Until today I believed that the current elections in the U.S. are calm and civil compared to places like Ukraine where the oppositions candidate became very sick in the weeks leading up to this coming Sunday’s fateful election because he was apparently poisoned by the incumbent party.  But then I read this short report about the famous Katherine Harris, who has a secure place George Bush’s Christmas card list for the foreseable future.

Katherine Harris Is Almost Hit by Car
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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.

The driver, Barry M. Seltzer, 46, of Sarasota, told the police that he had been exercising “political expression.” 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.

Witnesses gave the car’s 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’s supporters had been standing in the street, impeding traffic.” I intimidated them with my car,” Mr. Seltzer told the police. “I was exercising my political expression. I did not run them down.” Ms. Harris is seeking re-election to Congress after serving as Florida’s secretary of state during the protracted 2000 presidential recount, which gave Florida’s electoral votes and the presidency to George W. Bush by 537 votes.