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Republicans decry use of 'Hussein' in Obama's name (Wimpy GOP determined to lose)
cnn ^ | 2/28/2008 | Alex Mooney

Posted on 02/28/2008 4:25:56 PM PST by tobyhill

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To: missnry

Thanks!!!! Now I have to change my shorts, get a new keyboard and head to the emergency room to get my side sown up.


61 posted on 02/28/2008 5:37:51 PM PST by Anti-Hillary (Lest anyone forgot, WE ARE AT WAR!!!!! NOW IS NOT THE TIME IN HISTORY TO TEACH THE PARTY A LESSON!!)
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To: Anti-Hillary

Good thing his name wans’t “Hussein Hussien Hussein”.

We would have to refer to him as “He who must not be named.”


62 posted on 02/28/2008 5:40:18 PM PST by motor_racer (Open war is upon you, whether you would risk it or not.)
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To: tobyhill

Barack Obama was originally named “Baraka.” It is not an African name. It’s an Arabic word meaning “blessed” and comes directly from the Koran, Hussein is a Muslim name, which comes from the name of Ali’s son—Hussein Ibn Ali, the grandson of Mohammad

And while Obama may not identify as a Muslim, that’s not how the Arab and Muslim Streets see it. In Arab culture and under Islamic law, if your father is a Muslim, so are you. And once a Muslim, always a Muslim. You cannot go back. In Islamic eyes, Obama is certainly a Muslim. He may think he’s a Christian, but they do not.


63 posted on 02/28/2008 5:47:01 PM PST by Jack_1
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To: RushLake

That is a bunch of Bs.


64 posted on 02/28/2008 5:48:06 PM PST by DooDahhhh (AMEN)
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To: Southack
McCain just wants to run a clean campaign on the issues, where his record is stronger than Obama’s.

I appreciate that, but a healthy political campaign also throws in some red meat and sly insinuations to keep people laughing and jazzed, and throwing in a few "Barack Hussein Obamas" is perfectly in keeping with that. McCain is spurning his supporters, and creating an unnecessary news story that concedes the point that Republican McCain backers are dirty bigots, for what is in reality ordinary politicking.

65 posted on 02/28/2008 5:48:41 PM PST by SpringheelJack
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To: Jack_1

I’m sure the Muslims see him as a Dhimmi.


66 posted on 02/28/2008 5:51:43 PM PST by Republic of Texas (Socialism Always Fails)
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To: tobyhill

Anyone with a massive supply of testosterone pills needs to ship them to the leadership of the GOP. Severe shortage of gonads in the leadership. Gutless and worthless, IMO.


67 posted on 02/28/2008 5:52:30 PM PST by ExTexasRedhead
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To: Anti-Hillary
Now I have to change my shorts, get a new keyboard and head to the emergency room to get my side sown up.

Barry Arab

Maybe a more mellow graphic will soothe your pain.

68 posted on 02/28/2008 5:57:32 PM PST by missnry (The truth will set you free ... and drive liberals Crazy!)
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To: Republic of Texas

No he is apostate !!

In Iran new draft penal code currently before the Iranian parliament, imposing the death penalty for apostasy. In the past, Iranian courts have handed down the death penalty in such cases, but have done so relying on Sharia law. If the draft is approved by parliament, the sentence will be formalized in the country’s criminal code.”

Who is an apostate according to the legislation? Anyone in the world, born to a Muslim parent; also, any convert to Islam who leaves it. Only one parent needs to be a Muslim at the time of conception for Islam to own that child for life. Islam is Ummehist. Islam doesn’t recognize nationalities and national boundaries.


69 posted on 02/28/2008 5:58:09 PM PST by Jack_1
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To: Southack
McCain just wants to run a clean campaign on the issues, where his record is stronger than Obama’s.

You mean an issue like support for Israel, where Barack Hussein Obama is endorsed by Farrakhan, and his pastor and mentor supported Qaddafi?

70 posted on 02/28/2008 6:02:37 PM PST by montag813
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To: Lizavetta
"This is surreal beyond belief. We're in a WAR with radical Islam and we have a man such as this running for President. And we're being commanded to question NOTHING about him."

You nailed it. This wimping out so early by the republicans means that they will do absolutely nothing to stop BHO. It wouldn't be "nice" and republicans are "racist" for even thinking about not supporting him.

71 posted on 02/28/2008 6:14:43 PM PST by boop (Democracy is the theory that the people get the government they deserve, good and hard.)
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To: montag813

The time to use the Farakhan endorsement or the Qadafy mentoring would be just after either F or Q made the news with some new flub or new anti-American spiel...or just prior to the November vote.

You don’t just attack...you time your attacks.


72 posted on 02/28/2008 6:16:28 PM PST by Southack (Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
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To: All
Alam Colmes just mentioned FRee Republic as being the ones who went after Obama, not the Clintons.

Not sure if he was talking about the photo or not.

73 posted on 02/28/2008 6:18:02 PM PST by mware (Americans in arm chairs doing the job that the media refuses to do.)
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To: RFEngineer
the possibilities are humorously endless.

I agree.

74 posted on 02/28/2008 6:21:07 PM PST by syriacus (Democrats who prefer to fight wars from a position of weakness can't be trusted with our military.)
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To: Southack
You don’t just attack...you time your attacks.

How is "Hussein" an attack?

John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Lyndon Baines Johnson
Richard Milhous Nixon

Full names which were constantly used and well-known by all Americans.

Barack Hussein Obama...that's his name. He pretends he is worthy to be president. Why can't Americans know his name like they knew all the above?

Is he ashamed that his father named his middle name after the grandson of Mohammed?

What about his FIRST name? "Barack" is an Arab name meaning "blessing".

75 posted on 02/28/2008 6:45:36 PM PST by montag813
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To: Southack

>> Did you miss it?

No.

But McCain needs to be more than a single-issue campaigner or he will not win the race for POTUS.

So far, that’s the only issue he’s brought to the fore. If there are no others*, he is toast.

*you and I both know there are others — does McCain have the spine and skill to press them?


76 posted on 02/28/2008 7:06:07 PM PST by Nervous Tick (Retire Ron Paul! Support Chris Peden (www.chrispeden.org))
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To: unspun
No, but making a big point of it in this case is pretty much racism -- trying to get people to think negatively about him by the racial and cultural heritage he was born of.

I think it's more a matter of connecting him with Saddam Hussein... but even if not, I don't see the connection between "racial heritage" and "cultural heritage" here. 'Hussein' is pretty much a Muslim name. Most Muslims are not black, and most blacks are not Muslim, so I don't get the point. Sure, his father was both, but then, his father is a person, not a race... and a comment directed specifically at his father (however cheap or unfair) would be no more "racist" than Ann Richards talking about GHWB being born with a silver foot in his mouth.

77 posted on 02/28/2008 7:09:28 PM PST by Sloth (If you took an oath to support & defend the U.S. Constitution, can you vote for its domestic enemy?)
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To: tobyhill; xzins
From now on I'm not going to shorten his name again on Free Republic.

Out of "respect" for his Islamic family heritage I shall henceforth refer to him only as "Barak Hussein Obama."

78 posted on 02/28/2008 7:11:37 PM PST by P-Marlowe (LPFOKETT GAHCOEEP-w/o*)
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To: Lizavetta

Yeah! Don’t forget William Jefferson Clinton!


79 posted on 02/28/2008 7:17:09 PM PST by vidbizz
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To: Gritty

Outstanding!


80 posted on 02/28/2008 8:04:54 PM PST by JoJo Gunn (Help control the Leftist population. Have them spayed or neutered. ©)
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