Wait. Wait. They left out reason number 1 here in Tennessee:
Racism!
Yes, you heard right. If Junior fails to win it's because those racist Republicans refused to vote for a black man, particularly one who would dare date a white woman. I guess we're supposed to all be shouting "get the rope, fellas!"
Actually, the folks most likely to change their votes based on Harold dating a white woman are black women, who really get pissed at black men dating outside their race. It's not a large percentage of the community, but to the ones that care about this it's as vicious an attitude as any Klansman ever had on the subject.
No, Harold's going to lose, not because of racism or voter fraud, in fact the only chance he has to win is voter fraud, that's why there's such concern over the missing activation cards for the vote machines. Harold is going to lose because he's a Ford and the state, even Memphis, is disgusted with the way that family has been operating and Harold is going to pay the price for what his relatives have been doing for years. He's also run a lousy campaign, despite what the DBM (drive by media) says. And the final nail in his coffin was his appearance on Fox News Sunday last week. One of the worst performances I've ever seen.
Click on this picture then go down the page till you find the same picture and click it to watch a clip. Or just look at that picture. Dawn of the Dead time! He looks like he's on Qualudes and he acted that way during the interview as well.
I believe I heard this on a Lib show as well (maybe All Things Considered on NPR). The crux of the speaker was that voters in Tenn. are harboring long, deep-seated prejudices that effect how they vote in "subconscious" ways...
Spitboy already alluded to that last night...
I saw lil' Harold on FNC yesterday and thought he looked awful. OTOH Corker looked upbeat and great!
"Racism!
Yes, you heard right. If Junior fails to win it's because those racist Republicans refused to vote for a black man,"
They probably will, and, will the Dims have a habit of talking out of both sides of their mouths, IMHO they're going to have to walk a fine line if they try to pull this and Steele wins in MD (which, I think and pray he will).
If Harold Ford loses...it won't be Fox's fault.
My goodness, on Friday, Sheppy was drooling over him all day..and then when he had him on...he let Hal go on and on...it was just sickening.
And of course, Sheppy thinks that he is an expert on the "south", and is just SURE that racism is what is going against Ford..