US Rep Harold Ford's parole error ripped (sent letter in SUPPORT of KILLER)

The Commercial Appeal ^ | 8/26/05 | Lawrence Buser

[GailA]

Fleming had junior on his show yesterday, he blamed it all on his staff, said he didn't write the first letter his staff did and signed his name to it. When he learned of this mistake letter 2 weeks later when the media started contacting him, he sent in a second letter objecting to the parole.

He also stated he didn't personally know Charles Traughber.....duh if you believe this I've ocean front property in Arizona to sell you. Traughber is the husband of Rep Lois DeBerry the number 2 person in the House, one of the highest ranking Dem in the dem party in Memphis, you can't know one with out knowing the spouse.

[GailA]

original thread on this story.

[leadpenny]

"whether I'm in Congress or the United State Senate."

Ahh, Mr. Ford, if you're in the Senate, you're in Congress.

[DB]

What's his office doing sending "form letters" to parole boards regarding prisoners they know nothing about in the first place???

Any of his staff fired?

Why not?

[ken5050]

He's practicing..because he'll be writing letters for his uncle....

[conservativecorner]

He has a snowball's chance in Hell of being the next senator from TN, but it's fun watching him squirm. The whole family is corrupt.

[armymarinemom]

Deborah Groseclose died a horrible death. She was beaten and stuffed in the trunk of her own car. She died from heat exhaustion and dehydration.

[Past Your Eyes]

Who will his Republican opposition be, Lamar Alexander?

[NonValueAdded]

How is our chiding of him for his shoddy operation insensitive to the victim's family??? How do we know this is the first time this has happened as opposed to the first time he was caught? He outrages the famly by his support of this killer and then tries to wrap himself in their victimhood? What a RAT!

[conservativecorner]

He's already a senator, so don't look for him to run. LOL! Too early to tell on a Republican nomination, but we have several folks who will make an excellent senator.

[Venerable Bede]

"I've read some of the right-wing attack blogs and I think it's insensitive (to the victim's family) for Republicans to make political capital out of this," Ford said Thursday

Ford is an ass. His office writes a letter on behalf of a convicted murdurer, and he doesn't read it? I find that very, very hard to believe considering the number of skeletons in the Ford family closet. As for his "right-wing attack blogs" smear, we're simply tired of entire families of crooked politicians and their cronies running government for their own benefit at the expense of ours.

[Past Your Eyes]

According to Imus, he's already got one foot in the door of the White House.

[Coldwater Creek]

More than likely the staff is all related to Ford one way or another. This is what happens when you have kids running the government.

[leadpenny]

I think he is trying to tout Ford for the Senate first. He likes to needle him over being upstaged by Obama, but I just don't understand Imus' fascination with Ford. To me Ford is just as phony as the rest of the (democrat) Congressional Black Caucus.

[mollynme]

Who is Traughber and why is it significant that Ford denies knowing him?

[Coldwater Creek]

Jr. is also a phoney blacl. Just as much white as black.

[Coldwater Creek]

He is head of the parole board. His wife is a Shelby County state congresswoman. Big shot in Nashville. And Jr. does not know him???? Memphis is a small town, everyone knows everyone.

[Sybeck1]

Who will his Republican opposition be, Lamar Alexander?



Hopefulley Ed Bryant.

[Sybeck1]

The Comical Appeal will be carrying JR's water all the way. Its such a liberal paper, in such a liberal corrupt city.

[jmaroneps37]

Ford is just another variation of Rush's "How can we foo'em today?" theory. In this case, it's: "Hey let's get a Black guy who doesn't associate with Jesse Jackson and John Conyers to run. He'll be able make believe he's not a liberal because compared to them he's not."
The voters will see right through this pleasant young phony.
He will get only the predictable votes. He winns big in the west, goes down 54/46 in the middle and gets rolled in the east. Game over Alexander wins 53/47.