People who say “Barack Hussein Obama”

[JEFF9K]

People who call our president “Barack Hussein Obama” don't call Ted Cruz “Rafael Edward Cruz.” They don't call Rush Limbaugh “Rush Hudson Limbaugh.” They don't call Newt Gingrich “Newton Leroy Gingrich.” They don't call Dick Cheney “Dick Bruce Cheney.”

And most of all, they don't call Bobby Jindal “Piyush Amrit Jindal!”

[OmahaBlueDog]

1. No they don't

However, seeing Rafael Edward Cruz and Piyush Amrit Jindal. ...we ought to start


...after all, we're just trying to be fair and balanced.

[okaawhatever]

2. Good one. And we need to see the long forms of both of their birth certificates. nt

[jmowreader]

82. No need to release Cruz's bc.

Even the most extreme birther admits Cruz was born a Canadian.

Does the Ted Cruz propaganda coloring book go into the details of why we have to import teabaggers now? The ones we have here not good enough?

[yeoman6987]

6. Full name

I don't see anything wrong with using his full birth name. He uses it occasionally. If he wasn't proud of his name and asked people to refrain from using it would be another matter, but I feel he is proud to be President Barack Hussein Obama.

[A HERETIC I AM]

24. It's a dog whistle.

It's done to make the point, as absurd as it is, that the President is "The Other".

It's done in an attempt to belittle.

Plain and simple.

[WinkyDink]

46. Puh-leeze.

[yeoman6987]

71. What?

You never are called by your entire name? I don't see why it is such a problem for you.

[HangOnKids]

72. Of Course People Are Called By Their Entire Name Everyday

LOL. You need to try harder!

[yeoman6987]

73. I am just glad that the President is above this type of questioning

Thankfully he is an adult and does not mind people calling him his full name. In fact, he used it during the Swearing In and a few occasions here and there. I doubt he is troubled by Americans using his full name of their President.

[HangOnKids]

74. I doubt he is troubled by Americans using his full name of their President.

His full name of their President? LOL! Priceless.

[yeoman6987]

75. There is nothing wrong with what I wrote.

In fact it is factually and grammatically correct.

[HangOnKids]

76. Wrong.... it would be AS not OF

You are silly please go away. Thanks.

[FarPoint]

80. Nope...never.

Never do friends or family ever call me by my full name.

[FarPoint]

79. Oh sure....

You really need to try a little harder to sell that rationale.

[busterbrown]

21. Perfect as well...Thank you for being very clever tonight..

OP-ED plus 1st reply = 1000 kicks..

[Warren Stupidity]

3. Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

[Marie Marie]

4. Newton Leroy Gingrich???

Wow - his parents must have been quite the pranksters - or drunk.

[ChazInAz]

8. Sounds like a Jim Croce song.

[Marie Marie]

12. Good one!

[Jackpine Radical]

62. Bad, bad Leroy Grinch

[Cha]

15. lol

[mimi85]

43. That WAS good. nt

[lonestarnot]

5. And even more most of all, why bother calling him Piyush Amrit Jindal when fuckwit works just fine.

[Auntie Bush]

7. Good one!

[AtheistCrusader]

9. certainly saves on keystrokes.

[lonestarnot]

10. keystrokes and IMO a good name for that pile.

[3catwoman3]

48. It's a good thing...

...I was done with my bottle of Mike's Hard Blood Orange (mmm, mmm - seasonal special) or I would have snorted it all over my keyboard.

I can never think of him without recalling that priceless moment when he wafted toward the lectern, out of the dark, for his SOTU response, and you could hear Chris Matthews off camera, not quite sotto voce, "Oh, gawd."

[lonestarnot]

93. OMG, I tried to put that out of my mind! LOL It was very entertaining though. LMAO at the time.

I want it to just go away now and take that beaver with rand paul hanging out its ass with him.

[JI7]

11. and Nimrata Randhawa Haley

and her nickname growing up was most likely "nimmie" not "nikki".

