# Did Katherine Harris get ... uh ... enhanced? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 10, 2005, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-katherine-harris-get-uh-enhanced/316475 "2005-08-10T17:46:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Club\_33](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@Club\_33](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Club_33)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2005, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-katherine-harris-get-uh-enhanced/316475/21 "2005-08-10T23:30:48Z")
I wish I had turned the sound off. The woman is a horrible speaker. Not to mention, her little comparison between her and the female astronaut that helped land the shuttle. Sorry lady, but there is no comparison between the two events. Had the sound been off, she still would have looked ridiculous though. Are you running for senate or doing a bra commercial? ---
**Author:** ![ratatoskK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ratatoskk/32/2987_2.png) [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2005, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-katherine-harris-get-uh-enhanced/316475/22 "2005-08-10T23:42:19Z")
Doing a bra commercial. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2005, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-katherine-harris-get-uh-enhanced/316475/23 "2005-08-10T23:56:07Z")
Boy, is this ripe for The Daily Show to poke some fun at. ---
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Gene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@Soylent\_Gene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Gene)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2005, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-katherine-harris-get-uh-enhanced/316475/24 "2005-08-11T00:12:13Z")
> [@rbroome](#): > > haven’t looked at the video, but I like simple guesses. She is a politician making her first run at a high-profile office. My guess is she had some image consultants give her some expensive and misunderstood advice. She may be posing like that because that is what she thinks her image people told her to do. But I haven’t seen the video and don’t really care to. She will learn the ropes in time. She was elected to the House in 2002. She ought to know better by now. It’s obvious her problem is vanity by the way she caked on the makeup during the 2000 recount. Now it’s obvious she’s just plain wacko. ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2005, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-katherine-harris-get-uh-enhanced/316475/25 "2005-08-11T00:17:43Z")
> [@Ca3799](#): > > She definately looks to be in some kind of ‘modeling’ stance. I don’t know why there is so much talk about her looks and make-up… she’s not a particularly attractive (or necessarily unattractive) woman. Is she the one that keeps bringing up the issue of her looks? I don’t know anything about the history of her breasts. If she’s 50 or 60, then she’s wearing it well. If she’s in her 40’s…average. If she’s in her 30’s or younger…well then…I hope her “effectiveness”, not “appearances” will be of help to her. How old is she, BTW? ---
**Author:** ![Harriet\_the\_Spry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e56c9b/32.png) [@Harriet\_the\_Spry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harriet_the_Spry)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2005, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-katherine-harris-get-uh-enhanced/316475/26 "2005-08-11T01:50:39Z")
Did Fox News add that banner at the bottom of the video to help make this look less ridiculous? ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2005, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-katherine-harris-get-uh-enhanced/316475/27 "2005-08-11T02:34:56Z")
In looking at her pics her breasts are not that outsized and are quite probably real. [She’s got a nice shape for a 48 year old women](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/JoeMiner/kathleen_harris.png) (in the opinion of this 47 year old man). Based on her background (see bio below) it’s obvious she’s a classicaly trained debutante style flirt and is not above strutting her assets when necessary. If nothing else she knows how to work a crowd [The Last Laugh - Florida’s Katherine Harris Knows About Winning Elections. Just Count the Ballots.](http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A48985-2002Oct18) > [@](#): > > And she obliges them all. It’s fun to be a star. She stops and smiles and chats. She sits patiently signing copies of her new book about the 2000 election, “Center of the Storm: Practicing Principled Leadership in Times of Crisis,” in a studied frilly handwriting just shy of calligraphy. > > She’s a hugger and a double-hand clasper, so she hugs the burly men who call out to her and clasps the ladies’ hands. She ignores her spit-polished driver who is trying, ever so gently, to get her out of the Dutch Heritage Restaurant in Sarasota and move her to their next stop. From Wikipedia Shes’ 48 years old. born 04/05/57 > [@](#): > > Harris was born in Key West, Florida to a wealthy and politically influential family, was educated at the University of Madrid in Spain, Agnes Scott College in Decatur, Georgia and at Harvard University, and was a real estate broker, a member of the Florida State Senate from 1995-1998 and Florida Secretary of State (1999-2002) before entering the House. Her election to the Florida legislature was one of the most expensive Florida state races in history. > [@](#): > > Though her make-up was considered excessive by many, by the time of her Congressional campaign, Harris’ look was softer and more subdued, leading some to believe she had plastic surgery. Harris has never spoken publicly about whether she had plastic surgery. It has also been alleged by Harris that newspapers doctored photographs of her, increasing the brightness of her make-up as a way to make fun of her[5]. She declined to name which newspapers had allegedly done this. ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2005, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-katherine-harris-get-uh-enhanced/316475/28 "2005-08-11T02:54:23Z")
