King: It’s ‘bizarre’ that Obama will use his middle name when being sworn in.
King: It’s ‘bizarre’ that Obama will use his middle name when being sworn in.
Earlier this year, Rep. Steve King (R-IA) claimed that al Qaida would “be dancing in the streets” if Barack Obama were elected president “because of his middle name.” In an interview with Politico yesterday, King admitted that “he was wrong about the whole terrorist street dancing routine.” King continued, however, to harp on Obama’s middle name, saying that it was “bizarre” that he would use it during the inauguration:
After telling the Associated Press last year that Obama’s middle name was among the reasons Islamic terrorists would rejoice over his election, King says he’s since been careful to avoid using it. Thus he found Obama’s decision to allow it be mentioned on the steps of the Capitol “bizarre” and “a double-standard.”
“Is that reserved just for him, not his critics?” King asked.
Last month, Obama told the Chicago Tribune that “he will follow tradition and be sworn in as US president using his full name, including his middle name Hussein.”
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Interesting, Steve King’s middle name is Arnold which is the same name as Benedict Arnold.
Is Rep. King ashamed of his middle name?
January 16th, 2009 at 12:16 pmEvery time this idiot (King)opens his jowls I think of the Tin Man : If I only had a brain.tony andlido
January 16th, 2009 at 12:17 pmA. Use of the full name is traditional in the swearing-in ceremony.
B. He’s actually Barack Hussein Obama, Jr. By using his full name, he honors his father, Barack Hussein Obama, Sr.
What I find bizarre is why anyone would have a problem with it.
January 16th, 2009 at 12:23 pmSo he’s not going by Barry Sotero anymore?
January 16th, 2009 at 12:25 pmIn other news:
BIRDS BRING DOWN PLANE IN HUDSON RIVER:
Bush Declares War On Birdland.
¶ AIO
January 16th, 2009 at 12:27 pmNo more bizarre than George WANKER Bush.
January 16th, 2009 at 12:29 pmWhat’s really bizarre here is that King thinks his opinion matters.
Lincoln will be smiling Tuesday evening; King, not so much…
January 16th, 2009 at 12:30 pmlm945 Says:
What I find bizarre is why anyone would have a problem with it.
January 16th, 2009 at 12:23 pm
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I don’t find it bizarre at all. It’s just a reminder that racists and bigots still walk among us, and some of them continue to have positions of power in our government. We must not rest until bigots like Steve King are eradicated from the public sphere.
January 16th, 2009 at 12:31 pmHmmm…I can’t think of any president who DIDN’T use his full given name at his swearing-in except Jimmy Carter. And I recall Carter got a fair amount of flak for wanting to swear in as “Jimmy” instead of “James Earl”.
If Obama avoided using his middle name, this would be admitting that there was something shameful about it. There is nothing shameful about the name. It’s a fairly common one in many parts of the world.
True, it’s the name of a former tyrannical despot in Iraq. It’s also the name of a king in Jordan who was a great man who recognized and established peace with Israel, and was an ally of the U.S.
Just as “George” is the name of our first president, our most recent president, and the king we declared our independence from. The name itself is a perfectly legitimate one, although people will have opinions about those who have carried it.
Personally, I’m glad that Barack Hussein Obama will be sworn in with his entire name, of which he need not be ashamed. Perhaps having the name associated with someone of Obama’s character will swing that pendulum in the other direction.
Oh, and Rep. King is an idiot. Others who have carried that name proudly would be embarrassed. (Happy Birthday, MLK!)
January 16th, 2009 at 12:32 pmIn other news:
BIRDS BRING DOWN PLANE IN HUDSON RIVER:
Bush Declares War On Birdland.
I believe they were Canadian Geese,,,the same place those 9-11 terrorist came in from…Bush has less than 4 days to declare war on those terrorist harboring Canadians…Beisdes that they have to be Un-American, their national sport is Lacrosse..
January 16th, 2009 at 12:34 pmThey’re not stupid. They know there’s a difference between using a middle name in normal circumstances and focusing on and highlighting it constantly to lead people to connect him to Saddam.
It mostly just bothers me that they think so poorly of those that listen to them. Are that many people incapable of seeing the sneaky ways they do these things? I hope not.
January 16th, 2009 at 12:34 pmI got this.
“IT’S HIS EFFIN NAME”!!!!
