The spoiler: How Harold Ford Jr. will shake up New York politics

NYPost ^ | 1/10/2010 | MAUREEN CALLAHAN

[Chode]

since i live in ny, i won't hold my breath...

[cydcharisse]

It’s obvious he just doesn’t have the fire in his belly to do it. That was plain to see in the Presidential campaign.

[Jed Eckert]

So: Just who is Harold Ford Jr., and what exactly does he believe?

Come on. Don't you know Ford is just a "good ole boy" and really one of us? {/sarcasm}

[hoosiermama]

HMMM but is he “light skin and speaks without a negro accent except when he wants to”? /sarc

Didn’t the Ford family have some problems in Tenn?

[STARWISE]

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008 at 12:54 pm
Emily Threlkeld Marrying Harold Ford Jr
By Beth Shaw

Emily Threlkeld is taking one of the most eligible political bachelors off the market by marrying Former Congressman Harold Ford, Jr.

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Twenty-six year old Emily Threlkeld works in the fashion industry as a public relations person. She’s currently working for clothing designer Carolina Herrera in New York. She’s also going to be marrying former Democratic Congressman from Tennessee, the 37-year-old Harold Ford, Jr. Word is they are getting married this weekend.

Harold Ford, Jr. has been considered one of the most eligible bachelors in politics for years. With his high profile, good looks and genteel southern charm, its only natural that he’s been subjected to all sorts of rumors about his love life.

As is evidenced by the campaign video under the fold, his appeal to women and reputation as a bit of a ladies man (to put it mildly) has been used as fodder for his opponents in campaigns. Interestingly, he’s done a pretty good job of keeping his relationship with Emily Threlkeld private.

Its not that people didn’t know about her, its just that there has been virtually no gossip about their relationship and they’ve been dating three years!

For all the time they’ve been dating and her career in the fashion world, I can only find a couple of pictures of her on the internet. That’s so weird. You’d think people would have been sneaking around trying to catch him in a compromising position all these three years. Apparently not.

I guess since he’s not CURRENTLY a Congressman and failed in his last attempt to win a seat in Senate, the paparazzi have hounded other potential sources of gossip. Still, these two seem like the perfect couple for huge amounts of gossip and photos all over the place. They have it all.

Really. Unless, of course, its because there are some in the black community that feel he’s abandoned his black heritage by marrying a white woman. There’s some real hostility about that on the internet and I’ve read quite a few that claim he’s not ‘black enough’.

Whatever the case, there are rumors that he has his eye on the governors mansion in Tennessee if not another Senate race. Now he’s settling down and will probably drop his playboy image and apparently Emily Threlkeld will be at his side.

We dated a little over two and a half years,” said Ford, 37, a former congressman and current Democratic Party leader who ran for U.S. Senate last year. “We dated throughout my campaign.

“I didn’t appreciate the demands on her just because I was so focused on the race. She was so incredibly supportive and generous with her patience and, more than that, showed a love toward me that I didn’t really fully appreciate until after the race.

“It wasn’t long after I met her that I knew it was something special,” Ford said. “It’s the longest relationship I’ve ever been in. It wasn’t until after the race that I realized I was more than ready to go to the next level with her and I was ready to share the rest of my life with her.”

http://www.rightpundits.com/?p=1377

Photo: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bTeLP7LzqHc/SBmgVnHuKcI/AAAAAAAAJQg/Dc99vxIRpzQ/s400/harold_ford.jpg

[Jed Eckert]

Some info on Ford if you scroll down at the link below:

http://burtsstache.blogspot.com/2008/11/almost-election-day.html

[maggief]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1727093/posts
Harold Ford’s Old Flames Website (she’s white, gasp!)

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1836601/posts
{ Ophelia Ford } who fell says she wasn’t drunk

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1556912/posts
Hypocrite Democrat of Corruption #37 - Rep. Harold Ford Jr (New Dems Scandal Dirt)

http://www.muckety.com/2008-Bilderberg-conference/5030330.muckety

2008 Bilderberg conference
2008 Bilderberg conference past relationships:
Josef Ackermann - participant
Fouad Ajami - participant
Keith B. Alexander - participant
Roger C. Altman - participant
Ben S. Bernanke - participant
Timothy C. Collins - participant
Chester A. Crocker - participant
Tom Daschle - participant
Paul Desmarais Jr. - participant
Thomas E. Donilon - participant
N. Murray Edwards - participant
Martha J. Farah - participant
Martin S. Feldstein - participant
Harold E. Ford Jr. - participant
Paul Gigot - participant
Donald E. Graham - participant
Richard C. Holbrooke - participant
Allan B. Hubbard - participant
Kenneth M. Jacobs - participant
James A. Johnson - participant
Vernon E. Jordan Jr. - participant
Henry A. Kissinger - participant
Klaus Kleinfeld - participant
Henry R. Kravis - participant
Marie-Josee Kravis - participant
Jessica Tuchman Mathews - participant
William J. McDonough - participant
Craig J. Mundie - participant
Henry M. Paulson Jr. - participant
Frank H. Pearl - participant
Richard N. Perle - participant
Condoleezza Rice - participant
David Rockefeller - participant
Charles P. Rose Jr. - participant
Dennis B. Ross - participant
Barnett R. Rubin - participant
Mark Sanford - participant
Eric E. Schmidt - participant
George P. Shultz - participant
Lawrence H. Summers - participant
Peter A. Thiel - participant
Sanam Vakil - participant
Jacob Wallenberg - participant
John Vincent Weber - participant
James D. Wolfensohn - participant
Paul Wolfowitz - participant

[onyx]

Well, he’s just into everythiing New York elite, isn’t he?

[lonestar]

I’ve always liked Ford-—when he was in Congress and on TV a lot he was always pleasant. IOW, he doesn’t “act like” a Dem...no anger or bitterness.

[STARWISE]

He sure is ... he’s quite the climber .. ;)

[PLD]

Thank you for the ping..I have learned lots more about this bunch of criminals and who is a part of them from you and the people of Free Republic..Although you would agree there are more than we can count..They are placing their thugs in every position for the big take over..Thanks again

[GailA]

He thinks he can hide what he is a left wing crook. He paid for his fancy Armani suits out of his campaign money. He recently married, she was not an African-American.

[GailA]

hmm how can a state university donate to a politician, much of their money is tax dollars for which a elected politician must vote on? Conflict of interest if nothing else.

I thought all the universities and colleges were broke and begging for more money and increasing tuitions? Yet they have $34G to give to harold for an OUT of State political office!

[GailA]

That was all a very well rehearsed act. He's just as corrupt as his dad and uncles/aunts. And just as LEFT wing in his voting. Eagle Forum tracks it and we know it here in Tennessee. Never met a tax hike or state income tax he didn't support, anti-2nd amendment, and he is pro-abortion

Typical left winger, who just learned to talk softly like O and say nothing. mmm reminds me very much of O speaking when I hear JR speaking.

[Blood of Tyrants]

It’s not even advisory. It is purely a payback position.

[Blood of Tyrants]

“Honestly, he’s always struck me as a decent guy. (of course his family has a somewhat checkered past)”

The nut doesn’t fall far from the tree. The Ford family is one of the most crooked in the state, right after the Gore family, and has the same feelings of entitlement as the Gores.