Whats with Harold Ford Jr..... is he really a Democrats?

[Hutzpa]

why is he on 'Race to the White House' talking bout how John McCain will
approach this election and how he should campaign against Obama.

Is he that senile for him to actually pitch his party's opponents on
TV, whats up with him.

I would have sworn I heard him talk tactically about how John McCain
can defeat Obama in the general election.

MG! they are coming out in force from all angle and are not even
hiding anymore.

Seriously, this guy makes me <excuse while I> :puke:

I'm I the only one noticing this trend from him?

[Blue_In_AK]

1. He's always had that trend.

I've never cared for the guy. Too smarmy for my liking.

[Ichingcarpenter]

2. Head of the DLC ... previous head Clinton... then Liberman... then Clinton.

[LSparkle]

3. He's head of the DLC ... and has always been a conservative Dem

Not an entirely bad guy but certainly no progressive.

[InfiniteNether]

4. All the DLC douchebags are like that.

[AzDar]

5. No. No, he isn't . He's DLC which means a Repuke in Dem clothing.

[Debi]

6. Does this answer your question

http://www.dlc.org/ndol_ka.cfm?kaid=137

[Tribetime]

27. I thought something was wrong the way he reacted

to the questioning in the debate as reasonable not tabloid. Said that Obama was whining. It looked to me Obama was enjoying himself, setting the record straight on what really matters. The media is who's out of touch with the average voter.

[butterfly77]

34. Correct to the last sentence..

[blm]

7. Clinton wing of the party knows Obama is the nominee and they are working against him.

They have obviously decided that the only chance they have of staying relevant is to come back after a McCain win and say 'I told you so' but, it also means they have to undermine Obama PUBLICLY this goround, where they had the luxury of undermining Gore and Kerry behind the scenes without the rank and file Democrats even noticing.

[madfloridian]

14. You got it.

Working against Obama.

[LSparkle]

15. Carville wanted to put Ford in as DNC chair (ousting Dean) after '06 races

SerpentHead didn't like the way Dean was allocating resources and he and
other Clinton supporters were pushing to put in Ford instead. Didn't
work (thank God) so they made him DLC head instead.

[blm]

18. They planned to usurp the DNC in 2007 to use the work Dean did for Hillary's benefit.

There were only TWO national networks of any strength by 2006 - the one Kerry put together in 2003-4 that he maintained and Dean's DNC that he worked to strengthen after Terry McAuliffe's pisspoor stewardship.

So - Dean is keeping the DNC primed ONLY for the Dem nominee, and the OTHER national network of Kerry's has been working for Obama and growing stronger than ever.

Clintons FUCKED UP with all their years of backstabbing and undermining any other Democratic leader who stepped up over the last 8 years to oppose Bush.

[LSparkle]

Wow -- GREAT details ...

I'm just thankful that there are plenty of "elder statesmen" on the order
of Kerry who are supporting Obama this time out, instead of caving in to
the Clinton machine. It's about time the party stopped being about just
individuals and started standing for IDEAS again. I get so tired of Dems
raving about what a GREAT politician Bill Clinton was (and I put that in the
past tense because I think he's lost that talent) because we can't afford
to just wait for the right PERSON to come along -- we need to do "Artist
Development" as they say in the music business, grooming leaders for the
future and establishing a "brand" that transcends its proponents.

[FrenchieCat]

8. Hillary shrill.......

As we are only allowed one Black young rising star, he's working hard to be assured that it is him, although it won't be.

[grantcart]

9. The thing that turns me off about him is that he seems to have such an extremely

high opinion of his own opinion and I just don't find him that brilliant.

[LSparkle]

16. His family is big in Tennessee politics ...

He's probably pissed at Obama being the first viable black presidential
candidate (because Ford's family was no doubt grooming him for that honor).

[Hutzpa]

19. No he is not

he comes across as your complete ELITIST, has always strike me as that
don't know why....:shrug: but I can definitely see why people rejected
him in Tennessee, I'm guessing he got found out.