Unlike when you idiots wanted to use his name to make your illiterate, ignorant, ill-mannered, followers believe that he was somehow related to Sadaam and had something to do with terrorism. It was his name before you all discovered that it was money to be made, power to be had, and people to control.
Some people (mostly racist, ignorants) need to come to grips with the fact that the UNITED STATES of AMERICA has a strong, intelligent, uncompromising, non-obsequious Black (I have now been informed that he is BIRACIAL as am I but when you see me/us you still call me n-gg-r, but it’s cool) MAN as the PRESIDENT of the UNITED STATES. who isnt named Paul, Steve, Michael, John, Earl, Biff, George, Carl, Pete,(no offense to those who are). So get over yourselfs and stand up and support the POTUS or sit down and get the hell out of the way.
BTW when are all of you who said that you would leave the country if President Obama won leaving? I’d rather have a UNITED country of 90-100 million all who are willing to CONTRIBUTE and come up with SOLUTIONS to our nations ills instead of always trying to keep us at each others throat, i’m tired of that sh_i, and i’m tired of fighting.
Barack Hussein Obama
Deal with it.
RIP
January 16th, 2009 at 12:35 pmSGT Stephen R. Sherman
C CO 1-5 IN (STRYKER)
KIA 3 Feb 2005
Mosul, Iraq
Logan’s Law: the stupider the right-winger, the smarter he thinks he is.
January 16th, 2009 at 12:36 pmThey act so confused by all of this. I guess somebody should finally explain…
It’s a show of disrespect to use an uncommon variation of someone’s name to refer to them. For example, using a nickname, such as Barry or Steve-O, which they don’t use themselves. Another example would be to use odd combinations of initials and names, such as B. Hussein Obama or S.A. King. Playing around with someone’s name in these ways is a not-so-subtle way of showing that you refuse to afford them any respect.
Common courtesy involves using the name form for people that they use themselves. Excepting nicknames, pen names, stage names and titles, there are mainly only four categories for this:
1) What you like to be called in person. Ex: Barack, Steve.
2) The common form of your name for reference. Ex: Barack Obama, Steve King.
3) A shorthand reference form using the last name: Ex: Obama, King.
4) The full name for formal occasions, like getting inaugurated or applying for a driver’s license.
I realize I’m making it sound complicated, but it’s really quite simple. Almost everybody habitually follows these basic foundations of common etiquette naturally throughout their daily lives. So much so that violating them indicates an insult, since you have to go out of your way to do it.
The wingnut faux-confusion about all of this is another example of them intentionally lifting terms into inappropriate contexts and then acting all innocent and outraged when they’re called on it. Just as it’s not appropriate to use the term “magic negro” outside of the context of literary criticism, it’s not appropriate to use Barack Obama’s (or Steve King’s) middle name outside of the context of a formal reference.
January 16th, 2009 at 12:36 pmWhat is bizarre is that morons like this one manage to keep their seats in Congress.
January 16th, 2009 at 12:39 pmmisshusseinmolly Says:
If Obama avoided using his middle name, this would be admitting that there was something shameful about it. There is nothing shameful about the name. It’s a fairly common one in many parts of the world.
January 16th, 2009 at 12:32 pm
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What’s most infuriating is that Rep. Steve Malik (I’m going to start Arabicizing his name from now on, just to piss him off) is complaining about the “double standard.”
He and his bigoted cronies began using Hussein as an epithet, and were called out for doing so. So, apparently quite grudgingly, they stopped using Hussein altogether in reference to Obama. And NOW he seems to think Obama shouldn’t be allowed to use his own name, because Rep. Malik and his cronies made it an epithet.
Simply disgsting. He’s wrapping racism and bigotry in conservative whinery.
January 16th, 2009 at 12:40 pmKing says he’s since been careful to avoid using it. Thus he found Obama’s decision to allow it be mentioned on the steps of the Capitol “bizarre” and “a double-standard.”
It’s not a double standard, Stevie. It’s YOUR standard that Obama does not share, because it’s a stupid standard.
January 16th, 2009 at 12:43 pmJebus. Is he retarded??
Rep. King — do yourself a *very* large favor – and STFU.
January 16th, 2009 at 12:43 pmbentley1 Says:
Every time this idiot (King)opens his jowls I think of the Tin Man : If I only had a brain.
Actually, it was the Scarecrow who lacked a brain. The Tin Man lacked a heart. The Cowardly Lion lacked courage. Republicans lack all of the above.
