I live in a fairly absurd congressional district. Katherine Harris used to be my congresswoman. That is, before she spectacularly lost her senate race against mildly useless Democratic incumbent Bill Nelson. Ms. Harris was always good for a laugh -- during 2006 alone she called separation of church and state "a lie" and said "I do not support any civil rights actions with regard to homosexuality." But as amusing as Harris was, she has been vanquished -- for now. The individual I want to tell you about is our new guy, Representative Vernon Buchanan (R-FL). Vern Buchanan (R-FL) was elected in one of the most ridiculous elections in our state's history (and since it's Florida, believe me, that means it was pretty ridiculous). You may have seen it on the news, actually. It's the one where 18,000 ballots mysteriously showed no...
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