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AMERICAblog: Obama will use middle name "Hussein" at swearing in

  • scytherius · 1 year ago
    That is just awesome
  • An_American_Karol · 1 year ago
    Of course when President Obama swears in as Barack Hussein Obama, the Foxnews readers and Gretawire blog posters are going to spew green stuff while their heads spin.
    You go, President Obama.
  • anarchy · 1 year ago
    it's his middle name, for gosh sakes.
    about as common a name in some
    areas of the world as "Smith" or
    "Jones"

    let the frickin' wingnuts blow their
    gaskets, I LOVE IT.
  • hit_escape · 1 year ago
    Wingnuts, his middle name is Hussein, no big deal. Get over it.

    Seriously, haven't all Presidents been sworn in with their entire names? 41 even had four names.
  • Steve_in_CNJ · 1 year ago
    pat nixon too.
  • lucky hussein · 1 year ago
    i concur entirerly...
    go hussein go!!!
  • IdiotShrub · 1 year ago
    Let the rethugs explode and die. It will be a good thing for mankind. I am sooooo happy that Barack Hussein Obama will be our next president, and I am obviously not alone.
  • NYCRaf · 1 year ago
    This is a "I am Spartacus" moment if there ever was one. And a good reply to Colin Powell's remarks when he endorsed Obama.

    What of the many patriotic Muslim Americans? It's about time that "Hussein" & "Muslim" are reclaimed from being favorite negative words from the Wingnut Right.
  • Steve_in_CNJ · 1 year ago
    secular arabs might prefer to say it's an arabic name. wikipedia says it honors the grandson of muhammad, but fundamentally it's arabic.
  • JamesR · 1 year ago
    It's his family name. Only Republicans throw their family under the bus, a la George 'Macacawitz' Allen, who didn't know his middle name Felix came from his Jewish grandfather. Or at least that's what he told the KKK after they revoked his membership.
  • Sharoney · 1 year ago
    Not to take the lustre off of this gesture, but haven't most modern Presidents used their middle name(s) at their swearing-in, anyway?
  • JamesR · 1 year ago
    James Earl Carter was sworn in as 'Jimmy Carter' just four presidents ago.
  • Mark · 1 year ago
    This is such a simple matter: His middle name is his middle name, and Presidents are sworn in by their full names. End of story.

    If someone else has a prejudicial reaction to somebody's given name, the problem lies with the person having the reaction.

    (What the hell kind of name is "Rush," anyway? Sounds like a ferren, commie name to me!)
  • JamesR · 1 year ago
    "Rush" is a common brand of poppers, that coincidentally you should never take when you are on Viagra or doped up out of your mind on OxyContin. Very mnemonic.
  • weltallica · 1 year ago
    But he should be ASHAMED of his name. At least he should if he listens to right wing hate talk. Doesn't he? Well, doesn't he?
  • mohammed · 1 year ago
    why should he be ashame of his middle name. Are you ashamed of you middle name in the case if you have middle name. My name is mohammed, I am never be Ashamed since Mohammed was considered one of the great person during his time. Please read the history of islam, then you will not say this. do not judge a book with it is cover. By the way, Hussein is great name.
  • RainbowPhoenix · 1 year ago
    I think weltallica was being ironic.
  • LeftCoastOracle · 1 year ago
    Another good reason to have voted for him.
  • Domino · 1 year ago
    Nixon dropped his middle name, Milhouse, for his second term swearing in.

    And what does this have to do with anything?
  • jaja · 1 year ago
    there will be many a red face that day, and it won't be due to just the weather. lol! outreach to the Muslim community is long overdue.
  • Rev_Sacrilege · 1 year ago
    Obama has a lot of courage. This act alone makes him more presidential than George Bush, considering the pluralistic society in America.
  • Scratching my head · 1 year ago
    Hussein is his middle name like it or not. This is an official swearing in and his middle name SHOULD be read.
  • spud boy · 1 year ago
    I guess using the logic of ditto heads since Abraham Lincoln was killed in Ford Theater we should not buy Fords. With this thinking republicans can't figure out why they aren't being elected and I thank God for their stupidity
  • cowboyneok · 1 year ago
    January 20th can not come SOON ENOUGH!
  • D-Notice · 1 year ago
    Let's hope he gets sworn in on a copy of the Qu'ran to really show there's nothing wrong with being Muslim
  • happy · 1 year ago
    Approval rating foe what! He still hasn't done anything.