Obama Supporters Adopting Middle Name "Hussein" As Their Own

New York Times:

Emily Nordling has never met a Muslim, at least not to her knowledge. But this spring, Ms. Nordling, a 19-year-old student from Fort Thomas, Ky., gave herself a new middle name on Facebook.com, mimicking her boyfriend and shocking her father.

"Emily Hussein Nordling," her entry now reads.

With her decision, she joined a growing band of supporters of Senator Barack Obama, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, who are expressing solidarity with him by informally adopting his middle name.

The result is a group of unlikely-sounding Husseins: Jewish and Catholic, Hispanic and Asian and Italian-American, from Jaime Hussein Alvarez of Washington, D.C., to Kelly Hussein Crowley of Norman, Okla., to Sarah Beth Hussein Frumkin of Chicago.

Jeff Strabone of Brooklyn now signs credit card receipts with his newly assumed middle name, while Dan O'Maley of Washington, D.C., jiggered his e-mail account so his name would appear as "D. Hussein O'Maley." Alex Enderle made the switch online along with several other Obama volunteers from Columbus, Ohio, and now friends greet him that way in person, too.

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Comments

[ohiomark]

10:31 AM on 06/30/2008

Hussein is the name of the son of the prophet Mohammed. I've spoken to practicing Muslims who tell me that anyone using that name who is NOT Muslim is insulting Islam.

That's includes a certain Presidential candidate.

So all you Libs that strive to be politically correct all the time and never offend anyone should keep that in mind.

[buckbuck11]

02:56 PM on 07/02/2008

Oh, puh-leese! It is my sworn duty to offend right-wing nutjobs like you at every opportunity! The very existence of progressives who actually believe in the American Constitution is offensive to the corporatist think tank mentality. The term "political correctness" is an invention of the right in order to marginalize and minimize legitimate objections to their own self-serving agenda.

[Gumby123]

08:51 AM on 06/30/2008

I dare any of those 'Hussein' folks to have that name tattoed on their forehead.

[Gumby123]

08:47 AM on 06/30/2008

Wow, this is starting to look like a cult.

[aznurse]

10:55 PM on 06/29/2008

Can I use Hussy for short?

[kellygrrrl]

12:52 AM on 06/30/2008

sure, GFI

we can all call ourselves whatever we want

[Bystander]

09:30 PM on 06/29/2008

I suspect many Hamas members already have that name. What's the big deal?

[NotPC]

07:43 PM on 06/29/2008

Wow, how frightening........it doesn't take much to get you folks to march in "lockstep".

[fedupsquared]

08:50 PM on 06/29/2008

You and yours perfected the "goose step," I'm surprised your not more welcoming.

[FatallyHip]

09:25 PM on 06/29/2008

Not as scary as the "Cult of W" which is all that's left of the GOP. Most Republicans with half a brain are voting for Obama.

[openhand]

07:36 PM on 06/29/2008

There is always the alternative as in John Dubya McCain.

[missusam]

05:29 PM on 06/29/2008

Just to add in my 2 cents.

Kimberley Hussein

[liseworks]

12:05 AM on 06/30/2008

Hey, cousin !

Lise Hussein

[ladydragon]

09:59 AM on 06/30/2008

first name: Ladydragon
last name: Hussein

[RButler]

05:26 PM on 06/29/2008

Ya see. It's not a cult.

[SRaley]

05:22 PM on 06/29/2008

Ha! I Did that months ago!

[LintLass]

04:45 PM on 06/29/2008

Haha.

Gotta love the kids.

Lint Hussein Lass :)

[barackobama4prez]

04:09 PM on 06/29/2008

I like it....nothing to fear but fear itself.

[munkii]

03:34 PM on 06/29/2008

i'll laugh my butt off when "Hussein" becomes the most popular middle name on the internet, it's a nightmare scenario for GOP and out-right bigots, good job young Democrats =)

[Nochnoi]

03:23 PM on 06/29/2008

I seem to recall people doing this here last fall..... I think kevenseven was the first to do it actually.... the real world is so slow to catch on.......

[groot]

03:09 PM on 06/29/2008

where were you people when nixon was running?

[MsLiz]

01:10 AM on 06/30/2008

There were some guys I called Dick back then.