Harold Ford's FLACK Desperately Backpedals

[Segami]

We reported this morning that Harold Ford had never filed a New York tax return because that's precisely what his spokeswoman Tammy Sun told us. Now she's trying to backpedal, and, we hear, lying to other reporters about our story.


Earlier today, we reported that Harold Ford has never filed a New York state tax return because Sun told us he "will file a New York tax return in April for the first time." Now Sun has issued a new statement and three added words: he "will file a NY tax return in April for the first time as a resident." Sun seems to believe undercuts what she told us late last night — that her client Harold Ford had never filed a New York tax return. It doesn't. But first a little backstory:


We first inquired as to whether or not Ford had ever filed a tax return to New York tax return on Tuesday. Here's our initial email to Davidson Goldin, Ford's primary flack, who was on his honeymoon at the time. As you can see from the email, we also called and left a message with Tammy Sun of Let It Shine, Inc., who was holding down the Ford fort while Goldin was away.






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[AzDar]

1. Harold Ford sucks.

[belpejic]

2. Plastic hack. Shameless carpetbagger.

Mediocre, entitled egomaniac. Tool.

And I'm not even sure I like Gillibrand.

[Segami]

4. Seems there are forces at work who are interested at seeing Harold slide into the NY Senate seat.

[belpejic]

5. Take a look at NYC's mayor

And the industry Ford works in to get a sense of who they are.

[appal_jack]

7. Gillibrand is leagues better

I follow NY politics a little, as I am a former resident of NYC, and did my Master's work up in Syracuse.

Gillibrand is the real deal: what you see is generally what you get (at least by politician standards), plus I admire her stances in favor of reproductive freedom (which is good politics in NYC) and RKBA (which is good politics upstate), in addition to the fact that these stances of hers comport themsles with the Constitution rather well.

Ford on the other hand is naked, unabashed, DLC-Corporatist slime, without so much as a principled bone in his body.

-app

[asdjrocky]

3. Ford = DLC hack

[11 Bravo]

6. Good thing Bob Corker defeated him in the Senate race.

[SharonAnn]

8. I voted for Ford in Tennessee. He was lots better than Corker. But I'd vote for Gillibrand

in New york.

[asdjrocky]

9. Different sides of the same fucking coin.

[monmouth]

10. There just seems to be something "shifty" about the guy. I wouldn't

buy a car from him...LOL.