Ford calls Corker 'wimp' for not agreeing to more debates
2006-09-27
Source: Oak Ridger
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rss feedDemocratic U.S. Senate candidate Harold Ford Jr. called his Republican opponent Bob Corker a "wimp" on Tuesday for not agreeing to more debates.
The candidates had an awkward meeting at the Nashville City Club in which Ford encouraged Corker to add a Knoxville debate to the three already scheduled.
Corker responded that "we may have to talk about that," adding that he is looking forward to debating Ford in his hometown of Memphis.
The other debates are scheduled for Nashville and Chattanooga, where Corker was mayor from 2001 to 2005.
"We're the Volunteer State; we're not the wimp state," Ford later told The Associated Press. "And he's behaving more like a wimp than like a Volunteer."
Ford suggested Corker may be intimidated by joint appearances with the Memphis congressman.
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