What - we can't use the name Hussain?
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Rush mention today that Senator McCain apolized to Senator Barrack Hussain Obama today at his Cincy rally. It seems, as Rush tells it, that a talk show host at the event, kept repeatly saying Senator Barrack "Hussain" Obama. I assume this talk show host was my own favorite Bill Cunningham. Bill took over the Sunday night Matt Drudge radio show. I don't know this but anyone who listens to Bill knows that how he addresses Senator Barrack "Hussain" Obama. So McCain felt like he had to apoloize to the Obama campaign. Give me a break.
What is this - that we have to apoloize for using the man's full name. Are we afraid of what the left might do? If Senator Barrack "Hussain" Obama is the Dem's nominee he will be a strong candidate. For McCain to give him a pass (in my opinion) shows weakness. The Dem's and their attack machine will not be so kind.
1. McCain is an ass for apologizing. He had no reason to whatsoever.
2. Nobody uses a candidates middle name on a regular basis on either side of the aisle. And no one ever has. Anyone who does ON A REGULAR BASIS with Obama is clearly trying to get the name Hussain pounded into the audience for the sole reason of associating Barack with Saddam.
Which is dumb in my book because it is a naked attempt to poke at Obama - which may be fine with those who would never vote for him, but makes independants and moderates see that petty pokes are still par for the course.
There certainly is a mountain of issues to not like about Obama that resorting to the Hussain line is not only ineffectual, but lazy as well.
I disagree with your point #1.
John McCain did the correct thing by taking the high road.
And please see randomguy's post below. They can explain it to you.
For McCain to give him a pass (in my opinion) shows weakness.
He didn't pick it. Do you think this really provides good material to attack the man on? I'd like to see a transcript, but I got no problem with what you describe McCain doing.
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He could have registered for a new SS number!
Then we could attack him for changing his middle name and asking if he was ashamed of his heritage instead of attacking him for his alternating empty rhetoric and his fairly left policies.
And if people questioned why we were attacking the fact that he changed his name instead of his alternating empty rhetoric and his fairly left policies, we could say that we were just asking an honest question and point out that the Democrats are supposed to be the party of tolerance.
I resent Obama for not trying to change his name and keeping us from attacking him on the lack of tolerance in his party demonstrated by how he had to change his name.
Man is free at the moment he wishes to be. --Voltaire
He's taking responsibility for something associated with his campaign. The guy was using it in a baiting way. Better for McCain to take the high road and let the hacks/partisans/527 bash him on stuff like this. Then he can keep his hands clean and free for other stuff.
But let me assure you, I will use it to educate everyone I know about Obama, his church/pastor, and the messianic position given to him by Farrahkan. Oh, yes I will.
...I couldn't help but be struck by the fact that JM really did over react, in point of fact he didn't react at all, he just acted.
He started apologizing before the press even got a chance to ask him about Bills comments, if they even would have?
It made me think maybe, just maybe, McCain got a "free pass-Do not go to jail card" just when he needed it with the NYT debacle, and he somehow doesn't want to invite any off color (no pun intended) remarks or inquires coming back his direction. That sure is the vibe I got from it.
Too bad John, cause they're coming alright, the Democrats war room presses are being oiled as we speak, of that we can all be certain!
So stand in and hang like the man you claim to be John McCain!
"There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments and which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance - that principle is contempt prior to investigation." ~ Von Goethe
To attack a man over his foreign sounding middle name. He isn't the only one. This isn't really a tough call to make, here. You don't have to be afraid of the MSM to distance yourself from this kind of pathetic line of attack.
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on this. McCain stepped in it, bad.
He could have quickly and quietly said he didn't agree and move on. Instead, he has to bash the talk radio guy, who supports him.
Of course, the Obama camp was quoted as saying they were looking forward to a polite campaign in the fall with McCain.
Ugh. Now I remember why I loved Fred and Rudy so much.
When did Fred or Rudy ever sink to such tactics as trying to make a veiled ethinic attack based on someone's middle name?? Show me where either ONCE referred to Sen. Obama by his middle name. You can't, because they didn't.
I never said any such thing about Fred or Rudy. Fred or Rudy would have handled this much differently than McCain. IMO, McCain went a bit overboard here. Fred or Rudy would have quickly denounced/chastized the poor schmuck and then moved on. Next. It would not be playing out all over the TV screen that they have thrown a supporter under the bus.
That's all.
You prove my point about all of this PC nonsense.
"There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments and which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance - that principle is contempt prior to investigation." ~ Von Goethe
Many people who are using his middle name are doing so because they think it will hurt him. It's not surprising they are being called out. And I hope Obama would do the same if his supporters started referring to McCain as John Sidley McCain III.
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Attacking a candidate for his middle name? Come on.
Why would any independent(or anyone for that matter) take seriously the arguments of some one who resorts to calling him Hussian. I know I don't. Why don't you make fun of his ears and call him Dumbo Hussian while you're at it.
This right up there with the "Bush's great grandfather was a Nazi!!!" crap we get from the left.
