Bill Cunningham on McCain: Screw this, I’m endorsing Hillary
posted at 6:22 pm on February 26, 2008 by Allahpundit
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About a quarter of the way in here. This makes two aficionados of Obama’s middle name to defect to Team Clinton. Do I hear three?
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That’s not fair, funky chicken. The guy was invited by the McCain staff or at least by staff acknowledgement, and they knew exactly the way he speaks. McCain thought it was a bad idea and it didn’t reflect his positions? Fine, but it’s your fault and your staff’s fault. Publically humiliating the man who only wanted to help is beyond disguasting. Jewish sages wrote that humiliation is similar to death, and one who humuliates others in front of the face is equivalent to a murderer.
Aristotle on February 26, 2008 at 7:30 PM
Good post.
Blake on February 26, 2008 at 7:30 PM
Note to all:
The truth is taboo. Don’t even think it or God forbid ever say it.
TheSitRep on February 26, 2008 at 7:30 PM
That’s the only time I ever heard my middle name, or use my daughter’s middle name.
To those who claim that we use middle names all the time - what’s Hillary’s full name?
Hint: not Rodham.
Slublog on February 26, 2008 at 7:31 PM
So true…God help us
DwnSouthJukin on February 26, 2008 at 7:31 PM
Another example of how McCain is more than willing to throw his supporters on the fire.
Blake on February 26, 2008 at 7:32 PM
Hint: Oh, yes, Rodham. She has adopted the name Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Blake on February 26, 2008 at 7:33 PM
I think the point is, Rush, Hannity, Ingraham and even Levin would’ve been more circumspect and avoided the prima facie low rent tactic, unlike this guy.
You sound like Medea Benjamin in the flesh friend. Look at you run to extreme of the argument with your hair on fire. McCain did nothing wrong and your Romney canard gives it away. You’ve been waiting with baited breath for something, anything to attack McCain with. This ain’t it. Oh and BTW, haven’t we moved on from “Romney is a Conservative.” Didn’t we all sort of put away his real record and believe his late, late conversion for purposes of not having McCain (and his baggage) as our candidate. That ship has sailed, let’s get back to reality.
AYNBLAND on February 26, 2008 at 7:34 PM
Yes, but what name was she born with, since that seems to be the big issue with Obama?
Slublog on February 26, 2008 at 7:34 PM
So there is no confusion, I don’t mean you. I mean people such as Cunningham using it.
I think people who use it as a club are just looking for a club, comments here not excepted. It is, in my opinion, stupid and lazy. Why condemn a man for something over which he has no power? Is there anything less American?!
It’s done because people are stupid and lazy. Stupid because they think it will change minds and lazy because the argument doesn’t even address the truth or what his policies might represent. Frankly, I find it abhorrent.
Spirit of 1776 on February 26, 2008 at 7:35 PM
You’re on the right track, but it’s more insulting to think that it will sway the centrists and the Blue Dogs. Not to mention how it enforces the ideal that Conservatives are fear mongering.
But by all means, for those of you who choose to demagogue his middle name as proof he’s a Muslim, go ahead and do so. It only benefits the Dems.
SouthernDem on February 26, 2008 at 7:36 PM
Exactly. How many of you picked your own middle name as a baby?
Slublog on February 26, 2008 at 7:36 PM
Gotta agree. Eating one’s own, then making a display of it, is bad practice, plus he alientates those whom he needs to attract, while attracting few new voters from the center, whose support he already has.
Was this staged, or is his campaign staff so inept they didn’t scrub Cunningham’s intro in advance?
petefrt on February 26, 2008 at 7:37 PM
I’m a huge Bill Cunningham fan, he’s one of my top favorite radio talk show hosts in the country who I have been listening since the late 1980’s. I might have to reconsider my reconsideration of voting for McCain. Bill, in the weeks leading up to this, was a McCain supporter until today. All these candidates are Washington “inside the beltway” snake oil salesmen (and women) who have no real principles.
I wouldn’t ever vote for Hillary, but I might sit this election out since none seem worthy.
Planet Boulder on February 26, 2008 at 7:38 PM
Professionally, she goes by the name Hillary Rodham Clinton. She is on the ballots as Hillary Rodham Clinton. She has done what everyone has repeatedly said Barrack HUSSEIN Obama could do, changed her middle name. Lived with it.
Barrack HUSSEIN Obama
Barrack HUSSEIN Obama
Barrack HUSSEIN Obama
Blake on February 26, 2008 at 7:40 PM
What’s weaselly about confronting it head-on?
McCain’s a retired Navy Captain. He’s not gonna BS around and spend a whole lot of time worrying about hurt feelings. I like that in a man, to be honest. You know where you stand unstead of wondering all the time.
Of course I’m married to a military guy and my Dad’s extremely blunt as well.
funky chicken on February 26, 2008 at 7:40 PM
Live with it.
Blake on February 26, 2008 at 7:41 PM
Blake, so you are proud to carry on in Hillary’s footsteps? How unusual.
funky chicken on February 26, 2008 at 7:41 PM
How many have picked where they were born? That’s certainly an issue in presidential politics. Why? Because the Constitution makes it an issue.
Why does the Constitution make it an issue?
spmat on February 26, 2008 at 7:42 PM
Would you believe that he managed to earn himself that appelation when he started calling
“William Jefferson” in a vain attempt to capitalize on the positive history Thomas Jefferson?
