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You are here: Home / Politics / How You Know Harold Ford Sucks

How You Know Harold Ford Sucks

by John Cole|  January 9, 20105:53 pm| 79 Comments

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I used to like him (as well as Evan Bayh) when I was in full fledged wingnut mode.

That should pretty much seal the deal.

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  1. 1.

    burnspbesq

    January 9, 2010 at 5:55 pm

    Let him have at it, I say. I think Gillibrand will mop the floor with him.

  2. 2.

    General Winfield Stuck

    January 9, 2010 at 5:56 pm

    Tool

  3. 3.

    asiangrrlMN

    January 9, 2010 at 5:57 pm

    I think that’s a good litmus test, Cole. Whom else of the Dems did you like when you were batshitcrazy?

  4. 4.

    The Main Gauche of Mild Reason

    January 9, 2010 at 5:58 pm

    Nothing will endear Gillibrand to “teh left” more than running against Harold Ford.

    It’s so perfect for her I almost wonder if Ford’s purposely trying to do her a favor.

  5. 5.

    beltane

    January 9, 2010 at 6:06 pm

    I am not one to call every conservative Democrat out there a DINO, but Harold Ford really is a DINO. In fact, he is significantly to the right of the pre-9/11 Rudy Giuliani. I want to know who is promoting him and why.

  6. 6.

    John Cole

    January 9, 2010 at 6:06 pm

    @asiangrrlMN: I liked Evan Bayh.

  7. 7.

    Jim

    January 9, 2010 at 6:08 pm

    @The Main Gauche of Mild Reason:

    I had the same thought. How frackin’ dumb must Bloomberg and Ratner be to send an anti-choice, homophobic DLCer into a Democratic primary in NY? James Wolcott has a good post on Ford, too.

    @asiangrrlMN:

    I’m gonna put ten bucks on Dianne Feinstein.

  8. 8.

    asiangrrlMN

    January 9, 2010 at 6:08 pm

    @John Cole: How about Lieberman? Or is he too much of a dick even for you? And, Nelson?

  9. 9.

    Glocksman

    January 9, 2010 at 6:13 pm

    @Jim:

    It depends on where John stood on the culture wars at the time.

    As for myself (much the same as John, I used to be a right winger) at the time I considered DiFi to be public enemy #1 with her counterpart Boxer being a close #2.

    Today I don’t rate her that high, but I still dislike her intensely.

  10. 10.

    fraught

    January 9, 2010 at 6:14 pm

    He’s just not really smart. He’s full of troublesome inconsistencies; he reeks of ambition; you can see his attention wander even when he knows the camera is on. I see no upside at all to having him as a senator, unless one considers this only from a racial viewpoint. And why would anyone do that?

  11. 11.

    Jim Once

    January 9, 2010 at 6:14 pm

    OT – even though John’s post and the comments here are making me giggle in a way I rarely do – I LOVE that ad for My Gun Spot: Social Networking for Gun Owners. I’m sure it’s already been covered on another thread, but whenever I read the ad, I see this geeky kind of guy ringing a doorbell, carrying some big ass high powered rifle; the door is opened by a gal with an AK – 47, and they immediately fall into each others (excuse the expression) arms with harsh cries of desire.

  12. 12.

    jeffreyw

    January 9, 2010 at 6:15 pm

    @asiangrrlMN:
    Dammit, hold still for a minute.

  13. 13.

    General Winfield Stuck

    January 9, 2010 at 6:17 pm

    OT

    Whew!! Kentucky beats Georgia b-ball, stays undefeated, and Ashley Judd is still z babe. Go Cats!!

  14. 14.

    Jim

    January 9, 2010 at 6:17 pm

    As for myself (much the same as John, I used to be a right winger) at the time I considered DiFi to be public enemy #1.