January 16th, 2009 at 12:44 pmI want to know how Rep. King gets away with calling himself “King”. This is the US and we don’t have a king. If he wants to be called king he should go to a country that still has a king and get a job there.
January 16th, 2009 at 12:45 pmElBruce Says:
Common courtesy involves using the name form for people that they use themselves. Excepting nicknames, pen names, stage names and titles, there are mainly only four categories for this:
1) What you like to be called in person. Ex: Barack, Steve.
2) The common form of your name for reference. Ex: Barack Obama, Steve King.
3) A shorthand reference form using the last name: Ex: Obama, King.
4) The full name for formal occasions, like getting inaugurated or applying for a driver’s license.
January 16th, 2009 at 12:36 pm
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You forgot one:
January 16th, 2009 at 12:46 pm5) The informal name given to you, as a member of the White House Correspondents corps, by the President of the United States. Ex: Stretch, Little Stretch, Sloppy Joe, Pastyface McGee, etc.
“Is that reserved just for him, not his critics?” King asked.
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This isn’t a double-standard. When his critics use it, they tend to use ONLY his middle name (usually along with his first initial). This has been a thinly veiled (and mostly unsuccessful) attempt to paint Obama as a Muslim — preferably a Muslim who plans to sneak into the White House as a Christian and then commit acts of terrorism all over the country.
In fact, I don’t think Ann Coulter EVER referred to Obama as anything other than “B. Hussein Obama” or just “B. Hussein”. I don’t recall any time where she made reference to “J. Sidney McCain” or “G. Walker Bush” or “K. Christian Rove”.
When Obama uses his middle name, he only uses it in the context of his full name, the way most of us do with our names.
As far as King’s other assertion, yes — there might be a few terrorists dancing in the streets because Obama is our president. Most of them, however, will realize that Obama is far worse for their business than Bush was. But there will be lots of other people worldwide ecstatic about Obama taking office. That actually has more to do with the man Obama is than it does with his name — although I predict many people outside our country are impressed that we would elect someone with the middle name of Hussein.
Like I said, King is an idiot. And now he’s a minority idiot.
January 16th, 2009 at 12:47 pmKing must have to work really hard to maintain that level of hatred and criticism.
January 16th, 2009 at 12:47 pmIf he were not so despicable, one might even feel sorry for him and his pathetic, twisted mind.
hussein toasterhead Says:
What’s most infuriating is that Rep. Steve Malik (I’m going to start Arabicizing his name from now on, just to piss him off) is complaining about the “double standard
I respectfully ask that you dont use the name Malik, thats my and two of my nephews namems, and we never want to be associated with the likes of Mr. King, which btw Malik=King, lol.
Thanks
RIP
January 16th, 2009 at 12:47 pmSGT Stephen R. Sherman
C CO 1-5 IN (STRYKER)
KIA 3Feb 2005
Mosul, Iraq
After the catastrophic George W. Bush administration, I think it’s bizarre that anyone would admit to being a Republican.
January 16th, 2009 at 12:48 pmGood point h. toasterhead. The double standard came into play when the wingnuts insisted on referencing Obama by his full name while of course never referring to the Republican nominee by his full name (because ya know “Sidney” might make him sound less manly or something). Use of the full name in taking the oath is traditional and thus appropriate. Context, like irony and truthfulness, is a concept the wingers do not understand.
January 16th, 2009 at 12:49 pmWhen King and his comrades use Barack’s middle name, it was to be a pejorative, it was to associate him with Saddam Hussein — for king to disingenuously take offense with Obama’s following tradition and using his entire name is simply more of the same stupidity we’ve always heard from this jerk.
January 16th, 2009 at 12:51 pmThe epitome of schoolyard nyah-nyahs. Maybe preschool.
I bet Stevie gets people stopping him on the street and asking if he is related to ML all the time.
His mother wears army boots…
January 16th, 2009 at 12:52 pmWhat a blow-hard! I think these guys just can accept the fact that a black man whose middle name is Hussein could win the election. Their reptilian brains can’t process it. LOL! The more they talk, the less revelant they are.
January 16th, 2009 at 12:52 pmBIRDS BRING DOWN PLANE IN HUDSON RIVER:
Bush Declares War On Birdland.
I believe they were Canadian Geese,,,the same place those 9-11 terrorist came in from…Bush has less than 4 days to declare war on those terrorist harboring Canadians…Beisdes that they have to be Un-American, their national sport is Lacrosse..
