Posted on 02/28/2008 4:25:56 PM PST by tobyhill
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Republican National Committee Chairman Mike Duncan formally denounced on Thursday the Tennessee Republican Party's use of Barack Obama's full name in a recent news release questioning the Illinois senator's commitment to Israel.
"The RNC rejects these kinds of campaign tactics," Duncan said in a statement. "We believe this election needs to be about the critical issues confronting our nation."
The statement in question, which was released Monday, said the state party is joining a "growing chorus of Americans concerned about the future of the nation of Israel ... if Sen. Barack Hussein Obama is elected president of the United States."
It also included a photograph of Obama from a 2006 trip to Kenya, in which he is dressed in traditional attire.
The news release was sparked by recent praise for the senator from Nation of Islam Leader Louis Farrakhan, who has made derogatory remarks about Judaism and has indicated his support for Obama.
At Tuesday night's MSNBC debate, Obama said he denounced those comments and did not seek Farrakhan's support.
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 said.
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I think it’s much more clarifying to call him Barak Infanticide Obama.
Brer Rabbit “Please, please, Don’ throw me in tha briar patch”
Then there’s Barak Kill Terry Schiavo Obama.
It’s only effective if there is a clear connection to his being Muslim.
In this case, it’s just weak grasping at straws-and most people are smart enough to recognize it.
There’s plenty of connections that the media continues to ignore.
Filed thngs that have disappeared from the Internet: Obama Senate swearing in ceremony, wedding date of Ann and Obama Sr. Was wedding legal since Obama Sr. was already married?
Jim webb did exactly the same thing to George Allen. I dont recall any indignatíon then by the gop elites.
We didnt stoop to their level.
They won the senate.
McCain is a disgusting and grotesque little man. I’ll never forget him defending John Kerry by calling the Swift Boat Veterans “dishonest and dishonorable”. He should resign his senate seat and end his presidential campaign. He is a disgrace.
Nicknames can be fun, I suppose, but I prefer calling a man by his, uh, GIVEN name. May it continue to be so.
[If Barak Hussein Obama is offended by use of his name, then his beef is with the person who gave it to him]
I prefer to call the Obamanation what he really is -- pro-murder.
Or they could just be making fun of the pretended 'offense' at his middle name being used.
I didn't use his middle name repeatedly before, but I do it now, simply because such a huge deal has been made about it. It's funny to see the looks on the Obama supporters faces.
I would remind you that pundits have used the middle names of both Clintons in a repetitious manner in the past, often for purposes of mocking them. Was that wrong?
Yup. McCain only plays dirty against conservatives. But when it comes to kowtowing to the liberals, nothing gets between him and his Democrat masters.
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