佛州小女子今日在何方？

六年前的美国总统大选，由共和党总统候选人的弟弟做州长的佛罗里达一个叫哈里斯的小女子州务卿一锤定音，把共和党的候选人送进了白宫。为此，这位在迈阿密海滩上长大的小女子一举成名，是美国共和党选民的英雄。而民主党的选民，则对这位小女子恨之入骨，极尽讽刺挖苦之能事。　

 

Nov. 14, 2000: Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris announces she will certify the election day results on Tuesday as required by law after U.S. District Judge Middlebrooks has rejected a pleading to stop the hand count.

Democrats argue that this is a partisan move, as Harris was co-chair of Bush's Florida campaign. They believe she should have stepped down from her duties as head of elections.

Nov. 15, 2000: Florida Supreme Court rejects request from top election officials and Bush campaign to halt all hand counts. Gore says he would abide by the results of hand recounts in three Florida counties, and would support a full recount of all 67 counties if Bush requested it. Bush rejects offer. He now leads by 300 votes in ballots certified Tuesday by Harris, who announces she will ignore manual recounts and certify original machine counts plus absentee ballots Saturday.

大家也都知道，小布什这个人，知恩必报，不是不报，时候未到。可是六年来，那个叫哈里斯的佛州小女子，究竟到哪里去了呢？又捞到什么好处了呢？

果不其然，小女子一点也没有闲着。首先，是２００３年１月成功当选美国第１３选区（佛罗里达选区）的众议员。这中间有没有两布的暗中帮助，不得而知。

２００６年，小女子再接再厉，马不停蹄，自费一千万美元，再战佛罗里达，希望和希拉里一样，成为在美国历史上举足轻重的女参仪员。

小女子能不能如愿以偿，鬼才知道。因为据说布什家族里的二老板，对这位凡事张扬，不知满足的小女子，已经开始有点儿讨厌了！

当年承受救命之恩的小布什总统，也顾左右而言他，不置可否。

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