I think if she were classically trained, she could come up with something more subtle than turning her body to profile and thrusting her shoulders back. Perhaps I just overestimate classical debutante flirtation. ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2005, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-katherine-harris-get-uh-enhanced/316475/29 "2005-08-11T06:04:25Z")
I don’t know about the breasts, but that smile _definitely_ is fake. ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2005, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-katherine-harris-get-uh-enhanced/316475/30 "2005-08-11T08:10:45Z")
> [@Club 33](#): > > I wish I had turned the sound off. The woman is a horrible speaker. Not to mention, her little comparison between her and the female astronaut that helped land the shuttle. Sorry lady, but there is no comparison between the two events. > > Had the sound been off, she still would have looked ridiculous though. Are you running for senate or doing a bra commercial? With the sound off, she looked great. But when I turned the sound on, she started looking not so good. Something about her voice. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![irishgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2005, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-katherine-harris-get-uh-enhanced/316475/31 "2005-08-11T10:20:57Z")
Perhaps her secretary spilt a cup of coffeee all over her left shoulder just before she went on air and she was angling herself to hide the stain? Nah…all the lip biting and fake smiling suggests that someone on her team told her to sex it up in the hope of winning more votes. I hope she didn’t have a boob job, because it doesn’t look like she got value for money. ---
**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2005, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-katherine-harris-get-uh-enhanced/316475/32 "2005-08-11T11:07:01Z")
She was really straining that poor button. If she weren’t a republican, I’d say she was hoping for a wardrobe malfunction. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2005, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-katherine-harris-get-uh-enhanced/316475/33 "2005-08-11T12:07:13Z")
> [@Squink](#): > > Her boobs are probably just more of that lefty media digital hijinks: > [Harris says newspapers manipulate her photos to exaggerate makeup](http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-harris04.html) So ridiculous! The woman (at least during the 2000 vote counting debacle) looked like she’d gotten her makeup tips from the Tammy Faye School of Beauty, and she’s accusing others of making her look like that? It is to laugh. ---
**Author:** ![Poonther](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Poonther](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poonther)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2005, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-katherine-harris-get-uh-enhanced/316475/34 "2005-08-11T15:40:27Z")
She use to inhabit my current hometown. I’ve seen her several times in person and she is simply hideous. She really does look like she went to the Tammy Faye school of make-up. Plus she’s really not that intelligent, but then again, what politician is? My neighbor worked for her when she ran Florida’s Division of Elections (aka get my brother Dubya elected by any means) and his wife says she’s a Class A Bitch! Now my MIL in Palm Beach thinks she’s simply GORGEOUS, but what does she know? She’s a pushy Jersey broad with high hair, long glam nails, a loud mouth and too much make-up herself. Trust me, the photos were not doctored. ---
**Author:** ![Mac\_Guffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2bfe46/32.png) [@Mac\_Guffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mac_Guffin)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2005, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-katherine-harris-get-uh-enhanced/316475/35 "2005-08-12T14:57:29Z")
That’s one hell of a jawline she has on that horse face. Yeech. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2005, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-katherine-harris-get-uh-enhanced/316475/36 "2005-08-12T15:08:35Z")
Look guys, why don’t you just say you don’t like her politics? She’s a fine looking 48 year old woman. Attacking her based on her looks is kind of pathetic. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2005, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-katherine-harris-get-uh-enhanced/316475/37 "2005-08-12T15:40:43Z")
I agree, she doesn’t look bad. I was just curious about the odd dance she was doing for the camera. ---
**Author:** ![Poonther](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Poonther](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poonther)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2005, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-katherine-harris-get-uh-enhanced/316475/38 "2005-08-12T17:25:25Z")
> [@Sam Stone](#): > > Look guys, why don’t you just say you don’t like her politics? She’s a fine looking 48 year old woman. > > Attacking her based on her looks is kind of pathetic. You must be joking? You really find that much make-up to be fine? There is no real natural beauty there at all. I saw her once in Publix (grocery store) and she had very little make-up on and she was kinda haggered looking. She really has done nothing in politics to agree with or disagree with except to be head of Florida’s Divisions of Elections and be the head of George W. Bush’s Florida campaign in the same year. That is a little bit of a conflict of interest wouldn’t you say? Call me pathetic all you like, but I’ve seen her in person and she’s as FUGLY as it gets IMHO…and of course YMMV. ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2005, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-katherine-harris-get-uh-enhanced/316475/39 "2005-08-12T17:47:30Z")
I’d hit it. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2005, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-katherine-harris-get-uh-enhanced/316475/40 "2005-08-12T18:39:30Z")
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