I believe I'll go with the first option. Well, that's just me, of course.
The only worthwhile and honest person named Ford from your state, in my rather long lifetime, went by the name of 'Tennessee Ernie'.
Wonderful singer.
To be blunt, what the hell are you talking about! I know the Ford family is a bunch of crooked Dem hacks but that wasn't the gist of my post My character point is to highlight that color to me is irrelevant, character is not.
That wasn't to imply that Ford isn't criminal like his familial brethren but that wasn't a topic of interest at this point (since he seems to enjoy immunity with TN) but simply that his Tennessee accent (which is just fine by me, thank you very much) would be a liability in a transplant campaign in NY because his accent would remind voters of his opportunistic campaign.
I don't know where you got any suggestion of me being a racist and to be honest, it pisses me off. I have relatives in WV and SC and I love both states and, yes, the accents.