Until today I believed that the current elections in the U.S. are calm and civil compared to places like Ukraine where the opposition candidate became very sick in the weeks leading up to this coming Sunday\u2019s fateful election because he was apparently poisoned by the incumbent party.\u00a0 But then I read this short report about the famous Katherine Harris, who has a secure place on George Bush\u2019s Christmas card list for the foreseeable\u00a0future. <\/i><\/p>\n
Katherine Harris Is Almost Hit by Car<\/b><\/p>\n
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS<\/p>\n
ARASOTA, Fla., Oct. 27 (AP) -Representative Katherine Harris, Republican of Florida, and a group of supporters were almost hit by a speeding car on Tuesday evening, and the driver was charged on Wednesday with aggravated assault, the police said.<\/p>\n
The driver, Barry M. Seltzer, 46, of Sarasota, told the police that he had been exercising \u201cpolitical expression.\u201d Bystanders said a silver Cadillac sped through an intersection here and swerved onto the sidewalk. The car headed toward Ms. Harris before swerving and driving away, the police said. No one was injured.<\/p>\n
Witnesses gave the car\u2019s license plate number to the police, who tracked it to Mr. Seltzer, a real estate investor and a registered Democrat. He went to the police station on Wednesday and said that Ms. Harris\u2019s supporters had been standing in the street, impeding traffic.\u201d I intimidated them with my car,\u201d Mr. Seltzer told the police. \u201cI was exercising my political expression. I did not run them down.\u201d Ms. Harris is seeking re-election to Congress after serving as Florida\u2019s secretary of state during the protracted 2000 presidential recount, which gave Florida\u2019s electoral votes and the presidency to George W. Bush by 537 votes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"