Bob Corker Vs. Harold Ford Jr: Tennessee's Dirty Senate Race

With the midterm elections fast approaching, it seems that a steady odor of dry human excrement seems to be blanketing the United States of America. And this time around, it seems to be particularly thick in my own state, Tennessee. With the retirement of Senatorial Republican incumbent (and animal murderer), Bill Frist, the battle for political dominance in this otherwise beautiful place to live is being waged by two newcomers to this particular game. In the Democratic corner is the seemingly squeaky clean former Representative of Tennessee’s 9th District, Harold Ford Jr. Opposing him in the Republican corner is former mayor of Chattanooga, Bob Corker, who you may remember from his controversial sale of protected wetlands to Wal-Mart back in 2003 (which made him 4.6 million dollars wealthier, for whatever it is worth).

Several other major controversies have followed Corker. So it makes sense that he is running on the Republican ballot considering how many controversies have also followed their entire party-especially in the past seven years or so. There is, of course, no surprise that George W. Bush, himself, is personally endorsing Corker, as are a slew of other demonized showboats from the Republican Party. And so we come to one particular dirty trick that is being applied to the Tennessee election and facilitated quite obviously from Washington. You see, the Republican National Committee is running a very heinous advertisement, which attacks Ford in ambiguous, if not completely untrue, terms. And while this is not necessarily a new tactic for any political race, the psychology behind this one runs rather deep.

The ad shows a string of mediocre to plainly bad actors, being “interviewed out in the street” in regards to Harold Ford. A transcript of the ad is as follows: