Posted on 10/29/2006 3:02:59 PM PST by PghBaldy
...WALLACE: Congressman, there is something in political science known as the 15 percent lie, and that is the fact, the established fact, that blacks, especially blacks running in Southern states, tend to do better, about 10 or 15 points better, in public opinion polls than they do when people go behind the voting curtain and actually vote on Election Day. Now, it happened to Harvey Gantt, when he was running for the Senate in North Carolina. It happened to Doug Wilder when he was running for governor in Virginia. Why won't it happen to Harold Ford in Tennessee? FORD: Well, Mr. Wallace, we'll have to see...
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
Harold "a Jesus-loving, gun- supporting believer that families should come first, that taxes should be lower and America should be strong" Ford Jr. I guess he reads the Bible with the Bunnies. On the TV ad: FORD: No, I think it was smut. I don't think race had anything to do with that ad. I just think it was an uncalled-for, despicable, inappropriate ad for children...
Football-Loving, Girl-Loving, and Hillary-Loving...
It really is comical. I am surprised (?) that Chris Wallace didn't mention that he WAS at a Playboy party...
I have no problem with these things if they are true. Of course it might depend on his application, especially the "families should come first" part might be suspect. What specifically does he mean? Define all terms.
The Dems/media have been waiting for something to come along in this campaign that they can label as "racist" and they found it in this ad...The fact it's a real stretch of the imagination to see it as actually being racist doesn't matter, it's the issue they've been waiting for.
Anyone who's a Democrat is either a Communist or too stupid to know the difference.
What Harold Ford Jr. Must Do To Win
October 17, 2006
By Jacqueline Fellows
Tennessee’s highly charged U.S. Senate race has both candidates searching for votes that are still up for grabs. Three recent polls give a slight edge to Democratic Congressman Harold Ford Jr. over Republican Bob Corker though between 14 and 16 percent of likely voters say they’re still undecided.
Political analysts say to win, Ford must do more than mobilize his democratic base, he must reach out the state’s conservative voters, and he’s trying to by talking about God, guns and his grandmother.
In part one of a two-part series, WPLN’s Jacqueline Fellows looks at what it will take for Ford to replace Bill Frist in the U.S. Senate.
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Harold Ford, Jr. On Guns
1999-2000 Gun Owners of America assigned Representative Ford a grade of F-
1999-2000 Representative Ford supported the interests of the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence 100 percent in 1999-2000.
2000 the National Rifle Association assigned Representative Ford a grade of F
2001-2002 Gun Owners of America assigned Representative Ford a grade of F-
the National Rifle Association assigned Representative Ford a grade of F
2002 On the votes that the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence considered to be the most important as of 2002, Representative Ford voted their preferred position 87 percent of the time.
2003 Representative Ford supported the interests of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence 77 percent from 1988-2003 (Senate) or 1991-2003 (House).
2006 Representative Ford supported the interests of the Planned Parenthood 78 percent in 2006.
2005-2006 Representative Ford supported the interests of the National Right to Life Committee 22 percent in 2005-2006.
2005 Representative Ford supported the interests of the NARAL Pro-Choice America 60 percent in 2005.
2004 Representative Ford supported the interests of the NARAL Pro-Choice America 100 percent in 2004.
2003-2004 Representative Ford supported the interests of the National Right to Life Committee 25 percent in 2003-2004.
2003-2004 Representative Ford supported the interests of the Democrats for Life of America 33 percent in 2003-2004.
2003 Representative Ford supported the interests of the NARAL Pro-Choice America 30 percent in 2003.
2001-2002 Representative Ford supported the interests of the National Right to Life Committee 19 percent in 2001-2002.
2001 Representative Ford supported the interests of the Planned Parenthood 75 percent in 2001.
2001 Representative Ford supported the interests of the NARAL Pro-Choice America 100 percent in 2001.
2000 Representative Ford supported the interests of the NARAL Pro-Choice America 75 percent in 2000.
1999-2000 Representative Ford supported the interests of the National Right to Life Committee 6 percent in 1999-2000.
1999 Representative Ford supported the interests of the Planned Parenthood 88 percent in 1999.
1995-2004 On the votes that the National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Assocation considered to be the most important in 1995-2004, Representative Ford voted their preferred position 82 percent of the time.
