WTF!!?! "...and he may be terrorist connected for all I can tell. It sounds kind of like he may be.”

[2rth2pwr]

Fred Hobbs, a state Democratic Party Executive Committee member representing part of Davis’ district, said he understands why Davis is not endorsing Obama and is “skeptical” of the Illinois senator himself.

“Maybe 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,” 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.”

Updated: Superdelegate Davis slow to endorse Obama http://www.nashvillecitypaper.com/news.php?viewStory=60813
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The rise of Sen. Barack Obama, to become the Democrats’ presidential nominee has put most of his party’s faithful on his bandwagon — but not Lincoln Davis, a rural Tennessee Congressman with gubernatorial ambitions.

Davis (D-Pall Mall) is not yet endorsing the presumptive nominee in Obama, saying he’ll wait until the late August Democratic Party national convention.

In Davis’ sprawling 4th Congressional District — which ranges from as far west as Hickman County to as far east as the upper Cumberland Plateau — less than a quarter of Democrats in the largely rural district voted for Obama, the nation’s first African-American presidential candidate nominated by a major party, in Tennessee’s presidential primary.

Davis, a rural white Congressman, represents two-dozen counties — 21 in their entirety and three in part — including Williamson’s southwestern corner.

In February’s Tennessee Democratic primary, Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) won 23 of those 24 counties, garnering 68 percent of the vote compared to Obama’s 23 percent. Obama won only Williamson County.

When examining the 21 counties resting entirely within Davis’ district, Clinton’s numbers rise from 68 percent to winning 73 percent of the vote. Obama won a meager 18 percent.

The situation presents perhaps a unique political situation for Davis. He is withholding his endorsement of Obama while he prepares to face a Republican challenge for his conservative “swing” district that overwhelmingly supported Obama’s rival.

Meanwhile, Davis has gubernatorial ambitions for 2010, in which Tennessee political history strongly suggests the Democratic strongholds of Shelby and Davidson counties with their large groups of black voters are a must for his or any Democrat’s aspirations for statewide office.

Fred Hobbs, a state Democratic Party Executive Committee member representing part of Davis’ district, said he understands why Davis is not endorsing Obama and is “skeptical” of the Illinois senator himself.

“Maybe 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,” 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.

[madaboutharry]

1. I think the truth is that these people hate blacks.

They can't call him the name they really want to call him, so they are inventing the "muslim/terrorist" canard. They are shit.

[DesertFlower]

3. i tend to agree with you. nt

[Divernan]

4. When I hear that kind of "terrorist" comment, I tell the speaker he's full of it and

what we really hear when he opens his mouth is his inner racist.

[cali]

13. of course. these freaks are simply racist filth.

fuck them.

[Diamonique]

9. I agree. These stupid bullshit reasons are just a cover-up.

Looks like Dean or Pelosi or somebody needs to step to this guy and pull him back into line.

It's one thing for a Dem not to endorse the Dem candidate. Another thing entirely to be talking this kinda shit about our candidate.

[LaurenG]

2. Racist SOB!

May the Democrats jump his butt for that piece of shit comment.

[melody]

5. That guy is suspicious of blacks. For all I know, he's a Klan member. It kinda sounds like he is.

Sounds like a good recall platform to me.

[smoogatz]

7. For all I know, he has a huge collection of child porn.

It kinda sounds like he does.

[psychmommy]

16. i got a couple

for all i know he could be a member of nambla. sounds like (mr davis) he does.
for all i know he(mr davis) has a dungeon in his basement where he lets prostitutes beat him with whips and shackle him with chains. sounds like he does.
for all i know mr davis cheats on his taxes and doesn't tip well. sounds like he does.
i could go on forever. hahahaha

[smoogatz]

6. Looks like we've still got a few old-fashioned Dixiecrats in the wood pile.

Jeebus.

[asjr]

8. I wonder if Lincoln Davis backed him up. It

would not surprise me. Davis is my Rep. but doesn't represent me.

[BattyDem]

10. How DARE he undermine our nominee with crap like this?!

He doesn't don't want to actively campaign for Obama? Fine. BUT ... that doesn't mean he can torpedo his campaign with bullshit rumors!

Terrorist? TERRORIST?!? I expect that shit from the GOP, but not from fellow Democrats. We have a nominee, so shut up and get your ass in line! If you can't do that, then join another party you racist bastard!

:grr: :grr: :grr:

[Emit]

11. The Tennessee Democratic Party issued the following statement Fri morning in response to this story

You left out the update.


From Your link:

UPDATE

The Tennessee Democratic Party issued the following statement Friday morning in response to this story:

“The Tennessee Democratic Party is united behind our party’s nominee, Senator Barack Obama. Mr. Hobbs is obviously misinformed, and his statement highlights the perpetual efforts of the Republican Party, especially here in Tennessee, to turn internet smears and highly offensive gossip into their party’s message against Senator Barack Obama as we head into the General Election. Instead of debating the issues, the Tennessee Republican Party continues to rely upon slanderous and salacious tall tales. They are borrowing from the playbook first written by Richard Nixon and employed in the race against Congressman Harold Ford Jr. Tennesseans of every political persuasion are tired of these tactics.”

[sandyj999]

12. He Probably got the same e-mail I did. n/t

[newmajority]

14. Hobbs and Davis, pictured here with three unidentified friends.....

[AspenRose]

15. Get with the program or go to the GOP, sir.

eom

[27inCali]

17. remember how much the racists

love the term "terrorist", because it only really applies to brown people for them. So much of the South's fixation with the war on terror is because it gives them this wonderful outlet to channel their hatred of brown people. Notice this is the same group of people shitting themselves over immigration, and who are calling for the most inhumane solutions. It all fits together a little too nicely.

So it's only natural now that they are so quick to call Obama a terrorist, Hell! everyone brown person is a terrorist.
why are we even supporting these so-called Dems, if they got into office, could we even count on them for the support we need to get the legislation we want? Probably not.

racists are not Democrats. Let's get that straight. So fuck these fake Democrats in Tennessee. We can't count on them, so why should they be able to count on us.

DNC should cut all funding to these assholes and let them lose. They'll vote with the Repugs on most things anyways. Fuck em.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

18. For all he can tell...

as far as he knows...

[whistle]

19. Lincoln Davis said that Obama may be terrorist connected? Just what does he base

...that statement on about Obama? :wtf: