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Cross posted at MYDD]
Yesterday, a lot of people, myself included, were frustrated and angry with Harold Ford for piling on John Kerry and advancing the GOP narrative.
Well today, Harold Ford made up for it. In spades!
Check out this exchange Ford had with Sean Hannity on the Hanity and Colmes program:
"[Harold] FORD: I'm a Christian. And I think everybody deserves a second chance. [John Kerry] made clear what his intent was, which was to challenge the policy we have on the ground in Iraq, which I think is widely believed to be not working in many quarters. We all share the same goal of winning.
He's apologized now twice. I said early this morning, matter of fact, late last night, that he should apologize to the troops, whatever his intent was. He's done that.
HANNITY: Well, let me ask you this. He said it was a "joke," and even in this latest statement. Can you explain to me what the joke was supposed to be? Because I just don't get it.
FORD: Look, we forgive Rush Limbaugh for what he did to Michael J. Fox.
HANNITY: This isn't about Rush Limbaugh. This is about -- he's running -- what is the "joke" part? I don't get it. Before he apologized, though, he used the word -- he says it's a joke. Where's the joke?
FORD: You'd have to have him on and ask him all of that. I take a person at their word. You know, when Vice President Cheney mistakenly shot his friend while they were out hunting, he said he was sorry and didn't mean to do it. I believed him.
If John Kerry says that it was an awful attempt at a joke, I mean, I take him at his word.
Now, if he hadn't apologized, I'd share your position. But he's apologized now. And it's interesting. Here we are, while all these kids are at war, while we all agree -- even the president of the United States has changed his rhetorical description of this war from "stay the course" to "whatever the case may be."
HANNITY: Let me move on, if I can."
You BET he wanted to move on.