The Committee Gets An Apology: Fred Hobbs Puts Pen To Paper

By Kleinheider Posted on June 16, 2008 at 4:57 pm

Sean Braisted with the breaker. Fred Hobbs, the Tennessee Democratic Party  state executive committee member who started a blogstorm over comments he made to the City Paper alleging Barack Obama may have terrorist connections, has apologized:

I was not as well prepared as I should have been when speaking with reporters, and I should have taken more time to research Senator Obama’s positions. My comments did reflect questions I had after what I had seen reported on Fox News, but I should have taken some time to check the accuracy of what I saw on television before speaking publicly. My statement that Senator Obama “may be terrorist-connected” was incorrect, and I apologize for making it.

Hobbs had been reported to have apologized both by the Huffington Post and by Gray Sasser since his remarks caused the firestorm on Friday. A Tennessean article seemed to cause confusion the point. This statement would seem now clarify the position of Mr. Hobbs.

Today, the Chattanoogan reported that Fred Hobbs is a close political associate to Congressman Lincoln Davis, the Democratic superdelegate whose refusal to endorse the Democratic nominee, started the line of inquiry into Obama’s perception amongst rural Democrats.

Davis’ Chief of Staff, Beecher Frasier, refused to distance himself initially from the Hobbs comments only to clear up the confusion some six hours later. Jackson Baker asserts that this whole episode has left Davis quite dirty in the lead up to his Gubernatorial run.

Has it? Or will it depend on whether Obama does in fact win the Presidency? For if he doesn’t, will not Davis’ lack of enthusiasm seem prescient and bank him love down the road?

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Tags: Barack Obama, Beecher Frasier, Fred Hobbs, Lincoln Davis, terrorist connections  

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