Friday, February 12, 2010
Who is This Man (and What Does He Want of Us)?
Posted by Flyer Staff on Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 12:48 AM
The correct answer is (c) Harold Ford Jr., and he wants to be drafted to run for U.S. Senator from New York. This header is from DraftFord.org, a newly created site which fronts for the former Memphis congressman's all-but-declared campaign in the Empire State.
And the text is the latest entry of several in which the hopeful Senator-to-be communicates his world-view to his new constituents.
(Sorry, Auto; This Astro-Turf Muse is hard not to heed.)
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WTF? He thinks he's Clint Eastwood with the squint. Eastwood=Not craven, Ford=Craven
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Sorry, but you do NOT run your own Draft Me to Run campaign. At least, not up front. I don't think the man has a clue what a grassroots draft effort looks like.
May favorite part is the anonymous business owners asking him to cut taxes because.... they're too much!
C'mon, Junior, the least you can do is to hire a write who can create credible fictional characters for you to quote in your astroturf campaign to draft yourself.
Must've been a bitch to forego his usual brunch at The Regency for a Breakfast Burrito. Stay classy, New York. Reject this McMoron.
Is it possible to be both black (giving Jr. the benefit of the doubt) AND a carpetbagger?
Other than Alan Keyes (who, unlike Jr., was actually drafted by the GOP in 2004 to run for the senate against Obama in Illinois), can anyone name another black person who's carpetbagged like Jr.'s trying to do? If you were Jr., are Alan Keyes' the footsteps you'd want to be following in?
Also, did anyone else read this piece in the NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/11/fashion/… and think Jr.'s marriage is just another part of his cynical, though carefully calculated, political plan. Frankly, the piece made me feel sorry for his "wife." And why, if he's a Merrill/BOA "bonus baby," do he and his "wife" live in his mother-in-law's apartment?
I don't know about going blind, but it will give you carpetbagger burns and astroturf toe.
"douchetastic mess of a man" to quote a NY resident. Even I'm impressed with douchetastic. I now have to find someone to say it to.
I see the regular Memphis poor rednecks and trailer trash has already been here posting. Back to the woods you bunch of racist hillbillies, tennessee will be a lot better off whe you guys go ahead and die.
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