Harold Ford on MSNBC, Speaks About John Kerry

[liberalpragmatist]

This whole Kerry flap has been a complete embarassment. What he said was obviously a botched joke and I thought his response yesterday was brilliant, although he should have added THEN that he was sorry to any troops who were offended.

Now that this manufactured flap is over, it's time to move on.

Thankfully, Harold Ford agreed (with the second part). He got into a lot of criticism from DU'ers and others in the lefty blogosphere for calling on Kerry to apologize. However, while I'm not the biggest fan of Ford's politics, I think people ought to see this clip of him on MSNBC. He deals with the Kerry flap well, says he believes Kerry when he says that's not what he said, and he accuses his opponent and Bush of trying to distract people.

http://video.msn.com/v/us/msnbc.htm?g=1A20E58B-E5E5-4A71-ABE8-C9414B2987C5&f=00&fg=email

[liberalpragmatist]

1. kicking this

:kick:

[beltanefauve]

2. I don't watch TV

but I listen to radio. NPR in the morning and afternoon (a long-time habit; I scream at the radio daily, especially Morning Edition these days), AAR, and I like to scan the stations and rock out in the car. Anyhow, unfortunately, on a Clear Channel affiliate, the "big story" at high noon was Harold Ford demanding an apology. This, of all things, was their top story, not the death toll in Iraq, or anything of real substance. No surprise there. They framed this like the Dems are all divided and in chaos. I'm concerned, because the general public has such a short attention span. Perhaps the public got the "demand an apology" part, but doesn't have the follow-through for Ford's further explanation. And Clear Channel is EVERYWHERE.

Meanwhile, on NPR, Steve Inskeep and Renee Montagne did their usual juvenile gossip-and-titter routine which is supposed to pass for "news". They got all ecstatic about the supposed re visitation of the 2004 and the "feud" between * and Kerry. They even played the old Jib-Jab clip where the person impersonating Kerry calls * a "right-wing nut job".
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6415392

Maybe its time for me to invest in satellite radio...

[mmonk]

3. Hope he wins

but disagree on his request. I believe it fed the frenzy, all over a smear job.