Ford brands Corker ad a 'lie' (JR)

The Memphis Commercial Appeal ^ | 09/09/06 | Richard Locker

[libstripper]

If you're so concerned with honesty, you ought to look at Ford's whole campaign. He's run many slickly produced ads here in east Tennessee where he talks almost as though he were a conservative Republican. None of those ads even mentions the little fact that he's a Democrat. That's what's known as deliberate lying by concealment of a material fact. His final vote for the Patriot Act was the same kind of slick, disingenuous trick.

[libstripper]

One of the best negative campign moves Pubbies her can make is just to point out that their opponents are Democrats. Corker ought immediately to start challenging Ford's integrity because Ford's running a campaign where he won't admit he's a Democrat.

[Lumper20]

Ford comes from a family of political hacks. What did he do to find a dozen or so Vets to support him? Most likely he trolled the Nashville,VAMC for Category 7 and 8 Vets. The category 7 and 8's always do the most complaining.

[Lumper20]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Ford,_Jr.

Here is a brief profile of Harold Ford. I do not like the source. Harold is very slick, and; he likes Al Gore. How tough was that bar exam? How did that Michigan Law School fail you? Could it have been a quota you filled? I do not know. I do not dislike him, I just do not trust him.

[edsheppa]

he talks almost as though he were a conservative Republican

Then there ought to be plenty of material for honest ads.

[edsheppa]

Ford did vote against it.

If you think this lie will fool the voters, then it's you who's the fool.

[AuH2ORepublican]

Ford only voted for final approval when it was obvious that it was going to pass anyhow. When his vote was actually important---to approved the House-Senate conference report---he voted against it.

This is typical of that hypocrite Harold Ford, Jr., trying to stop a bill from passing but then switching and voting for it when its passage is assured. He did the same thing with the partial-birth abortion ban, voting in favor of a sham substitute amendment that wouldn't have banned a single abortion because of its "health of the mother" exception (which included "mental health"), but then voting for final passage of the real PBA ban when the sham substitute was defeated. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/923967/posts

[edsheppa]

Well, has Corker tried to lie about Ford's vote on the PBA ban yet or is he saving for later? (When this one about the Patriot Act falls apart.)

[Lumper20]

I am not falling for Ford. Sorry.

[AuH2ORepublican]

How is it a lie to say that someone who voted against a measure on its most important vote voted against the measure? Are you being intentionally obstinate, or are you just a Harold Ford apologist?

Maybe Corker is a liar as you say, but he isn't lying about Ford voting against renewing the Patriot Act, and if he ran an ad pointing out that Ford tried to derail the PBA ban he wouldn't be lying either.

[edsheppa]

Sure, I'm obstinate, obstinately against liars. You can spin and twist all you want. To say that Ford voted against the Patriot Act when he voted for it is intentionally misleading - a lie.

[AuH2ORepublican]

Since Ford is claimingthat he voted in favor of the Patriot Act, isn't that a lie too, then, since he didn't vote in favor of it *every time* it was voted upon by the House? You seem to be saying that the Corker ad is a lie because it points out that Ford voted against the Patriot Act when in reality he "only" voted against it 2 out of the 3 times it has been voted upon by the House over the past 2 years, so you should have even more of a reason to say that Ford is lying when he says he voted for the Patriot Act. Or did Ford convince you that he would never lie by batting those "dreamy" green eyes of his?

[edsheppa]

I would say no, everything before the final vote is mere political maneuvering. So, if Ford had voted for the reconciliation bill but then voted against the final bill, it would have been a lie to claim he voted for it, even though, according to your spin, he would have been truthful.

[elhombrelibre]

http://freealabamastan.blogspot.com/2006/10/rnc-anti-ford-ad-deconstructed.html