The Knucklehead of the Day award

Goes to Tennessee Former State Senator John Ford who was arrested and indicted as part of the Tennesse Waltz FBI investigation. This crooked politician is trying to turn this case around saying it's a political vendetta. Not mentioned in the story is the charge that former State Sen. Ford threats against the life of a Federal agent.

The whole article can be found at- http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050608/NEWS0201/506080409
Also Hat tip to Michelle Malkin- Michellemalkin.com

MEMPHIS — Former state Sen. John Ford entered a not guilty plea in federal court on corruption charges today, saying it is the government that is corrupt.

“The government has tried to show me and others as being corrupt and villains when in essence they’re the ones that are corrupt. They’re the villains,” Ford said.

“They’re the ones who have been disingenuous all along. They’re the ones who set up a fictitious, illegal, phony apparatus,” Ford said.

The Memphis Democrat is among the lawmakers charged with taking bribes from that “phony apparatus,” a fake company set up by the FBI called E-Cycle. Representatives of the company, who were really undercover federal agents, paid him to promote legislation that would have benefited its “business” of recycling computer equipment, according to federal court papers.

The former senator, who resigned his seat after being charged in late May, also questioned the timing of his arrest two weeks ago, saying it came just one day after his nephew U.S. Rep. Harold Ford Jr. filed papers to run for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Bill Frist.

He was also suspicious because he and co-defendants Sen. Ward Crutchfield and Sen. Kathryn Bowers had been working during the legislative session to try to prevent Tennesseans from being kicked off TennCare, the state’s troubled health insurance program for the poor and uninsured.Bowers and alleged “bag man” Barry Myers also entered not guilty pleas in federal court today. A federal magistrate set a July 5 trial date for all three, but Bowers’ attorney William Massey said he believed the trials will not start for another three months.

Senator Ford has since resigned his Senate seat since the charges became public.

Save the outrage Mr. Ford. When all you can do is attack the govt. we can only conclude you are a crook. I just hope you get to spend some time in jail and learn how the rest of the people of your crooked ilk live. You're a deserving knucklehead.