"YAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!"
Posted on 08/03/2006 7:57:36 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
Undeterred after a week of bad news for her floundering U.S. Senate campaign, Rep. Katherine Harris vowed Thursday she would win and urged supporters not to get discouraged.
"We'll win, so don't listen to the prognosticators, or the pollsters - you can make a poll say anything you want," Harris told about two dozen people at a luncheon.
Earlier this week, a letter from state Republican Party leaders was disclosed that said they could not support her because she can't win. Also, former campaign staff revealed that Harris didn't tell them the campaign received a subpoena as part of a federal corruption investigation.
She says she's not paying attention.
"Every Republican event I go to, I get their overwhelming support," Harris said afterward. "When people hear our message and they know what we stand for, rather than all the caricatures that are created, then we know we're going to win."
Harris, a Republican, has trailed Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson in most polls. Fundraising has been slow, GOP leaders tried desperately to find another candidate, and core campaign staff members have quit in recent months.
She has received more attention for $32,000 in illegal contributions she took from a defense contractor who pleaded guilty to bribing another congressman than she has on the issues.
People who once worked for her question why she's hasn't bowed out.
"I believe the reason she's running are two," said former campaign manager Jim Dornan. "She doesn't believe ever that she has done anything wrong and she has an ego that's so outsized it won't allow her to think in a reasonable manner."
The fact that she endured massive criticism during her role overseeing the 2000 presidential recount as Florida's secretary of state may contribute to her belief that she can win, said Virginia Sapiro, a University of Wisconsin political science professor who specializes in political psychology.
"She weathered an incredible onslaught during the 2000 election and she won," Sapiro said. "She was mocked and made fun of, but she won."
Sylvia McClendon, who attended the First Coast Federated Republican Women luncheon, has read what Bush and state party leaders have said about the Harris campaign, but it doesn't matter to her.
"They may honestly feel like she can't win, but I think she can. If she gets the response that I've seen her get, I think she can be victorious. I really do," she said.
You can't even spell "religious". You might want to do a spell check in the future; as if your comments weren't enough to show just how ignorant you really are.
She should be happy as a congressperson.
I'd vote for her if I lived in FLA because she looks so darn good on a horse.
/sigh
She's delusional. My bet is she loses by 15-20 points. If she runs a great campaign she could pull to within 10 points. I bet it's difficult to upset Sen. Nelson lately. He's been given a free senate seat for another 6 years courtesy of the FL GOP.
Lawton Chiles used to act like that when he was governor and he was on Prozac.
Zot u r face.
LOL--it's the ALL CAPS. Reminds me of the NHC public advisories.
"YAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!"
LOL funny !
It's like I said last night . Did Reagan whine about the Liberal Media ? Did Reagan blame everyone but himself ?
Nope ....
The Harris folks need to quit blaming everything she does on the Media , RINO's, and us pragmatists that know she is harmful to our prospects this year .
Lol, He always talk like Forrest Gump . I like to call him Gump Nelson .
Gump Nelson: " Life is like an easy election , ya never know when ya will be blessed with an opponent like Harris "
That is absurd .
.....did I miss anything?.....was there an exchange of gunfire???????
....those Harris Folk.....I think they see "dead people"
They can dream on . McBride is picking up steam and it will only get better for McBride . He is our only hope .
..well at least you have hope....in Calif I'm screwed with Feinstein and Boxer....People will vote thru some conservative referendums...but for some reason you'll never get a Repub Senator...but we've had tons of Repub Governors.....like Mass
The Harris campaign is on it's last legs , and I want to take this opportunity to call on all Harris supporters .
ATTENTION ALL HARRIS SUPPORTERS : THE McBRIDE LIFEBOAT IS STILL WAITING FOR YOU , JOIN US ON THE ONLY ROAD TO VICTORY AGAINST BILL GUMP NELSON ! JUMP INTO THE LIFEBOAT WHILE YOU STILL CAN .
Yeah, you all have it tough out there . We still have a chance to get it right out here .
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