I was reading along to Bill Hobbs, as I regularly do when I need a laugh, and he’s trying to defend himself from the accurate charges that he’s attempting to make hay out of the fact that Obama’s middle name is the same as Mohammad’s grandson’s first name (and the same as a certain dictator’s last name) when he says:
Run a Lexis-Nexis search for the number of times the media has used Hillary Rodham Clinton’s middle name, often to underscore her feminist leanings and independence from her husband.
Except, as anyone who gives it half a thought knows “Rodham” isn’t Clinton’s middle name–it’s her original last name.
What’s Clinton’s middle name?
Diane.
As in Dianic Wicca.
See?! SEE?!
Sure, both Democratic candidates claim to be Christian, but their middle names reveal the truth!!!! Obama’s going to hand us over to the Muslims and Clinton is going to hand us over to the feminist witches.
So, surely only John Sidney McCain can save us, except, if Sidney doesn’t mean “wide, well-watered land,” it might come from a shortening of St. Denis, Denis being, itself, a shortening of Dionysus. Dionysus being a god other than the Christian one.
Argh! Is no one safe?
What about Michael Dale Huckabee? He must be a safe, Christian candidate, right? Well, except that the word “Dale” appears to be older that Christianity…
Whew, I hope Hobbs gets on warning his fellow Republicans about the polytheistic plot to take over America!
Everyone has been all over this. See Mack, NiT, Tiny Pasture, and Brittney.
Edited to Add: This is turning into the best political nonsense in our state in some time. Via Tiny Pasture, we learn that, when asked about this controversy, the head of the TNGOP said, and I quote, yes, a real person in my state said this with a straight face, I kid you not. No, I know. Okay, here:
When asked if Obama’s middle name though – the same name as former Iraqi president and tyrant Saddam Hussein – gave off a different connotation than others, Smith suggested that Obama’s parents needed to be contacted.
“You can call his momma and daddy on that one,” Smith said.
Seriously, you could not make these people up.
Edited to Add Some More: Rachel, of Women’s Health News fame, just emailed me to remind me that the best/worst part of Smith’s comments are that Obama’s parents are both dead.
Edited to Add, at Last: Aw, Lamar Alexander has stepped in to put an end to the ridiculousness.
Tiny Cat Pants 
I see another forced resignation on the horizon. If the TN GOP is not rock stupid they’ll can him by the end of business day.
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The best part are the commenters over at Sadly No! who point out that Hobbs’s biggest fuck up might have been admitting that Israel is the only stable democracy in the Middle East. So much for the TN GOP’s staying on message about our “success” in Iraq.
http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/8870.html
OMG, B, “Dale” is a low place between hills, and hills are pagan burial sites, and we all know that valleys and the like are symbols of the feminine, just like Diana, so goodness only knows what sort of evil Huckabee is concealing.
Yes, as Jon said at Mack’s: “Dude, at least *try* to keep your slurs and talking points internally consistent.”
I just hope he doesn’t lose his job before Olbermann finds out about this and makes him one of the Worst Persons in the World.
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That would be the nexus of all things awesome.
If it weren’t for stubborn stupidity, how would today’s GOP get so many votes?
Krumm is distancing himself from Hobbs. Funny, I thought I read this morning a comment by him basically agreeing with Hobbs.
Schadenfruede.
Nope, I found the quote by Bob K from last night. He was consistent. Apologies.
It keeps getting better. Hobbs is now calling Robert Malley a Hamas supporter in his desperate attempt to deflect criticism.
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Y’all all know I don’t really lean that far in either political direction. But I grew up in a hardline Republican household.
That said, can we deport Hobbs and Campfield to Georgia?
(snicker)
That said, can we deport Hobbs and Campfield to Georgia?
IIRC, GA has a state income tax, which is a sure sign of a liberal fascist nanny state. So, it’s unlikely they could be persuaded to go voluntarily.
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How about a trade? Hobbs and Campfield for Alton Brown and Henry Aaron?
“So, it’s unlikely they could be persuaded to go voluntarily.”
Who said deportation was voluntary???
>Dionysus
I think you’re on to something there. I mean Dionysus is a god of wine, and John McCain *is* Irish. Can we find a picture of McCain wearing a green top hat, and run a press release demanding he denounce and reject the support of Pete Coors?