Aunt Bee is blasting Ward Cammack for his membership in Belle Meade Country Club and his refusal to pull out of the club, saying that the Democratic Party is no place for a man who belongs to an all-white country club:

Listen, if you want to join an all-white country club in the privacy of your own life, go right ahead. I will make fun of you, but I will respect your right to assemble with whom you like.

But if you want to run the whole State of Tennessee, you’ve got to leave this kind of foolishness behind.

It’s not right.

And it’s embarrassing to point that out to a DEMOCRAT.

But worse is this nonsense about how he will stay a member for the sake of the staff.

Don’t do regular folks the favor of putting off doing the right thing so that you can continue to let them have the privilege of serving you.

That attitude needs to be run out of the Democratic party on a rail right this second.

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Listen folks, I lived in Nashville. Belle Meade Country Club is so bad that Bill Frist quit when he ran in '94. Plus, Judge Sotomayor quit her all-female club, due to Republican criticism. In contrast, Cammack vows not to quit because he believes African-Americans need jobs as waiters?

Meanwhile, Sean Braisted is insinuating that the same forces commenting on Cammack's imminent demise are the same ones who sought to bring down TNDP Chair Chip Forrester (and presumably TNDP Treasurer Bill Freeman). Not sure about that spin.

There's also been nothing reported - despite Cammack's vow to fight on, money or not - to change my impression that Cammack is done. Two confirmations - one from inside and one from outside, but close to the campaign verify that he's going to quit. With Jim Kyle out of the race and Herron sure to follow, that leaves Kim McMillan, and her July 15 disclsure will probably finish her off. It sure does sound as if the conservative wing of the DP and Bredesen are trying to clear the field for McWherter.