Has TN Democratic Party Executive Committeeman Fred Hobbs gone completely around the bend? I have no idea what he could have been thinking when he made comments implying that Barack Obama is "terrorist-connected," but he's certainly an embarrassment to our state and should resign from the committee. I wish I knew why only our state's idiots manage to get national attention. This controversy has been roiling for a week now, and I'm not seeing anyone attempt to contain the damage that's being done to our state's and party's reputation. Hobbs has since apologized, but he won't go away, and Lincoln Davis has been annoyingly quiet through it all -- if he really wants us to elect him to lead this state, it would have been a good idea for him to get out in front of this and act like a leader.
UPDATE: Lincoln Davis did finally, on Tuesday, condemn Fred Hobbs' comments (of course, we're still waiting for him to endorse his party's nominee...).
I have no idea what happened to the state Democratic party's leadership on this -- they seem to be satisfied to quietly sit back and watch this performance of the Keystone Cops.
Anyway, with Democrats like these, who needs Republicans?!? We're really going to need a lot of help come November.
So, yeah, Nation, please believe that there are some people down here in Tennessee who would like to elect progressive, smart, transformative leaders. It just seems to be a Sisyphean battle at times. But we'll keep at it.
UPDATE: Lincoln Davis did finally, on Tuesday, condemn Fred Hobbs' comments (of course, we're still waiting for him to endorse his party's nominee...).
I have no idea what happened to the state Democratic party's leadership on this -- they seem to be satisfied to quietly sit back and watch this performance of the Keystone Cops.
Anyway, with Democrats like these, who needs Republicans?!? We're really going to need a lot of help come November.
So, yeah, Nation, please believe that there are some people down here in Tennessee who would like to elect progressive, smart, transformative leaders. It just seems to be a Sisyphean battle at times. But we'll keep at it.
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I think we're going to see the TN-DP remain largely apathetic to Obama throughout the campaign. They see the writing on the wall and realize that full-blown Obama support could potentially weaken them in the State legislature.
That is so sad and, quite frankly, cowardly. Capitulating to racists is no way to become post-racial.
Sigh.
Sometimes I really hate living in Tennessee.
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