Blue Cat's claws are out about Obama smear!

I really don't want the Lair to become a home for fighting Obama smears; that's what Fight the Smears is for. But this is are Fred Hobbs and Lincoln Davis, Tennessee Dems repeating discredited internet rumors, as reported in todays City Paper!

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 [it’s] 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.”

Here's the link to the Nashville City Paper so you can read the same whole article.

The Tennessee Democratic Party deserves props for reacting so swifty to this badness done by their own members.

“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.”

Fight Obama Smears with the Truth!

If someone has a legitimate against Obama, bring it forward, shine the light of truth on it and let it be fairly judged. For those who feel smearing Obama is a legitimate way of campaigning, be forewarned:

We're not going to take it,

we're not going to take it,

no we're not going to take it, anymore!

If you are dumb enough print the lies,

we are smart enough to print the truth.

It's a fair exchange

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You can fight Obama smears, by going to mybarackobama.com smears homepage.

Not sure what I'm talking about, take a look at these smears, and their debunking:

Michelle says whitey on tape, from a pulpit! Wrongo - truth is here!

Or this out and out fabrication:

Obama won't release his birth certifcate because it shows he was born in Kenya and that his real middle name is Mohammad. Wrongo - truth is here!

Thank you, Mash for passing this along!

Give me a break: Sweetiegate?

The press is all atwitter with the story that Barack Obama called a reporter, Peggy Agar, "sweetie". Wow. What a hot news story. Not.

So what what does Ms. Agar say? Here we have her response from the Washington Post. (You can read the story in its entirety here.

The reporter, Peggy Agar, with WXYZ TV, an ABC News affiliate, says, "Frankly I have been called worse during interviews than just 'sweetie' so that really didn't take me aback right then."

However, she says, "I felt more offended that he didn't answer the question."

While walking through the press gaggle, Ms. Agar asked Mr. Obama a question about autoworkers.

Later on, Mr. Obama actually left a message on Ms. Agar's Voice mail:

Hi Peggy. This is Barack Obama. I'm calling to apologize on two fronts. One was you didn't get your question answered and I apologize. I thought that we had set up interviews with all the local stations. I guess we got it with your station but you weren't the reporter that got the interview. And so, I broke my word. I apologize for that and I will make up for it.

Second apology is for using the word 'sweetie.' That's a bad habit of mine. I do it sometimes with all kinds of people. I mean no disrespect and so I am duly chastened on that front. Feel free to call me back. I expect that my press team will be happy to try to make it up to you whenever we are in Detroit next.

I'd say that's pretty darn gentlemanly. I wouldn't mind if Mr. Obama called me Sweetie. When I lived it Philly, both men and women used terms of endearment with complete strangers: sweetie, honey, babe, darling, pretty, handsome; the list goes on. It's a regional thing that apparent is shared with Chicago.

So listen, honey, it's no big deal.

Make no mistake

Politically, just so you know, Blue Cat is a not a Blue Dog Democrat.

If you're interested my political compass is -6.12/ -7.08. If you have a few minutes, it's interesting test, located at Political Compass . I'm pretty close to where the Dali Lama is on the compass. Interesting.

Wow, it's been awhile since I've been here!

Short summary of my absence:

• close-up, face-to-face view of a neat streambed
• I thought my sprained left knee would have healed by two weeks
• after two weeks I finally went to see a doctor
• I'd have thought fracturing a bone would be more painful; boy was I wrong.
• Wore stupid knee brace for four months and found out getting pants that would fit over the brace was really hard.
• Wore black storm trooper walking brace on right foot and found out you really don't need all of the tendons a body has.
• caught up on General Hospital. I miss Alan Quartermaine.
• did some embroidery, and it's still unfinished.
• took pictures of the area outside my apartment.
• did you know you can get along without an acl? Fixing it isn't a high priority, I walk just fine now.
• had my left shoulder overhauled.
• I'm not going anywhere near that streambed again!

So that's it. Posted some on Kos, read lots of blogs, and got two cats.

It's almost normal here. As far as the Democratic primaries: man, are they are screwed up. We some housework to do before 2012!

And finally: Yes we can!

Christmas

Sometimes I come across something on YouTube that is absolutely magical. This is an ad for the Peruvian Cancer Foundation. It is a wonderous ad.




When you buy your gifts this season, please remember to send some love and money to those organizations who help find cures for illnesses that our loved ones, or even complete strangers, are affected by.