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In other, other news… George W Bush has announced a preemptive strike on all geese with injections of the bird flu.
January 16th, 2009 at 12:56 pmTired Of Fighting Says:
I respectfully ask that you dont use the name Malik, thats my and two of my nephews names, and we never want to be associated with the likes of Mr. King, which btw Malik=King, lol.
January 16th, 2009 at 12:47 pm
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Ok, fair enough. Arabic has a number of synonyms I can choose from. There’s Sultan, Khan, Khaqqan, Aheel, Rabba, and Wallia.
I’m leaning towards Aheel, as it’s accurately descriptive in both languages…
January 16th, 2009 at 12:57 pmCould someone please inform Rep. Steve King (R-IA)that “Rep.” is not an abbreviation for “repulsive”?
January 16th, 2009 at 12:57 pmGeez, the GOP does seem to have the market cornered on nut jobs, doesn’t it? No wonder so little time has been spent by congress working on solutions for Americans when they spend their time & energy on someone’s MIDDLE NAME! My goodness …
January 16th, 2009 at 12:57 pmMore overt rascism from a gooper towards Blacks and Arabs that happen to be American…….oh,I forgot he hate any one not white,Right(Reich) and wealthy,STFU.
January 16th, 2009 at 12:59 pmThis guy must think we are all a bunch of idiots. Moron.
January 16th, 2009 at 12:59 pm“Steven Arnold King”…hhmmm “SAK”. I’m astounded that this representative would use a name with such a pejorative set of initials.
January 16th, 2009 at 1:00 pmIn fact, I don’t think Ann Coulter EVER referred to Obama as anything other than “B. Hussein Obama” or just “B. Hussein”. I don’t recall any time where she made reference to “J. Sidney McCain” or “G. Walker Bush” or “K. Christian Rove”.
She called him Barack Obama on The View this week. First time I ever heard her call him that. Oh, and I thought it was “G. Wanker Bush”. My bad.
January 16th, 2009 at 1:01 pmI’m with you P.D. @30 – they’re in shock that a brown man with the same middle name as our most recently deceased boogey man actually won!
I’m sure that they thought they had the last election in the bag. They knew that a large percentage of the population wouldn’t vote for Hillary (sorry rhf, but she had the highest negativity ratings of all the Democratic candidates – 49% ) and if for some reason the Dems actually nominated Obama…well I’m sure that just left them in stitches just contemplating it!
Hah!
January 16th, 2009 at 1:06 pmmisshusseinmolly Says:
… And I recall Carter got a fair amount of flak for wanting to swear in as “Jimmy” instead of “James Earl”.
probably still too close then to the time another ‘james earl’ changed the world…
a horrible memory on the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr.
… “I, Barack Hussein Obama, do solemnly swear…” … aaahhhhhh…
it’s all just so amazing.
(but i’m STILL holding my breath)
January 16th, 2009 at 1:07 pmmk3872 Says:
No wonder so little time has been spent by congress working on solutions for Americans when they spend their time & energy on someone’s MIDDLE NAME! My goodness …
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Don’t forget flag burning and gay marriage… two other incendiary, raging controversies. And the imaginary War on Christmas… the fictional attempt to reinstate the Fairness Doctrine…
The GOOP do indeed appear to live in a fantasy land of their own making.
January 16th, 2009 at 1:08 pmWhat the hell is King talking about? A lot of modern presidents have been sworn in using their full name, or at least saying their middle initial. Here’s the video. What an effin moron.
January 16th, 2009 at 1:10 pmPerry logan Says:
Logan’s Law: the stupider the right-winger, the smarter he thinks he is.
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TRoS’s Law: the stupider the right-winger, the… stupider the right-winger…
January 16th, 2009 at 1:12 pmThey actually had a test designed for acceptance into the Republican party a while back but couldn’t find a scanner that would read crayons to grade it.
January 16th, 2009 at 1:17 pmPerjorative, does not equal poetic! King is addicted to the former!!
January 16th, 2009 at 1:22 pmDr. Hussein Matt Says:
Dr. Matt’s Law: the stupider the right-winger, the bigger the ratings on AM hate radio or Faux.
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TRoS’s Second Corrollary: the stupider the right-winger, the more likely he’ll get caught in a sex sting involving an under-aged female of Lord knows what species.
January 16th, 2009 at 1:22 pmPssst…Mr. King….your bigotry is showing…you might want to STFU.
