Opinion
What kind of man is Harold Ford Jr.?
By Monty Rohde
Monday, November 6, 2006 12:00 a.m.
Updated Tuesday, January 23, 2007 12:13:32 p.m.
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what kind of racist bull#@$* is this?
i thought this kind of crap only flew in the south. very sad.
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its called sarcasm you moron
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Normally I don’t respond to comments as a matter of personal policy.
I was expecting this kind of reaction, and I doubt you’re the only one. As the other poster said this is satire.
If you check out the anti-Ford ads on Youtube you’ll understand the cartoon better. The racism is veiled, but it is undeniably still there.
I expose what’s implied.
Monty Rohde
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it’s not sarcasm if you live here, it’s too real. you can’t parody a reality that is so rediculous as to be a parody of itself. i have lived with this junk every day, and this $@it flies here. in tennessee i might add.
there is nothing moronic about being disgusted by racism.
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the republican national commnittee thought their ad was funny too. they thought they were being real clever too.
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Harold Ford Jr. strikes me as a man, “of the people”, by the people, for the people.” Isn’t that what America’s about?
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harlord ford jr..is the best guy ever i wish he would have one…bob is a lier bout harlod
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From what I can see from this side of the Altlantic (in the UK) , he’s a white guy who is ‘blacking up’ to play the race card. Utterly ridiculous and baltantly oportunistic. If a black guy who looked 95% African - maybe with just straight hair - all other features genetically West African, declared himself to be a White Anglo Saxon Protestant, people would just laugh. So how come this whitey gets away with it? He’s as ridiculous as Ali G. Ive also just seen a photo of his uncle John Ford. Obviously as white as the blonde womean who was interviewing him. Has America gone collectively blind or something?
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ito the t thought mr. ford was the best man for the job but he did not stoop to the level of the republicans who are seasoned street fighters . east tn. are mountain people who came here from scotland . they are mean and uneducated barely speaking the english language