Jake Ford Claims To Be A Victim Of A Racially Motivated Attack In An Upscale Steakhouse

By Kleinheider Posted on May 29, 2008 at 8:19 am

Jake Ford uses a recent personal experience as evidence that the 9th District Congressional contest should be about race:

Ford claims he became involved in a verbal disagreement about politics with a fellow patron at Fleming’s restaurant on Poplar. The patron was a volunteer for the campaign of Southaven congressional candidate Greg Davis.

“When I repelled the gentleman off of me expecting, the employees or other patrons at this restaurant to get involved, they did. They got involved, but they jumped on me,” Ford said.

Ford wonders if there is a political agenda behind the fact the information is coming out now.

“This happened 29 days ago. I have not mentioned this or attempted to contact the press. You can even attest to that Kontji, I haven’t called you or any other news agency to try this in the court of public opinion. This is for the courtroom and that is where we’re going to address this problem,” Ford said.

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Lamar Alexander Isn’t Just The Man Who Makes The Deals

By Kleinheider Posted on May 23, 2008 at 9:10 am

He breaks them, too. Republican Senate Conference Committee Chair Lamar Alexander is a powerful man down in Washington and recently he has not been afraid to use that power to break bad with players on both sides of the aisle.

Not only did Alexander vote with Democrats and several Republicans to override a Presidential veto on the farm bill he also moved yesterday to block a deal struck by Democratic Leader Harry Reid and the administration to move several executive branch nominations forward.

Alexander stood in the way because of Reid’s refusal to approve William Graves for another term on the Tennessee Valley Authority Board:

Reid and the White House hatched a last-minute deal for the Senate to confirm Steve Preston as the secretary of Housing and Urban Development, along with several nominees to the Institute of Peace, military officeholders, undersecretaries and ambassadors. The deal appeared to be headed for a unanimous consent agreement as the Senate prepared for the recess, but it fell apart after a Republican Senator objected to the deal.

Republican Conference Chairman Lamar Alexander (Tenn.) blocked the package of nominations from advancing because Reid continues to object to his pick for the Tennessee Valley Authority board. Alexander has pressed Reid to approve William Graves for another term on TVA, but the Majority Leader has said no, wanting Democratic representation on the board.

An Alexander spokesman said, “Senator Reid has been playing politics with nominees like Bishop Graves for far too long and that has got to stop. This is no small matter to Senator Alexander, and it’s astonishing that the Democratic Leader doesn’t recognize that fact after the conversations and letters exchanged by the two senators these past weeks and months.

“Reid has chosen an Institute of Peace nominee over the Secretary of Housing in the middle of a housing slump. That’s not the sort of leadership people expect from Congress,” the spokesman added.

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