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Tenn. State Senator Resigns After Arrest
AP ^
| 5/28/5
| ROSE FRENCH,
Posted on 05/28/2005 11:52:31 AM PDT by SmithL
Nashville -- Powerful state Sen. John Ford, now under house arrest as he awaits trial in a federal corruption case, has resigned, according to a letter read Saturday by the lieutenant governor.
"I plan to spend the rest of my time with my family clearing my name," Ford said in a letter read by Lt. Gov. John Wilder to the Senate.
Ford, a member of the Senate for more than 30 years, was arrested Thursday as part of a two-year FBI sting operation nicknamed "Tennessee Waltz."
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TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Tennessee
KEYWORDS: careercriminal; corruptdems; corruption; fbi; fordfraud; haroldford; johnford; racism; resignation; tennesseewaltz
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BOOM
Got Him!
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posted on
05/28/2005 11:52:31 AM PDT
by
SmithL
To: SmithL
The whole Ford Family is a Criminal Enterprise.....
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posted on
05/28/2005 11:54:29 AM PDT
by
cmsgop
To: SmithL
"I plan to spend the rest of my time with my family clearing my name," Ford said in a letter read by Lt. Gov. John Wilder to the Senate. And, shredding my papers, kicking my dog etc.......
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posted on
05/28/2005 11:54:53 AM PDT
by
tiredoflaundry
("Harry Reid in stripes, I kinda like that image." -Tagline courtesy of DFU. Thanks!)
To: SmithL
I hope he spends the rest of his time behaving honorably........which is quite a different thing that 'clearing his name.'
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posted on
05/28/2005 11:54:57 AM PDT
by
ohioWfan
("If My people, which are called by My name, will humble themselves and pray.....")
To: SmithL
WOW!
Ford and Stone both going down on the same weekend. Amazing!
To: SmithL
I plan to spend the rest of my time with my family clearing my name .(John Ford....)
Its going to be a looonnnngg time Mr. Ford. The videotape of you taking the bribe is pretty self explanatory.
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posted on
05/28/2005 11:56:39 AM PDT
by
vetvetdoug
(Shiloh, Corinth, Iuka, Brices Crossroads, Harrisburg, Britton Lane, Holly Springs, Hatchie Bridge,)
To: SmithL
No mention by the AP that he's a Democrat.
What liberal bias?
To: SmithL
Don't be silly - this was a big favor to Harold Ford Jr.'s senate ambitions.
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posted on
05/28/2005 11:57:14 AM PDT
by
ambrose
(NEWSWEAK LIED .... AND PEOPLE DIED)
To: SmithL
And the Dim's have been riding DeLays rear???? Good grief! They should stop throwing stones out of their glass houses!!
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posted on
05/28/2005 11:58:18 AM PDT
by
Danae
( Anál nathrach, orth' bháis's bethad, do chél dénmha)
To: SmithL
Wow, surprising...
I figured he would play the race card, summon Marion "The Bitch set me up" Barry, and the Reverends Jesse Jackass and Al Sharpton.
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posted on
05/28/2005 11:59:48 AM PDT
by
Guillermo
(Bush is no conservative. Don't insult my intelligence by telling me that he is)
To: SmithL
Clearing his name? This is the funniest thing I've read all weekend.
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posted on
05/28/2005 11:59:55 AM PDT
by
armymarinemom
(My sons freed Iraqi and Afghanistan Honor Roll students.And we're unlikely to get a look into this t)
To: ambrose
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posted on
05/28/2005 12:00:22 PM PDT
by
Guillermo
(Only a true Bush-bot would defend the House of Saud)
To: SmithL
as the article does not identify his party affiliation in the first centence, may I safely assume he is a democrat?
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posted on
05/28/2005 12:00:23 PM PDT
by
King Prout
(blast and char it among fetid buzzard guts!)
To: SmithL
Is there a reason Ford's party is not identified? They identify the house leader as a Republican, but not Ford.
Not being from Tenn. I do not know the Fords
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posted on
05/28/2005 12:02:52 PM PDT
by
PolishProud
(A little song, a little dance, a little seltzer down your pants)
To: SmithL
"I plan to spend the rest of my time with my family clearing my name," Ford said... ...And helping OJ find the real killer!
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posted on
05/28/2005 12:03:02 PM PDT
by
Cowboy Bob
(Question Liberalism)
To: SmithL
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posted on
05/28/2005 12:04:23 PM PDT
by
Maigrey
(Don't make me call the Emperor on you!)
To: ohioWfan
From what I've read about this guy, he probably doesn't have enough lifetime left to clear his name--LOL!
One of the saddest things about this is that he has fathered so many children--and they will probably all be messed up because of the chaos of a family they were born into.
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posted on
05/28/2005 12:04:23 PM PDT
by
basil
(Exercise your Second Amendment--buy another gun today!)
To: SmithL
Now the good people of Memphis have no one to represent them in Nashville. Oh woe is them.
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posted on
05/28/2005 12:04:39 PM PDT
by
Bar-Face
To: PolishProud
If you made an assumption about the political party of a black, big-city, elected official, you would probably be correct.
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posted on
05/28/2005 12:05:16 PM PDT
by
SmithL
(Proud Submariner)
To: fieldmarshaldj
Ping!
I think we could safely say, "Hello Senator Ed Bryant". Bryant prosecuted member of the Ford family during the 1980's. He'll take down another Ford in the Senate race next year.
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posted on
05/28/2005 12:05:18 PM PDT
by
Kuksool
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