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Ford Losing Ground in TN
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| 3-6-06
Posted on 03/06/2006 10:00:44 PM PST by davidlee
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posted on
03/06/2006 10:00:45 PM PST
by
davidlee
To: davidlee
When the rest of his family are crooks, why should Harold be trusted.
I say this with some hesitation because Harold Ford comes off as a Moderate Democrat that (unlike the rest of his Party) places his Country ahead of Politics.
I'm sure I will be flamed for this comment, but in truth, I wish we had more Harold Ford's than Barak Obama's
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posted on
03/06/2006 10:07:13 PM PST
by
MJY1288
(THE DEMOCRATS OFFER NOTHING FOR THE FUTURE AND THEY LIE ABOUT THE PAST)
To: MJY1288
I won't flame you for saying that, I think you're right. But this is very good news for Repubs, I'm still for them over Ford.
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posted on
03/06/2006 10:14:10 PM PST
by
jazusamo
(:Gregory was riled while Hume smiled:)
To: jazusamo
Thanks, I have witnessed Harold Ford ignore several golden opportunities to join with his party as they undermine the War effort, and undermine out overall effort in the Global War on Terror.
I might disagree with Barak Obama on every Social issue, but when it comes to National Security and Common Sense, Harold Ford is to the right of 98% of the Democrats and 35% of the Republicans
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posted on
03/06/2006 10:20:55 PM PST
by
MJY1288
(THE DEMOCRATS OFFER NOTHING FOR THE FUTURE AND THEY LIE ABOUT THE PAST)
To: MJY1288
The only thing Ford has going for him, is he's a strong supporter of the WOT, unlike the rest of the Democrat party, who are largely against it, save for the former Senator Zell Miller and Lieberman. Harold Ford comes off as a moderate because it comes with the territory. He's from an area of TN that is largely right-of-center by nature.
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posted on
03/06/2006 10:23:15 PM PST
by
BigSkyFreeper
(There is no alternative to the GOP except varying degrees of insanity.)
To: MJY1288
but when it comes to National Security and Common Sense, Harold Ford is to the right of 98% of the Democrats and 35% of the RepublicansAbsolutely, and on social issues like the partial birth abortion ban for instance, Ford supported the ban. His moral clarity is pointed in the right direction because of his constituents. Barack Obama is typical of your usual Liberal. On national issues, he generally obfuscates his positions just to appeal to more people, but on issues near and dear to his constituents back home, he's a flaming Liberal. Just like Hillary!, of all people.
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posted on
03/06/2006 10:28:09 PM PST
by
BigSkyFreeper
(There is no alternative to the GOP except varying degrees of insanity.)
To: BigSkyFreeper
True, and I am familiar with the area he represents. I spent lots of time in Tennessee.... and outside of the major Cities, there is no support for the oppressive Democrats Party. For almost 10 years I Raced a Drag Boat in and around Tennessee, and most of the South.
I find myself wishing I lived in places like Spring City, Charlotte, Monroe, and High Point
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posted on
03/06/2006 10:30:17 PM PST
by
MJY1288
(THE DEMOCRATS OFFER NOTHING FOR THE FUTURE AND THEY LIE ABOUT THE PAST)
To: MJY1288
I have to admit that Ford probably is to the right of the RINO'S.
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posted on
03/06/2006 10:33:27 PM PST
by
jazusamo
(:Gregory was riled while Hume smiled:)
To: MJY1288
I've got a friend who lives in Trenton, works as a schoolteacher in the Trenton school district, and she's registered as a Democrat, and has admitted to voting Republican a majority of the time. I'm not sure if Ford is her representative, but Trenton is just east of Memphis, where Ford is from.
Her biggest beef with the President is understandably the No Child Left Behind Act.
Trenton is a small community, but it's churned out alot of Republican votes.
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posted on
03/06/2006 10:36:20 PM PST
by
BigSkyFreeper
(There is no alternative to the GOP except varying degrees of insanity.)
To: BigSkyFreeper
Trenton is 92 miles from Memphis to the northeast. It's in the 8th congressional district; Ford's is the 9th congressional district.
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posted on
03/07/2006 12:12:44 AM PST
by
zipper
To: davidlee
To: BigSkyFreeper
Ford is from West Tennessee, the flat part of the state that includes the Mississippi river delta-- cotton country. That area of the state is heavily Democratic. Memphis is majority black and the blacks there vote overwhelmingly Democrat, by margins of way over 90 percent. Memphis politics is dominated by Democrats. Ford Jr.'s area of Tennessee is left-of-center compared to nearly the entire rest of the state. His area of the state voted for Gore but overall Gore lost TN (his home state) because of the voters in the rest of the state.
Ford Jr. does a good job of appearing centrist on television before a national audience, but don't be fooled-- if you look at his voting record he is no centrist.
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posted on
03/07/2006 12:22:03 AM PST
by
zipper
To: davidlee
I think it'll be Van Hilleary vs. Ford in the election, and Ford will be defeated by close to a 60/40 margin.
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posted on
03/07/2006 12:24:56 AM PST
by
zipper
To: MJY1288
"Harold Ford comes off as a Moderate Democrat"
Yes, you should be flamed.
Maybe you do not know the Ford family from Memphis. A Ford is a Ford. The only reason he is in the house, is because his district is overwhelmingly chocolate.
Get 50 miles from Memphis, and everything changes.
Pretty-boy Harold, the darling of Fox News, will do everything he can to look conservative/moderate.
He knows that he hasn't a prayer of wining without starting every day with a new can of spray paint.
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posted on
03/07/2006 12:28:39 AM PST
by
AlexW
(Reporting from Bratislava, Slovakia)
To: AlexW
Project Vote Smart is your friend. Check out Ford's voting record. Interesting information there.
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posted on
03/07/2006 3:54:47 AM PST
by
boo4
To: davidlee
Ford sounded desperate on Imus today.
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posted on
03/07/2006 3:57:19 AM PST
by
bkepley
To: MJY1288
To: boo4
"Project Vote Smart is your friend. Check out Ford's voting record. Interesting information there."
I do not get your point.
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posted on
03/07/2006 4:10:51 AM PST
by
AlexW
(Reporting from Bratislava, Slovakia)
To: zipper; BigSkyFreeper
>>Ford Jr. does a good job of appearing centrist on television before a national audience, but don't be fooled-- if you look at his voting record he is no centrist.
You can say that again. Here are his voting stats from the American Conservative Union. 100 = perfect score.
Representative Harold Ford, Jr. (D)
Tennessee, District 9
2004 Score - 21
Previous Year's Score - 35
Lifetime Score - 19
Years of Service - 8
http://www.acuratings.org/singlerecord.asp?RepID=559&RatingsYear=2004
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posted on
03/07/2006 4:12:16 AM PST
by
FreedomPoster
(Guns themselves are fairly robust; their chief enemies are rust and politicians) (NRA)
To: FreedomPoster
Ford was just on WREC radio in Memphis, which I get by internet.
He was all so puffy about the US outsourcing OUR SECURITY to the UAE.
To my knowledge, a British company was selling the UAE company it's equipment and logistics for unloading ships.
It is amazing how people construe the facts.
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posted on
03/07/2006 4:23:09 AM PST
by
AlexW
(Reporting from Bratislava, Slovakia)
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