH!!!

[yellowcanine]

19. Sounds as if the meltdown is complete. The good thing is she is still

in the race, though I suspect not for long. Who is going to work for her? Maybe she will just try to make a go of it with a skeleton staff who will just "let Katherine be Katherine". We should be so lucky.

[TayTay]

28. What a joke

Harris has risen to her level of complete incompetence. I just hope she stays long enough in the race to keep anyone half-way decent from entering the race. She may be exploding too soon for my tastes.

[autorank]

38. ...more jokes...

John Waters, Shock Film Maker, Seeks Harris for Remake of Camille

Balto, MD. Avant garde film maker John Waters is seeking Katherine Harris to play the lead in his remake of Camille, the classic story and novel by Dumas. He said, "Katherine is perfect for the lead, courtesan Marguerite Gautier. I'm holding of production until she's available." The role was originally played by Greta Garbo with her lover, Armand, played by Robert Taylor. Waters hasn't settled on the Armand character but is rumored to be in talks with Alec Baldwin and Ice T. ###

[PassingFair]

29. I hope this gets better....

She KNOWS where the bodies are buried!
She helped to dig the grave of democracy
in 2000.

I hope she totally derails and spits
up evidence.

[FSogol]

30. Ha-ha, Harris is just now discovering her party is corrupt? n/t

[gasperc]

31. Pllllllllenty or right wing whack jobs eager to help her campaign

Look how many people went to help what's his name that ran against Obama.

[RaleighNCDUer]

32. She's remembering the fate of Ernst Roehm.

The fascists will always devour their own early enablers, when it becomes politic to do so.

[Critters2]

37. That's exactly what I was thinking

Roehm and all!

[Roland99]

33. AH HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!

Karma's a bitch!

:evilgrin:

[July]

34. Something's wrong with this picture.

The Republicans' favorite election-stealer is targeted by the party?

Where's Rove? Is this a crafty attempt to create sympathy or support? To distance her from a party in trouble?

I guess their M.O. of dirty tricks makes me think anything's possible here.

[autorank]

39. Maybe they're just stupid! Who pisses off their accountant. Same thing.

They've thrown her away, with out so much as a "Thank you and good night."

What a spectacle!

But we we all knew that they had it in them.

:evilgrin:

[MADem]

54. Well, get a load of THIS picture--Katty with her kitty!!!!!

She's minus Moxie and Spunk in this shot, though!

[ronnykmarshall]

35. Phone call for Miss Desmond, Miss Norma Desmond telephone!

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40. "Mr. Demille wants you on the set at 5:00 a.m." n/t

[ronnykmarshall]

41. Maaaaaaaaxxxxxxxxx!!!!

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43. "She was the greatest.

Max: She was the greatest. You wouldn't
know. You are too young. In one
week she got seventeen thousand fan
letters. Men would bribe her mani-
curist to get clippings from her
fingernails. There was a Maharajah
who came all the way from Hyderabad
to get one of her stockings. Later,
he strangled himself with it.

:toast:

[npincus]

59. KH and her advisors

[Mad_Dem_X]

42. Cry me a river!

What goes around, comes around. You're getting everything your ugly black heart deserves. :nopity:

[Stinky The Clown]

44. AAAHHHH hahahahahahaha ... fucking drama queen ......

Actually, I hope she gets so pissed off she tells the truth about 2000. If she did that, I might even let her shake my hand. And since my hands are clean, and hers aren't, that would be a real treat for her.

[unblock]

45. "if i didn't ... i would have an 'april surprise'" -- THIS is what i mean

when i talk about meta-scandals. scandals don't just happen organically. they happen because the powers that be WANT them to happen. everybody's got skeletons in their closets, or at least can be made to appear as though they have skeletons in their closets.

piss off the wrong people or whatever, and suddenly that rumor that never really got reported suddenly becomes front page news.

[Marie26]

47. Is anyone else

starting to feel bad for her? Just me? OK then. She's gone from powerful to pathetic & it's sort of embarrasing to see. I wonder if she's just paranoid or if the Rep. party really is out to get her. ETA: Well, of course, they're out to get her. What was I thinking? She knows way too much about Florida 2000.

[Canuckistanian]

50. Yes, I feel her pain...

She's poured her heart out on Hannity, no less, and defied the Rove machine who clearly didn't want her to run.

Now, she peddles her wares (and cleavage) every chance she gets.

There's a certain desperation to it that's pathetic and heroic at the same time.

Never has there been a GOP woman so desperate since Tammy Faye (and a similar makeup shipping weight).

It's great entertainment and I'll miss it when it's gone.

[Lexingtonian]

51. I think she's droll.

Petite, feisty, sexual, utterly full of herself, so willing to be so evil and revel in it- but at the same time wanting so very very badly to be loved and admired.... I've always found Bad Girls like that very cute. They in turn fervently love/hate anyone who empathizes with them, ime :-)

The GOP is run by The Money for The Money. KH is running a campaign that is by KH about KH and for KH alone. This entaileth Heresy on her part to the One True God, whose Holy Writ is green pieces of paper.

[0007]

48. Sounds like stories from Ross Perot, 'eh?

[autorank]

52. Doing "politics" with the Bush clan will do that to you...n/t

[jdadd]

55. Karma....

Gotta be karma!!!HA HA HA:toast:

[opihimoimoi]

58. She is definitely not ready for PRIME TIME....she never will be..

[autorank]

62. She'll just have to setle for "drive time" in Tampa;) n/t

[rucky]

63. She outlived her usefulness in 2000

I'm surprised she's lasted this long.

[Javaman]

64. she would have made a good nixon. n/t

[cliss]

65. There may be more to the "April surprise"

At this point, K. Harris is talking to the media. She's already acknowledged that it's her own party that's stabbing her in the back. They want her out, there's no question about it.

The reason? She's incompetent. She's corrupt, but she missed several deadlines for filing certain corrupt things, so they've decided to toss her overboard.

Just as I predicted, she's talking. Believe me, she's not done talking. This whole situation is deteriorating into a mess. A woman with her big ego and neediness is not going to go away quietly. They are probably watching her in Washington right now, trying to decide what to do.

The BIG confession may be just days away. They're going to do something, mark my words.