(Katherine) Harris injects $3 million into Senate campaign

[brooklynite]

Tuesday, April 18, 2006

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Katherine Harris raised slightly more than $1 million for the first quarter of this year and pumped another $3 million of her own money into her campaign for the U.S. Senate, according to reports filed with the Federal Elections Commission.

Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson of Brevard County raised $2.9 million and has $10.3 million in cash on hand.

Harris, R-Longboat Key, reported she had $3.7 million in cash on hand.

Experts predict this year's race could cost each candidate about $20 million.

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/politics/content/state/epaper/2006/04/18/a5a_harris_0418.html
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Look at it this way - at least she'll be helping the local economy (pizza parlors, Kinkos, etc)

[Skinner]

1. Spend it all, Katherine!

:D

[dchill]

20. What could be better...

than just seeing her lose? Seeing her lose and go broke! Spend it all, indeed! Go for broke!

[warrens]

23. I see a future bag lady in the making

She's already got the look. Now just pry the cash out of her claws and let nature take its course.

[happydreams]

35. LOL

[LiberalFighter]

38. Too bad we couldn't create some dummy companies...

that would receive her money or at least inflate the cost of services and goods that she uses.

[Kikosexy2]

2. The old...

horse keeps staggering to the finish line...give it up Old Hag! you're finished!

[TygrBright]

5. No, no! Keep running, keep running, Kat!

After all you know what they say...

Winners never quit, and quitters never win!

evilly,
Bright

[brooklynite]

9. Um, "staggering to the finish line" would imply...

that she was actually making some forward motion. Perhaps just "staggering"...

[BigDDem]

3. Spend baby spend!

.

[brainshrub]

4. Go Harris! Go Harris! Go Harris!

Nothing can save you except those BBV machines. Spend it all baby!

[Selatius]

6. Harris' activities alone call for campaign finance reform

I believe that if you are going to run for a federal seat, then if you are able to collect X number of, say, 5 dollar donations in your district, agree to abide by spending limits if any, agree to forego any outside contributions, then your campaign should be subsidized by taxpayer dollars.

BTW, I doubt she'd be able to collect enough donations to get any funding at all if this hypothetical system existed.

[gatlingforme]

7. knowing that bitch she will lose and keep the money herself

[Ian David]

18. You think she saw "The Producers"? n/t

[gatlingforme]

25. lol

[UrbScotty]

8. Her next injection should involve Botox (nt)

[saltpoint]

10. The woman has missed her calling, I feel. I think the money would have

been better spent on one of those Wrestle-an-Alligator places along Rt. 41 through the Everglades.

VISIT KATHERINE HARRIS' GATOR GALA!

You know -- with a snack bar and gift shop, t-shirts -- the works.

[Ex Lion Tamer]

28. And she's the alligator, of course.

Just stating the obvious.

[saltpoint]

33. LOL! : )

[thereismore]

11. Yes! nt

[Nostradammit]

12. Our letters are working!

Keep sending those encouraging words to Katherine, people!

Fight, baby, fight!!!

[BootinUp]

13. Harris's Millions - It would be a hilarious movie.

[brainshrub]

24. Your wish is my command. Here you go:

You inspired this:



Original source here: www.brainshrub.com/katherine-harris-movie

[wordpix]

31. Who's good at photoshop? We need to change John Candy in pic with

DeLay, Bush (W or Jeb), Rove or Cheney

[BootinUp]

36. Pretty good. :-)

I vote for none of the above.

[pinerow]

14. I think I see her slowly

circling the drain...:wtf:

[onehandle]

15. Stay firm. Keep buoyant. Stand ample.

Keep those boobies high above your critics.

Spend it, since you got it.

[gratuitous]

16. Spend every penny, Katherine!

You owe it to Moxie and Spunk.

[Ian David]

17. I hear most of her "volunteers" come from Labor Ready, Inc.

Some people say.

[MGKrebs]

19. This is a loan, right?

She can't GIVE it to the campaign, so she has to pay it back to herself.

I've never understood how this crap works.

[JPZenger]

26. Many candidates loan money

I don't think there is any limit on the amount of money that a person can loan or give to their own campaign. Many people loan it to their campaign. If they win, it is easy to get bigwigs to contribute to your campaign afterwards so that the candidate can get paid back. However, no one wants to donate to a loser, so the loans getting written off if you lose.

[ronnykmarshall]

21. Spend, spend, SPEND!!!

[cliss]

22. See? What did I tell you?

"Pride goeth before a fall"

I KNEW she would whip out the old pocketbook. There is no way she's going to give up, now. She wants it. She wants it bad.....the power.....the glory....the adulation.....

Mark my words, she will spend every dime. Then they'll sweep her out of the way, around September.

[opihimoimoi]

27. History will not be kind to them boobs of hers...she being a major BOOB

herself....

[Roland99]

29. I think she injected that much into her chest!

Just throwing bad money after bad. ;)

[Miss Chybil]

30. It amazes me these people spend so much to get a job that pays so little.

:shrug:

[wordpix]

32. great point. Obviously, they have nothing else to do with their ample

time and money, like help with charities and good causes.

This is one reason Diana was beloved---she spent her time and money helping war victims, refugees and the poor.

[Miss Chybil]

44. There is just no end to the greed in some people, I guess. nt

[tanyev]

34. Obviously, there must be many more perks besides the

"meager" salary they get from the U.S. taxpayers that make it very worthwhile. Wouldn't it be nice to see an in-depth article on that by a real journalist?

[Miss Chybil]

43. What's that?

A "real journalist," I mean. Surely, it must be something from the Jurassic period?

[0007]

37. Good, I hope she donates all her money to the party.

She's going down. DOA.

[warrior1]

39. Ha-ha

she loses

[smtpgirl]

40. If you can't win on $16.9 mil, you are a loser anyway

What a SCAG

[Lochloosa]

41. Pump that money or whatever it is that you use...

[symbolman]

42. We've got to STOP her!

If she runs out of money she's gonna go straight for the hides of 101 Dalmation puppies, skin them and start selling them as coats on EBAY!

How will she pay for the facelifts? Believe me, we don't want to see this woman BROKE and with no ability to maintain her "appearance" with her stable of plastic surgeons..

Kidding, actually the phrase, "Spend money like a drunken sailor on leave" comes to mind :)