The many lies of Harold Ford Jr
When Harold Ford Jr's name began cropping up as someone who may run for the U.S. Senate seat from New York, challenging Kirsten Gillibrand in the Democratic primary, many of us knew it was only a matter of time before this DLC snake would set about re-inventing himself as somehow palatable to a more liberal audience. Though Ford has not formally announced his intentions seem clear.
The Albany Project has the details:
Well, that didn't take long: per the NY Post's Fred Dicker, Harold Ford Jr. now supports marriage equality.
"He supports gay marriage, in the interest of fairness and equality," Ford spokesman Davidson Goldin told The Post.
Ford backed up that statement himself this morning on the "Today Show."
Host Matt Lauer asked, "So you're now in favor of same sex marriage?"
"Civil unions and same-sex marriage, yes," Ford said.
The dexterity of this switch in positions would make any garden snake proud.
Empire State Pride Agenda sums it up:
Ford supports a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage. In fact, he voted for the Federal Marriage Amendment both times it reached the House floor. He has also gone out of his way to condemn court rulings (New Jersey's, for example) that called for equal treatment under the law for same-sex couples. During his last year in the House, Ford received a 25 (out of 100) rating on HRC's Congressional Scorecard.
But not so fast, lest bad people be tempted to note the flip-flop: Junior has always been on the equality team deep in his little heart. The Post, again:
Saying he supported civil unions when he ran for Congress in Tennessee in 1996, Ford said, "My support for fairness and equality existed long before I moved to New York."
Asked by host Matt Lauer if it was a "change" in position, he invoked Chuck Schumer and Bill Clinton, saying:
"Maybe in the language. But I'm a believer that benefits should flow to same sex partners and if indeed the fiction of the language, the title, should be changed, much like Chuck Schumer who changed his mind on it and Bill Clinton's evolved, I'm of the opinion now that nothing is wrong with that."
Which would presumably explain why Junior came out in 2006 with a completely unprompted and irrelevant statement on the NJ Supreme Court's 2006 decision denouncing it, even if he was at the time pursuing a Senate seat in Tennessee.
So you can pick the Junior you want, I guess.
fact! supported by his constant asshat comments against Democrats, the Obama Admin and progressives. Dare I say it?
There! I said it!
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common sense matters as much as truth
"I do not support gay marriage. Marriage has religious and social connotations, and I consider marriage to be between a man and a woman."
(from the Human Rights Campaign's 2008 Presidential questionnaire.)
The quote is from our lovable macho and very Christian commander-in-chief: Obama;
You're right.
Lieberman is light skinned and only has a Jewish accent if he wants to.
"I can't keep doing this on my own with these...people."
In retrospect I'm so glad that this "brother" lost the Tennessee Senatorial race in 06. The guy will literally say anything to win.
Ford is the black Mitt Romney.
I don't think Harold will even run. I take this as some kind of kabuki theater in the early acts.
"I know that there are people who do not love their fellow
man, and I hate people like that! " ~ Tom Lehrer (1928 - )
He seems to be testing the water but instead of sticking his toe in, it looks like he's wading in.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
Here's another pol who just needs to go away. He'll say whatever is popular at the time. He's a morning show hog. He used to be on Imus all the time and now he's just a frequently on Morning Joe. He tries to sound so middle of the road until he is running for something and then he conveniently forgets what he has said in the past.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
Don't we all know by now what political opportunists these DLC'ers are. I mean this guy should be working for a circus not running for the Senate, his ability to contort in this many positions is astounding. But then again, let's remember, he is representative of at least 80% of the current crop in the Senate and House.
probably 1/100th of a percent do, the rest don't care.
Our blue dog collars are all full right now.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
but when provided with more information sometimes I would change my mind. WTF is going on here C&L? Some of the stuuf you are putting out here is not good for the progressives.
regroup.
2020 or maybe 2040.
zombies by then I'm afraid.
by.
14-term Democrat Rick Boucher. "Slick Rick," is one of those rightist Democrats never examined by our simplistic, cartoonish media, which treat both parties as if they were uniform in their makeup.
What astonishes and offends me so badly is these liars get away calling themselves democrats to begin with.
When you take the positions these people take, you definitely ARE NOT on the side of people but advocate for business, and that defines them all as dishonest liars, corporatists, and fascists in my opinion and we all need to start calling them exactly what they are .... REPUBLICANS!
money hungry greedy bastards.
Well - snake or no snake -
The fact is that Harold Ford now supports gay marriage - while whoever it is that is in the White House now, does not. (Because of his religious upbringing y'know).
Selective outrage.
get elected, then do what you were going to do anyway.
Same ol' formula.
Your use of the force has grown powerful, my young Jedi.
Vote GOP and move forward to the 18th Century.
Forget Ford!
Forget Gillibrand!!
Jonathan Tasini For US Senate!!!
Jonathan Tasini Announces Bid for US Senate
Jonathan Tasini For Senate
When will government of the people, by the politicians, for the corporations perish from this Earth?
Not soon enough!
to arrive and Zap D.C. before we start filling seats again?
topped with razor wire, and guard towers to prevent anyone from escaping.
They eat their own in one form or another anyway.
From our glorious Liar In Chief.
"I'll say whatever you want to hear to get me elected, then renege on everything, once I'm in office".
I don't know why Ford gets so much airtime. He always comes across to me as kind of stupid. I have a hard time listening to this guy. His train of thought is often inconsistent and makes no sense.
