Barack Hussein. . .

It's hard to believe they (the RNC) are actually going to participate in
hiding Barack Hussein Obama's middle name.
They are doing just what the media pressures them to do.
They should be splattering his middle name, - in the same context as Saddam
Hussein, the dictator we just took out, - all over the media and the
internet.

I can't believe the Conservatives are actually going to participate in
hiding Hussein Obama's name.



February 28, 2008

RNC denounces use of 'Hussein' in Obama's name

(CNN) - Republican National Committee Chairman Mike Duncan formally
denounced Thursday the Tennessee Republican Party's use of Barack Obama's
full name in a recent press release questioning the Illinois senator's
commitment to Israel.

"The RNC rejects these kinds of campaign tactics," RNC Chairman Mike Duncan
said in a statement. "We believe this election needs to be about the
critical issues confronting our nation."

The statement in question, which was released Monday, said the state party
is joining a "growing chorus of Americans concerned about the future of the
nation of Israel.if Sen. Barack Hussein Obama is elected president of the
United States." It also included a photograph of Obama from a 2006 trip to
Kenya in which he is dressed in traditional attire worn by area Muslims.

The press release was sparked by recent praise for the Illinois senator from
Nation of Islam Leader Louis Farrakhan, who has made several derogatory
remarks about Judaism and has indicated his support for Obama. At Tuesday
night's MSNBC debate, Obama said he denounced those comments and did not
seek Farrakhan's support.

On Wednesday night the party removed both the photo and the reference of
Hussein from the statement after Tennessee Sen. Lamar Alexander called to
express his belief that using them had become a distraction, Tennessee GOP
Communications Director Bill Hobbs told CNN.

The press release now includes a clarification that reads: "This release
originally referenced a photo of Sen. Obama and incorrectly termed it to be
"Muslim" garb. It is, in fact, Somali tribal garb, hence, we have deleted
the photo. Also, in order to diffuse attempts by Democrats and the Left to
divert attention from the main point of this release - that Sen. Obama has
surrounded himself with advisers and received endorsements from people who
are anti-Semitic and anti-Israel - we have deleted the use of Barack Obama's
middle name."

Hobbs told CNN the party will no longer use Obama's middle name in
forthcoming press releases.

"We're not going to be using the middle name now because apparently it's
become a distraction," he said. "But I would note not too long ago I saw a
wire story out of the Middle East that talked about how a lot of people
there are hungry for Obama to win and in part because his middle name gives
him a connection, and that story used his middle name, so we're not the
first people to notice and use his middle name."

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