Guess Who's Coming to Breakfast?

There's so much that's wrong, stupid and hilarious about this it's hard to know where to start.

Harold Ford is supposedly running for a U.S. Senate seat from New York. Trying to unseat an incumbent in the primary. In the 3rd-largest state in the union. In the next six months, he's got to raise a zillion dollars and attempt to shake hands with 20 million people, half of whom hate him because he's a homophobic DINO asshole and the other half of whom hate him because he's black. He's got a huge, monster, near-impossible campaign ahead of him, and he's already at least a year behind.

So what is he doing to raise big money/meet many residents of New York state/impress major national power brokers?

Speaking at the Governor's Prayer Breakfast. In Kentucky.

"Governor Steve Beshear and First Lady Jane Beshear invite you to celebrate this special time of year at the 45th Annual Governor’s Prayer Breakfast, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010, beginning at 8 a.m. in the Bell Gym at Kentucky State University.

The Governor’s Prayer Breakfast is a long-standing tradition in Kentucky dating back to 1965 and includes representatives of all three branches of government. Each year it provides Kentuckians with an opportunity to give thanks for their blessings and ask for strength to lead the Commonwealth toward a brighter tomorrow.

SNIP - (trust me - Beshear's sacharine and deceitful quote will make you puke.)

The theme of this year’s breakfast is “A Call to Serve.” Harkening to the pioneer spirit that has shaped the Commonwealth, the theme illustrates the call many Kentuckians have taken to help their neighbors during these tough times.

Keynoting the Governor’s Prayer Breakfast this year is former United States Representative Harold Ford Jr., of Tennessee. Described by former President Bill Clinton as “the walking, living embodiment of where America ought to go in the 21st century,” Ford’s commitment to service and community action are reflected in his well-known dedication to creating a government that is working for the betterment of all. Musical entertainment will be provided by the award-winning Kentucky Regional Men’s Chorus.

I wrote last year about this unconstitutional idiocy, and noted that new President Obama had found a way to use the occasion for something more rational and important than making demands of an invisible sky wizard.

He extended that tradition at this year's national prayer breakfast, when Secretary of State Hillary Clinton took the opportunity to attack the viciously homophobic Ugandan government proposals to execute people for their sexual orientation.

Don't hold your breath waiting for Harold Ford to do anything remotely so American, non-sectarian and Democratic.

You can't surf the blogosphere without tripping over posts about how horrifically bad Ford really is and always has been, but here's a recent good one from Down With Tyranny.

It's typically incompetent of Beshear to give the keynote address spot to Ford, who is one of the few "Democrats" more republican than Ben Chandler.

The hilarious part is that the only people in Kentucky liberal enough to not hate Ford for his race hate him for being a corporate-owned, repug-cock-sucking DINO.