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JI7 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-22-06 09:49 PM
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Harold Ford is kicking ass on CNN
Edited on Sun Oct-22-06 09:50 PM by JI7
Corker complaining about Ford family members running and some other nonsense. wonder if he ever made a comment on the Bush family.

but Harold Ford did a good job of defending himself and bringing the attention back to the issues. says Corker can't run on party accomplishments in DC. says he loves his family but it's him running, not his uncle who is in trouble with the law.

overall Ford just sounds really good.

Corker sounds awful, how did he ever end up on the ballot in the first. doesn't speak well of Republicans when i see people like him. but of course many times they have elected that type.
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SharonAnn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-22-06 09:52 PM
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1. Corker is a pygmy. Intellectual pygmy. Accomplishments pygmy.
Oh, and he's physically very small, short and small-frame. Maybe 5'7" and 155 lbs?
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JI7 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-22-06 09:55 PM
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3. yeah, i saw a video clip of him and Ford standing next to each other
and facing each other. Ford looked very tall with Corker looking up to him.

Ford not only is physically bigger, but mentally also. Corker just looks and sounds like a loser.
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FredScuttle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-22-06 09:53 PM
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2. How soon until he pulls out his "CT for Lieberman" sign?
With all due respect, Ford is a fucking tool.
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JI7 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-22-06 09:55 PM
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4. he is running in Tennessee, his support for Lieberman is a strategic move
to help him with voters in Tennessee who might be afraid he is too liberal.
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FredScuttle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-22-06 10:42 PM
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12. Yeah, and a big "Fuck You" to Democrats in Connecticut
like I said, he's a major tool.
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JI7 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-22-06 10:46 PM
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13. i doubt any Connecticut voter is supporting Lieberman because of Ford
but there are DEMOCRATS in Connecticut who aare still going to vote for Lieberman. is there anything we can do about that ?
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FredScuttle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-22-06 11:01 PM
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17. Yeah, a lot of people are trying
and a DLC tool like Ford insulting the party's nominee certainly doesn't help.
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JI7 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-22-06 11:06 PM
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19. seriously, why are people supporting Lieberman ?
i don't mean the Republicans but the Democrats and others who would normally vote for the Dem candidate and probably view a vote for Lieberman as a vote for a Dem.

many Dems like Dean, Kerry, Edwards, Hillary , Clinton etc are supporting Lamont. those Dems are far more well known than Harold Ford.

i think the problem is a lack of support for Lamont and instead of the preaching to the choir about how horrible Lieberman is. how do we get people who are not like us in their dislike for Lieberman to vote for Lamont ?
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KittyWampus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-22-06 11:11 PM
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20. It occurs to me that some DU'ers use the term DLC'er the same way
Edited on Sun Oct-22-06 11:11 PM by cryingshame
a seven year old uses the term 'poopie-head'.

Not much meaning implied... just a way to insult someone who doesn't agree with you 100%.
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FredScuttle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-22-06 11:23 PM
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24. If the shoe fits...
I'm sure there are plenty of people on this board who will stick up the for the DLC...look at the bang-up job they've been doing the last decade.
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TheDebbieDee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-22-06 10:54 PM
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16. Well, the Democrats in Connecticutt can't cast their
votes against Ford so it's a wash!
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FredScuttle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-22-06 11:02 PM
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18. True that...
it will be a wash if Ford wins and Lieberman holds off Lamont, then goes on to caucus with the GOP. But, hey, hooray for Tennessee...
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Crunchy Frog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-22-06 11:17 PM
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22. Are voters in Tennessee really all that interested
in the CT Senate race?
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FredScuttle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-22-06 11:22 PM
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23. Beats me
but Ford sure seems to be.
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JI7 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-22-06 11:31 PM
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25. not about the race as much as Ford associating with a guy the view
as moderate. Ford will need conservative voters if he is going to win. the conservative voters will feel better about voting for him if they see he is associating with a guy that is viewed as a moderate.
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FredScuttle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-22-06 11:46 PM
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26. I understand that Ford needs to win over conservatives
I'm just of the mind that he didn't need to throw Lamont under the bus to do so.
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JI7 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-22-06 11:51 PM
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27. i agree with that, but it's not like Ford has much influence in that race
Ford isn't as well known as Lieberman is.

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Crunchy Frog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-23-06 12:25 AM
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28. There's plenty of moderates who aren't running against Democrats.
IMO, this kind of thing only makes us look divided and weak as a party. Couldn't he hang out with the Nelsons, or Senator Landrieu or Bayh? It's not like our party is bereft of "moderates" without Lieberman. Ford seems to be acting in ways that promote that stereotype, while ignoring moderates who are still actually working within the Democratic party.

I'm just not buying the whole thing, though I don't have to, since I'm not a Tennessee voter.
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JI7 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-23-06 12:28 AM
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29. Lieberman is well known unlike those others
i don't like this either. but Landrieu and Nelson are pretty much doing the same thing. they are both backing Lieberman. it's not just Harold Ford but most if not all red state candidates.

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Crunchy Frog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-23-06 12:47 AM
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31. I know. My own senator (Salazar) is backing Loserman.
And I can tell you now that the vote he got from me in '04 is the last vote that he will ever get from me.

Since he's so fond of 3rd party candidacies, he shouldn't have any problem when I support and vote for whichever progressive 3rd party candidate is running against him.
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sandnsea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-23-06 12:32 AM
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30. Centrist Dems won't disappear
And Connecticut is a lesson in why Democrats lose national elections, the majority still rejects what they perceive as far left politics. Not liking what Republicans are doing is not the same as approving of the Green Party agenda.
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jefferson_dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-22-06 09:56 PM
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5. That was an unadulterated *-slapping! Damn...Cork-screw-er had nothing!
n/t
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wholetruth00 Donating Member (576 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-22-06 09:58 PM
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6. "How did he ever end up on the ballot?" Remember, for the Repubs
you don't have to be competent, qualified, or honest. You just have to be republican.
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salib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-22-06 10:01 PM
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7. Mostly, to be a Repug right now, you just have to "make your bones"
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SharonAnn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-22-06 10:49 PM
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14. Look, Corker's opponents were worse. Right wing-nut Van Hilleary
would've been a catastrophe.

Corker was the moderate of the bunch.
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BlooInBloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-22-06 10:02 PM
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8. Hilarious anti-Ford ad for any who haven't seen it...
Republicans are such jackasses.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWkrwENN5CQ&eurl=
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Hippo_Tron Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-22-06 11:12 PM
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21. Desperate jackasses at that
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politicasista Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-22-06 10:02 PM
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9. Go Harold! n/t
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redphish Donating Member (296 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-22-06 10:04 PM
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10. Corker wound up looking pretty pathetic.
Edited on Sun Oct-22-06 10:05 PM by redphish
Ford tried more than once to bring the focus of the interview to the issues at hand, and Corker kept dwelling on the mud-slinging. I think Ford handled himself like a pro, and Corker showed that he truly has no grasp on what is going on in the real world.
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karmaqueen Donating Member (417 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-22-06 10:12 PM
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11. Corker talks like an idiot.
How in the world does someone like him get elected to anything?
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bumblebee1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-23-06 01:23 AM
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32. Does the name George W Bush mean anything?
eom
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-22-06 10:50 PM
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15. Corker is a business guy.He just ran an ad where he said 'Stay the Course'
in Iraq. Hasn't a clue about foreign policy. Mover & shaker kind of guy. He was the mayor of Chatanooga, TN.
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