Feb
28
Posted on 02-28-2008 at 11:27am
CNN on Hobbs
Filed Under (Elections & Candidates, Government & Politics) by Jim Voorhies on 02-28-2008

On CNN’s political blog:

Republican National Committee Chairman Mike Duncan formally denounced Thursday the Tennessee Republican Party’s use of Barack Obama’s full name in a recent press release questioning the Illinois senator’s commitment to Israel.

“The RNC rejects these kinds of campaign tactics,” RNC Chairman Mike Duncan said in a statement issued Thursday morning. “We believe this election needs to be about the critical issues confronting our nation.”

On Wednesday night the party removed both the photo and the reference of Hussein from the statement after Tennessee Sen. Lamar Alexander called to express his belief that using them had become a distraction, Tennessee GOP Communications Director Bill Hobbs told CNN.

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Comments

Bill Hobbs: Middle Easterners feel connected to Obama : KnoxvilleTalks.com on 28 February, 2008 at 1:03 pm #

[…] continues speaking out on the TN GOP/Obama flap, this time to CNN Hobbs told CNN the party will no longer use Obama’s middle name in forthcoming press […]


News 2 Me on 28 February, 2008 at 3:20 pm #

Better not cross the RNC. They might stop accepting donations from Tennesseans.


Jeffraham Prestonian on 28 February, 2008 at 3:34 pm #

They might stop accepting donations from Tennesseans.

Haw!

They’re asking to search anyone’s sofa cushions, these days!
.


Nathan Ketsdever on 29 February, 2008 at 12:58 pm #

Do I believe this means much?????

>>> “The RNC rejects these kinds of campaign tactics,”

Sadly, not really. Its not like this pronouncement is going to stop it from happening.