Harris Got Illegal Donations (Florida Uh Oh)

Tampa Tribune ^ | 02/25/2006 | WILLIAM MARCH and KEITH EPSTEIN

[devane617]

Oh well...

[Tulsa Ramjet]

Deny knowledge, immediately return it, and move on.

[Mrs. Shawnlaw]

I mean, really, are there any kinds of donations that ARE legal?!

[facedown]

Another snoozer from the Antique Media.

[Doohickey]

Sure there are. You, for example, may give $2,000 to any candidate you choose. It is illegal for you to receive an favors in return. You may not give me $2,000 to give to the candidate either, as allegedly happened in this case.

[aynrandfreak]

That seat must be taken from Nelson, and I'll accept any candidate that can beat him.

[Coop]

Deny knowledge, immediately return it, and move on.

She already got rid of the money - gave it to charity. This isn't new.

[devane617]

KH is not the person that can beat Nelson.

[Archangelsk]

Yep, Duke Cunningham certainly moved on, to crowbar motel.

[Republican Wildcat]

She's the one we have.

[boomop1]

If the truth be known everyone gets illegal contributions. Just look at what it costs the tax payer to fund the staff of these morons. that should be illegal.

[dawn53]

I totally agree. I'm not a huge fan of polls, but here are some recent poll figures for Harris/Nelson (it's Quinnipac poll, but still the gap is huge.)

http://www.sptimes.com/2006/02/25/State/Poll__Sen_Nelson_stil.shtml

[fabriclady]

"She already got rid of the money - gave it to charity. This isn't new."

The liberals will overlook the fact that she got rid of the money.
If they think she is gaining on Nelson, they will scratch at anything.

[oxcart]

You forgot this;

[Neville72]

Thank you. You took the image....err words right out of my mouth.

[Hildy]

The whole system sucks...Instead of the jackals tweaking the laws so they can benefit even more, we should have a citizen committee (made up of people from all walks of life) decide how campaign finance should work. I'm serious. ENOUGH.

[oxcart]

Your welcome...this pick should be mandatory on all KH threads.

[devane617]

[clintonh8r]

Tommy Franks could do it, but time is growng short for another candidate to declare.

[AmishDude]

This is what's so hideous about campaign finance laws and how they apply. The fact is, the donor gave a genuinely illegal contribution: He laundered money to get around the limits. So, no matter who he gives the money to, they can be said to receive an "illegal contribution". Now at this stage, they could have known nothing about the illegality.

The donor then goes to the congressman/woman and exercises his first amendment right to redress grievances. The fact is, the guy wanted to get a public works project into her district. She would have listened to him if he donated to the other candidate. It's ridiculous, but Harris will still end up paying the price for this smear job.