[jsr]

35. +1.

[catbyte]

37. "Nimrod"suits her better,, imho

[mimi85]

44. lol, excellent one!

[Jenoch]

66. Why, is she a great hunter?

[catbyte]

83. In my neck of the woods, nimrod has always meant idiot

[Jenoch]

85. Only if you get your history from Bugs Bunny.

Nimrod is right out of the Book of Genesis.

[catbyte]

88. Oh, so yoou enjoy insulting others on DU? Have a nice day

[Jenoch]

91. Go ahead and Google Nimrod and tell me if I am wrong.

Just because Warner Brothers co-opted the name does not change the facts.

[lastlib]

52. It can still be reduced to "Nimrod"..........

(jus' sayin'..................)

[freshwest]

13. They are so ignorant that they don't know the meaning of those words.

(1) The name Barack is a form of the Arabic word Baraka or Barakah, meaning blessing (from the root "Brk&quot , specifically, the "meaning of Barakah in an Islamic sense" refers to "the presence of divine blessing in an object and increasing those blessing." It also comes up repeatedly in the Bible under another spelling.

(2) Barack Obama's middle name Hussein is derived from the muslim prophet Muhammed's grandson, (son of Fatima), specifically:

""Husayn diminutive form of Hasan, which is derived from hasan (beautiful, handsome, good). Husayn, one of the most popular Muslim names, was borne by Al-Husayn (626-80), a son of the Prophet's daughter Fatima and Ali ibn-Abi-Talib. Husayn and his followers were massacred at Kerbela on October 10, 680, a day that is now celebrated as a Holy Day for the Shiites.

(3) The name Obama is a family name three generations back, from Barack Obama's father "Barack Obama, Sr.", to his father, "Hussein Onyango Obama", and likely before, though earlier records will probably be found only in archives...

http://deathby1000papercuts.blogspot.com/2008/09/barack-hussein-obama-origin-of-obamas.html

Another source says that 'Obama' translates to 'He Is With Us.'

So let the haters hate 'blessing' and 'good' and worry their little selves to pieces about that last one, too.

P. S. Did you ever notice how serial killers are almost called by all three names? That may be feeding their fantasies about FEMA camps.

[Enthusiast]

18. Sounds foreign.

I kid. But, I heard that when I was a youngster, "He looks foreign." And stuff like that. "His name sounds foreign." "Fuck that foreign shit."

[sheshe2]

19. Since Barack Hussein Obama

is proud of his name, I fail to see why anyone has a problem with it. Oh yes, we have the talking heads making it a slur. Sorry, your bigotry is showing.

WASHINGTON, January 21 (RIA Novosti) - US President Barack Obama was officially sworn into office at a private White House ceremony on Sunday, marking the start of his second four-year term.

The Constitution mandates that the US President takes the oath on January 20, but the date falls on a Sunday this year, which means the public inauguration ceremony and festivities will be held on Monday, January 21.

Obama took the oath, administered by Chief Justice John Roberts, in the Blue Room of the White House. He used a Bible that belonged to First Lady Michelle Obama’s paternal grandparents, the White House reported on its website

“I Barack Hussein Obama do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of president of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States,” Obama said.

http://en.ria.ru/politics/20130121/178909254.html

Thanks, freshwest for showing the history of his name.

[Marie Marie]

27. Thanks for that Freshwest.

I will always think differently now when I hear his full name because every one of your translations sure fit the man. And, yes, you are right - serial killers are usually known by all 3 names, probably to spare any others who would have the same first and last name from being mistaken for the killer.

[Nye Bevan]

14. Are you saying that these folks are trolls?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251207959

http://www.democraticunderground.com/110210727

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x8116022

Let the bannings begin!

[Enthusiast]

16. That is some funny shit!

[Douglas Carpenter]

17. I guess there is just nothing worse than having an Arabic/Muslim name

[shaayecanaan]

57. Pretty much...

It used to be considered cool. Kareem Abdul Jabbar and all that.

