Harold Ford takes jab at Sen. Chuck Schumer; says if elected he'd be like Sen. Hillary Clinton

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Harold Ford takes jab at Sen. Chuck Schumer; says if elected he'd be like Sen. Hillary Clinton

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2010/01/25/2010-01-25_harold_ford_takes_jab_at_sen_chuck_schumer_compares_self_to_sen_hillary_clinton.html

By Kenneth Lovett and David Saltonstall
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS

Monday, January 25th 2010, 12:22 PM



Harold Ford, upping his rhetoric as he mulls a primary race against U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, broadened his swipes Monday to include Sen. Chuck Schumer - whom Ford labelled a "parakeet" for always echoing Democratic Party orders.

"I believe that both senators should do a better job of putting New York and New York City first," Ford said on Albany's Talk 1300 AM.

"I believe that both senators, including Sen. Gillibrand, ought to be more independent," he added.

Ford added: "Understand that you are not elected to the United States Senate to be a parakeet, or take instructions from the Democratic leadership."

[BurtWorm]

1. Go away, Harold!

Go away!

[madrchsod]

2. harold ford = loser

[NightWatcher]

3. "...not elected to take instructions from ... leadership"?, thus sayeth the head of the DLC

sure, let's have a DLC & GOP power struggle in DC.

[yurbud]

15. yep. DLC takes their marching orders from GOP

[joeybee12]

4. He means he'll wear a headband? n/t

[DJ13]

5. Poor NY

But Tennessee is happy.

[old mark]

6. He's going to become a woman?

Certainly a committed politician, that Schumer...


mark

[Individualist]

7. Dog and pony show for the uninformed

All three are DLC members.

[CanonRay]

8. He'll say anything and do nothing

another DLC Republican lite. Ugh.

[hlthe2b]

9. He is such a disgusting piece of excrement.

New Yorkers, I trust you will dispatch of this ass quickly. I hope NY does not have open primaries that would allow RETHUGS to vote.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

10. Gad he makes me --

:puke:

[jesus_of_suburbia]

11. He would have been a good Senator for TN (instead of Corker), but NOT for NY.

[karynnj]

12. It's really an attack on Gillibrand, not Schumer

The full comment is that he would be independent of Schumer as HRC was and Gillibrand isn't. That said he is a carpet bagger and an annoying one at that.

[TheCowsCameHome]

13. You'll look simply devine in a blue pantsuit, Harold.

[spanone]

14. wait til new york rejects him, he'll be back in tenn trying to get elected to city council