Barack Hussein Obama

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Dan Abrams Nails Rep. Jack Kingston On 'Lapel Pin' Hypocrisy

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.28.2008 | 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...

McCain Again Forced To Rebuke Allies Over "Hussein" Attack

Fox News | Mosheh Oinounou | Posted 03.28.2008 | 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....

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GOP Strategist: Obama Needs To 'Address' His Middle Name

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.28.2008 | 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?

Bill Cunningham Defends Controversial Obama Comments, Offers To Endorse Clinton

Politico | Jonathan Martin | Posted 03.28.2008 | 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...

Karl Rove: Don't "Hussein" Obama

The Atlantic | Marc Ambinder | Posted 03.28.2008 | 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 ...

McCain Supporter Repeatedly Refers To Barack "Hussein" Obama

Huffington Post | Posted 03.28.2008 | 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 ...

Coulter: "I Think It's Funny" To Call Barack "B. Hussein"

MediaMatters | Posted 03.28.2008 | 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...

Obama Camp Buys Google Ads To Debunk Email Smear

Politico.com | Ben Smith | Posted 06.25.2008 | 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...

Obama Campaign's Intense Effort To Combat E-Mail Smear

Politico.com | Ben Smith and Carrie Budoff Brown | Posted 03.28.2008 | 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...

Robocall Trashes "Barack Hussein Obama"

Politico | Ben Smith | Posted 03.28.2008 | 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...

Why Did Bob Kerrey Mention Obama's Middle Name -- Hussein?

ABC's Political Punch | Jake Tapper | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Some Obama supporters have asked why former Sen. Bob Kerrey, D-Neb., who endorsed Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., today, mentioned her opponent Sen. Bar...