I really should just get a "politics" category to stick these things in, but hey, I never really expected to be watching politicians who say in public that people who aren't white aren't really Americans.

Chinese shadow puppets, Qianlong set, 1780

Yet here we are.

So. Katherine "Katherine Harris Crazy" Harris, who never fails to please, has been found playing with sock puppets.

(No, not like putting on shows for kids. Like putting on shows for internet critics by pretending to be someone else.)

A series of blog-site postings this month suggests someone is responding to negative comments about the Republican Senate candidate and refuting them with short blasts of pro-Harris material.

The messages bear different e-mail addresses, but they share the same internet protocol address, the 11-digit string that identifies the computer or network creating the message. And that address seems to located in western India.

"It's strange," said Josh Hallett, a Winter Haven-based blogger and internet consultant who's received some of the messages. "Why would anyone in India be doing this?"

They might not.

The messages could be originating in the U.S., but a tech-savvy sender could make it appear as if they were coming from overseas.

"It's very easy for someone to hide their identity," said Cliff Zou, an assistant professor of computer science at University of Central Florida. "That happens a lot."

The pro-Harris messages surfaced early this month on Hallett's blog. They appeared within five minutes of each other and each said something nice about Harris, who faces Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson in the November general election.

"Kathy showed great victory by winning the primary," one said. "Great show Kathy."

Great show! From India!