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Harold Ford Jr. Mocks 'Little Guy' Bob Corker
NewsMax ^ | 7 November 2006

Posted on 11/06/2006 10:13:20 PM PST by Aussie Dasher

Democrat Harold Ford Jr. looked for votes in his opponent's hometown Monday while Republican Bob Corker planned to visit every major Tennessee city on the last full day before the election.

Ford started his day meeting with Chattanooga public works employees in the city where his opponent was mayor until last year.

He vowed to improve health care for working people, and then declared: "Let's go beat this little guy!" - a reference to Corker's height, which Corker says is 5-feet-6 1/2 inches.

Corker campaigned with Sens. John McCain of Arizona, Saxby Chambliss of Georgia and Bill Frist and Lamar Alexander.

"They represent the values of this state," Corker said of the Republican senators. "They represent the way this state wants to see our country go."

Ford, a five-term Memphis congressman, and Corker, a former construction company executive, are vying to replace retiring Sen. Bill Frist.


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Tennessee
KEYWORDS: bobcorker; congress; election; election2006; elections; gop; haroldfordjnr; november7; senate; ussenate; votegop
I wish I was a native of Tennessee just so I could vote against that dumb-ass Ford!
1 posted on 11/06/2006 10:13:22 PM PST by Aussie Dasher
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To: Aussie Dasher

What a punk.


2 posted on 11/06/2006 10:15:00 PM PST by roses of sharon
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To: Aussie Dasher

Man this guy is stupid. DON'T go where you might do some good engage in punk theatrics and mug for the Junk Media cameras.


3 posted on 11/06/2006 10:15:06 PM PST by MNJohnnie (The Democrat Party: Hard on Taxpayers, Soft on Terrorism!)
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To: Aussie Dasher
"I wish I was a native of Tennessee just so I could vote against that dumb-ass Ford!"

I would say the same, but I live in VA and Allen needs us VA FReepers to get out and vote!!

4 posted on 11/06/2006 10:16:08 PM PST by KoRn
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To: Aussie Dasher

At least you can go to YouTube and mock him in song --- http://youtube.com/watch?v=aWhq-T6toWw


5 posted on 11/06/2006 10:16:21 PM PST by doug from upland
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To: Aussie Dasher
He is acting like his daddy more and more every day. I think that stunt at the airport made people realize that.
6 posted on 11/06/2006 10:17:05 PM PST by angelsonmyside (Please vote straight (R) We won't like wearing Burka's if the Dems win.)
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To: Aussie Dasher
What if Corker said, "let's go beat this halfbreed?"
7 posted on 11/06/2006 10:17:14 PM PST by msnimje (You simply cannot be Christian and Pro-Abortion.)
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To: Aussie Dasher
As someone who is 5'7", I resent that remark. Let's hear it for Little Guys everywhere! Go Corker!!!

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus

8 posted on 11/06/2006 10:17:38 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: Aussie Dasher
"Let's go beat this little guy!" - a reference to Corker's height, which Corker says is 5-feet-6 1/2 inches.

Hightophobic is he? He hates short people? Who does this arrogant ____(fill in the blank)____ think he is?
A lot of Americans are under 5'6".

9 posted on 11/06/2006 10:19:38 PM PST by concerned about politics ("Get thee behind me, Liberal.")
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To: doug from upland
LOL, Doug, you rock! Going back to rate it now.
10 posted on 11/06/2006 10:19:57 PM PST by angelsonmyside (Please vote straight (R) We won't like wearing Burka's if the Dems win.)
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To: roses of sharon


Indeed. What a punk.


11 posted on 11/06/2006 10:21:06 PM PST by onyx (We have two political parties: the American Party and the Anti-American Party.)
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To: Aussie Dasher

FORD
just another

'forever obscenely retarded dumbocRat'

what a bleepin' twerp...


12 posted on 11/06/2006 10:21:50 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ...... Aloha!!!)
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To: Aussie Dasher

Well, there goes Ford's short person vote...


13 posted on 11/06/2006 10:23:41 PM PST by Red Steel
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To: MNJohnnie
Keep in mind this guy was supposedly One Of The Rising Stars in the dhimmicrat party.

There future is secured...
14 posted on 11/06/2006 10:24:22 PM PST by p[adre29 (Arma in armatos)
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To: angelsonmyside

Thanks. Angry Dems were already slamming the ratings.

They did not like this one at all, so I had shut off the ratings and not take their vile comments ---
http://youtube.com/watch?v=agMaBD1MoRg


15 posted on 11/06/2006 10:26:00 PM PST by doug from upland
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To: Aussie Dasher

Hey Ford, prepare yourself, that 'little guy' is about to give you a royal asswhippin'.


16 posted on 11/06/2006 10:35:34 PM PST by dc-zoo
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To: doug from upland

They were both GREAT, DFU! I'd have rated the "thank you dems" as many stars as possible; I watched it twice, laughing all the way through! Thanks.


17 posted on 11/06/2006 10:36:55 PM PST by hsalaw
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To: doug from upland

Did you consider using "Short People (Got No Reason)"?


18 posted on 11/06/2006 10:37:55 PM PST by hsalaw
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To: Aussie Dasher

Tomorrow he can call him Senator Corker.


19 posted on 11/06/2006 10:41:07 PM PST by linn37 (Love your Phlebotomist)
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To: roses of sharon
Yeah, Ford has really disappointed. I thought he had a future for higher office but this campaign has expose him as immature.