I remember during the campaign, Repubs were saying that he's a Muslim, and Democrats were saying no he's not, thats a smear.

Only Colin Powell, if I remember correctly, got it right. He said that he's not a Muslim, but there would be no shame in it even if he were.

[awoke_in_2003]

60. To 30% of the country...

there isn't anything worse. This is a dog whistle for the republican base.

[Beartracks]

63. Yes, they revel like his middle name is some kind of "proof" of Islamic-ness.

You know, like middle names are secrets waiting to be discovered...

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[awoke_in_2003]

65. My middle name is David...

I must be a follower of Koresh

[busterbrown]

20. Perfect... Thanks..n/t

[madokie]

22. I agree with the premise of what you're saying

but who can pronounce "Piyush Amrit Jindal!"
I damn sure can't



Just so's you know William Jefferson Clinton was born William Jefferson Blythe 3.

[freshwest]

30. Plush Animal Jeegolly? Is that the name of a beanie baby? Just kidding... n/t

[Initech]

23. I just call him "The President"

Pisses off right wingers to no end!

[freshwest]

31. LOL!

[blue14u]

33. I use "OUR" President...

It reminds them he is their POTUS also...

It makes the hair stand up on the backs of their red RW necks!

[AAO]

25. None of those people were ever president.

There is nothing wrong with his middle name. It's Arabic for "handsome".

[MADem]

26. Of course they don't....that's because they're hypocrites!

It's only "cool" to use a person's name in a mocking fashion if he's a (channelling Santorum, here) "blaaaaah" Democrat!

[chungking34]

28. It's easy to see why some people refer to the President in that way

Because they're a bunch of right wing, racist knuckleheads, raised on Faux News, and who probably possess an IQ of about 40.

[blue14u]

29. OUR President!!!

I like his name, and support our POTUS!!!

Now lets get him a 2014 win win so he can be the greatest

leader ever in the history of the USA!!!

2014 here we come!!!

[freshwest]

32. ^^^^This!^^^^

[blue14u]

34. Hi freshwest!!!

[freshwest]

38. Hi and Happy Holidays!

[uppityperson]

36. I call Pres Obama that to rwingers to rub it in their faces. But very true about Piyush Jindal

[Aristus]

39. I love the fact that our President's middle name is 'Hussein'.

And that it drives the right-wing fuckwits crazy...

[politichew]

41. It's a fern name at the head of our gubmint.

Makes tiny brains go boom.

[Tom Ripley]

42. Actually, I find their use of the name "Barry" to be more offensive; it is intended to diminish

If the black guy with the "Muslim sounding name" won two elections over stereotypical white guys, their attempts to paint Obama as "the Other" is just pissing in the wind.

[Jenoch]

67. Although it is now used to diminish,

President Obama did use that name for a long period of his life.

[openfield]

45. He's their president too

No matter how much they whine like babies about it.

[maced666]

47. I see nothing alarming about it at all.

It's his name. What of it? If it offends that's on those offended.

[BobUp]

49. What's In A Name

Alright, alright, some might say "Dick Bruce Cheney" but I prefer "Dick Shotgun Cheney".

Didn't teabaggers first begin the using the president's full name to infer that he was a mooooslim terra-ist, seems to me Caribou Barbie started that, please correct me if I'm wrong or corn-fused. I almost wished Barack had a son, who might have been named "Barack Hussein Obama II", just to give the retards something to worry about 30 years from now.

[tclambert]

50. Did you say "Dick Bruise" Cheney? Ouch.

[PatrynXX]

51. Ivan Gus Grissom

or so The Right Stuff had it. Gus? no way... whats your first name. Ivan. uh Ivan? well Gus ain't so bad.. been making fun of peoples names for decades. oh we dont want a Russian named pilot going on up. Whether that led to his demise I have no idea.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

70. Oh give the conspiracy theory shit a rest, for heaven sake.

Whether that led to his demise I have no idea.

