Harris Booed at Town Hall Meeting
The Associated Press
BRADENTON -- U.S. Rep. Katherine Harris, who gained the national spotlight as Florida secretary of state during the 2000 presidential recount, was booed several times at a town hall meeting about the Medicaid prescription drug plan being considered by Congress.
Hundreds of people showed up with detailed questions for Harris at the Bradenton Kiwanis Hall on Thursday night. The Sarasota Republican spoke for nearly half of the allotted hour and then didn't answer the crowd's questions until all had been asked, the Bradenton Herald reported in Friday's edition.
The lines at the microphones were long. The boos were loud.
The crowd's mood already was testy before the meeting began. Security guards and Harris' staff confiscated literature handed out by opponents that included the drug plan's details and a chart of Harris' voting record since she began her term in January....>>
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