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though, what Ford actually said.

Via the National Review:

“On Friday afternoon, the Corker for Senate campaign denounced a new RNC advertisement that is ‘over the top, tacky and not reflective of the kind of campaign we are running,’“ wrote Tom Ingram, chairman of the Corker campaign, in a letter to station managers. “We are disappointed that the advertisement continues to run and request that station managers across the state strongly consider pulling this advertisement immediately.” . . .

Now that another ad making reference to the party, this one produced by the RNC, has appeared, the Corker campaign has released a statement saying that Corker “believes this new ad has no place in this, or any other campaign.”

...deconstructs that response, and quite a bit else. I should update with the link.

The Fuzzy Puppy of the VRWC.

This post has been up all day, and no one has produced an article substantiating its headline.

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...an Animaniacs reference, too.

Oh, well, mustn't be greedy.

The Fuzzy Puppy of the VRWC.

It's about as ironic as having ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife -- which is to say, not ironic at all. Just false.

They are making points about his congressional record containing ridiculous statements and votes.

They are insinuating that he likes to party and date.

Clearly they are trying to show his "true" values.

Where is the racist part?

That was the best ad I've seen all year.

Carson has trailed in pre-election polls twice, and won both times.
Unfortunately.

closer J, when playing the race card will be a thing of the past.

Question. When do you think Ford was toast, in the latest debate when Corker showed Ford's voting record or when Ford crashed Corker's campaign event?

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"The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant; it's just that they know so much that isn't so." - Ronald Reagan

I'd say it was when Ford crashed the campaign event. He made a bloody fool out of himself and Corker got lucky, the media actually picked up on it rather than burying it. Corker can talk all day about voting records and statements but if it doesn't get relayed to the citizenry he's just preaching to the choir.

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The media almost had no choice but to cover it - Ford intruded on the middle of a press conference. How would the media folk explain a total absence of coverage?

Practiccally everybody I've heard opine on the matter - regardless of ideology thinks that Ford's antics were absolutely idiotic.

If he hasn't fired the guy who recommended that stunt he's even dumber than I thought.

I am never surprised by the ability of the media to ignore things that hold the left in a negative light and highlight things they can paint as negative to the right. Actually I'm surprised that the local TV stations used it; like I said Corker got lucky.

John
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Democratic civilization is the first in history to blame itself because another power is trying to destroy it.
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Reminded me of Airheadiana Huffington. He should have really remembered to knock over the microphones for maximum effect, though.
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Calling the man "toast".

Envisioning when all that is Left is the Right.

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"The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant; it's just that they know so much that isn't so." - Ronald Reagan

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"The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant; it's just that they know so much that isn't so." - Ronald Reagan

But in this context, it would be taken as a threat...

"Always be honest with yourself even if you are honest with no one else...
...It helps you keep track of your lies..."
--Myself

Any ad against an African American candidate is racist, unless, of course, it is against Mike Steele, in which case it is fair game given that he is, after all, a sell out Republican candidate.

couldn't find racism right before your eyes. And you just have to bring "God" into it don't you? Makes you superior or something, huh? Or because she "raised you right" it would make your Mother Superior...

*see Andrew Sullivan.

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...and my own quick search did not see any response from either him or his campaign, either. However, this fellow (warning: dKos) at least is convinced of the racism of the piece, apparently because it involves the grim vision of (gasp!) white women dating Rep. Ford.

I am exceptionally pleased to report that this particular non-issue failed to even cross my mind until dKos' Philosopher brought it up; I hesitate to use the word 'projection', of course. For that matter, one wonders how the Kossite in question felt about Rice, Bush and "We looked just like a normal couple." Probably called Condi a name that he really isn't supposed to, any more...

Moe

The Fuzzy Puppy of the VRWC.

to Krazy Kos land every once in a while just to remind yourself that, yes Virginia, they really are nutters. unbelievable. its like they have no irony meter. tragicomic.

Thus, I could see why people may mistake him from someone from the hood and thus feel he shouldn't date white women.

Wait... that would be racist too. Duh!

"Took the nickname Troll long before BlogTrolls existed..."

So Harold Ford himself may not have said anything about this? Just a few quackers at Kos?

Or at least provide a source for Ford "screaming racism over this ad"? By the way, Corker requested the ad not be aired. Good for him in my book, too bad the RNC thought otherwise.

Speaking of updates and ads, any chance we can expect one for this misleading piece?

He wrote the piece, not Moe.

Second, what is so awful about this ad? Strikes me as kinda funny, but I admit to liking satire.

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...causing people to make racially insensitive comments. 'Course, they're all Democrats.

The Fuzzy Puppy of the VRWC.

Ask Corker, I didn't comment on it =)

If you meant the phone-sex one, it's misleading in the extreme.

I took the praise of Corker's condemnation to be suggestive that you agreed, and had a reason for the same. Am I mistaken?

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I agree with Corker calling for the ad to be pulled, for the reason that I think the ad is a silly caricature of Ford. I think the scenes with the woman are in questionable taste (and of questionable relevance) for a political ad. I don't think it's racist, just "tacky and over the top" (to quote Corker's campaign chairman).

But in the South, politics is a sort of contact sport. There are rules, but this doesn't seem to break any.

I mean, I guess, your idea, drawn to its logical conclusion, means that Corker shouldn't run ads about Harold being a pretty suit who's never lived a day of his life in Tennessee.

