Dispatches from the Creation Wars

Harris Explains What She Meant

Posted by Ed Brayton on August 28, 2006
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Stepford Senate candidate Katherine Harris attempted to “clarify” what she meant last week when she told the Florida Baptist Witness that separation of church and state was a lie and that God decides who gets elected. Here’s her explanation:

Harris’ campaign released a statement Saturday saying she had been “speaking to a Christian audience, addressing a common misperception that people of faith should not be actively involved in government.”

The comments reflected “her deep grounding in Judeo-Christian values,” the statement said, adding that Harris had previously supported pro-Israel legislation and legislation recognizing the Holocaust.

Translation: “I meant every word of it, but you weren’t supposed to see it. And I really, really like Jews.” Well that explains it all.

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  1. #1 somnilista, FCD
    August 28, 2006

    She didn’t specifically name Romans 13 as her source. Does that make her guilty of plagiarism?

  2. #2 stogoe
    August 28, 2006

    since when did the non-apology apology become acceptable?

  3. #3 mark
    August 28, 2006

    Yeah, what’s with the “deep grounding in Judeo-Christian values” bit? Probably didn’t want to alienate the Jewish community until it was time to exterminate them.

  4. #4 Daniel DiRito
    August 28, 2006

    See a tongue-in-cheek visual of two of Florida’s finest…Katherine Harris & Anita Bryant…here:

    http://www.thoughttheater.com

  5. #5 SharonB
    August 28, 2006

    Sooo, either she thinks the christians are too stupid to know what she really meant, or the secularists are? I’m confused.

    No I am not, I know a power hungry sociopathic liar when I hear one. How’s this, Harris: “ya reap what you sow.”

  6. #6 Stogoe
    August 28, 2006

    Probably didn’t want to alienate the Jewish community until it was time to exterminate them.

    Dang, mark, that’s harsh, but probably true. They did, after all, supposedly kill some guy that the romans executed.

  7. #7 Ginger Yellow
    August 29, 2006

    The comments reflected “her deep grounding in Judeo-Christian values,” the statement said, adding that Harris had previously supported pro-Israel legislation and legislation recognizing the Holocaust.

    In other words, Jew-friendly legislation is fine, so long as it’s Christians who legislate it.