    Funny, I used to be a DLC-ish Dem, and I liked her. I sat next to a guy from SF on a plane a couple years ago, and he said the only thing he didn’t like about it was he knew his votes were wasted. Then he said, “Well, Feinstein’s not too bad, but I can’t stand that Boxer.”

  15. 15.

    Jim Once

    January 9, 2010 at 6:18 pm

    PS – I was once paid sixty dollars NOT to participate in a survey exploring Evan Bayh’s chance at running for POTUS.

  16. 16.

    Mike Kay

    January 9, 2010 at 6:21 pm

    Ford is Anti-Choice.

    Ford wants to overturn Roe v. Wade.

    Even Giulliani and Rick Lazio are pro choice.

    When this gets out, Harold won’t get more than 12% of the vote.

  17. 17.

    kuvasz

    January 9, 2010 at 6:21 pm

    The epitome of black political bougie.

  18. 18.

    beltane

    January 9, 2010 at 6:23 pm

    @John Cole: This must be like me voting for Jim Jeffords. It was the only time I’ve ever voted for a Republican in a non-local race. It just shoes you Jeffords wasn’t much of a Republican.

  19. 19.

    Mike Kay

    January 9, 2010 at 6:23 pm

    @Jim Once:

    He actually ran, but he quickly dropped out in Dec 2006.

  20. 20.

    beltane

    January 9, 2010 at 6:25 pm

    @Mike Kay: If it ended up being a contest between Ford and Susan Molinari, Molinari would be the more liberal choice. Sounds like a bunch of Manhattan rich people are worried that Gillibrand isn’t the total Wall Street tool they were hoping for.

  21. 21.

    Mike Kay

    January 9, 2010 at 6:25 pm

    @Mike Kay:

    Ironically, when I think about it, Ford is to the right of Michael Steele.

    In that interview with GQ, Steele revealed that he’s pro choice and sympathetic to gays.

  22. 22.

    John Cole

    January 9, 2010 at 6:26 pm

    I was never a culture warrior. My position on drugs (legalize the shit and tax it and provide treatment with the revenue), the death penalty (state should not have that kind of power), abortion (I’ll never have one), and other stuff has never changed. I have gotten much more liberal on gay rights- before I thought civil unions were a good compromise. Now I think gay marriage is the only right policy to support.

    I never really liked Lieberman per se, I just use to make hay about how the Democrats couldn’t be big enough to have him. But then again, I was also repeating ZOMBIE LIES about Casey, abortion, and the DNC.

  23. 23.

    RSR

    January 9, 2010 at 6:26 pm

    I like your brand of introspection, John.

  24. 24.

    Mike Kay

    January 9, 2010 at 6:27 pm

    @beltane:

    She’s one of three members of the NY delegation to vote against TARP. That’s probably why they hate her.

  25. 25.

    Glocksman

    January 9, 2010 at 6:27 pm

    @Jim:

    My wingerism was based on more on social issues (guns and abortion) than it was on the economic ones of the Club for Hair Growth types.

    As such, I just couldn’t stand DiFi or Boxer, but DiFi seemed worse.
    Today while I still despise DiFi, I merely disagree with Boxer’s stance on guns while agreeing with her on other issues.

  26. 26.

    asiangrrlMN

    January 9, 2010 at 6:28 pm

    @jeffreyw: Are you talking to me? I can’t help but hop all over the place. Heh. Those look super-yummy.

  27. 27.

    Jim

    January 9, 2010 at 6:30 pm

    @beltane:

    That seems to be the consensus. Bloomberg thinks Gillibrand should be in the Nelson-Lieberman caucus blocking HCR, so he’s boosting Ford. A few other magnates and moneyed people are in on it. Ford was on the R’s side in the Terri Schiavo fiasco to boot.

    Is Susan Molinari the leading R? God, this could be fun. I wish we had a bit more spirited Dem in the race, Nadler or Louise Slaughter, just cause that would make the debates et al more fun to watch

  28. 28.

