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| Corker targets Metro's 'collar' counties in neck-and-neck race |
| 2006-10-04 |
| On a breezy late September evening, in an open-air hangar at a private residence here, the Republican politician says he's getting accustomed to "contrasting" himself with the Democrat he's up against in the U.S. Senate seat. Talking to 100 or so supporters who paid $50 per couple for barbecue sandwiches and to hear him speak, Bob Corker tells them, "I'm getting used to it and Â… I kind of enjoy it a little bit, to be honest." He promises to be nice. As the former mayor of Chattanooga segues into the part of his stump speech where he points out differences between himself and U.S. Rep. Harold Ford Jr., he talks about his early career as a builder. And for several at the fundraiser in this Wilson County suburb of Nashville, Robert Phillip Corker Jr.'s life story as a small-time construction worker who amassed a real estate empire is why they plan to support him. "He's a businessman," said John Baugh, 43, a businessman and farmer in Lebanon. "He has been under pressure making a payroll. That's hard to do." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Same here. Corker is less liberal than Junior, so is the lesser of two evils in my mind. I much preferred, and voted for, a true conservative Ed Bryant. If Corker flops back to his election time flips, I'll have to head down to Voodoo Village and get Mama Mambo to put a hoodoo on him so his little weenie shrivles up and falls off. Also, if he could find a voice coach that could teach him how to not talk through his nose, that would be a plus. |
| Posted by: Evil Elvis 2006-10-04 14:18 |
| #1 I have been watching this race very closely. Harold Ford is much to liberal for me. He also gets an F from the NRA. I'm going to have to vote for Corker. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2006-10-04 11:54 |