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Harold Ford Superstar: U.S. Senate wannabe's tour rider
The Smoking Gun ^ | 02/05/10

Posted on 02/09/2010 10:13:26 AM PST by Behind Liberal Lines

Like Jay-Z and Lady Gaga, Harold Ford, Jr. has a tour rider.

The former Tennessee congressman, who is now trying to carpetbag his way to a Senate seat in New York, banks about $20,000 when he gives speeches booked by the Greater Talent Network agency.

According to the below contract for an appearance Wednesday at a Missouri college, Ford demands that when his limo driver picks him up, the chauffeur must be carrying a sign reading "H.F.." Presumably, if the Democrat's name was spelled out, hordes of fans/groupies would be alerted to his impending arrival and swarm him (something that has bedeviled the Jonas Brothers).

On the security front, if he is appearing before a packed house, Ford, 39, needs an "alternate entrance & exit at the venue," to, again, apparently avoid the crush of devotees.

While the hospitality section of Ford's rider does not address his backstage preference when it comes to M&Ms, it does note that an allergy keeps shellfish off Ford's menu.

(Excerpt) Read more at thesmokinggun.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: demprimary; haroldford; ny2010

1 posted on 02/09/2010 10:13:26 AM PST by Behind Liberal Lines
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To: neverdem

FYI


2 posted on 02/09/2010 10:13:52 AM PST by Behind Liberal Lines
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

H.F. is a corrupt Democrat, but his rider is remarkable only because it makes absolutely no unrerasonable requests.

He just want’s his initials used on a sign for when he is picked up and that he’s allergic to shellfish.


3 posted on 02/09/2010 10:26:28 AM PST by SeaHawkFan
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To: Behind Liberal Lines
Used to see him all the time at the Rendezvous in Memphis. Guess that was before he got big.
4 posted on 02/09/2010 10:29:15 AM PST by Sybeck1 (POTUS : Punk of the United States)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

It’s actually the opposite. There wouldn’t be any big crowds even if people know the who/where/when, in fact if people knew they would flee and that would guarantee embarrassment the absence of adoring throngs. So he needs a subterfuge to explain the absence of crowds, hence, the secret back escape door, or - this is really clever (who thought this up?) - the limo sign saying “HF” instead of “Harold Ford”. (”Well of course there were no crowds there, I snuck out a secret back entrance to a limo inconspicuously yet cleverly marked as HF”)

Kidding aside, I would love to see Harry Ford jump into the fray. If he’s in, then Cuomo takes on Patterson. With a Ford-Cuomo alliance taking on Schumer’s Patterson-Gillibrand minions, Schmuck will have as many as 5 campaigns to finance - 2 primaries (Gillibrand and Patterson) and up to 3 elections (Gov and 2 Senators). That will drain his war chest pretty quick, especially in a big expensive state like NY. If there is a nasty internecine feud in NY-Dumland, I can see a Pataki or maybe even Giuliani jumping in, maybe even Kudlow. This could be a very interesting year in NY politics, and a NY Senate seat is not out of the question for the GOP.

Mind you, Harold Ford says really stupid things, like the kind of things that should disqualify and expel him as a candidate, almost like he is being forced to run against his will and is trying to sabotage his own campaign. Was he this stupid in Tennessee?


5 posted on 02/09/2010 10:44:13 AM PST by lowtaxsmallgov (This Administration has absolutely no idea how to grow an economy)
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To: lowtaxsmallgov

FYI - Rudy’s already pretty much ruled himself out against Schumer. Says he has too many ‘private obligations’.


6 posted on 02/09/2010 11:06:31 AM PST by bamahead (Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master. -- Sallust)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines
$19,000 for Ford to go speak at Northwest MO State in Maryville? So much for MO colleges complaining about not having enough money.
7 posted on 02/09/2010 11:16:28 AM PST by fungoking (Tis a blessing to live in the Ozarks.)
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To: lowtaxsmallgov
Mind you, Harold Ford says really stupid things, like the kind of things that should disqualify and expel him as a candidate....

Well NY voted for Hillary...saying (doing) stupid things must not disqualify you

8 posted on 02/09/2010 11:19:12 AM PST by fungoking (Tis a blessing to live in the Ozarks.)
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To: bamahead

NY is ripe for a two-fer. All the stars could align to allow the pubbies to pick up both seats. NY is dem-controlled, corrupt, economic basket case, the demholes are on the defensive big time all over the country. The Obamunists are at war with Wall Street. Wall Street funds NY State. Gillebrand is a major loser and people are tiring of upChuck-the-schmuck Schumer. Either Kudlow or Guiliani could knock off Schumer, any hallf way decent R could knock off Gillebrand. But the NYS party is a joke (see: Scozzafava, Dede).


9 posted on 02/09/2010 11:23:50 AM PST by wny
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To: Behind Liberal Lines
The Ford Family in TENN are serial criminals

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10 posted on 02/09/2010 11:29:20 AM PST by Elle Bee
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To: Behind Liberal Lines
Ford demands that when his limo driver picks him up, the chauffeur must be carrying a sign reading "H.F.."

How about a sign that reads

"Harold ... CALL ME!!!"

11 posted on 02/09/2010 11:56:34 AM PST by freespirited (Congratulations Senator Brown. One down, 59 to go.)
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To: bamahead

“FYI - Rudy’s already pretty much ruled himself out against Schumer. Says he has too many ‘private obligations’.”

I am aware he has said “no”. However, many prospective GOP candidates have changed their minds from “no” to “yes” since January 19. Rudy is allowed to change his mind as well. Not saying he will change his mind, but if he did he would probably win, and to many, probable victory is worth changing one’s mind for.


12 posted on 02/09/2010 12:00:38 PM PST by lowtaxsmallgov (This Administration has absolutely no idea how to grow an economy)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

Yet another phony two-bit politician...certain to be elected in New Yawk. They deserve each other.


13 posted on 02/09/2010 12:08:25 PM PST by Cuttnhorse ("Peace" is that brief, glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading. (Anon))
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

HF, eh? That’s hydrofluoric acid. The most caustic substance on earth.


14 posted on 02/09/2010 1:39:05 PM PST by Moltke (DOPE will get you 4 to 8 in the Big House - HOPE will get you 4 to 8 in the White House.)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

I do not want another carpetbagger to be my rep, esp. a dem!


15 posted on 02/09/2010 3:59:55 PM PST by Marysecretary (GOD IS STILL IN CONTROL!)
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To: Cuttnhorse

no, we do not deserve it. many of us are conservatives and trying to get the pubbie party to recognize that.


16 posted on 02/09/2010 4:03:23 PM PST by Marysecretary (GOD IS STILL IN CONTROL!)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

thanks Behind Liberal Lines


17 posted on 02/09/2010 5:48:29 PM PST by neverdem (Xin loi minh oi)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines
Elect him, NY. You deserve him.
18 posted on 02/09/2010 5:50:28 PM PST by Glenn (iamtheresistance.org)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines
Quite frankly, I expected this RED POS to be POTUS before HUSSEIN OBAMIE.

OBAMIE II?

19 posted on 02/09/2010 5:53:27 PM PST by Rome2000 (OBAMA IS A COMMUNIST CRYPTO-MUSLIM)
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