Tainted cash puts Harris in new jam ($6000 from Bob Ney)

[seafan]

Tainted cash puts Harris in new jam

BY MARC CAPUTO AND LESLEY CLARK
September 22, 2006


Katherine Harris received $6,000 from the political action committee of U.S. Rep. Bob Ney, who has agreed to plead guilty to bribery charges.

U.S. Senate candidate Katherine Harris received a campaign contribution from an Ohio congressman who has agreed to plead guilty to accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in exchange for political favors, marking the third time the Florida congresswoman has received money from a tainted source.

Harris, who received illegal campaign contributions from a disgraced defense contractor and years ago accepted contributions in one of the Legislature's biggest fundraising scandals, received $6,000 from U.S. Rep. Bob Ney's political action committee, American Liberty PAC, when she ran for Congress in 2002 and 2004.

Harris said Thursday that she can't return the money or give it to charity.

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Earlier this year, after lobbyist Jack Abramoff pleaded guilty to bribing Ney for his congressional help, a Washington watchdog group called on Harris and six other Republican Florida lawmakers to return their contributions from Ney. All but U.S. Sen. Mel Martinez refused.

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Miami Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart said he'd donate the Ney money, $1,000, to charity. Rep. Mark Foley of Lake Worth said the same thing about the $1,000 he received. And John Mica of Casselberry said he would donate $2,500 to charity as well after Ney's announcement last week that he would plead guilty Oct. 13 to corruption charges.

A spokesman for U.S. Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite said she already has spent the money and won't be returning it. A spokesman for U.S. Rep. Tom Feeney couldn't be reached.

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[pinerow]

1. I love it when they say... "I already spent the money", as if

the bank account was in danger of being tapped...we all know that these politico's keep a shit load of cash on hand, ready for the next election...they think that we are a bunch of rubes...sheesh!

[formercia]

2. On the advice of his attorney

A spokesman for U.S. Rep. Tom Feeney couldn't be reached.

I hear Ney and Feeney are real close.:evilgrin:

[Javaman]

3. Whooops! and here the repukes were suddenly starting to play nice

with cruella.

What a colossal bunch of fucktards.

[zbdent]

4. Didn't she say she was going to fund this out of her inheritance?

So why'd she accept the $$$ from Ney???

:eyes:

[gratuitous]

5. Little problem with that

Harris' mother is still alive, and daddy's money all went to her. Cruella doesn't have the inheritance yet.

[yellowcanine]

6. They should give the money back to the Indian tribes. Isn't that who

donated it in the first place? My understanding is the Indians gave Abramoff money who gave some to Ney who gave some to Harris et al. So give the money back to the Indians.

[leftofthedial]

7. The GOP is an organized crime syndicate

ALL their cash is tainted

[JNelson6563]

8. This just keeps getting better and

better! :toast:

Ah Katherine, alas we hardly knew ye! :rofl:

Julie