Well clearly Lexis has me for life, because I STILL couldn't find this chic on westlaw. Oh well, I have dedicated FAR to many woman-hours to Ms. Jennifer Baltimore-- is it just me or does that name sound kind of, well, stripperish?

Yeah. Reminds me of the rapper Charlie Baltimore. It really sounds like a stage name.

TTT/Opinion on why Rep. Ford lost his race
 

Disclaimer: This is an AfAm moderate/conservative blog, which I suspect may offend a lot of people reading this. But I think she has a poin t -- read some of the comments, which are pretty interesting.

http://bookerrising.blogspot.com/200...-love-for.html

Skillz
 

I suspect Harold Ford's defeat was not because of a "crazy ad campaign" against him...

I think some folks in Tennessee chose not to vote for him because he is unmarried and has a tough time with commitment or settling down...

In no way am I implying that he is all the playboy folks make him out to be--no, rather, he ain't got the game to keep a woman, period...

Most folks in Tennessee are also conservative in how their public officials ought to live their personally lives.

I suspect most folks do not like that free-for-all, free-living-together-until-whenever, West Coast flower child beatnik tree hugging they so euphemistically like to call us ;) ...

If Mr. Ford was married with a 3 year old and one on the way, homie would have been elected. And his wife would dayum near have to be "passe blanc", but be down with her roots...

So, I have heard on the grapevine...

Don't be shocked if homie shows up at all OUR events... 'Cuz that's the kind of woman I've been told he's looking for... ;)

Well, I'll start showing up at events...'cause that's the kind of man I need. He is fawww-iiiine.... In that Derek Jeter way (yeah, I said it).

Sweetheart, because some ladies in his family are my sorors, I have been told he wants one of my sorors...

But homegirl has to know that he will NOT be faithful and will cheat on you... Her only job is to crank the kiddies out...

^^
Yes, I can see HF with one of our sorors.

LOL...my sister is one of your sorors. If I had known going NPC would have led me to miss out on Ford Jr., I would have rethought it. Ha ha...but, I just dropped a loser, don't want another one.

How old is he, anyway?

He's 36. Born in 1970. When I was in Tennessee, I mainly paid attention to Sr. and the rest of the family.

Judging from the photo of the woman, she appears to be as black as I am... albeit a lighter shade. I don't know where he got that lie from. :rolleyes:

LOL... "hasn't been shown how to use it". He seems like a nice guy, and he is cute. I'd consider going out with him, if his family wasn't so crazy. :p

Good for him. There are still men with some class in this world.

Scratch the previous statement. :D lmbo..

I know someone whose grandparent is believed to be a white person passing for black. This grandparent grew up in Louisiana and was somehow told she was Creole or something of that sort. She looks like a "white complexioned black person" and they joke about her really being white. I've found many whites who look black and blacks who look white (such as some of the blacks in my family from generations past). It wasn't that uncommon for blacks in the South to pass for white either inadvertently or intentionally. I suppose it isn't too farfetched for whites to do the same in some instances.

Ford needs to log onto GC so he can't stop AKA_Monet from further hurting his political career.

How long ago was that? I saw him with a beautiful, professional Black woman at a concert a couple of years ago. So, I was surprised by the white girl controversy. Personally, I don't care who he dates.

I'd thought passing was in the past, but I know of a couple of recent cases -- both decently well-known people in New York circles. I'm talking of Anatole Broyard, the writer, and a real estate broker named Alice Mason.

Good. We don't need any more black Americans, especially individuals who do not value the history, culture, and strength of our people and who are not genuinely interested in the betterment of our communities. There are quite a few public officials I wouldn't mind passing off to some other ethnicity.

I know what you mean, but the people who I have in mind would NEVER be able to blend in. :p

I stumbled upon this article. Maybe his grandmother is just like the gentleman mentioned in this article. Perhaps there is a small possibility she wasn't Black and just didn't know it. If Ford feels the need to claim his grandmother was passing (though I have no idea why it really matters or why he feels the need to state this publicly) perhaps he should take a test to prove what percentage of his heritage is of African descent.

http://www.alternet.org/story/16917/

As far as him looking for one of OUR sorors as marriage material...who can blame him;)lol...Though that whole I'm going to play the field while you have the kiddies is played out...I don't know how he's going to pull that off. Clinton couldn't do it and from what y'all are saying on this Forum he doesn't have a tenth of Clinton's game.

Wow @ the article. There are probably a lot of people this same situation and do not know. Very interesting.

He could possibly pull it off. There are always women who will put up with that kind of mess, because of the "benefits" of being married to someone with a name.

HAHA! That's not very nice.:) Maybe he just needs someone to "teach" him, so that the "game issues" will improve. But then again maybe not, if he's 36. If the "issues" haven't improved by now, chances are its not going to happen.

The article is very misleading. Because this man only inherited one half of each parent's DNA (and they inherited only one half from each of their parents, and so on), he could be (and likely is) of African descent. This type of DNA test does not show it, because the African was simply "washed out", so to speak. In Ford's case, he should not get a DNA test, he should get a grip. :p

Harold Ford married this weekend
 

I posted this story on my blog and already have some (ahem) - interesting comments about his new spouse.

The discussion is quite interesting.

Setting aside the obvious, they look like such the odd couple. He is quite handsome in a traditional, reserved, stuffy, nerdy kind of way (with that side part - what is that about?). By contrast, she looks like a California beach, let it all hang out person. I have to say that I was surprised at her looks. I thought he would have picked a drop dead gorgeous woman (no matter the race). Maybe it's just the pic that I saw but ... she doesn't appear to be anywhere near drop dead gorgeous. Is she rich? Old money by chance?

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They look related to me.

The pic in that blog isn't too flattering for either. But they are both attractive people.

The blog references her money. :)

DSTChaos, can you give me the blog url? I couldn't find it referenced on Greekchat. Maybe I was searching in the wrong threads.
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It is Blacksocialite's blog that is linked in her signature. I figured she didn't want a cut and paste of her words on here.

*singing* Congratulations...it should have been me...standing next to you...contratulations...I hope you're happy... :rolleyes:

Yes, they are very interesting.:D

...love your blog btw

LOL, wonder if Emily is an AKA! :p

Thanks!

Ms. Emily may be a relative of one of the Morgan Stanley founders. She contributed $4100 to Harold Ford, Jr's campaign for Senator.

As soon as I learn more, I'll share with those who are interested.

Film at five...:)

I was not surprised at all by his choice.

Please tell me there's a zero missing here.

Maybe not. Aren't there campaign contribution limits?

I guess. Just doesn't seem like $4100 is noteworthy for a "wealthy socialite." But maybe it is because they ended up murrrred.

...you is stooopid! lol