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Feb 29, 2008View in Crawl 4
Employing a longer form than the campaigns are currently marketing would ignore the wishes of a well-known politician, among other reasons not to show such deliberate disrespect. I doubt McCain is any more embarrassed by Sidney than Obama is by Hussein, surely both were teased by childhood tormenters. But pundits and present detractors are aware - as we are - that in certain minds it's possible hearing Hussein repeated enough times might raise doubts, particularly since it resonates with slanderous anonymous viral smears already circulating. Frankly, logical investigation dictates asking further why any speaker (or writer) would change their use to consistently include Senator Obama's middle name at this juncture, not just why they'd do so at all, and the only plausible conclusion is a petty attempt to undermine his candidacy, however slightly - a candidacy which seems otherwise to be attracting more followers almost every minute. Applying Occam's Razor one concludes that protests that Hussein "is" the Senator's middle name, no matter how straight-faced they are delivered, are transparent, and shamefully disingenuous in this context. Lools like it's supposed to be a subtle rallying cry for bigots. I'm not sure who's fooled - so far it looks like nobody.<a class="user" href="http://obamesque.wordpress.com/2008/02/28/middle-name-calling-is-way-over-the-line/">http://obamesque.wordpress.com/2008/02/28/middle-n ...</a>
nodramaFeb 29, 2008
Employing a longer form than the campaigns are currently marketing would ignore the wishes of a well-known politician, among other reasons not to show such deliberate disrespect. I doubt McCain is any more embarrassed by Sidney than Obama is by Hussein, surely both were teased by childhood tormenters. But pundits and present detractors are aware - as we are - that in certain minds it's possible hearing Hussein repeated enough times might raise doubts, particularly since it resonates with slanderous anonymous viral smears already circulating. Frankly, logical investigation dictates asking further why any speaker (or writer) would change their use to consistently include Senator Obama's middle name at this juncture, not just why they'd do so at all, and the only plausible conclusion is a petty attempt to undermine his candidacy, however slightly - a candidacy which seems otherwise to be attracting more followers almost every minute. Applying Occam's Razor one concludes that protests that Hussein "is" the Senator's middle name, no matter how straight-faced they are delivered, are transparent, and shamefully disingenuous in this context. Lools like it's supposed to be a subtle rallying cry for bigots. I'm not sure who's fooled - so far it looks like nobody.<a class="user" href="http://obamesque.wordpress.com/2008/02/28/middle-name-calling-is-way-over-the-line/">http://obamesque.wordpress.com/2008/02/28/middle-n ...</a>
amnicholsMar 2, 2008
Join the Momocrats and post your own "Just call me Hussein" meme