On May 31, 2006 on MSNBC's Don Imus, Harold Ford's "TOXICITY" was on full display as he urged people to see Al Gore's new movie, buy the new Dixie Chick's cd, and heaped praise on Hillary Clinton:

MSNBC's Don Imus: I'm on a real win streak Congressman Ford. . . . The Dixie Chicks with their new album going number one at Billboard next week. Sold a half million records."

HAROLD FORD, JR.: "I bought one of them. I bought one of them at Starbucks." (Harold Ford, Jr., MSNBC's "Imus In The Morning," May 31, 2006)

FORD: "Al Gore and Hillary Clinton are two of the biggest names and forces in our party. Al Gore is getting a lot of attention . . . because he's been right for a long time on a lot of issues . . . . And his movie, 'Inconvenient Truth,' if you haven't seen it, if any of you haven't seen it, they should." (Harold Ford, Jr., MSNBC's "Imus In The Morning," May 31, 2006)

IMUS: "Would you like to see Al Gore running again?"

FORD: "I love Al Gore. . . . Well, as I shared with him, he knows that he has my support in whatever he decides to do. I don't know if he's running for president." (Harold Ford, Jr., MSNBC's "Imus In The Morning," May 31, 2006)

FORD: "And people always countin' Hillary Clinton out. This lady is as smart and as good as it gets. I think it's a great thing for our party that you have two people like them [Gore and Clinton] . . . ." (Harold Ford, Jr., MSNBC's "Imus In The Morning," May 31, 2006)

Hat Tip to The Tennessee Republican Party for this item.