The Black Senator Who Could Challenge Hillary

The Telegraph (UK) ^ | 10-6-2006 | Alex Massie

[Howlin]

[Zeroisanumber]

Kenyan-born Barack Obama

I thought that his father was Kenyan and that he was born in the US. Doesn't his being born in Kenya disqualify him from running for president? Or was he born to a foreign service worker or something like that?

[don-o]

A welcome respite from the Rudy crapola.

You go OssamBobama - Hell, ask Orca what the hell his name is

[unkus]

Hitlery needs to put him on top of the ticket and her as Vive President. A short time after they are elected Obama has a serious accident and

[lesser_satan]

Kenyan-born Barack Obama

False. His father was from Kenya, and his mother was from Kansas (he was a professor and she was his student, IIRC). He was born in Hawaii. I don's know if he ever even travelled to Africa before he became a Congresscritter.

[operation clinton cleanup]

Empty suit Vs. Pantload. America will not elect someone named Obama anytime sooner than they will Adolf. Whatever his merits, he has an unfortunate name post 9/11.

[lesser_satan]

No, the reporter is just an idiot.

[BallyBill]

I take it this journalist isn't an American.

[outdriving]

Is Obama a Muzzie? Does anyone know?

[operation clinton cleanup]

"What gives people a jolt in their gut about the idea of President Obama is the idea that it would be a ringing symbol that racism no longer rules our land," argues John McWhorter, a leading black intellectual.

And what would Mr. McWhorter have to say if Barak was a Republican?

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Kenyan-born Barack Obama

Was he born here or in Kenya? If he was born in Kenya any presidential discussion should cease.

[blam]

"America will not elect someone named Obama anytime sooner than they will Adolf. Whatever his merits, he has an unfortunate name post 9/11."

I agree 100%.

[outdriving]

Why are the Dems all creaming in their jeans over this guy?

"Star Power"? What has he ever done besides getting elected in a moonbat state?

Of course, I guess you could say the same about Ahnold in Cali.

[operation clinton cleanup]

I don't think he is Muslim, but his middle name does not help.

Barack Hussein Obama, Jr. (born August 4, 1961) is the junior U.S. Senator from Illinois.

[CrazyIvan]

America will not elect someone named Obama

Have you noticed how people are bending over backwards to show that they aren't prejudiced? The name just might help.

[hinckley buzzard]

And what would Mr. McWhorter have to say if Barak was a Republican?

Probably the same thing. John McWhorter is on our side, one of the good guys.

[zbigreddogz]

There is no way in hell Hillary would ever pick Obama as her VP. It would be the Dukakis/Bensen problem x10.

That said, I think Obama can win the primary in '08 should he run, and if he does, he'll be a much, much, much tougher opponent.

[operation clinton cleanup]

Barack Hussein Obama, Jr

Even more unfortunate than Osama!

[blam]

Alex Massie

"Alex Massie lives in Washington DC from where he writes for The Scotsman and Scotland on Sunday among other publications. He has long cultivated an affection for sporting causes that are always almost, but not quite, lost - of which the Washington Nationals are only the latest example."