Here we go again. State Sen. Ophelia Ford keeps saying she's not falling off bar stools because she's drunk, she's only falling off bar stools because she's anemic. Last week, the Senator fell off a bar stool and was video-taped in the throes of a bizarre and
This week anemia caused Ophelia Ford to be carried out of the Wildhorse Saloon in downtown Nashville. Heh. She said that. The cabbie who picked her up must not be familar with anemia. But what do cabbies know?
The cab driver who whisked Senator Ford away from the Wildhorse Saloon says he plans to "pursue criminal charges" because the drunken Senator was choking him during one of her anemic rants:
Ford, Hashi said, was intoxicated and brought out to the cab under a blanket to keep the public from seeing her.
She said 'Take me to my (expletive) hotel, (expletive),'" Hashi said, during an interview Thursday. "She kept saying, 'I will fire a lot of people tomorrow.' I didn't know who she was talking about."
During the ride, Hashi said, Ford grabbed the collar of his shirt from behind and pulled it back, tearing a button off. . . The driver said he took Ford to the Holiday Inn Select on West End, where he and her friend helped Ford to her room. He realized afterward that Ford left her shoes in the cab.
Update: Apparently, the Senator slapped her cab driver. You can view the police report here. Thankfully, Ophelia Ford's family plans to intervene. It can't be too soon. Eventually someone is going to slap her back.
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