"The rugged individualist Harold Ford-who inherited his father's Congressional seat at the age of 26-is a self-proclaimed 'capitalist' who believes that people 'should lose' if they don't do well: unless, that is, the people who 'don't do well' are his funders and controllers on Wall Street, in which case they should be propped up by the U.S. Government with bailouts and loans and Federal Reserve tricks until such time that they can pay themselves tens of millions of dollars in bonuses, at which point they should be left alone in the name of 'free market capitalism' and keeping the Government out of the affairs of industry and away from their 'rewards.'"
-Glenn Greenwald describes New York State Senator wannabe Harold Ford as "incomparably horrific" and "particularly unskilled in hiding his soullessness." This puts Ford in almost as bad a light as Ford's own words in an interview with the Times published today, but not quite!
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
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He's like the Sarah Palin of politics.
Nice.
That interview is fucking bananas. Pareene had a good thing about earlier, of course, but DAMN:
"Q. Let's talk about abortion.
A. I want more jobs in New York....."
I thought it was interesting that the NY Times mentioned that he is prone to slipping into a Southern dialect, I mean accent, from time to time.
"We had got engaged."
This is the guy that trashed gay marriage three years ago and now LOVES TEH GEIGHZ MAWWAGE.
Fuck this opportunistic weasel.
by which I mean, his ability to rapidly change positions to better fit the current social clime and to support legislation which benefits his cronies surely means he'll fit right in.
He is just as slippery on his pro-life stance.
Thank you. 'Carpetbagger' has been feeling insufficiently tawdry as a descriptor of Ford. 'Opportunistic weasel' is just perfect: I particularly like its verminous whiff of greasy, sleek slitheriness.
I shall read his Times interview now feeling much better armed.
I guess Harold can't see what a tool he is because the foot in his mouth obscures his vision. Best line: (when asked whether he's visited all the boroughs, specifically Staten Island): "I landed there in the helicopter, so I can say yes."
Stunning tone deafness.
Just to be clear, almost all the criticisms being thrown at little Harry's completely reversed positions can also be levelled at our appointed Senator, Kirsten ("don't call me Tracy Flick") Gillibrand.
I think we should let Patterson and The Awl coronate our Senator every six years. Who needs these elections?
In contrasting himself to Gillibrand: "One, I am a firm believer on the economy and national security."
Yes, our current Junior Senator disfavors the economy and safety. She's an anarchist.
"Harry, did you donate to relief efforts in Haiti?"
"Well, I went there once in a helicopter, so, yes."