http://www.liberadio.com/2007/03/22/harold-ford-jr-bless-his-heart-10/ Sat, 30 Aug 2008 11:29:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 http://www.liberadio.com/2007/03/22/harold-ford-jr-bless-his-heart-10/#comment-25595 Mary Thu, 22 Mar 2007 18:04:49 +0000 http://www.liberadio.com/2007/03/22/harold-ford-jr-bless-his-heart-10/#comment-25595 "Media availability?" More like a "media unavailability." Harumph. “Media availability?” More like a “media unavailability.” Harumph.

]]> http://www.liberadio.com/2007/03/22/harold-ford-jr-bless-his-heart-10/#comment-25582 Nashville is Talking » Not the Best $10 He’s Ever Spent Thu, 22 Mar 2007 16:19:21 +0000 http://www.liberadio.com/2007/03/22/harold-ford-jr-bless-his-heart-10/#comment-25582 [...] Freddie was in attendance for the final night of Vanderbilt’s IMPACT Symposium for 2007, and he has this to say about last night’s speaker: Harold Ford, Jr. had some tough acts to follow, and it showed. After being more than 20 minutes late for the pre-lecture media availability, he gave an undirected, off-the-cuff set of remarks heavy on namedropping and light on substance. The *ahem* lecture barely lasted 30 minutes, and I was unable to detect a thesis. Mostly, it seemed to be a scattershot smorgasbord of platitudes about optimism and American greatness. During the very brief media availability, the congressman was asked if he would speak to negative advertising in his address. He said that he would not unless asked about it by a questioner. [...] […] Freddie was in attendance for the final night of Vanderbilt’s IMPACT Symposium for 2007, and he has this to say about last night’s speaker: Harold Ford, Jr. had some tough acts to follow, and it showed. After being more than 20 minutes late for the pre-lecture media availability, he gave an undirected, off-the-cuff set of remarks heavy on namedropping and light on substance. The *ahem* lecture barely lasted 30 minutes, and I was unable to detect a thesis. Mostly, it seemed to be a scattershot smorgasbord of platitudes about optimism and American greatness. During the very brief media availability, the congressman was asked if he would speak to negative advertising in his address. He said that he would not unless asked about it by a questioner. […]

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