Southerners http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/5082/all en Times Hints Racism a Factor in Harold Ford's Failure http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/times-hints-racism-factor-harold-fords-failure <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subtitle"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Adam Nossiter: &quot;The crowd in the room packed with Corker supporters told its own story: It was almost entirely white.&quot; And Nossiter back in 2001 said of Southerners who &quot;revere the Confederacy&quot;: &quot;It has to do probably with deficiencies in education.&quot; </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/clay-waters">Clay Waters</a> </div> </div> </div> <p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">The Times seems to be bitter about not having everything go the Democrat's way last night, putting its usual <a href="http://www.timeswatch.org/articles/2006/20061027124341.aspx" target="_self">racism</a> spin on one of the GOP's few bright spots - Bob Corker's win over Harold Ford Jr. in the race for Senate in Tennessee. </p><br /> <p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"></p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/times-hints-racism-factor-harold-fords-failure" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles TimesWatch AdamNossiter BobCorker NewYorkTimes NYTimes Rep.HaroldFordJr. Southerners Tenness TimesWatch TimesWatch.org Fri, 10 Nov 2006 06:30:00 +0000 admin 5289 at http://archive2.mrc.org