June 13, 2008

Democrat Superdelagate Says Obama Might Have Terrorist Connections

A member of the Tennessee Democratic Party State Executive Committee say he thinks Democrat presidential nominee Barack Obama might have terrorist connections - and his chief of staff says he doesn't know for sure, reports John Rodgers in today's Nashville City Paper:

Fred Hobbs*, a state Democratic Party Executive Committee member representing part of [U.S. Rep. Lincoln] Davis'' district, said he understands why Davis is not endorsing Obama and is "skeptical" of the Illinois senator himself.

"Maybe [it's] the same reason I don't want to - I don't exactly approve of a lot of the things he stands for and I'm not sure we know enough about him," [Fred] Hobbs said when asked why he thought Davis wasn't endorsing Obama. "He's got some bad connections, and he may be terrorist connected for all I can tell. It sounds kind of like he may be."

Davis was not made available for comment.

His chief of staff, Beecher Frasier, said he doesn't know for sure if Obama is "terrorist connected" but he assumes he's not.

Update: According to the TNDP, Fred Hobbs is not a "superdelegate." But he is one of the leaders of the Tennessee Democrat Party.

Update 2: While the TNDP denounced Fred Hobbs' statement, it blames eeeeevilllll Republicans for making Fred say it. Meanwhile, former TNDP chairman Bob Tuke managed to condemn the statements by Fred Hobbs and Beecher Frasier without mentioning either their names or the fact that both are Democrats.

* No relation to me whatsoever.