Bill Amanda Hug Hobbs III

C-list blogger turned Tennessee Republican Party "communications director" Bill Hobbs takes a bit of a beatingfor playing the Muslim card on Barrack HUSSEIN WANTS TO KILL US ALL Obama and so turns to playing the "but everyone does it!!1!!1" card:

The Tennessee capital press corps has apparently just discovered a Tennessee Republican Party press release that they previously ignored when it was issued two days ago. Apparently, using Barack Hussein Obama's middle name is a no-no. The TN GOP received back-to-back phone calls minutes ago from reporters for the Chattanooga Times-Free Press and the Nashville City Paper, asking the same basic questions, all of which ignored the main point of the press release, which is that Barack Hussein Obama is not a friend of Israel. 

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Silly, of course. 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. Do a search for how many times during the 1988 and 1992 campaigns the media called the first George Bush "George Herbert Walker Bush," to underscore the media's protrayal of Bush as a preppie elitist. Ditto the media's reference to Dan Quayle as "J. Danforth Quayle."

I see several problems here.

First (or, as they say in Tennessee, Frist!) I would  be willing to give Hobbs a pass if the Tennessee Republican Party consistently refers to John McCain as John Sidney McCain III, otherwise, no sale. Second, blowing the fact that Rodham is her maiden name is like missing a layup. Weak. Most importantly, what does it say to the Tennessee Republican Party that the local press corp treat their press releases like a Valpak mailing?

Later Josh Marshall makes a joke. Hobbs runs with it.

He may be stupider than Brock Olivo.

h/t Hullbaloo for the Olivo story.

(Added) Oh, this just gets better.