I really disliked Corker during the primaries, yet he has shown great discipline in his run against Punk Ford.

Gov. Bredesen was the only Democrat worth voting for this year.

20 posted on 11/06/2006 10:45:27 PM PST by zarf
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To: Aussie Dasher

IMO Corker's got this one in the bag anyway.


21 posted on 11/06/2006 10:46:29 PM PST by GiveEmDubya
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To: Aussie Dasher
"Let's go beat this little guy!"

Boy, Ford's a class act - if you leave of the cl___

22 posted on 11/06/2006 11:12:15 PM PST by maine-iac7 ( "...but you can't fool all of the people all the time." LINCOLN)
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To: Red Steel
Well, there goes Ford's short person vote...

LOL

23 posted on 11/06/2006 11:13:49 PM PST by maine-iac7 ( "...but you can't fool all of the people all the time." LINCOLN)
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To: msnimje

Or; Excuse me while I whip this out!


24 posted on 11/06/2006 11:17:23 PM PST by Always Independent
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To: linn37

"Tomorrow he can call him Senator Corker...."

...And our darling Congressman Ford can call himself unemployed.


25 posted on 11/07/2006 12:24:54 AM PST by CheyennePress
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To: dc-zoo

"Hey Ford, prepare yourself, that 'little guy' is about to give you a royal asswhippin'."

I don't know how many of you noticed but in the Corker/Ford debates, and also when Ford made his "surprise" appearance at Corker's press conference outside, Ford would always get up close to Corker real fast and hover over him, to show up the difference in their heights. Ford always moves over to Corker's side very fast, and then looks literally down on him, in a patronizing manner (you short person you, look at tall me everyone). It really ticked me off every time he did this. Well, he's about to be cut down to size, Ford is. And "shortie" Corker is about to have the last laugh.


26 posted on 11/07/2006 12:31:12 AM PST by flaglady47 (thinking out loud)
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To: Aussie Dasher
Michael J Fox is 5 feet 4 inches.

I'm sure if any Republican anywhere referred to his height during the election, the MSM would have completely ignored it.
27 posted on 11/07/2006 12:55:36 AM PST by Question Liberal Authority (If Not For George W Bush, Saddam Hussein Would Be In Charge Of Iraq Today AND He Would Have NUKES.)
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To: Aussie Dasher

Will be fun to see who the big man is in Tenn. after ford loses.
Hey little man ford, how ya feel now little man?


28 posted on 11/07/2006 3:30:15 AM PST by Joe Boucher (an enemy of islam)
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To: zarf

I was going to vote for Bredesen until he endorsed Ford. I cancelled my wife's vote just because of that.


29 posted on 11/07/2006 4:42:08 AM PST by LibraTango (hithvptv)
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To: Aussie Dasher

Consider it done for you twice. Wife and I voted 'R' early.


30 posted on 11/07/2006 5:06:14 AM PST by DonnerT (Global Idiologic Genocide!)
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To: DonnerT

You're both bloody champions!!!


31 posted on 11/07/2006 5:12:26 AM PST by Aussie Dasher (The Great Ronald Reagan & John Paul II - Heaven's Dream Team!)
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To: Joe Boucher


Corker, should have responded by saying...

Harold Jr. needs to grow up, what are we 12?


32 posted on 11/07/2006 5:14:28 AM PST by Texas4ever (Anything off the dollar menu :))
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To: goldstategop
"As someone who is 5'7"

You're not one of those guys with a big pickup truck with big tires, that gets right up near my back bumper are you? 'Cause if you are, as soon as we stop at a light, I'm coming back there to pull that pillow out from under your butt and ...(deleted to avoid criminal prosecution) so you can sit on the toilet for a while passing foam and thinking about your driving habits.

No, on second thought, no Freeper would be one of those guys.

33 posted on 11/07/2006 5:36:59 AM PST by LZ_Bayonet
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To: Aussie Dasher

34 posted on 11/07/2006 5:48:46 AM PST by sr4402
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To: Aussie Dasher
junior has had 10 years to improve healthcare....seems he's flopped at it.
35 posted on 11/07/2006 6:13:04 AM PST by GailA (Proud to admit I'm a quilt-a-holic.)
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To: LibraTango

Why would you vote for bredesen? What the hell has he done?


36 posted on 11/07/2006 7:10:03 AM PST by sticker
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To: LibraTango

Why would you vote for bredesen? What the hell has he done?


37 posted on 11/07/2006 7:10:03 AM PST by sticker
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To: Aussie Dasher
Ford, a five-term Memphis congressman, and Corker, a former construction company executive, are vying to replace retiring Sen. Bill Frist.

Notice how the writer doesn't denote Corker's political experience (mayor of, I believe, Chatanooga) but instead is a "former construction company executive." Kind of like how the liberal media loved to call Tom Delay a former bug exterminator.

38 posted on 11/07/2006 7:15:26 AM PST by torchthemummy (Nov. 7: Bush Derangement Syndrome II - Taking It To The Next Level)
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To: hsalaw

No, I haven't.


39 posted on 11/07/2006 7:26:05 AM PST by doug from upland
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To: torchthemummy

You note that it also doesn't refer to Ford as a 'failed lawyer' or 'Bar exam flunkee.'


40 posted on 11/07/2006 7:42:09 AM PST by mbraynard
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