Evil prevails only when good men do nothing.
And for the same reason we got mad at the Democrats for calling Bobby Jindal "Piyush" and then playing dumb about it because "Piyush is his name."
There is nothing lonelier than being a black Republican in Boston, Massachusetts
And it just might work.
Can't wait to see what Matt has to say about this one.
It is pathetic how childish some "conservatives" here are being, and why they can't remember really basic lessons in civility from their parents.
Let's put it this way: Let's say Clarance Thomas was running for office against a Democrat.
And in his speeches, the Democrat repeatedly said, "Let's go defeat Clarance TOMas, because Clarance TOMas doesn't represent us, because he's a sellout."
Saying "I'm not calling him an Uncle Tom, I'm just saying his name," wouldn't pass the laugh test. We'd denounce him as a bigot. And rightly so.
If you can't figure out why this isn't any different, please, lock yourself in your room and never come out.
"I ain't never votin' fo another Democrat so long as I can draw breath! I'll vote for a dog first!" - Leola Thomas
Thanks. I appreciate it.
"I ain't never votin' fo another Democrat so long as I can draw breath! I'll vote for a dog first!" - Leola Thomas
I plan on running for the exits as soon as I can. I'm in grad school right now though so I'm stuck for the time being in the People's Republic of Boston.
There is nothing lonelier than being a black Republican in Boston, Massachusetts
Hussein is the name of the former dictator of the country we are at war with.
You ask the question 'why can't we use the name Hussein?' but one might also ask 'why do you want to?'
Are you worried that someone might think you are talking about a Barack Obama other than the presidential candidate? Why do you need to include his middle name when referring to him?
It's not political correctness run amok but rather a sense of decency and respect that we shouldn't try to inflame prejudice against Barack based on his name. I really find it offensive when I see his middle name thrown out in support of an attack on his politics - it's a smear of the worst kind.
If it doesn't bother you that's fine but you should be aware that some folks will find it offensive when Barack gets attacked for being Hussein.
I personally don't find swearing offensive but I have enough respect for others not to drop an f-bomb at church.
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"If we want to take this party back, and I think we can someday, let’s get to work." – Barry Goldwater
If this is the attitude McCain is going to take into the campaign, just save the money and concede to Obama right now. McCain is going to be taken apart piece by piece by Obama, the Dems and all the assorted 527's, and he'll be more worried about somebody reciting Obama's full name. We won't even go down fighting in November...we will be wimpering and cowering every step of the way.
Playing "nice" gets you nowhere fast in politics.
Quite the opposite. Only the desperate have any need to resort to such thinly veiled bigotry. The strong have no need of it.
"I ain't never votin' fo another Democrat so long as I can draw breath! I'll vote for a dog first!" - Leola Thomas
Trust me - if you play nice to these guys we will lose this election. The Dem's want the WH so bad that come the general election all bets are off. It might not be the Obama team but trust me Moveon.org and DailyKos will be hard at work on Sidley. Cunningham has a huge following and this will not set well with his Ohio folks. Our only out is if they go vote for Hillary. I can't wait to hear his Sunday night show. Bill now says he's going to vote for Hillary. I don't blame him.
Our jobs are to defeat the Dem's at every level. Congress and the Senate Republicans do not challenge the Reid's or Pelosi and it let FISA go unvoted on and all these other "get out " of Iraq bills come to the floor. Pussy footing around ain't going to get it done. The only thing Mac did today was satisfy the Dem's. Another crossing the isle moment. We're acting too nice to these guys. Heck their trying to sink this country and you want to play nice. You can if you want but not me. I wanted Mac to say "I ain't raising my hand" but not to beg for forgiveness because someone used this guys middle name. With this kind of reaction Barrack Hussain Obama doesn't need any thick skin because he wouldn't need it against us.
I'm a Fredhead to the core.
I would hope that every time a Republican brought up my votes in Illinois, my content-free speeches, or the things that I have been cornered and forced into saying on the record... that some Republican would bring up my middle name.
That is what I would hope for. You know why?
Because I know that the "Hussein" joke is one that is of the caliber of the jokes that showed up in Ron Paul's newsletters and the Republicans that care about such things will pull the argument over policy to a screeching halt to say "dude, why you gotta harp on the guy's middle name?" and the middle-name guy will say "It's his middle name, what's the big deal? It's not racist to use his middle name!" and the other guy would say "I'm not saying you don't have plausible deniability, I'm saying why you gotta be like that?" and the Republicans would get into a long-drawn out argument over the middle name thing instead of talking about my votes in Illinois, my content-free speeches, or the stuff that they've actually gotten me to say on the record.
If I were Obama, I would hope that you or someone like you would write another diary talking about how you should totally be able to use his middle name in a week or so.
Man is free at the moment he wishes to be. --Voltaire
Failure is not an option. Surrender I will not.
Some people think that is in poor taste, racist, whatever to attack this man by his given name. Call it PC run amok. Or nonsense. You choose.