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2005-05-26 Home Front: Politix

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Posted by Steve 2005-05-26 15:12|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 bad timing, Harold Jr.....

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-05-26 15:56|| 2005-05-26 15:56|| Front Page Top

#2 Also charged were Barry Myers and Charles Love.

Oh, yeah, they're really gonna Love that guy where he's going, just not in the way he's used to...

Posted by Raj 2005-05-26 16:03|| 2005-05-26 16:03|| Front Page Top

#3 John Ford has been in need of prosecution for more than 20 years.

This is only the latest in his scandelous dealings, and evidently the first one where they really got him.

I'm surprised by Bowers, but Ford, well like I said...This is the same guy who a few years ago shot at a trucker on I-40 for cuting him off, and just recently was in the national press for having 3 different homes with three different women and God knows how many kids. Thursday was Wanita night, Friday and Saturday were for Sonya, and Mon through Wednesday were for the young girlfirend Michelle. Who says you can't have it all?

I think he followed George Foreman's lead and just named all his kids John Ford so he would never be confused from house to house.

Anyway, rumor has it that Harold Ford Jr. Has decided to put off running for the Senate, and will instead keep his congressional seat until he runs for the Mayor of Memphis in 2008...all rumors though.

Posted by Mountain Man 2005-05-26 17:20|| 2005-05-26 17:20|| Front Page Top

#4 Heh. And he was just given a Seal of Approval by the resident Touchy_Feely. Who'da thunk he wasn't all sweetness and light, eh?

Posted by .com 2005-05-26 19:25|| 2005-05-26 19:25|| Front Page Top

#5 I hold the great misfortune of living in Memphis. Today at work, I actually overheard accusations of conspiracy because of the timing of this coming out the day after Jr. announced his candidacy for the Senate seat being vacated by Frist!

No doubt the evil machinations of Bush, Rove and Frist!

Posted by Mac Suirtain 2005-05-26 19:41|| 2005-05-26 19:41|| Front Page Top

#6 "..John Ford's dealings with contractors for TennCare, the state's expanded Medicaid program.."
This program is a mess. It was nearly a budget buster a year or so ago. The only reason a Demo is a govenor is the asshole Republican Sunquist tried to ramrod a state income tax thru in his final 'lame duck' year. The system here should be the argument against any effort for a "single payer" system proposed in the future.

...I'm not bitter.

Posted by BrerRabbit 2005-05-26 20:13|| 2005-05-26 20:13|| Front Page Top

#7 As I said yesterday, I met and talked to Harold Ford and was not impressed. There was no fire to him and I had the feeling he was just another lying sack of shit politician. As for Tenncare, when a healthcare system takes tax dollars and uses them to pay for Gym Club memberships under the guise of "Therapy" something is drastically wrong. As BrerRabbit said, the only reason we have a Democrat as a Governer is because of the former Governer's and his appointed successor's push for a state income tax to pay for Tenncare. The promise was the over 8% sales tax on everything would be reduced but us hillbillys aren't so easily fooled. We ain't gonna buy a pig in a poke.

Posted by Deacon Blues">Deacon Blues 2005-05-26 22:22|| 2005-05-26 22:22|| Front Page Top

#8 Heh, the carpetbaggers are still among us - sometimes dressed in sheep's clothing.

Posted by .com 2005-05-26 22:28|| 2005-05-26 22:28|| Front Page Top

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