He always seemed a bit slimy as well. He often sides with conservatives on things that I have no idea why he is doing that. He seems like he does not want to stand up for more liberal views or wants to always keep the conversation civil.
He also seems like one of these guys who thinks he was born to be a politician. To me he does not seem to have any particular talent.
joined the financial services firm Bank of America Merrill Lynch as a vice chairman and senior policy advisor that's why he's getting so much airtime.
Is he eligible for one of those mega-bonuses?
deeply stunted and maladjusted individuals, from Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner to Robert Rubin to Lawrence Summers to the heads of Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, J.P. Morgan Chase and Bank of America, hold the fate of the nation in their hands and are eligible for big "rewards" regardless if they succeed or not.
This man needs to quietly GO AWAY.
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When he says he's a Democrat.
Barack Obama: Change we can only imagine
possesses all the desirable traits often exhibited by these psychopaths taking over and cannibalizing this country. Superficial charm, grandiosity and self-importance, a need for constant stimulation, a penchant for lying, deception and manipulation, and the incapacity for remorse or guilt.
And all of the money has to go. Both parties are corrupt and in business for themselves. Anybody who believes otherwise are delusional. I thought it would take the Democrats a few years before they began to exhibit the corruption but I was wrong. They've jumped in with both feet two years after taking the congress and less than one after taking the White House.
Barack Obama: Change we can only imagine
It's a mess.
A dangerous mess.
Maybe being a democrat in Tennessee is more difficult than being a democrat in New York. I would think it might be.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
and what did you think the "L" in DLC stood for?
congress and the white house is bought and paid for by the haves and corp america.
this is so simple to see.
we are a republic they are only a reflection of us.
until we see that with clarity nothing much will change.
if you want to know the mentality of americans look to the politicans for evidence.
we are a selfish self centered materialistic imperialistic survival of the fittest capitalist society.
the health care debate reveals much about the american mentality of selfishness. wall street greed does the rest.
other than that we are really nice people that have no problems killing millions with our imperialism.
we killed over a million vietnamese and did not bat an eye.
oh there were protests but over the draft not the killing of vietnamese.
bring back the draft and draft those self centered college students with rich corp and banker parents and watch the stuff hit the fan.
never happen in america as the haves control this country just like capitialism is intended to do.
bye bye middle class hello third world wages to the capitalists delight.
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got to go palin is on fox news now and got to see her I love that woman she is so smart and pretty and loving and she winked at just me at one of the debates.
signed just another red neck racist war mongering american.
Hoo baby! Two real news threads on topics raised by ME!
I'm a trendsetter!! LOL!
Vote GOP and move forward to the 18th Century.
Harold Ford = Wolf in Sheep's Clothing.
It is progressivism that is under attack, ladies and gentlemen.
There is no left or right anymore. There are only the haves and have nots.
Vote GOP and move forward to the 18th Century.
I supported him during his Senate run in Tennessee because I thought he was the best the Democrats could get in a conservative state. He is not the best we can do in NY, we already have a Democratic Senator. If he's really a team player, he'll run for a seat where one of the Senate Democrats are retiring.
Harold Ford is not now, and never has been a progressive.
He might be parroting some talking points now hoping to trick people, but I for one will not be tricked.
Harold Ford is a scumbag... campaigned against SS, against gay rights, for corporations, etc.
http://www.blackcommentator.com/130/130_cover...
Democrats are neither Liberal, nor Progressive. Its just something the media tells you so that their policies appear to be Left of Republicans and the facade of "the good fight" can remain.
I lived in Memphis for years, and the Ford political "machine" is well known, with Harold's relatives John and Edmund running afoul of the law constantly for taking bribes or running up $14,000 electric bills without getting disconnected (this in a city where people go for years without utilities due to poverty and actually die in heatwaves and cold weather--) also there's a Ford who just got appointed to fill the vacancy of County Mayor, even tho he lived outside of the district he was supposed to represent the whole time he was on the County Commission. Harold is just plain creepy even though he has yet to get caught like the other Fords... the funniest one is Ophelia Ford, a state senator who skips votes, disappears for weeks at a time, and acts like she's on major meds when she tries to form a coherent sentence.
I hope New Yorkers are smarter than Tennesseeans and see through this guy...
don't vote for Harold Ford Jr.
I already told my representative who is a democratic I will not be voting for any blue dog democratic because its like voting for a moderate republican. I want a liberal democratic. I saw how my representative acted on the healthcare bill so far. It ain't pretty. NO FENCE SITTERS. I hate bench hitters who change to the other side in the middle of their service. I don't care what they are/ I didn't like it when democratics did it and I didn't like it when republicans did it.
Southern Yankee
Crypto-republican?
These no-brainers (DLC Democrats) actually believe the GOP's hype. They think that since a GOPer won that seat in Virginia (hardly a hotbed of liberalism), the GOP will sweep everything in 2010, just like 1994.
For quite a while, I wondered if GOPers were REALLY this stupid, or if they were merely acting that way to get votes. Now I know for sure. They really ARE that stupid. Oh, that and the Tea Baggers thiking they can alienate most GOPers, and still win -- they really DO think they are the majority of Americans!
Carry on, imbeciles.
Man, can't the Empire State do better than this? They have a Republicrat running against a DLC used car saleman.
The Memphis Commercial Appeal today reports that Ford voted in Memphis in the 2008 presidential election. How then is he a resident of New York?
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