    RSR

    January 9, 2010 at 6:30 pm

    @Jim:

    Had to go check Wolcott on the reference. Dougj gets a shoutout:

    http://www.vanityfair.com/online/wolcott/2010/01/dougj-directs-us-to-a.html

  29. 29.

    General Winfield Stuck

    January 9, 2010 at 6:31 pm

    @John Cole: You weren’t a wingnut, just a very confused liberal. sounds like to me. Prolly too many Dead concerts. Or not enough.

  30. 30.

    Mike Kay

    January 9, 2010 at 6:33 pm

    I have no idea why the firebaggers dislike Gillibrand. After all, Howard Dean had a 100% NRA rating and was endorsed by the NRA each time he ran for Governor.

  31. 31.

    beltane

    January 9, 2010 at 6:35 pm

    @Jim: There is talk of Molinari entering the race, but she is not, as of yet, the leading contender. I do believe she would mop the floor with Harold Ford if it ever came to that.

  32. 32.

    Nellcote

    January 9, 2010 at 6:36 pm

    @Glocksman:

    Just curious, if you know, why are the cons so hysterical about gun control/issues? Is it the force of the NRA? It seems to me the dems haven’t said one word about guns for a couple of years and the goopers are just making stuff up.

  33. 33.

    geg6

    January 9, 2010 at 6:37 pm

    Gillibrand will wipe the floor with this tool. New Yorkers voting for a Schiavo-voting, gay hating, anti-choice, stupider than dirt asshole like this? I simply can’t see it. It will make me happy when he goes down in ignominious defeat. And slapping Bloomberg in the face will just be the bonus.

  34. 34.

    Mike Kay

    January 9, 2010 at 6:39 pm

    @General Winfield Stuck:

    Nah, people like Colin Powell, Jim Webb, General Jones, Anthony Zinni have all moved to the Obama side of the spectrum.

  35. 35.

    Nellcote

    January 9, 2010 at 6:41 pm

    @Jim:

    I wish we had a bit more spirited Dem in the race,

    The dem bench is shallow across the country. I think that’s a huge problem. I wish Jane Hamsher would run for something, just to get a reality check, though she would be a hoot in congress.

  36. 36.

    Mike Kay

    January 9, 2010 at 6:46 pm

    @Nellcote:

    why are the cons so hysterical about gun control/issues? Is it the force of the NRA? It seems to me the dems haven’t said one word about guns for a couple of years and the goopers are just making stuff up.

    There has been an underground e-mail campaign pushing falsehoods.

    For the life of me, I don’t understand why anyone believes ANY email chain letter.

    Remember the ones saying Obama was a secret muslim, and anti-Semite — unfortunately, there were seniors in Florida who bought into them. It took a concerned effort by the obama campaign, using people like Ed Koch, to debunk the smears.

  37. 37.

    MattR

    January 9, 2010 at 6:46 pm

    @Jim:

    Bloomberg thinks Gillibrand should be in the Nelson-Lieberman caucus blocking HCR, so he’s boosting Ford.

    Wow. Bloomberg is anti-HCR? I had not heard his position but I always assumed he would be in favor. I am quite surprised.

  38. 38.

    Bobby Yamaha

    January 9, 2010 at 6:47 pm

    A good litmus test that would exclude Ford immediately is the Morning Joke test where anyone who is held in high enough regard to have a semi-permanent seat at the table with “Hannity” Scarborough and “Paris Hilton” Brzezinski is automatically suspect.

    As far as DiFi, she’s tickled to death that Brennen and Napolitano wouldn’t answer the question “Why do they hate us?”, and that’s most of what I need to know.

  39. 39.

    demkat620

    January 9, 2010 at 6:49 pm

    @RSR:

    As I understand, NY gays are really angry, fired up, and looking for blood in the aftermath of the closely-failed marriage vote this last month. A hypothesis: This is not a good time to give the New York LGBT community a good reason to make you their enemy.

    A friend of mine is one of those NY Gays and they are beyond angry. If he tried to run on anything close to the views he has expressed in the past, ugly won’t be the word for it.

  40. 40.

    eemom

    January 9, 2010 at 6:51 pm

    I still want to know how this buffoon ended up in NY.

  41. 41.

    New Yorker

    January 9, 2010 at 6:55 pm

    I know, I know, I’ve been ranting, but one more point:

    To me, Ford deciding to run for Senate in NY is an insult to the intelligence of every New York Democrat. It says, “ha ha, you idiots are so tied to your party identity that you’d vote for Idi Amin if he had a ‘D’ next to his name.”

    Go the hell away, Harold.

  42. 42.

    Mike Kay

    January 9, 2010 at 6:56 pm

    @eemom:

    He’s part of the DLC. The DLC got him a job with the now defunct Merrill Lynch. He went on to marry the daughter of the CEO of Morgan Stanley. So even after Merrill folded, he stayed on at his wife’s digs.

    He’s a kept-man. I’d like to see he’s prenup – HA!

    It’s pretty funny how long-long-long-time bachelor Harold sold out and married money, just like McCain.

    http://www.newyorksocialdiary.com/i/partypictures/12_12_07/AlvinAiley/Harold-Ford-and-his-fianc.jpg

  43. 43.

    Jim

    January 9, 2010 at 7:03 pm

    To me, Ford deciding to run for Senate in NY is an insult to the intelligence of every New York Democrat. It says, “ha ha, you idiots are so tied to your party identity that you’d vote for Idi Amin if he had a ‘D’ next to his name.”

    I think the parallel is McCain picking Palin, thinking he’d get all of HRClinton’s voters, cause you know how girls are. I think Bloomberg et al think they have an automatic winner, ’cause all the blacks will vote for ‘one of their own’.

  44. 44.

    eemom

    January 9, 2010 at 7:12 pm

    @Mike Kay:

    thanks. Just as loathsome as I could have hoped.

    OTOH, I guess he’s a half-cut up on the loathsome scale from McCain, who wasn’t a bachelor when HE married money, and had to ditch his first wife and kids who waited for him all through Vietnam b4 legally hooking up with the future Mrs. Eleven Houses.

  45. 45.

    Glocksman

    January 9, 2010 at 7:18 pm

    @Mike Kay:

    That, and the fear that the DiFi’s (“turn ’em in, Mr and Mrs America) of the party are just waiting in the wings.

    The Repubs have become very skilled over the decades in using cultural issues to convince natural Democratic constituencies to vote Republican.

    Of course the tone deaf Democrats who insist that Indiana and Iowa should have gun laws like NYC didn’t help matters any when it came to NRA members.

  46. 46.

    asiangrrlMN

    January 9, 2010 at 7:24 pm

    @demkat620: al Gayda! Love me some Margaret Cho. (Start about 4:45 in). “They started al Gayda training camp…where they offered Pilates….”

  47. 47.

    Cat Lady

    January 9, 2010 at 7:26 pm

    @RSR:

    Dougj gets a shoutout

    So does commenter mcc. Everyone sit up straight and comb your hair, Wolcott lurks here.

  48. 48.

    Mike Kay

    January 9, 2010 at 7:28 pm

    @Glocksman:

    Oh, that’s right. I forgot about DiFi and the weapons ban.

    But you know why she got involved — the massacre that occurred in San Francisco in 1993.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/101_California_Street_shootings

    I don’t mean to be cynical, but when wealthy contributors get mowed down, Congress acts.

  49. 49.

    Mike Kay

    January 9, 2010 at 7:31 pm

    @Cat Lady:

    Waves to James Wolcott

    Hi Jim, welcome to the pragmatic center-left.

  50. 50.

    rikyrah

    January 9, 2010 at 7:40 pm

    Skeptical Brotha has come out of semi-retirement to post on Ford.

    This is the post that first drew me to Skeptical Brotha:

    Obama vs. Ford

    “The dark side of the Force offers unimaginable power.

    The dark side is stronger than the light.

    The Weak deserve their fate.”-Tenets of Sith Philosophy

    Darth Ford, Jr. is a Sith, seduced by the dark side of the Force. He will wait until the time is right to seize control of the empire. In the meantime, he will work towards the elimination of his rivals for the imperial throne. Barack Obama is in his way and Ford’s impending election to the patrician chamber is setting up an epic clash between a Safe Negro and a Dangerous Nigra, both vying to become the first black President. We will see if the adage “nice guy’s finish last” holds true.

    …………………………………..

    The safe Negro, Barack Obama is essentially as honest as he possibly can be to maintain his political viability. You can pretty much believe whatever he says. You can never believe what Harold Whore, Jr. says for the simple reason that he said it.

    In essence, Harold, Jr. is a nasty whore who enjoys watching the black community endure the double penetration of social and economic conservatism. His craven willingness to position himself for a Tennessee Senate race led him to take positions and votes in the House Of Representatives that were inimical to both the Memphis and greater black community. Ford is a dangerous sellout who is willing to do or say anything to achieve power. He already sold out his grandmamma and his constituents. The rest of the black community will be next.

    If Barack is smart, he’ll watch his back.

    http://skepticalbrotha.wordpress.com/2006/10/13/obama-vs-ford/

  51. 51.

    rikyrah

    January 9, 2010 at 7:44 pm

    Skeptical Brotha’s new post on Ford:

    Harold Ford Jr: Rotten Apple

    http://skepticalbrotha.wordpress.com/2010/01/07/harold-ford-jr-rotten-apple/

  52. 52.

    mai naem

    January 9, 2010 at 7:46 pm

    Forget all this Harold Ford blue dog crap. HIs f**&ing wife wears fur. I’ve seen two pics of her so far wearing fur. Seriously, who the f&*k needs to wear fur nowadays?

  53. 53.

    RSR

    January 9, 2010 at 7:51 pm

    @Cat Lady: Indeed, although I’m don’t think this is the first Balloon Juice reference from Walcott. Still, that leap from the hills of WV to the Upper West Side is pretty cool!

    I wonder if Wolcott read/referenced BJ in the old wingnut days?

  54. 54.

    mai naem

    January 9, 2010 at 7:59 pm

    Also, I think this Harold Ford Senate run has something to do with Roger Stone. I would bet some money on it. He donated to Sharpton in the 04 Dem primary when Sharpton went after Dean. And he was involved with Spitzer’s fall. He likes creating mischief with NY Dems.

  55. 55.

    kommrade reproductive vigor

    January 9, 2010 at 8:12 pm

    A ringing anti-endorsement if I ever heard one.

  56. 56.

    Lesley

    January 9, 2010 at 8:31 pm

    Tunch! Tunch! Tunch! Tunch! Tunch! Tunch! Tunch! Tunch! Tunch! Tunch! Tunch! Tunch! Tunch! Tunch! Tunch! Tunch! Tunch! Tunch! Tunch! Tunch! Tunch! Tunch! Tunch! Tunch! Tunch! Tunch! Tunch! Tunch! Tunch! Tunch! Tunch! Tunch! Tunch! Tunch! Tunch! Tunch!

    can you tell I need a fix?

    Also, Lily. Though Lily is not as amusing as Tunch.

  57. 57.

    Sly

    January 9, 2010 at 8:36 pm

    Ford won’t happen.

    The NY party establishment cleared the way for Clinton to run in 2000, which allowed her to sew up the nomination and kick Lazio’s ass. It upset a number of Democrats who supported people like Nita Lowly and resented the whole carpetbagger thing, but in the end they came out for Hillary.

    The party bosses, for better or worse, run the show in this state. Even if they didn’t, the Democratic Party rank and file of NY would probably pick Giuliani in a primary over Harold Ford. Ford attacking the NY establishment is probably the worst strategy he could employ.

    And given Bloomberg’s eroding support in NYC (he put over 300 times more TV ads out than Thompson, and spent 20 times the money in general, and only won reelection by 5 points), cozying up to him is probably the second worst.

  58. 58.

    Napoleon

    January 9, 2010 at 8:50 pm

    If Ford announces 2 seconds later I give $500 to his opponent. I absolutely hate that guy. He really is a DINO and even was behind running another black DINO against that white Jewish guy (Cohen?) who is a Congressman from the Memphis area. He is a cancer on the Dem party.

  59. 59.

    JGabriel

    January 9, 2010 at 8:54 pm

    @eemom:

    I still want to know how this buffoon ended up in NY.

    Someone at Merrill Lynch gave him job.

    .

  60. 60.

    Chuck Butcher

    January 9, 2010 at 9:04 pm

    Well, he is Morning Hoe’s favorite Democrat…

    That in itselft should say enough.

  61. 61.

    Zach

    January 9, 2010 at 9:18 pm

    Here’s Harold Ford and Martin O’Malley’s prescient plea to govern from the center and not do anything remotely progressive… written in August 2007, a year before the candidate who didn’t microtarget the center picked up the Democrat nomination before going on to win the Presidency by the largest margin in decades along with huge Congressional pickups for his party. All on the back of a very progressive message compared to DC common wisdom anyway. I really hope Bloomberg, a centrist on ideas rather than polling, doesn’t have anything to do with Ford.

    Also, Ford was the only Dem in a close Senate race to lose in 2006. Everyone other Dem gained 4 or 5 points in the last few months while Ford fell by that much because he couldn’t respond to that lame playboy attack ad.

  62. 62.

    Zach

    January 9, 2010 at 9:22 pm

    BTW the Dems managing to pickup a majority without a Ford win (which was considered impossible a few weeks before the election) was the best possible outcome. I’m sure he’d be in the gang of sticks in the mud on HCR and cap-and-trade if he were in the Senate today… there’d be enough DLC Dems in the Senate (Bayh, Ford, McCaskill*, Lieberman) to form an annoyingly potent alliance.

    ** In her defense, her bark’s worse than her bite on this stuff. She’s a reliable vote when the chips are down, but her Twitter feed is nauseating.

  63. 63.

    Lex

    January 9, 2010 at 9:23 pm

    @General Winfield Stuck:

    and Ashley Judd is still z babe

    Being a near-lifelong North Carolina resident, I hate Kentucky basketball with the fiery passion of a thousand white-hot suns. That said, General, I think you and I can agree that Ashley Judd hasn’t been in nearly enough movies lately.

  64. 64.

    fraught

    January 9, 2010 at 9:31 pm

    I’d say Wolcott does more than lurk here. OK, which of you guys is jonesing for Veronika Part?

  65. 65.

    General Winfield Stuck

    January 9, 2010 at 9:33 pm

    @Lex:

    Yes. we can agree on that, more movies, great UK fan and a spectacular set of lungs fer sure. And, did you know that Duke got beat today? I like to be helpful and keep folks informed:-)

  66. 66.

    Jim

    January 9, 2010 at 9:54 pm

    @Zach:

    ** In her defense, her bark’s worse than her bite on this stuff. She’s a reliable vote when the chips are down, but her Twitter feed is nauseating.

    Sometimes she’s great–she’s one of the best Dems on TeeVee when she’s thinking clearly–but sometimes, she makes me nuts. She’ll have to do something big to make me forgive (I don’t forget) her stupid comments about getting rid of the “silly stuff” in the Stimulus. I think she wants a run at the White House, in which case she’s gonna need the support of us “silly” people.

  67. 67.

    DougL (frmrly: Conservatively Liberal)

    January 9, 2010 at 10:26 pm

    @Chuck Butcher:

    He used to be Don Imus’ pet Democrat until he turned his back on Don when he got into trouble at MSNBC over his Rutgers womens BB comment. I wonder if Don will go after him if he decides to run in NY, he sure was pissed off at Ford since his appearances on Imus were little more than mutual scrotal tongue-bathing between him and Don.

  68. 68.

    mai naem

    January 9, 2010 at 10:32 pm

    I don’t understand why the Wall Streeters would be supporting Ford. I thought Gillibrand was a former Wall Streeter herself. I wanna say GS but maybe it was JPMorgan???

  69. 69.

    PurpleGirl

    January 9, 2010 at 10:55 pm

    mai naem: Gillibrand voted against TARP. So even though she has a background with Wall Street, she’s not viewed as subservient to them now. Ford not only worked for Merrill Lynch for a while, he married the daughter of its last CEO. (See above comments for this information.)

  70. 70.

    wasabi gasp

    January 10, 2010 at 12:22 am

    Harold Ford is the only guy in America who likes lime green Jello and cottage cheese.

    It ain’t much, but it’s something.

  71. 71.

    burnspbesq

    January 10, 2010 at 1:55 am

    @Lex:

    Being a near-lifelong North Carolina resident, I hate Kentucky basketball with the fiery passion of a thousand white-hot suns.

    That may be the only thing on which Tarheels and Dookies are in near agreement. Although it’s probably more accurate to describe our attitude toward UK as bemused disdain. We save our hatred for y’all.

    BTW, who sez crime is down in Atlanta? We got mugged in broad daylight on Saturday.

  72. 72.

    asiangrrlMN

    January 10, 2010 at 2:24 am

    @burnspbesq: You probably won’t see this, but are you all right? Is everyone in ‘we’ all right?

    And, Ashley Judd IS fine. I can heartily agree on that.

  73. 73.

    Glocksman

    January 10, 2010 at 4:05 am

    @asiangrrlMN:

    You have to quit teasing me. :)
    Like most guys, I find the idea of two women kissing to be..er..interesting.

    All kidding aside, the other Judd daughter could credibly pass for a whale these days.

    Which is sad because back in the day, this then horny 20 year old had some really vivid mother/daughter fantasies WRT the Judds. :)

  74. 74.

    KevinNYC

    January 10, 2010 at 5:40 am

    John, what made you stop being a wingnut? Can Anybody point me to those posts?

  75. 75.

    Adam Holland

    January 10, 2010 at 11:12 am

    He may be the most anti-labor of any dem, which is saying something…

  76. 76.

    Ella in NM

    January 10, 2010 at 11:36 am

    @beltane:

    My sense of this guy is that HE is the one promoting himself. As to why, well, because he feels entitled to hold high office.

  77. 77.

    Little Dreamer

    January 10, 2010 at 1:40 pm

    @Mike Kay:

    Remember the ones saying Obama was a secret muslim, and anti-Semite—unfortunately, there were seniors in Florida who bought into them. It took a concerned effort by the obama campaign, using people like Ed Koch, to debunk the smears.

    It hasn’t worked, a bunch of crazy frightwingers still buy into that stupid shit.

    Also, you forgot the mention that guns are mentioned in the Constitution, the right to a well armed militia (not a bunch of crazy backwoods volunteers) is apparently the only part of the Constitution that Republicans have actually read and still only partially understand.

  78. 78.

    Little Dreamer

    January 10, 2010 at 1:44 pm

    @eemom:

    Same way Hillary did, he moved there?

    What I don’t understand is why people are not more upset about this district shopping that’s been going on recently, and why is it always people from the deep south (Ford: Tennessee/HRC: Arkansas) moving into the north?

  79. 79.

    Little Dreamer

    January 10, 2010 at 1:59 pm

    @KevinNYC:

    Terri Schiavo, about April of 2005, look em up.

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