harold ford junior

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this is essentially a memphis- new york blog, and harold ford jr is essentially a memphis- new york guy. i voted for him in 2006 when he lost to bob corker to represent tennessee in the senate, a race he would have won if the republicans hadn't run that racist campaign ad.

now he wants to be in the senate again, this time in new york. stephen colbert, ms. gillibrand , and barack obama are doing their best to make sure that doesn't happen.

it doesn't really bother me that he flip flopped his position on gay marriage, etc... it seems to me that an elected official should be voting according to the beliefs of his district anyway. i think he would be a fine senator, and am a little confused about the "carpetbagger" discomfort considering they are basically replacing another former southern transplant in Hillary Clinton. what do you think?

flip-flopper.

despite voting in 2004 in favor of a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage no matter where you live, sexy tennessee congressman, harold ford, jr., doesn't mind if gay people marry each other anymore.

"Maybe in the language. But I'm a believer that benefits should flow to same-sex partners and if indeed the fiction of the language, the title, should be changed, much like Chuck Schumer who changed his mind on it and Bill Clinton's evolved, I'm of the opinion now that nothing is wrong with that." (via)