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Harold Ford's Hillary Defense: Maybe Dishonest But Not 'Unpatriotic'
NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein

Posted on 09/02/2015 7:35:37 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest

How bad is it getting for Hillary when the best her defenders came come up with is Harold Ford Jr.'s formulation: okay, so the words most associated with her are "liar," "dishonest" and "untrustworthy" but, hey!—she's not "unpatriotic."

On today's Morning Joe, after Ford resorted on Hillary's behalf to the last refuge of scoundrels, Joe Scarborough hit him with a killer question: does Ford think David Petraeus—who was convicted of a crime for improperly passing classified material--is a patriot? Ford had to acknowledge that he is, but when Harold tried to distinguish Hillary's actions from Petraeus', Scarborough swept in to challenge him to a Romneyesque $10,000 bet: "who do you think passed more classified material along, David Petraeus or Hillary?"

View the video here.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: davidpetraeus; haroldfordjr; hillaryclinton; joescarborough; markfinkelstein; morningjoe; newsbusters
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To: Liberty Valance; Springman

I miss Imus in the Mourning. And the old Talk Radio Show gang.


21 posted on 09/02/2015 11:50:13 AM PDT by McGruff (Paid for by Hillary For Prison 2016)
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To: McGruff; leadpenny

Agreed. Some great laughs and Leadpenny was still posting. Good times.


22 posted on 09/02/2015 11:57:48 AM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a Simple Manner for a Happy Life :o)
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To: McGruff; Liberty Valance
We all do. They and you did make some hard times easier.
23 posted on 09/02/2015 1:23:50 PM PDT by Springman (Rest In Peace YaYa123, Bahbah, and Just Lori.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

“They say that patriotism is the last refuge to which a scoundrel clings”—Dylan

http://youtu.be/PpRKstHl7Y0


24 posted on 09/03/2015 4:14:19 AM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines (Obama loves America the way OJ loved Nicole)
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