Posted on 03/08/2013 6:01:30 AM PST by governsleastgovernsbest
Way to go out on a limb, Harold!. . . Of all the Morning Joe regulars, Harold Ford, Jr. is on my short list of those who bring the least to the table. Ford seems more interested in cultivating friends and avoiding offense than in saying anything interesting or—heaven forfend—controversial.
Ford took his penchant for finding something good to say about everyone to absurd new heights on today's show. On the one hand, Harold showed respect for Rand Paul's filibuster. On the other, he actually broke out the hoary "my dear friend" in saying he wasn't as worred about the drone policy as is Ron Wyden. And Harold is confident that President Obama will uphold the Constitution. Ford even claimed that AG Eric Holder did "a phenomenal job" in answering questions on the drone policy. We're running out of hands, here, Harold!
Matters reached an absurd crescendo when, after observing that those who hang out with terrorists put themselves in peril, Ford proclaimed "I don't dine, socialize or spend time with people who are on a terrorist list around the globe." Good to know!
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The hyper-ambitious Harold Ford, Jr., master of back-slapping ingratiation, finally says something entertatining—by mistake. Ping to Today show list.
Used to watch Imus and Charles slobber all over this pompous empty suit....who sounds so smooth, but if you ever analyze his words on paper, you realize he is full of pabulum....
If he is true to his word, he’ll never be meeting with Obama.
Bingo.
That’s exactly what my impression of him has ALWAYS been.
Could never figure out how he stacked up as some kind of
“go-to” guy years ago, to say anything about anything, but that was his function. It’s his smoothness and his carefully cultivated somber demeanor that lent him a kind of “credibility”, as vacuous as it was. In a way, he was a kind of unsuccessful prototype of Obama.
Very well said, IMHO.
OMG! He is drinking on national TV. A copy-cat criminal!!!!
I saw that. I remember Mark Levin making a very similar point ~ 2007 under GWB.
He told a caller :
“If you are not a terrorist then you have nothing to worry about” regarding indefinite detention of US citizens without a hearing or due process, in a response
Had legal problems, or his dad did, years ago?
I'll get on the "Google Machine" in the meantime, but maybe someone recalls something like this about Ford...
“If you are not a terrorist then you have nothing to worry about” regarding indefinite detention of US citizens without a hearing or due process, in a response.
Wow...really? Does Levin still think this?
I'm surprised he would say such...I'm a Levinite!
Like Rush said about Obama when he first came on the national scene, “He says nothing better than anyone else around.”
Jr. was supposed to be the first Black POTUS. Along comes Obama, poof all of those dreams gone. Harold used to be my Rep and probably one of the more stable Democrats. I, know that is an oxymoron.
I guess he doesn’t consider Keith Ellison someone to hang out with, then...
That’s exactly what my impression of him has ALWAYS been.
Could never figure out how he stacked up as some kind of
“go-to” guy years ago, to say anything about anything, but that was his function. It’s his smoothness and his carefully cultivated somber demeanor that lent him a kind of “credibility”, as vacuous as it was. In a way, he was a kind of unsuccessful prototype of Obama.
If he does not “hang out with terrorist”, does that mean he knows who is on barry-big-ears list?
That was GWB second term, now this is O’s second term. GWB was 'keeping you safe' back then. I heard Levin try to clarify his position on this yesterday and he was stretching to support Paul.(he really hates MCCain)
Back around then ~ 2006 Levin used to preach that the Dem Senate filibuster against GWB judges was unconstitutional, in fact its in his “Men in Black’ on the constitution
Then when Obama put up his two losers to the SCOTUS 2009 Levin said that the GOP in the Senate need to filibuster them.
I was pretty impressed with Levin in those days, ~2005 and 2006, but I have a good memory and remember a few of these..
Be skeptical of anyone says that you dont know personally, and remember for consistency.
Back around the past January 3 he opened his show and said he cut his vacation short to come back and talk about recent events just after the tax bill was passed.
So then he launches into this monologue like this :” Ok, this is to you liberals out there, no really, I want to talk to you...why do hate freedom?.....”
Of course he wasn't really talking to liberals, it was a rhetoric monologue targeted to his choir, his loyal audience who loves hearing it+him and imagining he was lecturing liberals, and imagining the unhappy looks on their faces (imagine Obama being lectured to by Levin). If you heard it you probably loved it.
Its a show!
Yes, he’s very much that way, and Dems were pushing him for more prominence before Obama came along for that reason. They’ve long looked for “a clean articulate black guy” - who sez nothing, but sez it well....
This was despite him being surrounded by a panel of agressive libs.
I did appreciate that.
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