Ford Jr's BioDoublespeak

"What if the next big oil field was right here in Tennessee...I want to make alterative energy sources to reduce our reliance on middle eastern oil..."
"Corker's campaign has sold out to big oil" -Harold Ford Jr.

QUOTED FROM FORD'S COMMERCIALS IN TOP BAR OF HIS WEBSITE

If you don't see the contradiction, permit me to enlighten:


JIM HASLAM, PILOT OIL CEO
Pilot Oil's CEO, Jim Haslam is the campaign finance manager for Bob Corker, Ford's republican opponent for the vacant seat from Tennessee in the Senate to replace Bill Frist (R). The accusation from Ford about big oil is a lie because Pilot Oil, a Tennesse based retail chain of gas stations, doesn't buy oil commodities, just refined gasoline (and gas commodities) and diesel for retail consumption. Pilot oil also happens to be one of the largest retailers of alternative fuel in the country!

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So, which is it Junior? Are you supportive of alternative fuels or are you against the mid sized companies that are willing to market alternative fuels?

Is this the first major obfuscation of the truth (pc for "bold faced lie") from Jr.? Hardly! Consider this quote:

"Excuse my ignorance as I'm just a poor country boy from the south." Harold Ford Jr.

Actually: Attended private school in Washington DC. Congressman Ford received his law degree from the University of Michigan Law School in 1996. He earned a bachelor’s degree in American History from the University of Pennsylvania in 1992. With a pedigree like that it makes me wonder if he uses carpeted suitcases! That guy is about as country as Hillary Clinton!