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Harris Pledges To Sell All Her Assets
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| Last Edited | RP Mar 22, 2006 05:10pm |
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| News Date | Wednesday, March 22, 2006 11:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | U.S. Rep. Katherine Harris continued her attempt to take her campaign to national television and to add religious overtones to her quest for a U.S. Senate seat with an appearance on ABC News "Nightline" Tuesday.
Harris told John Donvan, of "Nightline," that she intends to sell all her personal assets to fund the race. "My husband has real estate, but I will not own anything."
Since making a pledge last week to put $10 million of her money into the race, Harris has made the phrase "putting everything on the line" a new campaign theme.
"I am willing to take this widow's mite, this pearl of great price, and put everything on the line," she told Donvan. "No matter how much you have, are you willing to take what you have and sell it all for a great price?"
Harris also has added a religious component to her campaign. The phrases "widow's mite" and "pearl of great price" both are biblical.
Widow's mite, in the Book of Mark, refers to a poor widow witnessed by Jesus contributing a tiny amount of money - a mite - to the temple treasury while wealthy people contributed large sums. Jesus said the widow gave more because she "cast in all that she had."
In the Book of Matthew, Jesus refers to the kingdom of heaven in terms of a man selling all he has to buy a pearl of great price - giving his all for a great reward. |
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