Put differently, if you're gonna hold yourself up as a man of virtue, you pretty much open the door on your time at Heffner's pad.

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...is that he could've shrugged it off. He isn't married, he isn't blind, he isn't old, he's in a serious position of power and influence (one that requires a certain presence) and his face doesn't stop any clocks. In other words, he maybe could score with a Playboy Bunny, which is not exactly a feat that would get him in trouble with a large section of the American voting public. A simple murmured "Gentlemen never talk" and Ford could've turned it around.

The Fuzzy Puppy of the VRWC.

I've had to downgrade my estimate of his intelligence of late. Too bad. I kinda liked him.

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I mean, I guess, your idea, drawn to its logical conclusion, means that Corker shouldn't run ads about Harold being a pretty suit who's never lived a day of his life in Tennessee.

Worth repeating here that Corker isn't running this ad and doesn't approve of it. Not because of the message, but because of the "tacky and over the top" manner in which that message is conveyed.

For example, Corker has made a lot of noise about ethics and lobbying -- suppose the DNC made an ad about his relationship with Delta. Fair enough, he opened the door, yes?

Now, suppose they made that ad with actors carrying around briefcases of cash, FBI agents running around with guns, shots of Grand Jury testimony, and maybe some kid crying with a voice-over describing how his family lost their savings when Freeliant went under. Tacky and over the top, yes?

(Suppose further that Ford had the good sense and decency to call for such an ad to be pulled, and the DNC refused...)

I'm not sure what guns-drawn FBI agents have to do with lobbying. Is this what liberals think lobbyists who lobby GOPers require?

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but my point is that such a portrayal would be, ah, tacky and over the top.

Look, if you're a big fan of this ad for some reason, that's cool. I happen to think Corker has it about right.

And there is such a thing as a negative ad that isn't "tacky and over the top?" It is just the nature of the business. You would think Patty Wetterling up here in Minnesota is running against a child molester from her ads. What exactly any of that has to do with Michelle Bachman, who has never been to DC, I haven't quite figured out yet. And those are being paid for by the campaign... can't blame them on any national committee or 527.
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We - at least, I think that Thomas would agree - think Corker did precisely what he was supposed to do. A meditation on the Borderer concept of the Unhallowed Hand may prove fruitful in this regard. ;)

The Fuzzy Puppy of the VRWC.

Did you happen to see the moveon ads against Nancy Johnson, the "red handed" ad?

They tie her to Abramoff saying he got caught red handed and so did she. What did she get caught red handed FOR?

voting.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OQNbXGD3Ak

she is a super liberal herself which is strange as to why they are spending so much money on her.

Tain't my article: for that matter, I don't actually know that Ford or his campaign hasn't complained, either.

But you can email Erick if you've got issues about his posts, thanks. :)

The Fuzzy Puppy of the VRWC.

If she did, Bush didn't deny it. Mr. Ford, on the other hand, tried to slip a fast one by the public by claiming, "He's never been to a Playboy mansion party"---which is all well and good, except that wasn't the accusation. He did, in fact, go to a Playboy party in Jacksonville after the Super Bowl.

If he claims going to that party in the right way. Just the right amount of smugness about "I got invited to a Playboy Party and Corker didn't" would get a few more male votes that he otherwise would have lost...

"Always be honest with yourself even if you are honest with no one else...
...It helps you keep track of your lies..."
--Myself

How about this: "I like football, and I like girls." :-)

http://www.redstate.com/stories/elections/2006/i_like_football_and_i_lik...

Could you imagine the "outrage" if it had been a white woman saying that Harold Ford looked nice enough?

There was absolutely NOTHING in that ad that was racist. I saw a large cross section of Americans supporting Ford's cause. "He looks good on TV." "Canada can take care of North Korea." "I want my taxes raised."

There's no racism, only support for the Democratic platform.

sort of breathtaking that someone can produce this post and function in modern society, isn't it?

I grew up in the South and understand what you are saying, but if Ford is making inroads as you say he has, then he has done a good job of transcending race. If this ad is a concern, then maybe he hasn't done as well as you think.

Another issue is that black Playmates are rare (I hear), so if the woman shown as the Playmate were black, then that part of the commercial would be unbelievable. So perhaps Hugh Hefner is racist, and Harold Ford could pursue that angle.

The great victory of the civil rights movement is that we are even discussing racism as it pertains to this ad. Or perhaps it is the great defeat of the civil rights movement that the focus today is on dumbing down the definition of racism. Anyway, to awkwardly paraphrase Lloyd Bentsen, I have known racism, I have seen racism, and friend, this ain't racism.

The Fuzzy Puppy of the VRWC.

Illegal aliens! Leaving them out has to be racist... since mentioning them seems to be.

"Took the nickname Troll long before BlogTrolls existed..."

"Always be honest with yourself even if you are honest with no one else...
...It helps you keep track of your lies..."
--Myself

"illegal aliens" are, in fact, "undocumented workers". Took a while, but we've finally established your true colors. So to speak.

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John
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Democratic civilization is the first in history to blame itself because another power is trying to destroy it.
... Jean-François Revel

I noticed in the video of Ford crashing the Corker Press Conference that Corker is an old fogey and thet Ford is young and energetic and that I wouldn't mind looking like him (physically, I mean).

"Always be honest with yourself even if you are honest with no one else...
...It helps you keep track of your lies..."
--Myself

It is only racism that prevents Republicans from realizing that Bill Clinton was the greatest president of all time, just because he was our first black president.
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