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Keywords For Katherine Harris: Aristocracy, Criminal, Election 2000,
Hypocrisy, Lies, Taxpayers' Money
BACKGROUND:
Harris
carries the dubious distinction of being in charge of elections during
the 2000 presidential election debacle. Coincidentally, she also chaired
the Florida Bush election campaign and made her office into a "War Room"
For Bush in a gross conflict of interest, all the while claiming total
nonpartisanship.
NICKNAMES:
Cruella DeVille
AMMO
(Election 2000,
Hypocrisy)
FACT:
Harris was shocked that the U.S. Civil Rights Commission released a report
which accused her and Jeb Bush of "presiding over an election in which
blacks were systematically disenfranchised." She claimed that the report
was bogus because the chair, Mary Frances Barry, "was rooting for Al Gore."
Harris blamed the commission's "partisanship" on the fact that Barry supported
Gore in last year's election.
(Lies, Election
2000)
FACT:
A report was released regarding the deleted files recovered from computers
which Harris's staff had used prior to Election Day. Harris maintained
that at no time were any partisan activities conducted in the Secretary
of State's office - a claim which has now been proven to be a complete
lie. The recovered files showed that political work on behalf of George
W. Bush was indeed conducted in Harris's office throughout the year 2000.
Even more damning, investigators found a statement that called recounted
Palm Beach County votes "unlawful" - BEFORE SHE EVEN RECEIVED THEM. Harris
released a statement saying that the investigations "prove that despite
the innuendo and misinformation reported in the media, no partisan political
activity transpired in my office during the recount period." Then, according
to the St. Petersburg Times a spokesman for Harris said, "Her policy is
no apologies, no excuses, no regrets." Thanks for summing that up for us
Katherine.
(Lies, Criminal,
Election 2000)
FACT:
According to the New York Times Harris set up a GOP "war room" in her office
during the recount process, and didn't appear at a single press conference
without being thoroughly briefed by GOP strategists. She pronounced throughout
the recount that Al Gore was never once in the lead, despite her very own
website telling a slightly different story. Currently, she withheld from
reporters public information held on publicly owned computers despite the
fact that she has absolutely nothing to hide.
(Taxpayers' Money,
Aristocracy)
FACT:
Republican legislators in Florida are now actively investigating Harris
for spending inordinate sums of taxpayers' money on herself. According
to the St. Petersburg Times, "During her first 22 months in office, Harris
amassed more than $106,000 in travel bills, more than any Cabinet officer
and the governor. She visited eight countries on 10 foreign trips, staying
at luxury hotels at taxpayer expense." Believe it or not, Florida's budget
for "international relations" (read: free vacations) has risen from $783,000
in 1999 to $3.4 million in 2001.
(Lies, Election
2000)
FACT:
The Palm Beach Post revealed that Ms. Harris attempted to have the state
of Florida pay $12,000 to Adam Goodman, a Republican operative who was
working out of her office during the recount. Obviously it was highly inappropriate
for Katherine Harris to have been seeking advice from a partisan political
consultant in the first place (considering she was supposed to be representing
all of Florida's voters, not just the Republicans) but in defending herself
Harris made it clear that Goodman was an unpaid volunteer. Not through
want of trying though. In an April 9th letter to Goodman, Harris wrote,
"As we discussed in DC - You said $12,000. I am not trying to be weird
about this because I want to pay you what you deserve, but they have been
working on this since I returned. Now you say $20,000. I am confused -
they will be, too. This is a delicate matter." So who are "they" exactly?
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