1995-2003 Representative Ford supported the interests of the Planned Parenthood (House) 78 percent in 1995-2003.
2006 In 2006 Sierra Club endorsed Representative Ford.
2005 Representative Ford supported the interests of the Family Research Council 23 percent in 2005.
2005 Representative Ford supported the interests of the Children's Defense Fund 56 percent in 2005.
2004 Representative Ford supported the interests of the Family Research Council 25 percent in 2004.
2003-2004 Representative Ford supported the interests of the Children's Defense Fund 73 percent in 2003-2004.
2003 Representative Ford supported the interests of the Family Research Council 15 percent in 2003.
2003-2004 On the votes that the U.S. Border Control considered to be the most important in 2003-2004, Representative Ford voted their preferred position 10 percent of the time.
Representative Ford supported the interests of the American Immigration Lawyers Association 83 percent from 1995-2004.
2005 Representative Ford supported the interests of the American Federation of Government Employees 69 percent in 2005.
2005 Representative Ford supported the interests of the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers 75 percent in 2005.
2005 Representative Ford supported the interests of the Service Employees International Union 75 percent in 2005.
2005 Representative Ford supported the interests of the United Auto Workers 71 percent in 2005.
2005 Representative Ford supported the interests of the AFL-CIO 73 percent in 2005.
2005 Representative Ford supported the interests of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Worker 83 percent in 2005.
2005 Representative Ford supported the interests of the American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees 100 percent in 2005.
2004 Representative Ford supported the interests of the American Postal Workers Union 86 percent in 2004.
2004 Representative Ford supported the interests of the AFL-CIO 86 percent in 2004.
2004 Representative Ford supported the interests of the Communications Workers of America 100 percent in 2004.
2004 Representative Ford supported the interests of the United Auto Workers 87 percent in 2004.
2006 Representative Ford supported the interests of the Secular Coalition for America 60 percent in 2006.
2006 Representative Ford supported the interests of the Population Connection 71 percent in 2006.
2005 Representative Ford supported the interests of the NETWORK, A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby 67 percent in 2005.
2005 Representative Ford supported the interests of the Population Institute 50 percent in 2005.
2005 Representative Ford supported the interests of the Population Connection 83 percent in 2005.
On guns, gays and God, Corker and Ford agree (NRA gives Ford a big fat F)
The Commercial Appeal ^ | 10/19/06 | Richard Locker
Posted on 10/19/2006 5:20:32 AM PDT by GailA
On guns, gays and God, Corker and Ford agree
By Richard Locker
October 19, 2006
NASHVILLE -- It was a brief moment of levity in the Memphis debate between U.S. Senate candidates Bob Corker and Harold Ford Jr.
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I only wish that your graphic had been on campaign posters all over the state. You have the perfect perception of Tenn.voters.
Corker has the endorsement of National Right to Life. And its Tennessee affiliate says both groups "strongly oppose" Ford's election to the Senate.
HOWARD DEAN famously groused that southerners vote on "guns, God, and gays." Harold Ford Jr. seems to agree. The five-term Tennessee congressman has a TV ad in which he walks among church pews. On the campaign trail, he hands out "business cards" with his name on the front and the Ten Commandments on the back. During one debate he stressed the importance of "putting God first." He recently told an audience in the West Tennessee town of Camden, "I love Jesus."
If it seems like "Harold Ford" has been in Congress for several decades, that's because Ford took over Tennessee's 9th district from his father, Harold Ford Sr., who served for 22 years.
Many Tennesseans are surprised that a Democrat with so much baggage has run such a close race against an attractive Republican candidate. The success of Ford's campaign "is the most shocking thing a person could have witnessed in Tennessee politics in a lifetime," says Bruce Dobie, a conservative Democrat and media entrepreneur in Nashville. "It's just astonishing all the way across the board." A Ford victory would arguably be the Senate upset of the year. It might also portend a long election night for Republicans.
I am surprised myself! Anyone that votes for a Ford in Tenn. is plain stupid!!!!
And, by rights, should probably be serving another 20 years, but not in the U.S. Congress.
Anyone that votes for Ford is just plain stupid.
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