[MEGoody]

One needn’t dance on the line of racism.

Using a candidate's middle name isn't 'dancing on the line of racism'. It's done all the time (for candidates and after they become President).

[unspun]

Using a candidate's middle name isn't 'dancing on the line of racism'. It's done all the time (for candidates and after they become President).

I've already addressed this. It is a matter of em-PHAS-is, as those who go out of their way to tag Obama with "Hussein" know very well.

[stockstrader]

Using a candidate's middle name isn't 'dancing on the line of racism'. It's done all the time (for candidates and after they become President).

Exactly.

The Press routinely used "George Herbert Walker Bush" as his name in an effort to paint and portray him as a rich, elitist, Republican that could care less about the average person.

The same with Dan Quayle. Dan Quayle hated to be called "James Danforth Quayle" for the same reasonas "James Danforth Quayle" because Rather knew that it really irritated Quayle.