[OzarkDem]

10. DINO

He's a disgrace, a dyed-in-the-wool DLC'er who lost his last race. All the DLC mojo didn't work.

[ej510]

11. He's leans to the right!

He's a republican disguised as a democrat.

[Hutzpa]

20. Hmmmmmm.....

and people wonder why the Dems have been unable to achieve much
during the Clinton years, its because of toads like these.

[angie_love]

40. And yet you support Hillary...lol

[AtomicKitten]

DLC, cute but a DINO nonetheless.

[DevonRex]

25. Such a pity. Because he IS cute, isn't he? nt

[AtomicKitten]

26. not as cute as this guy

:hi:

[backscatter712]

12. He's DLC - member of the asshole wing of the Democratic Party.

Same wing Hillary's a leader of.

[blm]

24. heheh...I've been calling them the asshole wing of the party for a couple years now.

I think more people are waking up and realizing just how BIG of an asshole they really are.

[Middle finga]

13. And Obama campaigned for the little sellout in 06

[sandnsea]

17. Until we get some folks to stand up for change

That's what we're going to have to deal with in the Dem Party. Not Obama's fault.

[Ichingcarpenter]

21. I gave like $10 bucks to him to defeat the Republican

I knew he was a piece of shit back then too.

[Tatiana]

36. I donated money to his campaign too. We were trying to defeat the Republican.

Of course, everytime the voters have the choice between an imitation and the real thing, 9 times out of 10, they're going to pick the real thing.

[WilyWondr]

22. That is the DLC

Harold Ford, Jr. is chairman of the DLC.
U.S. Sen. Tom Carper is vice chair of the DLC
U.S. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is chair of the DLC's American Dream Initiative
Al From is founder and CEO of the DLC

[Cha]

23. Rec'd ...this needs to be on the front page..

Are you shitting me?! I know harold ford is fucking dlc dino but I didn't know he came out of the dino cave for mccain!!

This is war and it's not stealth anymore .. all of us were right, all along, who said the dlc's were nothing more than dino spies in the Democratic Party. Poor Poor hilary thought she was goin' go in and lay her law down.

[stellanoir]

28. how can he be plural ?

[dommyluc]

29. I am a Tennessean

During the 2006 election, I kept telling fellow Dems that Harold Ford was going to lose. They asked if I believed he would lose because he was too liberal. I told them he would lose because he was trying to run as more of a conservative Republican than Bob Corker, the Republican candidate. They laughed. Ford lost. The country was changing, and anybody with half a brain could see it. If Harold Ford had run as a true Democrat he would have kicked Corker's ass. But Ford doesn't seem to have half a brain, and now he thinks being a right-leaning DLC is the way to go. May his political career wither into dust, and the DLC along with him. I want to vote for a DEMOCRAT, not a faux Republican.

[Arugula Latte]

30. He's Lieberman Lite

[butterfly77]

31. He is full of it..

he follows which ever way the wind blows in other words, whoever butters his bread...

[IsItJustMe]

32. He is one jacked up guy. I have heard him make statements like this before. He may call himself a

Democrat, but I don't know what the hell he is.

[CreekDog]

33. he's not even 1 Democrat

:rofl:

[Tatiana]

35. I wish I could get back the $100 I sent to him for his TN Senate race.

I pretty much loath him and all the right-leaning positions and policies he stands for.

[cooolandrew]

37. Nah not just you, he's totally DLC. Why he lost the senate seat, been like that for ages really.

[knixphan]

38. DLC = Wolf/Sheep hybrids.

[my3boyz]

39. THe thing I don't get is that he was a campaign chair for Kerry

Kerry is very liberal. Why doesn't he want Barack to win? Perhaps he is really chummy with Clinton. I don't think he wants to come out and endorse her because he is afraid that the people in Memphis (heavy black population) will give him a hard time.

[JoFerret]

41. No room for dissent?

One way to think only?

Scary prospect.

[Hutzpa]

I'm not trying to stop you to present your

opinion, you have every right to do just that.

[Hutzpa]

43. self delete - double post

[ScarletSniper]

42. DLC..'NUFF SAID