Fred Smith, a McCain adviser the former chief executive CEO, is one of the seven GOP running mate possibilities that the DNC is preemptively denouncing.

The first thing that they object to about Fred Smith? That he wasn’t big on McCain’s proposed gas tax holiday.

Even FedEx CEO Fred Smith, a prominent member of McCain’s kitchen cabinet of economic advisors and someone who, in his words, burns ‘hundreds and hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of millions of gallons of fuel per year’ is skeptical. ‘Well,’ Smith says, ‘I’m an ardent supporter of Senator McCain, but I don’t agree with him on everything…. Will it have any major effect on the energy crisis? The answer to that is no.’” [Fortune, 7/07/08]

Ha ha ha! What a fool! Ha-ha ha- heh? Wait, that’s Obama’s position. Presuming that the DNC agrees with their party’s nominee, they’re denouncing Smith for agreeing with them.

So the DNC objects to the fact that Smith doesn’t always toe the McCain campaign line and calls ‘em as he sees ‘em? Remember this if Obama’s running mate has ever disagreed with the Illinois Senator on anything.

But I suppose when your nominee has ego issues, redesigning the presidential seal, etc., it’s natural that you would attack a man for his humility:

In an interview on Charlie Rose Smith said, “Yeah, I did my service early on. And having said that, obviously if the president of the United States asks you to do something, you have to pay attention to it. But as I said a moment ago, I certainly would hope Senator McCain would have better judgment than to hire me. There are lots of other people that would be better qualified…Obviously, you know, there are a lot of family issues involved and business issues, but I certainly would respect the President of the United States asking me to do anything, of course.”

The DNC’s headline for that quote? “McCain’s Judgment Is the One Thing You Can’t Count On.”

This is stupid. What self-respecting DNC staffer wrote that? Really?