Gus Grissom died in the Apollo 1 fire during a test along with two other astronauts Ed White and Roger Chaffee. It was a tragedy and had obvious causes: it was an accident waiting to happen because of the pure oxygen atmosphere in the capsule. It set the space program back at least a year.

[Bette Noir]

54. My standard response to "Barack Hussein Obama"

is to point out that "Hussein" is Arabic for "Beauregard." Especially when the "Hussein" comes from Jefferson Beauregard Sessions.

[Iggo]

55. He's THE president, and I call him that all the time.

Granted, it's mostly to get a rise out of the teabaggers.

But it's fun and I like it.

[Kennah]

56. I must admit to having used it to piss off RWers a time or two

"You mean Our President, Barack Hussein Obama?"

It's more polite that other things I've said.

RWer: "You know what I really hate about Obama?"
Me: "That he's black?"

[agent46]

58. People who call him "Barry Soetoro"

Last edited Wed Dec 25, 2013, 10:26 PM - Edit history (1)

People who call our president “Barack Hussein Obama” don't know what the rest of us deep internet dwellers know. His real name is Barry Soetoro. He is an MK-ULTRA CIA creation and child participant in the US DARPA time-space exploration program known as Project Pegasus. Obama-Soetoro was recognized by eye-witnesses at the CIA facility on Mars in 1981.

[awoke_in_2003]

59. Same with Ronald Wilson Reagan...

and before people say it is a democrat/republican thing, they didn't say William Jefferson Clinton, either. It is all about race.

[trof]

61. 'Dick Bruce Cheney'? Really? Not 'Richard'?

Who were his parents?
To me, giving your child a nickname or diminutive as their legal first name shows ignorance.

[Jenoch]

64. I have not read this thread yet,

but I have an explanation, sort of.

Although I believe those that use President Obama's middle name have a different motivation, there is a long tradition of using a president's middle name or middle initial.

William Henry Harrison
James K. Polk
Ulysses S. Grant
Rutherford B. Hayes
James A. Garfield
Chester A. Arthur
William Howard Taft
Warren G. Harding
FDR
Harry S. Truman (no middle name, just the initial)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
JFK
LBJ
Richard M. Nixon
Gerald R. Ford
George H.W. Bush
George W. Bush

[JEB]

68. Whenever I hear someone call the President, “Barack Hussein Obama”

I know the person speaking is an idiot prick. Excepting sarcasm and quotation. The full name callers refuse to argue policy points that the President may or may not hold. It is simply as close to clever as the wing nuts can come and the repeat it ad nauseam.

[HughBeaumont]

69. Yeah, when people say that, it's code for "President (insert racial slur here)".

So fuck them Blaze-watching losers.

[goldent]

77. There are a number of presidents that this is done for

I'm not sure why. But I wouldn't worry about it.

Off the top of my head..

Lyndon Baines Johnson
James Earle Carter
Richard Milhouse Nixon
Bill Jefferson Clinton
George Herbert Walker Bush

[Phentex]

84. It's Jimmy Carter.

That's how most people referred to him then and now.

[goldent]

87. You are right

But I must have heard "James Earle Carter" a fair number of times, or I wouldn't remember it.

[JustAnotherGen]

78. I use it

To rub it in to right wing wing nuts.

[napkinz]

81. they're bigots ...

https://www.facebook.com/beingliberal.org

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

86. Barack Hussein Obama. It's his name.

and BHO, his initials.

Some use PBO, not sure why. John Fitzgerald Kennedy's initials were not PJK. Lyndon's were not PLJ.

[spanone]

89. we know why they call him that.

i say....

fuck'em

[whistler162]

90. I personally would say it correctly....

Barack Obama who's sane! instead of putting the "who's sane" in the middle and not even spelling it right.

[Jesus Malverde]

92. Good catch, language and the words we choose, itself carries meaning...nt