Obama Supporters Adopting Middle Name "Hussein" As Their Own
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...
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...
Mariangela Anzalone | Posted 04.22.2008 | Home
Obama is not Muslim. He's not a terrorist, either. He has said so many, many times. Yet the internet campaign continues. Addressing the matter again this week, he at last said what I wanted to hear.
James Zogby | Posted 03.14.2008 | Politics
Rep. Steve King should be formally censured by the Congress, so as to make it clear that bigoted remarks such are unacceptable and will not be tolerated.
John Ridley | Posted 03.10.2008 | Politics
In his rush to link Obama with "those people," Rep. King ignores a fact that Al-Qaeda makes over and over again: their ideological hatred cuts across racial and religious divides.
Arianna Huffington | Posted 03.10.2008 | Politics
The rank and unrepentant racism of GOP Rep. Steve King has presented John McCain with his first test of leadership since securing the Republican nomination. And he's failing miserably.
Sherman Yellen | Posted 03.10.2008 | Politics
What better source for stating that the election of Obama would be a triumph for Al Qaeda, given Obama's Muslim middle name, than Rep. Steven Arnold King, the unstoppable Republican of Iowa?
Steve Young | Posted 03.08.2008 | Media
The conservative radio hosts are hoping is that using "Hussein" will scare their patriotic fans into not voting for Obama. Sophomoric maybe. But no one ever accused talk radio of complex thought.
Caryl Rivers | Posted 03.03.2008 | Politics
The media is nothing if not fickle, and will turn on you faster than an aggrieved Rotweiller, especially if they get an attack of buyers's remorse.
Matt Littman | Posted 03.02.2008 | Politics
On the world stage, I can't think of a better message to send than one that exhibits the tolerance that we are supposed to have for people of all different faiths.
Naomi Klein | Posted 02.29.2008 | Politics
Obama's supporters often say they are being "Swiftboated," casually accepting the idea that being accused of Muslimhood is tantamount to being accused of treason.
Dave Winer | Posted 02.29.2008 | Politics
I don't get people who are old enough to remember swiftboating, and still willing to wait to "see what happens." There's no waiting. They're using exactly the same play that worked so well in 2004.
The Swamp | Mark Silva | Posted 02.28.2008 | Politics
Michelle Obama, who often has decried "the fear bomb'' that opponents have used against her husband for his middle name -- Barack Hussein Obama -- sai...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 02.28.2008 | Politics
It remains idiotic to suggest that any of the people who are running for president lack the necessary patriotism to do the job, but in this great land...
Fox News | Mosheh Oinounou | Posted 02.28.2008 | Politics
For the second time in as many days, Sen. John McCain was forced to rebuke members of his own party for over-the-top attacks on Democratic rival, Sen....
Alex Leo | Posted 02.27.2008 | Media

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 02.27.2008 | Politics
Is Cheri Jacobus suggesting there was some sort of secret plan hatched by Obama's psychic parents forty-seven years ago to provide a minor stumbling block to his presidential ambitions?
Politico | Jonathan Martin | Posted 02.27.2008 | Politics
So after dropping three "Barack Hussein Obama" bombs at a McCain event, Cincinnati talk show host Bill Cunningham appeared on "Hannity & Colmes" to ex...
The Atlantic | Marc Ambinder | Posted 02.27.2008 | Politics
No less an authority figure than Karl Rove has warned Republican operatives from demagoguing Barack Obama's middle name. At a closed door meeting of ...
Huffington Post | Posted 02.26.2008 | Politics
UPDATE: Bob Cunningham is now angry at McCain, and is questioning McCain's claim that he and Cunningham had never met: Mr. Cunningham later posted a ...
MediaMatters | Posted 02.15.2008 | Media
On Hannity & Colmes, Alan Colmes asked Ann Coulter, "Why do you keep emphasizing his [Sen. Barack Obama's] middle name as if you're trying to associat...
David Kuo | Posted 01.28.2008 | Politics
Now Edward Kennedy, the patriarch, and Caroline Kennedy, that little girl from Camelot, are handing their mantle to a man who bears little resemblance to the Kennedy clan.
Politico.com | Ben Smith | Posted 01.26.2008 | Media
Carrie and I wrote today about the technical aspects of fighting a viral e-mail smear, and Tim Tagaris writes approvingly of an Obama campaign move we...
Politico.com | Ben Smith and Carrie Budoff Brown | Posted 01.26.2008 | Politics
For over a year, largely out of the media glare, Senator Barack Obama's presidential campaign has been fighting a determined, low-intensity conflict a...
Politico | Ben Smith | Posted 01.19.2008 | Politics
The Obama campaign has released a recording (mp3) it says came from a Nevadan's answering machine of an anonymous robocall that criticizes Obama for t...
Jerome Karabel and Andrei Markovits | Posted 12.28.2007 | Politics
The United States is now considered the country that poses the most severe threat to world peace. The increasing global hostility to the U.S. is a serious threat to both our influence in world affairs and our national security.
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New York Times | Jodi Kantor | Posted 06.28.2008 | Politics