January 16th, 2009 at 1:22 pmTired Of Fighting
BTW when are all of you who said that you would leave the country if President Obama won leaving?
Canada isn’t accepting Republicans these days.
January 16th, 2009 at 1:28 pmhussein toasterhead Says:
You forgot one:
5) The informal name given to you, as a member of the White House Correspondents corps, by the President of the United States. Ex: Stretch, Little Stretch, Sloppy Joe, Pastyface McGee, etc.
He also did that to his Cabinet, remember. That just demonstrates that Dubya disrespects everybody.
January 16th, 2009 at 1:30 pmBuckie Boy Says:
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Tired Of Fighting
BTW when are all of you who said that you would leave the country if President Obama won leaving?
Canada isn’t accepting Republicans these days.
lol, yea but Dumbass-a-stan, is wide open.
RIP
January 16th, 2009 at 1:33 pmSGT Stephen R. Sherman
C CO 1-5 IN (STRYKER)
KIA 3 Feb 2005
Mosul, Iraq
Dr. Hussein Matt Says:
Addendum to TRoS’s Second Corollary: The gender of the underage victim could be male as well.
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True… t’is true.
TRoS’s Ammended Second Corrollary: the stupider the right-winger, the more likely he’ll get caught in a sex sting involving an under-aged member/s of Lord knows what species.
January 16th, 2009 at 1:37 pmTired Of Fighting
BTW when are all of you who said that you would leave the country if President Obama won leaving?
They are having trouble finding hotels in extradition free countries.
January 16th, 2009 at 2:09 pmElBruce Says:
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bentley1 Says:
Every time this idiot (King)opens his jowls I think of the Tin Man : If I only had a brain.
Actually, it was the Scarecrow who lacked a brain. The Tin OOMan lacked a heart. The Cowardly Lion lacked courage.
Republicans lack all of the above.
OOps, my bad. But you’re right, they do lack all three qualities
tony andlido
January 16th, 2009 at 12:44 pm Recommend (4) | Report
January 16th, 2009 at 2:14 pmHUSSEIN: Variant spelling of Arabic Hussain, meaning “good, nice.”
With obvious exceptions (Sadaam) this about describes at least two attributes of the 44th POTUS.
RIP
January 16th, 2009 at 2:20 pmSGT Stephen R. Sherman
C CO 1-5 IN (STRYKER)
KIA 3 Feb 2005
Mosul, Iraq
Rep. Steve King (R-IA):
This is the best you have? Seriously in need of a hobby.
January 16th, 2009 at 3:42 pmIn other news, names don’t predetermine your fate as a human being.
WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT?
January 16th, 2009 at 3:48 pmSounds like a major NON story to me.
The country has bigger issues to deal with than this.
Obama has three very unusual names, but he is not the first in history with some wild names:
Warren Harding’s middle name was: Gamaliel. Not exactly a garden variety name.
James Polk’s middle name was. Knox. I wouldn’t even name my dog Knox.
Adlai Stevenson’s running mate (1952): Estes Kefauver. Love to see that one in a spelling bee.
January 16th, 2009 at 4:16 pmI dunno. I like it for precisely the same reason they hate it.
January 16th, 2009 at 4:37 pmFor all the time this nation’s been around, we’ve never even gotten around to President LaGuardia or President Frankowski or President Feinman or President Lopez–we’ve finally, in the process of electing a smart, good man–also sent a message to the rest of the world bout what America is really about. What the real America is about.
President Barack Hussein Obama.
It sounds like–
–democracy.
“Is that reserved just for him, not his critics?”
The problem with critics using Barack’s middle name is that they use it AS criticism. When Barack uses his middle name openly, he proclaims that it’s not going to be something that will make him feel ashamed, when that’s exactly what the anti-Muslim bigots want it to be. By refusing to go along with them about it, he infuriates them – something that it’s apparently not very hard to do.
January 16th, 2009 at 5:01 pmYou see what this is? The Republicans are so far down, so lame that they can only harp on things that are trivial. All they have is a spotlight on how they feel about everything. Race, money, power, corruption etc. This is all he can find to comment on?
Why the hell should he not use his full name? This is his middle name. Evidently to be Republican means you miss the point of everything else. If he were not an example of what is wrong with the GOP, I don’t know what else it is.
January 16th, 2009 at 5:42 pmKing… like King George III? Tar and feather this redcoat.
