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GOP Tells The Walking Face Lift: You're A Loser!

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  1. RocketMan Tex

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    http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/08/01/floridasenate.harris.ap/index.html

    In letter, Florida GOP told Harris she can't win
    Party revokes support for Senate candidate

    Tuesday, August 1, 2006; Posted: 9:57 a.m. EDT (13:57 GMT)

    TALLAHASSEE, Florida (AP) -- The state Republican Party bluntly told Rep. Katherine Harris that she couldn't win this fall's Senate election and that the party wouldn't support her campaign, a letter obtained Monday by The Associated Press shows.

    Party Chairman Carole Jean Jordan made a last-ditch attempt in the confidential May 7 letter to force Harris out of the race for the nomination to challenge Democrat Sen. Bill Nelson. But the next day, Harris turned in paperwork to get her name on the September 5 Republican primary ballot.

    The letter came as Gov. Jeb Bush was trying to get state House Speaker Allan Bense into the race. Bense announced later that week that he would not enter the race.

    Harris rose to national prominence as Florida's secretary of state during the bitter presidential election recount in 2000 that gave the White House to George Bush. She was elected to the U.S. House in 2002.

    The letter was also signed by national committeewoman Sharon Day and national committeeman Paul Senft.

    Harris contended Monday that all three were pressured into signing the letter by "the party elite."

    "I knew the background; I knew that pressure was applied," she said. "I knew the motivation and I knew the players, and I knew they had no choice."

    The letter said: "Katherine, though it causes us much anguish, we have determined that your campaign faces irreparable damage. We feel that we have no other choice but to revoke our support.

    "The polls tell us that no matter how you run this race, you will not be successful in beating Bill Nelson, who would otherwise be a vulnerable incumbent if forced to face a stronger candidate," it said.

    Since the letter was written, three political newcomers have entered the race against Harris: LeRoy Collins Jr., son of a former Florida governor; Peter Monroe, a developer who helped manage the government's savings and loan bailout; and lawyer William McBride.

    The state Republican Party confirmed the letter's contents Monday. In a statement, Jordan said she was "disappointed" that the private letter had been made public but added that "our concerns about the race and Congresswoman Harris' campaign still exist."

    In a Quinnipiac University poll released Thursday, Harris had a comfortable lead in the GOP primary race but was behind Nelson by 37 percentage points in a general election matchup.

    The letter to Harris listed major obstacles, including coverage of campaign contributions she took from a defense contractor, Mitchell Wade, who later pleaded guilty to bribing another congressman.

    Harris has said that she wasn't aware of the illegal contributions and that she was only trying to bring high-wage jobs to her district when she tried to help Wade's company, MZM Inc., get a federal contract.
     
  2. DonnyMost

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    Ouch. It must be hard to cry if your tear ducts are welded shut, though.
     
  3. RocketMan Tex

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    Yup. She'll have to use state funds to hire a consulting firm to do a study! :D
     
  4. bigtexxx

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    Who are you calling the "walking face lift"?

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  5. SamFisher

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    This:

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    Douchebags can only be used once.
     
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    Her huge popularity since the 2000 election has always been a complete joke to me. The Republican voters deserve her if they are stupid enough to nominate her for a Senate run. This will only increase their chances of losing the Senate. Electoral idiocy at it's best, but a party has a right to choose whatever nominee they want.
     
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    Great post!
     
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    I open up this thread and I want to say something, but then I realize there are ugly people on the left and right...Who cares? If I wanted to see a pretty face, I would go to that other website. hey I'm alone. Shuddup!
     
  12. tigermission1

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    LMAO! :D
     

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