Sen. John Ford resigns

John Ford, the legendary hack from the african american community of memphis, has resigned from the Tennessee state senate. This is the guy who gets his female staffers pregnant, who shot a hand gun at a trucker on the interstate driving from the state assembly, and who waved a shotgun at a municipal worker in memphis who was working on his street and woke him up. This is the brother of Harold Ford, the former Congressman from memphis. And he is the uncle of Harold Ford Jr., who has just announced his candidancy for US Senate. Harold Ford Jr is a good guy, but his dad and uncle represented the "old" guard. To be more precise, John and harold were hold overs from the carpet bagging days, when freed men were put in office and expected to be stooges - so much of the slave culture still permeates the African American community. Harold Ford Jr. is the future - how does President Ford sound? But thank goodness John is out of office - he made a joke out of public service.