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Rep. Harold Ford Jr. will run for Bill Frist's seat
The Hill ^ | 2/16/05 | Bob Cusack and Hans Nichols

Posted on 02/16/2005 9:57:44 AM PST by dead

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To: GailA
I would not be surprised if he votes more to the right this year to give him a leg up in the '06 Senate race. He really is a nice guy. Republicans have to find a good candidate to hold Frist's seat.

Denny Crane: "There are two places to find the truth. First God and then Fox News."

241 posted on 02/16/2005 10:27:45 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: Alter Kaker
and he's conservative for a Democrat.

I doubt he he would even rate as a moderate.

Do you have an ACU numbers on him?

242 posted on 02/16/2005 10:28:06 PM PST by fortheDeclaration
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To: twigs

I thought he was Ford's son. If this guy runs, he wins. We definitely have a few states at risk and this is one senate seat we may just lose.


243 posted on 02/16/2005 10:29:16 PM PST by MHT
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To: GailA
Junior is a LIBERAL/SOCIALIST

That is what I thought also.

This nonsense that he is a conservative or moderate is just PR to get him elected in the South.

244 posted on 02/16/2005 10:31:36 PM PST by fortheDeclaration
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To: BloomNTn

Honestly, and I'm trying to be nice here, but I'm really increasingly believing Sean Hannity was right when he said we've been taken over by a bunch of kooks.

Lamar Alexander on the issues:

Totally pro-life. Rated 0% by NARAL

Tennessee was the 5th lowest taxed state when he was governor.

Against racial preferences.

Very pro-business. 100% from the Chamber of Commerce.

Very conservative on education: pro-vouchers, pro-teacher testing, merit pay for teachers.

For drilling in ANWAR

100% pro-family

Supports Isreal

No US military under UN control

Against CFR

Was for repealing the Assult Weapons Ban

0% from the APHA, indicating that he is 100% against socialized medicine.

For SDI

0% from SANE, an anti-war/military group

For private accounts on social security

For Bush's tax cuts

73% from NTU, indicating he is above average on tax issues


Really, this info isn't hard to find. And frankly, if this is your idea of a RINO, then, well, fine, I guess I'm a RINO too.


245 posted on 02/16/2005 11:28:09 PM PST by zbigreddogz
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To: BloomNTn

Oh, and to answer your question: No, I don't work for Lamar. I've never even met him, and I don't live in Tennessee. That said, I've been an admirer of his since his presidental campaign in '96 and I still am.


246 posted on 02/16/2005 11:54:25 PM PST by zbigreddogz
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To: GailA
JUNIOR will remain a Dem as the people in his district have been conditioned from birth to ONLY vote Dem.

Your opinion, since I don't know him outside of the (loving) press.

Is he a beliver in an ideology and a set of beliefs, or is his only priority himself.

After his stunt last year, I think that he only cares about what can get him elected and he will do, and say whatever will get him elected (hell, he goes on FOX network alot).

My fear, is not his beliefs (I do not think he has any), but his forced loyalty to his masters to do what they want, and say, and vote, whatever they say.

He would sell his soul if you gave him the right price.

247 posted on 02/17/2005 12:14:58 AM PST by Sonny M ("oderint dum metuant")
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To: zbigreddogz

> Lamar is a great Senator, and in my opinion, he may well have beaten Clinton in 96 had we run him.

Yes, Mrs. Alexander, we also think your son is a nice man.

LOL


248 posted on 02/17/2005 1:02:07 AM PST by Rate_Determining_Step (US Military - Draining the Swamp of Terrorism since 2001!)
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To: GailA
My memory is failing me, but did Ed Bryant prosecute Harold Sr. in his second trial with the Butchers's. I may be totally off.
249 posted on 02/17/2005 1:39:19 AM PST by Coldwater Creek ('We voted like we prayed")
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To: Theodore R.
Well you bought a whopper in Pat B.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Harold Ford Jr. has never had to run for a race in his life. He is a spoiled elitist. I suspect that he may have a decent mother, but she has been kept hidden all of these years, and stayed in DC when Sr. retired.
250 posted on 02/17/2005 1:50:04 AM PST by Coldwater Creek ('We voted like we prayed")
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To: Sonny M
The Ford's think of no one but themselves. He may have a fiscally conservative thought or two, but anyone that has the US seal on the lid of his office commode makes me angry.
251 posted on 02/17/2005 1:54:39 AM PST by Coldwater Creek ('We voted like we prayed")
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To: Theodore R.
Coburn didn't get into the race until late. Oklahoma is solid Republican, except for the Governor, which the people really regret electing. Cock fighting issue caused the Republican to loose.
252 posted on 02/17/2005 1:58:41 AM PST by Coldwater Creek ('We voted like we prayed")
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To: dead

He doesn't stand a chance statewide. In Memphis anybody named Ford can get elected, but he won't even come close outside of Mephis. It will be interesting to see if he also runs for re-election for his house seat at the same time.


253 posted on 02/17/2005 2:00:04 AM PST by NavVet (“Benedict Arnold was wounded in battle fighting for America, but no one remembers him for that.”)
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To: iceemonster

Nope, rotates every election.


254 posted on 02/17/2005 2:21:09 AM PST by NavVet (“Benedict Arnold was wounded in battle fighting for America, but no one remembers him for that.”)
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To: fortheDeclaration
NRA gives JUNIOR a F, ACU a 19, and Eagle Forum a 27. If JUNIOR is a moderate I'm a liberal...and that has a snowballs chance in hades of happening.

Dennis always called me his 'little right wing radical'.

255 posted on 02/17/2005 4:20:14 AM PST by GailA (Glory be to GOD and his only son Jesus.)
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To: Sonny M

JUNIOR doesn't give a rats behind about any thing or any one but himself. He will say and do anything to further his road to the White House.


256 posted on 02/17/2005 4:22:51 AM PST by GailA (Glory be to GOD and his only son Jesus.)
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To: GailA
Jr. has great PR out there selling him as some sought of moderate Democrat.

He even has alot of Free Republic people fooled.

257 posted on 02/17/2005 4:23:53 AM PST by fortheDeclaration
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To: Alter Kaker
Because he'll probably win

Not a chance.

Tennessee repudiated AlGore and this Ford dude is just a less overtly psycho version of AlGore.

258 posted on 02/17/2005 4:25:03 AM PST by don-o (Stop Freeploading. Do the right thing and become a Monthly Donor.)
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To: dead

" ...prospects hindered by his family name..."

what goes around, comes around. the family name got him elected in the first place.


259 posted on 02/17/2005 4:28:33 AM PST by EDINVA (a FReeper in PJ's beats a CBS anchor in a suit every time)
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To: fortheDeclaration
Every time there is a thread on JUNIOR we TN FReepers try and educate the blind on JUNIOR's real nature. JUNIOR's NTU ratings

IF JUNIOR is a moderate, I'm a skinny 25 year old once again......it's been over a quarter of a century and 20 extra pounds since I was a skinny 25 year old.

260 posted on 02/17/2005 4:40:12 AM PST by GailA (Glory be to GOD and his only son Jesus.)
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