Dear God, please stop our Democrats from talking like this.

There has been too much of this kind of talking about the president and the war and Saddam. I read this today, and I wanted to scream. Harold, stop this.

Harold Ford sort of ties 9/11 to Saddam

“I support this war in Iraq. I supported it from the very beginning for one reason. Saddam Hussein was a bad guy. Now, there are those who criticize and quarrel with this, and make the point over and over again that perhaps we shouldn’t have done it the way we’ve done it, and I would agree. But I wouldn’t blame the president, or anybody else for that matter, from waking up on September 12th and wondering aloud what would happen if Saddam Hussein and bin Laden married.”

“It would be very easy for us to sit back in the comfort of our own homes and say, Well, one is secular and one is religious and they won’t . It would be very easy for us to think that 9/11 wouldn’t happen, but it did.”

“Bush’s “instinct” had been right, said Ford, who has visited Iraq three times in the last two years and plans a fourth visit, but there is “a lot of room for change” in how the president pursues operations in Iraq. “I love my president. I love him personally,” Ford said. “But he’s just wrong. – wrong for not being willing to admit that we’ve made some mistakes….It was right to take him [Saddam] down but wrong to think that we can’t right this course.”

Talking this way is non-productive. Ford bothers me with his words sometime. I know I don’t live in Tennessee, but his votes affect me as well. Hardly anyone ties 9/11 to Saddam now, but he just apparently did. He should know better.

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Dean Pajevic on August 22, 2005 at 12:13 am

He’s such a sell-out. Him and John Kerry and the rest of them who ponied up for Bush.

floridagal on August 22, 2005 at 12:32 am

He hurt our party, he made a lot of us mad, and he made himself look very foolish.

From the transcript when asked about Dean’s comments about Republicans.

Rep. Harold Ford Jr.: “(Laughing) I won’t have him down so many times in Tennessee on the campaign trail with me. He has made some comments as of late that really speak to a lack of understanding I think, of the country, a lack of understanding of faith and values. I’m a Democrat and I’m a God fearing one. I grew up in church. Christianity is not reserved for white males. I think perhaps Governor Dean sometimes gets a little excited at the mouth, and says things that are simply not true. It may reach a point where if he can’t find a way to kind of control some of his comments, and temper his comments, it may get to the point where the party may need to look elsewhere for leadership, because he does not speak for me, and I know he does not speak for a majority of Democrats and I dare say Republicans in my home state. I know that other, even Senator Biden and others, have made some stronger comments about him. I look forward to having a chance to sit with him here in the next day or so. I think he’s going to be here in Capitol Hill a little later today to meet with us. I want to ask him directly. Can he contain himself in a lot of ways, and what is his thought process in a lot of these issues because it is not representative of where the party is.”

He made himself look foolish. First Dean did not say that. Second, who does think he is to set the DNC chair down and give him a lecture about containing himself.

Contain thine ownself, Harold. We are tired of those who are speaking like you are. I wrote him a letter when I heard that. I told him Howard Dean did speak for us.

Recordkeeper on August 22, 2005 at 12:02 pm

but I have a special loathing for Harold Ford. Firstly, because he says things like those you’ve posted here. Secondly, because I have a theory that he isn’t actually a human being. Look at the man’s eyes. There is no humanity in there. I look at him and I’m quite sure he’s a kind of mechanoid, designed to be the ultimate Manchurian candidate. He looks like he was designed in a lab to appeal to everyone. He’s of some racial mix that is hard to make out. I know he defines as a man of color but he’s the un-blackest black man I’ve ever seen. Result: He can get the black vote, but he’s non-threatening enough to have broader appeal. He’s not quite “passin'” but he’s not black, either. He walks and talks like a wind-up doll — more than most politicians, even. He’s beyond centrist. He’s positively vapid. I seriously don’t think there’s a soul in there. No matter what he’s saying, his eyes are expressionless. All I can say, is he doesn’t just offend me. He makes my blood run cold.

Dean Pajevic on August 22, 2005 at 12:13 am

He’s such a sell-out. Him and John Kerry and the rest of them who ponied up for Bush.
- floridagal on August 22, 2005 at 12:32 am
  
  He hurt our party, he made a lot of us mad, and he made himself look very foolish.
  
  From the transcript when asked about Dean’s comments about Republicans.
  
  Rep. Harold Ford Jr.: “(Laughing) I won’t have him down so many times in Tennessee on the campaign trail with me. He has made some comments as of late that really speak to a lack of understanding I think, of the country, a lack of understanding of faith and values. I’m a Democrat and I’m a God fearing one. I grew up in church. Christianity is not reserved for white males. I think perhaps Governor Dean sometimes gets a little excited at the mouth, and says things that are simply not true. It may reach a point where if he can’t find a way to kind of control some of his comments, and temper his comments, it may get to the point where the party may need to look elsewhere for leadership, because he does not speak for me, and I know he does not speak for a majority of Democrats and I dare say Republicans in my home state. I know that other, even Senator Biden and others, have made some stronger comments about him. I look forward to having a chance to sit with him here in the next day or so. I think he’s going to be here in Capitol Hill a little later today to meet with us. I want to ask him directly. Can he contain himself in a lot of ways, and what is his thought process in a lot of these issues because it is not representative of where the party is.”
  
  He made himself look foolish. First Dean did not say that. Second, who does think he is to set the DNC chair down and give him a lecture about containing himself.
  
  Contain thine ownself, Harold. We are tired of those who are speaking like you are. I wrote him a letter when I heard that. I told him Howard Dean did speak for us.
Recordkeeper on August 22, 2005 at 12:02 pm

but I have a special loathing for Harold Ford. Firstly, because he says things like those you’ve posted here. Secondly, because I have a theory that he isn’t actually a human being. Look at the man’s eyes. There is no humanity in there. I look at him and I’m quite sure he’s a kind of mechanoid, designed to be the ultimate Manchurian candidate. He looks like he was designed in a lab to appeal to everyone. He’s of some racial mix that is hard to make out. I know he defines as a man of color but he’s the un-blackest black man I’ve ever seen. Result: He can get the black vote, but he’s non-threatening enough to have broader appeal. He’s not quite “passin'” but he’s not black, either. He walks and talks like a wind-up doll — more than most politicians, even. He’s beyond centrist. He’s positively vapid. I seriously don’t think there’s a soul in there. No matter what he’s saying, his eyes are expressionless. All I can say, is he doesn’t just offend me. He makes my blood run cold.

Dear God, please stop our Democrats from talking like this.

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