12-10-08
In what comes as no real surprise to anyone that has spent more than an hour researching what information was available concerning his background Barack Hussein Obama has declared he will be sworn into office as president using his entire name. Throughout the presidential campaign his handlers made sure to quickly attack and disparage anyone using Obama’s middle name of Hussein calling them racist and “hateful.” This is the first recorded instance in the history of this country when a candidate for the highest office in the land appeared to be ashamed or at the very least defensive about the name given to him by his birth parents that I can find.
I’m sure Lee County Florida Sheriff Mike Scott is breathing a huge sigh of relief over this latest development. Many may remember the sheriff referred to Obama as “Barack Hussein Obama” at a Sarah Palin campaign appearance which the Republican presidential candidate John McLame quickly denounced as an untoward attempt by Scott to actually call his opponent by his real name or something like that. Good call there Juan.
“Ladies and gentleman, there are three types of people in our country today. There are people that make things happen, there are people that watch things, and there are people who wonder what happened. On November 4, let’s leave Barack Hussein Obama wondering what happened,” said Sheriff Scott to the crowd at Germain Arena Monday afternoon.
Those comments didn’t go over well with the McCain Campaign, but Sheriff Scott says he meant no harm by his remarks.
“Apparently there are a lot of people inferring something from his name, I don’t know. My name is Joseph. I don’t know what you would infer from that. Am I Joseph in the stable with Mary? What do you take from that? I don’t know,” said Sheriff Scott.
The McCain Campaign sent out the following statement in response after the remarks were made:
“We do not condone this inappropriate rhetoric which distracts from the real questions of judgment, character, and experience that voters will base their decisions on this November.”
The Obama Campaign also sent out a response of its own.
“It’s an implication that whoever has a Muslim-sounding name is Muslim, but the fact of the matter is he’s Christian and always has been. It sounds like the tone of today’s rally was based on negative attacks and fear tactics.”
Oh well, McLame really wasn’t in the game to win anyway as we came to find out 😉
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