stephanie
12-10-2008, 03:15 PM
oh boy..does this mean we get to say his middle name again..it's not RACIST after all..what a joke..:laugh2:
Elana Schor in Washington
guardian.co.uk, Wednesday December 10 2008 16.36 GMT
Article history
Barack Obama makes a statement to reporters in Chicago on Tuesday. Obama will use his middle name, Hussein, when he takes the oath of office. Photograph: Rex Features
Barack Obama today confirmed that he will take the presidential oath of office using his middle name, Hussein, a choice depicted as routine but likely to be viewed as an olive branch by majority-Muslim nations.
Obama's oath-taking plan comes after a campaign season that saw his full name used in a pejorative capacity by several allies of his rival, John McCain. The president-elect described taking the oath with his full name as a run-of-the-mill decision not intended to be significant.
"I think the tradition is that they use all three names" to swear in new presidents, Obama told the Los Angeles Times, "and I will follow the tradition, not trying to make a statement one way or the other. I'll do what everybody else does."
Yet several recent American presidents, including Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carter, omitted their middle name when taking the oath.
read the rest..
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/dec/10/barack-hussein-middle-name-oath
Elana Schor in Washington
guardian.co.uk, Wednesday December 10 2008 16.36 GMT
Article history
Barack Obama makes a statement to reporters in Chicago on Tuesday. Obama will use his middle name, Hussein, when he takes the oath of office. Photograph: Rex Features
Barack Obama today confirmed that he will take the presidential oath of office using his middle name, Hussein, a choice depicted as routine but likely to be viewed as an olive branch by majority-Muslim nations.
Obama's oath-taking plan comes after a campaign season that saw his full name used in a pejorative capacity by several allies of his rival, John McCain. The president-elect described taking the oath with his full name as a run-of-the-mill decision not intended to be significant.
"I think the tradition is that they use all three names" to swear in new presidents, Obama told the Los Angeles Times, "and I will follow the tradition, not trying to make a statement one way or the other. I'll do what everybody else does."
Yet several recent American presidents, including Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carter, omitted their middle name when taking the oath.
read the rest..
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/dec/10/barack-hussein-middle-name-oath