Obama sounds too much like Osama...

[Postman]

and his middle name is Hussein...

I can see the rightwing having a field day with this one...

But besides THAT, he is certainly a gifted speaker. I'm afraid the racism of the US would still prevent him from becoming the POTUS.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

1. I'd hope they make an issue with that.

Because swing voters hearing that would be incredulous and sympathize with Obama.

[cassiepriam]

2. Bush sounds so much like ____.

But he still got elected.

[Postman]

3. That's debatable..

He was appointed in 2000 and stole 2004

[cassiepriam]

12. I cannot argue with you.... but even with a name that rhymes with

______, he got selected.

[neoblues]

25. How do you prounouce _______? nt.

[cassiepriam]

29. You have to use your imagination :)

[nini]

4. He's NOT the guy in this picture

that is what we have to keep driving home in the minds of the people.

[Postman]

9. I love it....

thanks for the chuckle...

[Poll_Blind]

5. Yep. Let 'em. I'm sure they'll have a field-day with the fact that he's...

...black, too, but that shoudn't stop him from going for the brass ring and those of us who support him, helping him reach for it.

PB

[hughee99]

26. I heard a good quote from Obama the other day

when asked at a press conference about people who wouldn't vote for him because he was black. He said something to the effect of "The sort of people who wouldn't vote for me because of my race, wouldn't vote for me anyway because of my politics". I think that's a very accurate statement.

[Poll_Blind]

28. Hear! Hear! Indeed! n/t

PB

[goclark]

40. Cheers for you ~ Obama Rocks

This is America and if he wants to run he can Run.

And if America doesn't like his name, so be it.

He has as much chance to catch the Brass ring as any of the others running.

[no_hypocrisy]

6. "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet . . . "

I'm sticking to Shakespeare. He had his share of freepers in his day . . .

[rurallib]

7. Hussein? What the hell were his parents thinking 45 years ago?

Why didn't they think ahead? Pick a solid 'mercan name like "Walker" fer instance?

[LeftCoast]

8. So you think the American people are so stupid they're going to confuse him with Osama bin Laden?

I truly do not understand this 'criticism'.

Oh, and for the record, I don't have a favorite candidate for '08.

[Postman]

11. Are you kidding me?

WHy are we in Iraq? Because Saddam hit us on 9/11?

[LeftCoast]

30. You need to get used to the fact that no matter WHO the Dems pick

the republicans will find some stupid shit to criticize - even if they have to make it up. Remember Swiftboat? Whitewater? The Dean scream? Need I go on?

The fact is, whoever we nominate had better be able to deal with this kind of thing. If Obama can't handle some stupid petty shit like this he doesn't deserve to be the candidate. That goes the same for whoever our nominee is. In fact, my primary criteria for who I decide to support will be their ability to handle the rw outrage apparatus.

[Catherine Vincent]

24. Yes. A certain 50 million or so....

[uppityperson]

10. Bush sounds too much like

what a non-boyfriend called pubic hair on a female

[Berry Cool]

23. You're reminding me of that moment in grade school when all the boys figured out

that "bush" was a slang term for something they were not supposed to know or talk about. Of course, the moment they did, "bush" was the only word they used with each other, all day long, every day. They would call each other "Bush." They would yell "BUSH!" to try to shock teachers. They would drink orange drink from cartons passed out to us on the school bus on a field trip and write on the side of the carton "BUSH" and tell each other that they were drinking "bush."

I admit that back then, if you had told me there was going to be not one, but two, President Bushes, I would have been pretty surprised. I would have wondered how my classmates, as grown men of the future, could possibly vote for either of them with a straight face. Because in about fifth grade, "bush" was that dirty word all the boys used, that they thought was so hilarious, that the girls did not even understand their reason for using.

However, thankfully, fifth graders do not get to vote.

America, and Americans, should be mature enough to not give a damn what a person's name is when considering a potential president. And if certain elements are going to try to exploit the fact that Obama's middle name is Hussein or that his last name is close to Osama, I think it's going to backfire, because it's going to sound as stupid as the boys in my school would have if they grew to be men and were still snickering like Beavis and Butt-head about voting for someone named "Bush."

[yy4me]

13. Jeff Greenfield just did the most nasty commentary of Obama.

Because he wears tieless shirt likens him to the president of Iran? Because he has a middle eastern sounding name he is somehow deficient? Never mind the fact that he was named 45 years ago, long before Hussein was in power. This editorial opinion by Greenfield was uncalled for. CNN drives me nuts. Wolfie blathers on and on. I may just turn them off altogether.

