Fake Democrat Harold Ford Calls Opponent a "Young Lady"

by Alex DiBranco · 2010-02-02 16:39:00 UTC
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What is it with these fake Democrats and their sexism? No wonder even though we have a supposed "majority" we can't get health care passed that protects women's reproductive rights. Blue Dogs my foot.

Coming on the heels of former Republican and crotchety old senator Arlen Specter's admonition to Rep. Michele Bachmann to "act like a lady," women were in no mood to hear Harold Ford, Jr. patronizingly refer to Sen. Kristen Gillibrand (D-NY) as a "young lady." (She's four year older than him, by the way.) "Young lady" is what my mother used to call me as a teenager when I was in trouble for something -- it's not how you refer to a political opponent.

Ford, a former Tennessee Congressperson and current carpetbagger, is expected to challenge Gillibrand for her seat in the upcoming Democratic primary. I'm not sure why he thinks New York will want a conservative flip-flopper instead of a woman with a strong pro-choice record to represent them, but I hope that "young lady" crushes him at the polls.

A Youtube video created by NARAL and Planned Parenthood shows just how not-liberal "Ann Coulter's favorite Democrat" is. I particularly like the way he laughs and laughs at the notion of having ever been a liberal at the end.

Alex DiBranco is a Change.org Editor who has worked for the Nation, Political Research Associates, and the Center for American Progress. She is now based in New York City.
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