Poor Katherine Harris

strandinthewind · #1 08-04-2005, 12:27 PM

Poor thing, I guess her "natural" face was just not colorful enough - what a sow.
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Harris: Papers doctored makeup in photos
Lawmaker was Florida Secretary of State during 2000 recount

TAMPA, Florida (AP) -- Congresswoman Katherine Harris, who is running for a U.S. Senate seat next year, has again accused some newspapers of doctoring photos to distort her makeup as a way to poke fun at her.

In an interview on a conservative radio talk show Monday, Harris said some newspapers -- she didn't say which -- altered photos during the 2000 presidential election recount when she was Florida secretary of state.

Democratic commentators and late-night talk show hosts lampooned Harris for her liberal use of cosmetics as she took center stage in the recount.

Jay Leno quipped at the time: "They had trucks in Florida bringing the ballots to Tallahassee. In fact, it's the same trucks they used to bring the makeup to Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris."

Harris, a Republican, was asked Monday by nationally syndicated radio host Sean Hannity whether that image bothered her.

"I'm actually very sensitive about those things, and it's personally painful," she said. "But they're outrageously false. ... Whenever they made fun of my makeup, it was because the newspapers colorized my photograph."

She has made similar allegations in newspaper articles since the recount and in January told The Associated Press, "The jokes about my appearance -- it's the computer-enhanced photos."

Her campaign manager, Jim Dornan, declined to answer questions Wednesday about her radio comments.

Kenneth F. Irby, visual journalism group leader at the Poynter Institute for Media Studies, said the development of digital photography in recent years has made it easier to manipulate photos. As a result, he said, newspapers have tightened their ethics policies prohibiting such practices and have fired people for making even minor changes in news images.

That makes it unlikely that newspapers did what Harris is charging, he said.

Harris oversaw the disputed 2000 ballot count that gave George W. Bush a crucial 537-vote victory in Florida.

She was elected to Congress in 2002 and re-elected last year.

Harris is vying for the Republican nomination to run for the seat held by Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson.

Florida House Speaker Allan Bense said Wednesday he won't challenge her for the GOP nod, saying he believes a campaign would take away from his commitment to the House.

The White House and other top Republicans had encouraged Bense to get into the race.

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http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/08/....ap/index.html

dissention · #2 08-04-2005, 12:45 PM

I just busted a gut.

strandinthewind · #3 08-04-2005, 12:48 PM

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I just busted a gut.

All I could think of while reading this was Linda "You all are making fun of the way I look - I really am a nice person - oops there goes $100,000 of GOP funds for plastic surgery and I still look like a but crack" Trippe

irishgrl · #4 08-04-2005, 12:58 PM

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Congresswoman Katherine Harris, who is running for a U.S. Senate seat next year, has again accused some newspapers of doctoring photos to distort her makeup as a way to poke fun at her.

Some people will do ANYTHING to stay in the news...........what a loser

ryan8472 · #5 08-04-2005, 01:30 PM

I actually shared a laugh with my sister on this one.

Josh2003 · #6 08-04-2005, 01:54 PM

Hmmm...here are some pics of Kathy...pulled right from her own websites:

Quite the looker

ryan8472 · #7 08-04-2005, 02:00 PM

^ Ha, she almost looks like Janice Dickinson in those. ^

Almost. Both are psychos, so it must be a character trait.

irishgrl · #8 08-04-2005, 03:17 PM

Personally I dont see how anyone could make those pix look any worse!
she aint nuthin but a HOUND DOG! crying all the time...........

xxxmx · #9 08-04-2005, 03:54 PM

so i live down here in pinellas which is righnextdoor. last year i'l listening to the radio and the dj gets all serious reading this newsbit. it went something like "this morning, a man veered off the road and onto a sidewalk where KH was standing with supporters..." i was in ecstasy. i couldn't believe my ears. i was about to honk my horn. "...narrowly missing her. No one was injured." so close... so very close.

this last election i sat and cried. bush won. mel martinez won. she won. there is really no reason to not nuke florida for the sake of everyone else in the country.

dissention · #10 08-04-2005, 03:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Josh2003

Hmmm...here are some pics of Kathy...pulled right from her own websites:

Christ, that is SCARY. Imagine living with that woman. *shivers*

estranged4life · #11 08-04-2005, 03:58 PM

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this last election i sat and cried. bush won. mel martinez won. she won. there is really no reason to not nuke florida for the sake of everyone else in the country.

save the Daytona International Speedway then ya can let the bombing begin on Flor-I-DUH!!!!

Flor-I-DUH: Making Alabama & Mississippi look smarter each and everyday!!!

strandinthewind · #12 08-04-2005, 04:00 PM

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Originally Posted by dissention

Christ, that is SCARY. Imagine living with that woman. *shivers*

Well, I really rarely ever think anyone is ugly and I do not think she is ugly. I do think the obvious plastic surgery has been an unfortunate thing for her and she gives off a bad vibe to me. Plus, I think she acted horribly in the 2000 election.

dissention · #13 08-04-2005, 04:05 PM

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Originally Posted by strandinthewind

Well, I really rarely ever think anyone is ugly and I do not think she is ugly. I do think the obvious plastic surgery has been an unfortunate thing for her and she gives off a bad vibe to me. Plus, I think she acted horribly in the 2000 election.

Her face has been sculped within an inch of it's life. That, to me, makes her look not only ugly, but unnatural. She looks like she just waltzed out of Madame Toussad's, for cripes sake.

xxxmx · #14 08-04-2005, 04:06 PM

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...let the bombing begin on Flor-I-DUH!!!!

i live here and would sacrifice myself willingly. i would also sacrifice 99% of everyone else. i'd let my dad and my gram go. sorry, allison. sorry, mike. sorry, alex. sorry, johnny. we're about to take one for the team.

SuzeQuze · #15 08-04-2005, 04:07 PM

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Christ, that is SCARY. Imagine living with that woman. *shivers*

No kidding, what a f*cking jackass. Step away from the bronzer KH!! She's got bronzer all over, or tanorexia, and then that white white under eye concealer??? WTH. She is so full of it, no one doctored any photos. But she has provided me with more entertainment than Dane Cook today for that. Nice one, Kath!