Harold Ford, Jr. on Imus today

Said Patrick Kennedy is a nice guy who has had addiction challenges in the past.

General Hayden is too close to the military to be the CIA chief. Also thinks he is too partisan.

Called for Rumsfeld's resignation.

Said Bush should bring Colin Powell back as SecDef.

Second choice for SecDef would be (Greg?) Smith, a CEO living in Tennessee.

Says a lot of republicans in Tennessee will vote for him.

Smith is Republican, but was a good friend of John Kerry's in college. They flew planes together.

In the meantime, how about those wizards?

defense really didnt hold together. I felt ok about the whole thing until detroit smoked the cavs yesterday. most of the team is under contract -- what are we going to do improve?

We could still have a frontline of webber, wallace, wallace.

much less that all i ever really wanted was to keep b wallace and r hamilton. they really havent done anything since we traded them (for ike austin and stackhouse).........................................

oh well. I do love Caron B.

was revealed early-on for me personally: It's called the My Lai Massacre cover up ... assisted by none other that that "good soldier" Major Powell. :puke:

http://www.antiwar.com/orig/wokusch4.html


I did NOT believe the contents of Powell's UN speech for he "kissed superior's asses" like he has done his entire military career.

There are excellent Generals and Retired Generals who are not afraid to speak the truth "unvarnished" as they see it. But IMO, Powell was never one to step outside of "the team" ... loyalty always trumped demonstrated integrity and devotion to Our Constitution.

In Tour of Duty, I found the following things. Obviously, this is very poor way to get info on him - he does sound like an interesting guy. The skill needed to come up with the ideas behind Federal express and implement them sound impressive. AND HE KNEW ELVIS

- He founded Federal Express
- He was the son of a wealthy father who was the founder of the Toddle House franchise.
- He went to Yale
- He knew Elvis Presley, who lived a few blocks from his parents and he flew Elvis in his plane after he (Smith) got out of the Military
- He and Kerry spent a lot of time in their senior year cutting classes to fly airplanes.
Smith resurrected the Yale flying club and Kerry was one of his first recruits.
- He was one of the many people Kerry corresponded with when they were in Vietnam and they were still friends in the 1971 period.
- He was a groomsman at Kerry's first wedding.

So, I would say that the fact that he founded Federal Express is what's important. That he and Kerry were good friends at Yale is interesting only in that it likely meant he wasn't a rigid RW ideologue like Rumsfeld. (That he was in Kerry's 1971 circle of friends is significant)

often, then, IMO, address the issues that genuinely affect his electorate.

After all, he was sent to Represent his district above all else. ;)

Guess that his IMO smarmy attempt to run against Nancy Pelosi for Minority Leader has given me a very poor impression of him. Yes, perhaps his actions are thoughtful for his electorate. Still, by his behavior taking on Pelosi ... well I'd never turn my back on him because he's going to move up the ladder, one way or another. ;)

You posted this in another thread. OK, so Ford posted some statistics on his website. What's he going to do about it? He hasn't come up with much.

I sure do want him to get a Senate seat and he is really ambitious!

The only thing that I did not agree with was the Colin Powell back in idea.

But I didn't worry about it cause it ain't going to happen and FORD knows it ain't going to happen.

That will get him some votes with the POWELL Is WONDERFUL mind set Republicans and if he can pull those votes to our side, so be it.

My new idea is " By Any Means Necessary" to stop the RepubliCONS from owning our government for years to come.

and giving his kisses to those that buy his products.

He is really for real?

How can his wife put up with him~ __ I know, she likes Money and she has someone on the side.