Tennessee Democrat Ford Questions `Sanity' of U.S. Iraq Policy

[NNN0LHI]

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a7JYM.pCZPRc&refer=home

Oct. 15 (Bloomberg) -- Democratic Representative Harold Ford, engaged in a close battle for an open Senate seat in Tennessee, questioned the ``sanity'' of the Bush administration's policy on Iraq.

Asked on ABC's ``This Week'' program about his vote in 2002 to authorize President George W. Bush to use military force, the five-term representative said he wouldn't have backed the war if he knew that Iraq didn't have weapons of mass destruction.

``After hearing Vice President Cheney and others over the last few weeks indicate that they would have gone forward with the war in Iraq even knowing what they know now, it raises serious questions about not only judgment but sanity,'' he said.

Danny Diaz, spokesman for the Republican National Committee called Ford's comments ``outrageous'' and show ``he is an extreme and partisan liberal that does not represent Tennessee values.''

[Clark2008]

1. Hey Danny, I'm a Tennessean - born and raised - and Ford

more represents my values than that "use-my-elected-position-to-make-a-profit" Corker.

[Auntie Bush]

2. Someone needs to tell Danny Diaz to "shove it". n/t

[PCIntern]

3. Tennessee Ernie Ford's twin brother?

Who remembers him?

[Webster Green]

4. "Extreme and partisan liberal"..

That was from a spokesliar for the most extreme and partisan group to ever exist, the Gang Of Pervs.

[struggle4progress]

5. O Danny boy, the polls, the polls are callin!

Ford 48% Corker 46% Oct 13 Rasmussen +2
Ford 46% Corker 48% Oct 10 SurveyUSA -2
Ford 51% Corker 44% Oct 10 DSCC +7
Ford 50% Corker 45% Oct 06 Gallup +5
Ford 40% Corker 40% Oct 05 Zogby/Reuters +0

Average of the last 5 polls:

Ford 47.0% Corker 44.6% +2.4

Looks like a close one ...