January 16th, 2009 at 6:13 pmBTW this sounds like the kind of guy who would whisper to his wife if he saw a Muslim man in uniform reuniting with his family after serving in Iraq.
Check out the…
January 16th, 2009 at 6:15 pmThere should be a chorus of “grow up” and “get a job” coming from his peers.
January 16th, 2009 at 7:07 pmI just love how hypocritical the American public is. You call something like this “trivial” and scoff at the suggestion that Obama’s middle name is offensive.
Yet only weeks ago, a story emerged in the media about a child named “Adolf Hitler Campbell.” Most of you weren’t so understanding then.
The overwhelming reaction was that having such a name was offensive, unacceptable and insulting after the atrocities commited by the original Hitler so long ago. You were all so quick to jump to the conclusion that such a name could NEVER again be used in normality – yet here you are, wondering what the big deal is about Obama’s “Hussein” title? You’re hypocrites.
January 16th, 2009 at 7:54 pmI’ll bet that child named Hitler is a hoax, but anyway—Hussein is a very common name. If Obama was named Barak Satan Obama, he probably would have changed his name.
January 16th, 2009 at 8:16 pmSteve King, one of the RepubliCon A$$wipes! The name Steve King synonymous with A$$wipe. When you see Steve King, you think A$$wipe. Yes, Steve King equals A$$wipe, RepubliCon A$$wipe!
January 16th, 2009 at 10:11 pmI wonder if Rep. King has ever been to Jordan? If he did, or does, does he expect to have a problem with the name of the current king’s father? Or if he goes to any Arab country, is he going to avoid people with “Hussein” in their name? Or will he just point at them and giggle? It’s really difficult to maintain repsect for people who talk like this. And he’s a member of Congress!!!!
January 16th, 2009 at 10:56 pmDifference is, those parents named their kid that to honor that mass murdering psychopath, because they are racist a$$holes, and BHO was named after his dad, with one of the most common names in the world as his middle name, with no particular political agenda in mind, and certainly not anything to do with Saddam, after all Saddam was still a tyke himself.
You have been pwnd.
January 16th, 2009 at 11:23 pmohplease Says:
The overwhelming reaction was that having such a name was offensive, unacceptable and insulting after the atrocities commited by the original Hitler so long ago. You were all so quick to jump to the conclusion that such a name could NEVER again be used in normality – yet here you are, wondering what the big deal is about Obama’s “Hussein” title? You’re hypocrites.
January 16th, 2009 at 7:54 pm
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There’s absolutely no comparison between the two.
“Adolf Hitler” is a name that is synonymous with megalomania, fascism, and genocide. Each of these names by itself is harmless – it’s entirely rational for some people of German descent to name a child Adolf, and I also don’t doubt that there are many Germans and Austrians with the surname Hitler. However, anyone who combines the two – particularly someone without any German blood – is obviously making a neo-Nazi statement.
“Hussein” is an Arabic name that dates back to the 7th Century. It literally means “blessed” or “good,” and also has particular significance for Shi’a Muslims. It has no bad connotations, except for one Iraqi president who we helped install and then abandoned once he did our dirty work for us.
See the difference?
January 17th, 2009 at 12:31 amohplease Says:
Just because YOU are stupid and a bigot doesnt mean the American people are. Being named AFTER Hitler is one thing but even THEN it would be the parent not the kid who deserved scorn but Obama was given his fathers middle name long before ANYONE outside Iraq even knew who Saddam was you moron. He was BORN IN 61 what part of that is hard for you to understand? Only bigots and idiots would think his name is offensive it is one of the worlds more common names. Get a grip
January 17th, 2009 at 12:50 amToasterhead says:
““Adolf Hitler” is a name that is synonymous with megalomania, fascism, and genocide. Each of these names by itself is harmless – it’s entirely rational for some people of German descent to name a child Adolf, and I also don’t doubt that there are many Germans and Austrians with the surname Hitler.”
No, there are not. In the german national phone directory, there is only one person with this name:
Hitler Romano-Lukas, from the city of Wismar.
In the Austrian national phone directory, there is not one listing under the name Hitler.
After WWII, practically every family with this surname had the name changed as part of the ent-nazification of Germany.
January 17th, 2009 at 2:51 amHow bizarre. John Sidney McCain II. Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton. William Jefferson Clinton. George Herbert Walker Bush.
the inhumanity of it all…full names.
January 17th, 2009 at 3:05 pm