RNC Denounces Barack

RNC Denounces Barack "Hussein" Obama Smear Attacks

CNN   |   February 28, 2008 01:07 PM


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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."


 
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    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:08 PM on 02/29/2008

I am surprised the chimps here are not attacking Clinton for this.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:33 AM on 02/29/2008
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Barack HANDSOME Obama ... sounds pretty good to me in any language.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:41 AM on 02/29/2008
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Barack HANDSOME Obama...sounds pretty good to me in any language.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:54 AM on 02/29/2008

ImpeachThe chimp - Before reading your post, I pretty much said the same thing about the media, but don't know if my post will make it because I named names. But thanks for validating my position -- my husband was giving me flap about it!!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:56 PM on 02/28/2008
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Later: 527s run disparaging ads.

RNC and McCain Camp: We can't do anything about those.

We'll be hearing the "Hussein" chant from morons for the next 8 years.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:46 PM on 02/28/2008

Dan Abrams on MSNBC showed the "Hussein" clip last night and again tonight, covering the story in much detail with two "analysts," and showing supposed disgust. But my read is that this is the way the MSM keeps something like this in the news, by saying how disgusting it is, but repeating it over and over, making sure that everyone who might be influenced is sure to see it. He also covered the flag in the lapel story last night and tonight. This is what Chris Matthews did when Kerry was running by showing clips of all the historical "flip floppers" and likening them to Kerry -- as well as all the disgusting swiftboat commercials, etc.-- thereby giving them free air time. This is going to be another very disgusting election with the swiftboaters out in force (and frequently in disguise).

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:41 PM on 02/28/2008

Is his name not Barack Hussein Obama, why try to hide it.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:32 PM on 02/28/2008

I guess I should not mentioned what I found out about Obama's church as it could anger many jewish people :

Barack Obama is a member of Chicago's Trinity United Church of Christ. Its minister, and Obama's spiritual adviser, is the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. In 1982, the church launched Trumpet Newsmagazine, with Wright's daughters now serving as publisher and executive editor. Every year, the magazine makes awards in various categories. Last year, it gave the Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. Trumpeter Award to a man it said "truly epitomized greatness." That man is Louis Farrakhan.

Maybe for Wright and some others, Farrakhan "epitomized greatness." For most Americans, though, Farrakhan epitomizes racism, particularly in the form of anti-Semitism. Over the years, he has compiled an awesome record of offensive statements, even denigrating the Holocaust by falsely attributing it to Jewish cooperation with Hitler -- "They helped him get the Third Reich on the road." His history is a rancid stew of lies.

Heck, the Senator himself says he'd meet with Holocaust deniers like Mahmoud Ahmedinejad.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:31 PM on 02/28/2008
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You know when Joseph Mcarthy found one communist in Jack Welch's law firm and then used that as a basis to attack Welch then even Roy Cohn was embarassed
Why should I or anyone else regard this as any better?
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    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:28 PM on 02/29/2008

maybe someone here as already said this:

the RNC has been doing focus groups and may have found out that every time the American public is reminded of Sadaam HUSSEIN they want to put Bush and half his administration in JAIL.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:23 PM on 02/28/2008

Apparantly, they are outsourcing it to canada.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:16 PM on 02/28/2008
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Given a country headed into a recession with a 9 trillion dollar debt, housing market collapse, large job losses, runaway gas prices, corporate cronyism, mostly bought legislative branch, politicized judiciary, torture, reduction of civil liberties, pre-emptive wars of choice etc one might naively believe that the average American voter just might think that commitment to Israel shouldn't be an American presidential candidate's very first priority.

' Course I could be wrong!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:12 PM on 02/28/2008
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Wow, this looks so cool.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:12 PM on 02/28/2008

I would be truly impressed if they can avoid any more smear tactics. I would like to see them take us, the citizens more seriously, this would be one way they could show they mean it. I'll leave it at that and we'll see.



http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1656880303867390173

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:51 PM on 02/28/2008

Just another attempt to try and swiftboat senator Obama. I have a feeling the American people are not going to stand for such nonsense.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:00 PM on 02/28/2008

Be prepared to be unimpressed: the republicans can barely contain their racism now. I can almost imagine the red, white, and blue nooses they'll decorate the republican convention with.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:14 AM on 02/29/2008

For the third time, I have been asking if there is an arabic speaking commenter, does "Hussein" in arabic mean "beautiful child"? Anyone?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:08 PM on 02/28/2008

I don't speak Arabic, but I can give you the meaning of the name "Hussein." It means "handsome one" and is also the name of King Hussein of Jordan.

http://baby-names.adoption.com/search/Hussein.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hussein_of_Jordan#Peace_with_Israel

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:25 PM on 02/28/2008
    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:49 PM on 02/28/2008
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"...Now let us take the name 'Hussein.' It is from the Semitic word, hasan, meaning 'good' or 'handsome.' Husayn is the diminutive, affectionate form.

"Barack Obama's middle name is in honor of his grandfather, Hussein, a secular resident of Nairobi. Americans may think of Saddam Hussein when they hear the name, but that is like thinking of Stalin when you hear the name Joseph. There have been lots of Husseins in history, from the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, a hero who touched the historian Gibbon, to King Hussein of Jordan, one of America's most steadfast allies in the 20th century. The author of the beloved American novel, The Kite Runner, is Khaled Hosseini.

"But in Obama's case, it is just a reference to his grandfather.

"....So, anyway, Obama's first two names mean "Blessing, the Good." If we are lucky enough to get him for president, we can only hope that his names are prophetic for us."

from http://www.juancole.com/2008/02/barack-hussein-obama-omar-bradley.html

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:34 PM on 02/28/2008
    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:11 AM on 02/29/2008

You're one the right track: the most popular interpretation of name Hussein in arabic is "hansome one", though it can also mean "good one" or "small one".

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:09 AM on 02/29/2008
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