[karlrschneider]

14. I caught that too. My TV should feel lucky I didn't have a brick handy.

:grr: :puke:

[Postman]

17. Maybe if he wore a bedsheet and slippers like Saudi Kings he'd be okay with that...

you know, Bush's business partners....

As if not wearing a tie automatically puts you in the same political category as Ahmedinijad...Greenfield is an oaf.

[WI_DEM]

15. Kennedy was too Irish Catholic for me, Roosevelt too blue blood

[Jon8503]

16. Obama - Osama, looks like either is smarter than this administration. N/T.

[Postman]

19. Come to think of it, my Chia Pet is smarter than this administration..

n/t

[Jon8503]

32. No doubt - this admin is pretty unbelievable is'nt it. N/T

[cali]

18. I think you're dead wrong

about this. With a less gifted, less charismatic person, it might be an obstacle, but Obama's no George Allen type idiot.

[Postman]

22. I'd be glad to be wrong. n/t

[Tiggeroshii]

20. I think the racists only amont to a minority

And will lose their credibility. If they are pandered to, then it will be clear that nay presidential candidate to do so will lose in a landslide.

[ContraBass Black]

21. .

[KamaAina]

27. Our local TV news ran a caption that read "Barack Osama"!

by mistake, one hopes... :tinfoilhat: I did call them on it, but it's odd that that would happen here, where he grew up and is still quite popular.

[Warren DeMontague]

31. I'm more worried about how quickly the corporate establishment has embraced him

and vice-versa.

I like the guy.. and I think he's going places. But I don't think he's ready for the top of the '08 ticket, and frankly I'm a little leery of the fact that he's being floated as the corporate media-approved "alternative" to the corporate-media approved Hillary. I call bullshit.

The REAL alternative -the one who will kick ass if he runs- scares the bejeebus piss out of them.

[riverwalker]

33. By the time the hearings are over

in 2008 America will be willing to vote for somebody named Hitler Mussolini Stalin Bin Laden, as long as he ain't a Republican. THEY know it, and it scares the bejeebus out of them, so expect it to go on for a while. They are terrified. Not only is their little King Bunnypants going to be crucified and humiliated, but riding a national wave of adoration and respect is <gasp> a brown person.

[MoonRiver]

34. Another problem, which I heard about on C-SPAN today,

is that as a child he attended Christian AND Muslim schools. He is a Christian, but you know where I'm going with this. The wingnuts see this guy, with Muslim imagery all over his history and name, as their dream Dem candidate. It ain't fair, but I fear for our chances in 2008 if he's the nominee. I'm even concerned if he's the VP nominee.

[CalebHayes]

35. Get over it. Please.

Your telling me that swing voters are really going to go the voting both thinking that he is a terrorist that wants to kill them? Seriously?

[MoonRiver]

37. You KNOW what the rightwing smear machine can do.

If he is our nominee I'll work tooth and nail to get him elected. But I think it's irrational not to consider negatives regarding all our potential candidates.

I really, really like Obama, but I am concerned about him getting the nomination.

[Warren DeMontague]

38. I don't think his name and that other stuff would be a big problem in the general election.

That said, I *don't* think he should be the nominee for 2008. I'll take Al Gore, or failing that, Wes Clark. Obama might be ready for the #2 slot, but not the top of the ticket.

[GenDem]

39. I believe he can overcome these obstacles.

He is so likable, and sincere - I think he will be able to embrace the people the way that Bobby Kennedy did. He won't get the racists votes, anyway...even if he was white, those votes go to the republicans.

My mother is in her early 70's and although I would never call her a racist, she comes from a time where the mindset was different. She was raised by a very racist father and some of that rears it's ugly head. For example she will say the word "colored", or she'll say she worries about the children from a multi-racial couple. I cringe and carefully correct.

She has made all positive comments about Obama...she saw him on Oprah, and has seen his face in the news lately and she really likes what she sees, and said if he runs she will vote for him. She is a good bell weather.

The trouble will be the republican attack machine.

[MoonRiver]

41. That's excellent news about your mom!

Obama is on my short list (behind Gore, Clark, and Kucinich - if I thought he had a snowball's chance to win) of presidential candidates. I just don't know about others accepting Obama.

[ecstatic]

36. Well in addition to that meme, Obama also dresses too much like the dictator from the Axis of Evil

according to CNN. As in, Obama likes to wear blazers with no tie. Unbelievable. I thought this issue was way too ridiculous/immature for even freeps to take up but it looks like I was wrong. Very wrong...