A good summary of Tennessee politics?

Part of it is just wrong, though. Lincoln Davis didn't "declare through an aide" that Obama was a terrorist. The story of Fred Hobbs is bad enough without the distortions. The more I know about actual events the more I realize how wrong people get things...Even the ones I want to trust.

The guy used Fox News as his source, so I guess it figures.

And I guess there's no way to adequately point out what a "distortion" the other Hobbs is. He may be the "designated crazy" for the Republicans this year. He may be the guy who is supposed to make stuff up, no matter how outrageous, so others can bloviate about it.

Hey Whites, who's the crazy one here? What the TN GOP is saying is either without question true (Michelle really did make that statement, Obama really did dress up in the Muslim garb, Barrack's middle name really is "Hussein") or at least reasonable people could debate the fact that he may be anti-Israel and he has had some strange associations in Chicago.

On the other hand, it really was a democrat (Fred or was it Roy Hobbs?) who made the statement about Obama possibly being linked to terrorism. Is this the kind of stuff the republican Hobbs is supposed to make up so others can bloviate about it? It certainly would have been an outrageous thing for a republican to say if only the democrats hadn't sent their guy out to say it first..........

I'm close minded I guess but I'm waiting for the R-word to come out soon.....if you're not for Obama, by definition, you are a racist.........

This stuff actually happened two weeks ago. Tennesseans are bad enough, but uppity writers from NY or Calif jump on redneck stuff to prove their biases. You rarely hear in the national press that Tn. actually has a D gov from NY.

Tn. actually has a D gov from NY.

And a D majority in our delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives. And a D majority in our State House of Representatives.

But, part of it seems to be Obama's army attacking viciously when he is not welcomed with open arms. If people aren't on his bandwagon, calling them racist doesn't seem to be the way to sway them to get on it.

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(Thanks, C&L and Tom Tomorrow)

The (R)hetoric is interesting to observe this election cycle.

Did anyone else note the opinion piece in KNS yesterday, where the conservative was saying Obama played the race card because he said republicans were going to play the race card?

And then he closed his we're not playing the race card Obama is playing the race card and your choices in this election are "Black and White."

Then there's that "open arms and empty heads" thing. Noise like that is just conservatives saying, "We got nothing, but we're all-in anyway."

Well if we'd wanted a black and white election we should nominate someone darker than Obama. But it's true that humans don't come much more pasty white than John McCain.

If I make a comment about McCain seeming tired and unfocused will I be accused of ageism?

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There are no racists in TN!

And there are no KKK members!

And no one in TN displays the KKK/rebel flag with the message "It ain't hate, it's heritage."

Naaa! It's elitist Hussein and his uppity mama that's racist.

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He's a Marxist, too. And I heard he fathered two black babies!

Hey Gonzoned-Out, what is a KKK/Rebel Flag? Don't believe I got one of those.

One of my neighbors asked me what I thought of Obama and then he presented me with an email he had received with all the usual crap we have already seen.

When I told him that BS was typical of Karl Rove's bunch, he asked me who that was. I couldn't believe it. Who has voted in the last several years without knowing about Karl Rove?

I told him about McCain's 2000 adventure in South Carolina and how good old John is now in bed with the bastard.

I don't think I won a convert though because Obama is still black and "If he's elected Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton will take over."

Therein lies the rub in Tennessee.

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Redmondo, I guess we can't all be as smart and open minded as you. Your neighbor won't vote for Obama because he's black. How bigoted!

"Therein lies the rub in Tennessee." When I first read this, I swear it seemed as though you were basically saying that anyone in Tennessee who won't vote for Obama (maybe 55% - 60% of us) are all just like your neighbor....we're bigots. That there's no way anyone in the great State of Tennessee could possibly vote against Obama for any other reason except for the fact that he is black.

Then I looked back and noted how you referred to W as a bastard and the stuff about the "Karl Rove bunch" and I knew you were much too smart and open minded to do that........

Seeing that our fine state is close to bottom in education, it's hardly surprising how the majority votes, is it?

My name is not Redmondo, Mr. Cup.

I referred to Mr. Rove as the bastard but the shoes fit Mr. Bush as well.

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The cup doth protest too much, methinks.

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Mr. Tin Cup seems to make a habit of taking uninvited liberties with others' names.

What does that have to with Obama and Tennessee? ;>)

I interpreted KRs remark to imply there are enough bigots in TN to tip the state away from Obama. Not that every McCain voter is a bigot.

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