Harold "Flip-Flop" Ford now in favor of marriage equality

[NorthCarolina]

As Harold Ford Jr. mulls running against Kirsten Gillibrand for the New York U.S. Senate seat, the Tennessee anti-gay pol has had a sudden conversion of belief about the right of gays and lesbians to marry after a long legislative record of opposing ANY gay rights.

Link:

http://www.pamshouseblend.com/diary/14786/harold-flipflop-ford-says-hes-now-in-favor-of-marriage-equality

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A True Conversion or Political Expediency?

[FLAprogressive]

1. Fuck him. He had no interest in supporting us when he actually held power.

[jgraz]

2. Harold Ford is in favor of Harold Ford.

He and Lieberman should join hands and walk over to the Republicans together. Fuck both of them.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

3. TN said "No" to his bullshit...

Why on Earth would NY say "Yes?"

[marmar]

8. But that's a bad example.....They elected someone even more repugnant.

nt

[CTyankee]

4. He's the most boring politician I've ever been bored by on TV.

When I see him on MJ I flip the channel quickly or put the set on mute until he's gone.

[left of center]

5. His campaign playbook is outdated

It may still work in a place like Tennessee, but the last thing the national Democratic party needs are people like Ford who pretent they are conservative. He makes "Liberal" sound like a dirty word. People with backbones are what really inspire people to vote, not this "me too" BS!!

[burning rain]

10. I think Ford was a bit too far to the right to be credible as a Democrat statewide in Tennessee.

Now in Mississippi, he'd be a pretty good Democrat, Tennesse--not so much. He humped the shark there (I noticed the misspelling but I'm gonna leave that way--I think it's funny) and now he's jumping it again in the opposite direction in New York. He's becoming a Democratic Mitt Romney with this flipping and flopping.

[PatSeg]

6. Ford always reminded me more of a republican than

a Democrat. I just don't trust him. He seems to be all about Harold Ford.

[LiberalFighter]

7. May his campaign get destroyed and his political future annihilated.

[catgirl]

9. Can we have neither please? nt

[beyurslf]

11. Maybe he always supported it but thought TN wouldn't? Either way, stick wth the

real deal.

[Nite Owl]

12. Gillibrand switched too

as soon as she was appointed to the Senate seat. She is the better of the two but I don't trust either one actually.

[IndianaGreen]

13. but to her credit she has gone to bat for LGBTs, and publicly so

The only gays Harold Ford likes are the ones he meets in public restrooms, like Larry Craig.