Is there truly a voting population in America that hears or reads Barack HUSSEIN Obama and thinks, "Hussein? He must be related to Saddam!!! He must be one of them A-Rab ter-ristssss!!!"
I mean come on. Are we supposed to be afraid of a man's name (or, for that matter, the school he went to when he was 7)? Is this how the rightys make their point? By playing to the basest of humanity?
2007-02-22 16:54:45 · 20 answers · asked by Schmorgen 6 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Well, as a righty, I apologize for the chowderheads that point that out.
His name and skin color are meaningless to me.
His politics and experience count. Based on this, I still won't vote for him.
2007-02-22 16:59:37 · answer #1 · answered by MoltarRocks 7 · 8⤊ 3⤋
You know I've heard a little bit about this, but I can't say that it's an orchestrated campaign by "rightys". I think that you may be a little over-sensitized to evil right-wing conspiracies.
Obama is what he is. America will get to know him and if they like what they hear they'll vote for him. Will some voters avoid him because they think he's a Muslim? Yes, but he's not. He has stated emphatically that he's a Christian.
As he campaigns and makes that point clear, the irony is that he'll face a fair amount of anti-Christian bias from the left!
Think he'll visit Bob Jones University?
2007-02-23 03:38:11 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's right off the grade school playground. I don't feel insulted, I just feel ashamed that there are so many ignorant and uneducated people in this country. I just can't imagine anyone with an average IQ or better making assumptions about a man from a name his parents gave him. You only see this from the basest sort of person who has no real talking points and can only flame and denigrate. It's embarrassing we produce people like this but at the same time I don't really think it matters. Those who are freaking out about the man's middle name or where he went to grade school won't be voting a Democratic ticket anyway in most cases. That kind of juvenile hysteria seems to come largely from the other camp.
2007-02-22 17:04:16 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 3⤋
Give me a break.. both parties slander each other like children.
I have no problem with the fact his middle name is Hussein or that he's black..
My problem is his views and his voting record. Anyone who says Obama would be good for this nation belongs in Cuba or Communist China and not America.
Research the man and his views and voting record before falling for the media hype surrounding this guy..He's a wolf in sheeps clothing .
Obama is bad choice especially if you value freedom and the constitution .
2007-02-22 18:10:09 · answer #4 · answered by . 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Yeah but what else can they say bad about him... every where he goes people are chanting Obama!!! Have you ever heard him speak, I was almost as moved as the first time I heard and understand Martin Lutrher Kings "I Have a Dream" speech, I'm not comparing the two but man he's a great orator, and with that they have to find something to say bad to keepp him out of office... So they pick on his name !
2007-02-22 19:43:22 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The people spewing that nonsense are white supremecists and racists--in other words, right-wing neoconservatives.
And yes--that segment does believe that kind of nonsense. Or if they don't, they dont care. But don't feel insulted--that's like feeling insultedd because a rat snarles at you from it's hole.
And don't dismiss the very real value of their rhetoric. I can't think of a better way for they neocons to finish discrediting themselves than to openly vent their real feelings of intolerance and hate. They should be encouraged to show their true colors!
2007-02-22 17:54:06 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't judge him by his name, but actually the person who started that big time and spread it into the media was Ted Kennedy not a right winger. He was the one who referred to him as "Osama Obama" in a public place. From there it was spread all over the media, and much of it by late night talk shows.
2007-02-22 18:06:23 · answer #7 · answered by inzaratha 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's a racist bias.
I think it's horribly childish and ridiculously immature.
Honestly, I would guess that they don't even know what Hussein means. A person has no control over what their parents name them, or what a tyrant who just happens to have one of the same names does one day.
2007-02-22 17:21:13 · answer #8 · answered by dark_reaction 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Fear tactics. Just like the Dems with Rumsfeld or Bush. They all need a good boot in the *** to the unemployment line. We need a fresh start, and neither the Dems or Repubs are it.
2007-02-22 17:19:20 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well, it could be possible that people are a little skeptical because his Dad was a Muslim extremist. That is a little scary even for myself, and usually that talk wouldn't affect me in any way. But he came from out of no where to the senate, and hasn't been in there but what, maybe since November and is now running for President. So, this might have a tendency to make people a little uneasy.
Some Christians are skeptical as well because his mom was an atheist. In light of what is happening with that new bill in Congress being passed (HR254) it restricts 'ministers, priests or any clergy from speaking a truth from the Bible regarding the homosexual lifestyle. Any clergy caught speaking detrimental about that type of life INSIDE the Church's, will be prosecuted and lose their tax exempt status. This new bill was brought about by a female Senator from Pennsylvania.
So, this will keep Christians from voting anyone who was brought up on extreme ism on the one hand, and atheism on the other. I will not vote for him and neither will my family or congregation. There is just too much about him that is unknown. Can you really blame us?
2007-02-22 17:06:14 · answer #10 · answered by chole_24 5 · 3⤊ 4⤋
And are you going to say that while we are in the middle of a Saddam thing along comes a candidate with a like name and us righty's are in the wrong to point this out?? You don't see anything unnerving about this. Oh of course not, you are a lefty!
2007-02-22 17:06:58 · answer #11 · answered by Brianne 7 · 1⤊ 4⤋