Common Cause Blog :: Comments The Abramoff Connection-Infection

Harris' ethics problems

My reference to Harris there was about her recent burgeoning scandal over her ties to Mitchell Wade.

All the elected officials I mention above are currently involved in ethics scandals and may be facing charges of corruption. Anything Rep. Harris may have done in 2000, to me, is a different story from the plague of corruption this country is seeing now.

by Kirstin Ellison on Mon Jul 24, 2006 at 04:54:21 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Proving a trend...

To tell you the truth, my cursory daily reading of the Post didn't ever come across anything dealing with Wade's funneling of money into her campaign chest, but it doesn't surprise me.

The woman got elected based upon the rules that she herself set through tactics such as voter disenfranchising and machine-rigging. Taking extra money into her coffers through "shady" channels just proves that a leopard can't change its spots.

Here's hoping someone actually prosecutes her this time around, eh?

by jparis on Tue Jul 25, 2006 at 12:47:12 PM EST
[ Parent ]

WaPo asleep behind the wheel

The Washington Post really hasn't covered the Harris/Wade situation hardly any, aside from running a couple of AP articles recently. It's a shame, because of Katherine Harris' notoriety and Mitchell Wade's role in the Duke Cunningham scandal -- this could be a huge story, if only the national press would cover it more.

by Kirstin Ellison on Tue Jul 25, 2006 at 02:06:51 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Not the Unabashed Liberal Rag Some Might Call It

Yeah, the WaPo is my favorite newspaper still, but I'd just assume get my news through less traditional media... they drop the ball more than enough on stuff like Harris' dirty dealings.

Whatever, at least I still have my Sodoku in the Express.

by jparis on Wed Jul 26, 2006 at 05:21:21 PM EST
[ Parent ]