Reply #28: She also took a swipe at Senator Martinez (R)

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Or is too stupid to realize it-

>>"I think he grandstanded on offshore oil drilling," Harris said in an interview with the St. Petersburg Times during a campaign tour of North Florida. "He comes up with this inane bill that accomplishes nothing, that he knows is dead on arrival from the onset, but uses that to grandstand as though it is some solution, even though it was drafted poorly."

She was referring to Nelson's bill with Republican Sen. Mel Martinez that would ban oil drilling within 230 miles of Florida's West coast. It was introduced with fanfare in February but has failed to get many Republican co-sponsors. Harris said Nelson should have supported a less-sweeping compromise last fall that would have banned drilling within 120 miles of the coast unless the Florida Legislature agreed to allow it closer.<<
http://sptimes.com/2006/04/20/State/Harris_calls_Nelson__.shtml

and this is good.
Senator Nelson's office responds to her calling him an "empty suit":

>>Asked about Harris' comments Wednesday, Nelson spokesman Dan McLaughlin called them "empty charges from an empty candidate with absolutely no ethics or credibility."<<

"empty charges from an empty candidate with absolutely no ethics or credibility."

"empty charges from an empty candidate with absolutely no ethics or credibility."

"empty charges from an empty candidate with absolutely no ethics or credibility."

:applause: