Harold Ford's Hillary Defense: Maybe Dishonest But Not 'Unpatriotic'

NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein

[governsleastgovernsbest]

How bad is it getting for Hillary when the best her defenders came come up with is Harold Ford Jr.'s formulation: okay, so the words most associated with her are "liar," "dishonest" and "untrustworthy" but, hey!—she's not "unpatriotic."

On today's Morning Joe, after Ford resorted on Hillary's behalf to the last refuge of scoundrels, Joe Scarborough hit him with a killer question: does Ford think David Petraeus—who was convicted of a crime for improperly passing classified material--is a patriot? Ford had to acknowledge that he is, but when Harold tried to distinguish Hillary's actions from Petraeus', Scarborough swept in to challenge him to a Romneyesque $10,000 bet: "who do you think passed more classified material along, David Petraeus or Hillary?"

View the video here.

[governsleastgovernsbest]

[WayneS]

Yeah, well, Lucky Luciano was patriotic.

[Resettozero]

Hitlerybeast stinks to high heaven.

[shalom aleichem]

Does he think Petraeus is unpatriotic? No.

But the good General had to face the music like anyone else. And his crime pales in comparison to this witch’s handling of secrets.

[Servant of the Cross]

Hey Harold! Being “dishonest” to the American People is most definitely “UN-Patriotic”!

[Raycpa]

That’s what this country needs to make it great, more liars. Hoist the flags.

[governsleastgovernsbest]

Okay, she’s a liar but at least she’s not unpatriotic!

Ping to Liberal Media Criticism list.

[Pearls Before Swine]

Go Joe! On MSNBC, to boot!

[Rumplemeyer]

Harold Ford Jr., the only one of his family NOT in jail on fraud, corruption and bribery convictions, could not get reelected in Memphis.
What a tool.

[brownsfan]

Ford is saying Hillary is an upgrade over Obama, because Obama is just as dishonest, and unpatriotic.

I disagree, I think Hillary is every bit as unpatriotic as Obama.

[Grampa Dave]

Time for Hill to have a medical emergency and to check into to Bethesda Naval Hospital for a year or so until Obozo pardons her.

[Busko]

She is about as patriotic as the trash that is sitting in the White House, they hate this Country and they Despise anything that made this Country great.

[PROCON]

The only flag Hillary! serves is the Clinton Crime Family banner.

[JPG]

The WH rats and the DNC bigwigs (money people) must be doing some serious plotting to figure out how to dump Hillary before the nomination---and to accomplish the deed without leaving fingerprints.

Uncle Joe Biden to the rescue?

[TexasCajun]

[Old Sarge]

And the Rosenbergs were patriotic - just not to America...

[Liberty Valance]

Harold Who?

[bgill]

They’re caving.

[SunkenCiv]

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[SunkenCiv]

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