"Do You, Barack Hussein Obama..."?
President-elect Barack Obama intends to take the oath of office as Barack Hussein Obama when he's sworn in on 1.20.09. "I think the tradition is [to] use all three names," he said in a 12.10 interview with the L.A. Times and Chicago Tribune, "and I will follow the tradition, not trying to make a statement one way or the other. I'll do what everybody else does."
Of course, Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan didn't use their middle names, and Harry S. Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower and Gerald R. Ford used only their middle initials. I for one think that going with Hussein -- say it loud, say it proud -- is definitely the way to go.
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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on December 10, 2008 at 2:08 PM
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Deathtongue_Groupie
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I will applaud him for sticking with tradition while chiding Jeff - because the main reason he wants it is as some childish finger-poke in the eye for all those out there still harboring "secret Muslim" thoughts.
Of course, overseas is where this will really have the biggest impact, when millions of brain-washed infatada-types have a collective moment of cognitive dissonance that will leave many dazed for days.
41 days to go...
Posted by Deathtongue_Groupie
at December 10, 2008 2:53 PM
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/3rtfu11
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Thank God!
Posted by /3rtfu11
at December 10, 2008 2:54 PM
comment #3
Mark
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Truman's "S" wasn't short for anything. Whether or not to use a period after the S is still debated.
Posted by Mark
at December 10, 2008 3:04 PM
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SpinDozer
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infatada
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Posted by SpinDozer
at December 10, 2008 3:39 PM
comment #5
nemo
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There's a decrepit old joke, a pun really, about referring to Harry S. Truman as Hairy Ass Truman.
Posted by nemo
at December 10, 2008 4:02 PM
comment #6
BurmaShave
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Reagan didn't use his middle name because he couldn't remember what it was.
Posted by BurmaShave
at December 10, 2008 4:05 PM
comment #7
nemo
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Too bad Tom Hanks wasn't there to hold up a volleyball to remind Reagan of his middle name.
Wilson!
Posted by nemo
at December 10, 2008 4:14 PM
comment #8
mrmystery
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Jeff and the usual bootlickers,
How come no mention of Chicago Jesus and his lack of curiosity about who gets to fill his senate seat? Isn't this the sort of thing Opie would want to tie in with the Nixon/Frost movie?
Ah Fitzmas!
God bless us one and all
Posted by mrmystery
at December 10, 2008 4:47 PM
comment #9
GiveMeTheMapScott
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I actually want him to use the middle name for the exact reason dethtongue dislikes.....I want him to wave it in the face of the ridiculously prejudiced people who disliked him based on that
I did not vote for Obama but his middle name had nothing to do with it....
Posted by GiveMeTheMapScott
at December 10, 2008 5:17 PM
comment #10
dangovich
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Yes, use the middle name, if only as a bug FU to the Repubs.
Posted by dangovich
at December 10, 2008 5:28 PM
comment #11
dangovich
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bug=big
Posted by dangovich
at December 10, 2008 5:28 PM
comment #12
leepe
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Gee, I wonder what the "R" is in "Rod R. Blagojevich"?
Posted by leepe
at December 10, 2008 5:58 PM
comment #13
T. S. Idiot
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Carter was sworn in as James Earl Carter, Jr.
Posted by T. S. Idiot
at December 10, 2008 8:30 PM
comment #14
shanana
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"Gee, I wonder what the "R" is in "Rod R. Blagojevich"?"
It's "Red" as in "Red Herring," which your implication is.
Posted by shanana
at December 11, 2008 2:55 AM
comment #15
gruver1
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Wells to T.S.Idiot: Do your research. It'll take two or three minutes, if not less. The Politico story was Carter was "famously" sworn in as Jimmy Carter. Check the You Tube clip.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1208/16406.html
Posted by gruver1
at December 11, 2008 4:56 AM
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