Finally, a politician who shows some interest
I'm still not sure I've grasped the essence of Florida congresswoman, Senate candidate, and liberal bete noire Katherine Harris. In 2000 she seemed like your run-of-the-mill Republican partisan, performing her Secretary of State duties as favorably as possible for the candidate for whom she was Florida state co-chair. (Incidentally, I still can't believe Secretaries of State are allowed to endorse like this. How is that not a conflict of interest?) Then it turned out that she comes from some unbelievably preppy background, making her out to be a country-club Republican and either more or less unpleasant depending on your mood. I've heard tell since that Harris is actually one of the kindest souls you'd ever meet in politics, which for all I know could be true. I mean, theoretically someone nice could run for office and suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous Democrats and liberal reporters, right? Maybe?
In any event, now I have to reconcile all that with the possibility that Katherine Harris might just be really friendly. She has a history of curious poses, and now there are photos and anecdotes of Rep. Harris, shall we say, leaning on, of all people, a college reporter. Yes, this is worth all the italics. What on earth could she be thinking? At least we know what the kid was thinking:
"I had my face in my notepad a lot, because everytime I looked up she was so close to me."
Florida: are you sure you'd rather have Bill Nelson? Once she loses this, she ain't coming back, you know.
Comments
I think you are one of the first people to have used the words "kind" and "politics" in the same sentence. It doesn't matter who the senators are in FL. They never do anything and always get great press.
Posted by: Mommy | April 24, 2006 7:59 AM
Katherine Harris: let smash?
Posted by: The Judicator | April 24, 2006 5:26 PM