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housewolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 08:36 PM Original message |
Barack Hussein Obama - what's in a name? |
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Bicoastal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 08:39 PM Response to Original message |
1. It'd break the pattern, that's all I can say. |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 01:16 AM Response to Reply #1 |
23. Not the first with a biblical name though |
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Lint Head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 08:40 PM Response to Original message |
2. General Omar Bradley was name after a Muslim warrior. |
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Bicoastal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 08:41 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Named Bradley? |
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housewolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 08:51 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Not the Bradley part |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 11:54 AM Response to Reply #3 |
25. . |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
4. K & R |
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NightWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
5. Isnt his name actually Barack Hussein Obama, Jr.? wouldnt that mean that all of the "name games" are |
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housewolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 08:48 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. I've never seen a "Jr." suffix attached to his name |
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NightWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 08:53 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. from his site |
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housewolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 09:26 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. You're right then |
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AnnieBW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 10:56 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. I think you lose the Jr. |
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tritsofme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 11:00 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. It says Jr on my birth cert and driver's license. |
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housewolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 12:35 AM Response to Reply #19 |
22. I don't know... |
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Pirate Smile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 08:51 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Yes. Really, who actually gets to pick their name? |
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Sparkly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
6. This is excellent!! |
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Scurrilous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 08:51 PM Response to Original message |
10. Thanks for posting this! |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
12. Blessed Barack! |
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peoli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
14. ty! |
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demo dutch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 09:29 PM Response to Original message |
15. Like it or not!, just realize that the GOP will have a field day with the name |
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AnnieBW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 10:56 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. Just bring up King Hussein |
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cascadiance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
16. Hey, my middle initial is W too! Go ahead and assassinate me for it too! |
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GoldieAZ49 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 09:50 PM Response to Original message |
17. There are connotations to names, negative and positive |
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housewolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 10:04 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Good point |
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caseycoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
24. K&R Thanks for posting this! n/t |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
26. That's nice, but it will not convince ignorant people to vote for Obama. n/t |
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