Posted on 05/24/2007 1:13:05 PM PDT by SmithL
She's a Memphis Ford, it's her birthright.
Denial of a problem is one of the characteristics of a substance abuser.
Says a lot about the intelligence level of her constituents. Don’t know much about Memphis so I don’t know much more than that.
On a personal note, she is absolutely hideous.
“Look, it’s this button right here on the tricorder!”
A Nashville cab driver has accused state Sen. Ophelia Ford of tearing off his shirt button during a drunken altercation in his taxi — the latest in a string of bizarre incidents involving the Memphis Democrat that have led some to publicly question her health and sobriety.
Ford, 56, declined a request Thursday by The Tennessean to discuss the incident but told The Associated Press that she was not drunk and would not have grabbed the driver intentionally.
“If I did, it was to hold on,” Ford said. “I’m not strong enough to do that,” referring to being weak from a chronic illness.
The driver, Habib Hashi, told police he picked up Ford and an unidentified woman from the Wildhorse Saloon in downtown Nashville on Tuesday.
Ford, Hashi said, was intoxicated and brought out to the cab under a blanket to keep the public from seeing her.
“She said ‘Take me to my (expletive) hotel, (expletive),’” Hashi said, during an interview Thursday. “She kept saying, ‘I will fire a lot of people tomorrow.’ I didn’t know who she was talking about.”
During the ride, Hashi said, Ford grabbed the collar of his shirt from behind and pulled it back, tearing a button off.
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