Katherine Harris' $2,800.00 (!) Dinner with crooked Defense Contractor...

[elehhhhna]

Orlando Sentinel ^ | April 21, 2006 | Jim Stratton

A defense contractor seeking help from Rep. Katherine Harris for $10 million in federal money last year took her to one of Washington's most exclusive restaurants, where he paid for a meal that may have cost as much as $2,800 and offered to sponsor a campaign fundraiser for her. Mitchell Wade, who pleaded guilty this year to bribing a California congressman, spent $2,800 on wine and food, said Ed Rollins, former chief political strategist for Harris...


http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/elections/orl-harrisdinner06apr21,0,524654.story?coll=orl-home-headlines

[bigscott]

1. not really a lot of money

if wine was inlcuded - 2 bottles of really good wine would be at least 1000 at a rest like that
not trying to justify it but....... I am more interested in what the witch did for him!

[elehhhhna]

5. After 2K in wine, I want a VIDEO of what she "did for him".

[trumad]

6. Not a lot of money? Are you kidding me

I've wined and dined customers for years and that's an amazing amount of money for one dinner.

[benburch]

2. I hope he at least got to see her two huge boobies for that!

<--- The Right Boobie

<--- The Left Boobie

[Warpy]

3. A multicourse dinner of tall food

that arrives looking like paintings on one's plates plus a couple of bottles of an exquisite vintage can add up to that amount of money very quickly.

Throw in a couple of postprandial Cohibas, and the amount escalates.

I'm not surprised by the cost of that dinner. That's actually chump change for the uber rich.

[elehhhhna]

7. Christ I could spend a WEEK in the Caymans for that 2.8K

[shoelace414]

4. Was Applebees closed that night?

[marbuc]

8. We also don't know how many people attended.

eom

[elehhhhna]

11. 4 -- her, the host, and those two people who

carry the eyeshadow bucket

[Skidmore]

9. And there are people in this nation who cannot afford to

put food on their families. Freaking arrogant greed.

[Eugene]

10. kick n/t