Rep. Ford To 'Inquire' About Charge Bush Had 9/11 Heads-up

NEWSMAX ^ | 4/16/02 | Limbacher

[Tumbleweed_Connection]

During a Tuesday morning radio interview, Rep. Harold Ford (D-Tenn.) declined to dismiss allegations by his colleague, Georgia Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney, that President Bush may have had advanced warning about the 9/11 attacks, saying he might inquire about details of the charge when he meets with her next week.

Ford praised McKinney as "another independent voice in the Congress," but told nationally syndicated radio host Don Imus, "What might have motivated her to make that comment, I don't know."

The Tennessee Democrat continued:

"I hope that (the 9/11 accusation) is not true. I would imagine that's not true. I don't even want to get - to suggest that this White House had advanced knowledge and might have allowed it to occur. So I have no reason to believe that any of that is true."

But then Ford added, "I hope to see her this week and maybe even inquire about it."

Imus said he thought McKinney's comments about 9/11, coupled with her charge that former Vice President Al Gore discriminated against blacks, "bordered on being insane."

Disagreeing, the Tennessee Democrat responded, "I don't think that's true at all."

In a March 25 California radio interview, McKinney raised questions about a possible Bush heads-up on the 9/11 attacks. "What did this administration know, and when did it know it about the events of Sept. 11? Who else knew, and why did they not warn the innocent people of New York who were needlessly murdered? What do they have to hide?"

McKinney said the ensuing U.S. military response benefited firms with ties to the Bush family.

In separate comments, Rep. Ford said that he thought the Bush administration should recruit ex-President Clinton to help negotiate a cease fire in the Mideast.

"I do hope President Bush gives serious consideration perhaps to asking former majority leader of the Senate George Mitchell and even the former president, Clinton, maybe to serve as Middle East envoys to perhaps send them back," he told Imus.

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"I do hope President Bush gives serious consideration perhaps to asking former majority leader of the Senate George Mitchell and even the former president, Clinton, maybe to serve as Middle East envoys to perhaps send them back," he told Imus.

I certainly hope Imus slapped him down on this.

[eddie willers]

Good....I hope Ford gets tarred with McKinney.
Might kill his national aspirations.

[afz400]

Bush better take this seriously and not ignore it - the BIG LIE is at work here and it may just stick. Republicans need to turn it around and blame Clinton for being asleep at the wheel.

[Psalm 73]

Who the heck elects morons like this to office, and how can we keep them from reproducing?
Would a minimum competancy/literacy test be unconstitutional? (I mean for the candidates, not the voters - although...)

[KSCITYBOY]

We need phone numbers to vent our disgust.

[ohioman]

Ford and McCommie are the lowest form of human scum.

[JohnGalt]

You have the right idea...let them run with this...

[RooRoobird14]

Agreed, Eddie. I hope Ford gets dipped in Cynthia's sh*t permanently. He's running for the Senate, you know!!!!

[mombonn]

I can't stand that little creep. The rats are really DESPERATE to even consider going down this path.

May they lose in a landslide come November.

[Black Agnes]

Insane people ping.

[swatter]

Jacko or Ford? I'll take Ford. Too bad my other black heroes are conservative or I would take them as the heir apparent.

[mombonn]

Why didn't ford/mckinney etc. look seriously at ANY of the charges made against clintbilly? Rhetorical question, I know, but I'm STEAMED that these represensible people would initiate a smear campaign like this. It's DISGUSTING.

Rant over.

[TankerKC]

Might kill his national aspirations.

What's the scoop on Ford? I've seen him on several TV shows, and he seems to be a fairly reasonable guy (as fars as Dems go).

[Miss Marple]

No, he's not reasonable; he is, however, able to play reasonable on television.

[AppyPappy]

Shouldn't he be running around on his mistress or something?

[NativeNewYorker]

These accusations are the conspiracy theory equivalents of asking for slavery reparations.

No sane person will take any party promoting these ideas seriously. We WANT our opponents to look like fools!