Now, when did Obama ever call himself Barack Hussein Obama? Never, really. Why do others call h….
Screw this. you all know what you’re doing. You don’t care. You want to be smartasses about it.
Fine. Here’s the thing: you also want people to give a s**t when you whine about how unfair it is when people call you a bigot.
Hiney Von Pewps on February 26, 2008 at 7:42 PM
Ah yes. I choose to imagine you stamping your feet while typing that.
Psst…It’s “Barack”
Slublog on February 26, 2008 at 7:42 PM
Yes. Agreed.
Spirit of 1776 on February 26, 2008 at 7:42 PM
I often hear many of my fellow republicans, especially conservatives, who are upset that Maverick is part of the “Gang of Fourteen”. From my understanding this was seven senators from each side who came together to force up or down votes on judicial nominees. I also hear that conservatives want these up or down votes. So, my question is why is McCain always getting attacked for being part of a group that gives these nominees a chance to be voted upon. Supposedly this Gang prevents fillibusters on Bush’s nominations. I’m really confused can someone explain? please.
THE CHOSEN ONE on February 26, 2008 at 7:44 PM
I’m hearing that Cunningham will be on Hannity & Colmes tonight.
johnny dollar on February 26, 2008 at 7:44 PM
You’re equating a name he didn’t choose with his citizenship?
Slublog on February 26, 2008 at 7:45 PM
No, it’s a simple copy and paste job, a-hole.
Barrack, Barack, Barak — who gives sh*t?
Blake on February 26, 2008 at 7:45 PM
Well, if you’re going to make such an issue of his name, it helps to spell it correctly.
Slublog on February 26, 2008 at 7:46 PM
“Look. Most people know Obama’s full name by now and Cunningham made himself look ridiculous. ”
I doubt most of the public knows his middle name. Once, like you, I had faith in the intelligence and abilities of my fellow man, or at least my fellow republican, but after McCain managed to grab the nomination, well all I can say is they have no idea his name is Hussein.
DFCtomm on February 26, 2008 at 7:46 PM
You aren’t going to answer my question?
spmat on February 26, 2008 at 7:47 PM
I’m sure you are a fine little secretary, slublog. But maybe he should Americanize his first name, too. Thanks for pointing that out.
Blake on February 26, 2008 at 7:47 PM
You are dead wrong, i’m not a Romney fan and not a McCain hater. It just strikes my how McCain was willing to attack Romney with LIES of him not supporting the surge, but is getting out of his way to humiliate a supporter who happened to state the TRUTH which is Obama’s middle name. This, IMO, should strike anyone, including the guys who don’t agree with mentioning the forbidden H.
Aristotle on February 26, 2008 at 7:48 PM
Well, since he was born to an American mother, he’s a natural born citizen. I’m sure the founders wanted to ensure that only citizens were allowed to be president. Since he is one, focusing on his name is an exercise in ridiculousness.
Slublog on February 26, 2008 at 7:49 PM
I thought Catholics got to choose there middle name when they were confirmed. You know like Cat Stevens, Cassius Clay and John Walker Lindsey. Oh wait that’s diff.
TheSitRep on February 26, 2008 at 7:49 PM
Hm. You retreated into ad hominem rather early. Pity.
What, exactly, is an “American” first name?
Slublog on February 26, 2008 at 7:50 PM
You’re still not answering my question.
spmat on February 26, 2008 at 7:50 PM
Wasn’t that weeks ago, the last time you didn’t get your way?
Why don’t you goo stuff your face in a pillow and cry about it instead of the recap?
Hiney Von Pewps on February 26, 2008 at 7:50 PM
Blake on February 26, 2008 at 7:10 PM
Oh, this is a serious f’ing issue, just not for the reasons that Bill Cunningham, Aristotle, et al think it is.
This sort of transparent bigotry, if left unchecked, could result in DECADES of Democratic dominance in US politics. Republicans need to absolutely purge those pundits who feel the need woo the backwoods bigot holdouts in the Republican party–bye Coulter–and get their ass back on issues, or they are history.
DaveS on February 26, 2008 at 7:51 PM
Yes, my confirmation name is Joseph, even though I’m no longer a practicing Catholic. I chose that name.
The one on my birth certificate, though? I didn’t really have a lot of influence over my parents on that one.
Slublog on February 26, 2008 at 7:51 PM
You started it, cupcake.
It sure ain’t Barack Hussein Obama.
Blake on February 26, 2008 at 7:51 PM
Why the Constitution makes it an issue, you mean? See my comment about the founders above.
Slublog on February 26, 2008 at 7:52 PM
johnny dollar on February 26, 2008 at 7:44 PM
Two of the most annoying personalities in media–plus Colmes as well… I think I’ll pass. We’ll look to you for highlights.
DaveS on February 26, 2008 at 7:52 PM
You as an adult can choose your own name. You are an adult, aren’t you?
Blake on February 26, 2008 at 7:53 PM
[Without reference to other parts of the argument] Yes, certainly part of what he is doing is playing to a section of his base: the media.
Spirit of 1776 on February 26, 2008 at 7:53 PM
I can choose which name I use, but I had little control over the one my parents gave me at birth.
Slublog on February 26, 2008 at 7:54 PM
“The founders wanted citizens to be President” is a restatement of what the Constitution says. Why did the founders only want natural born citizens to be President? Foreign-born citizens can run for a multitude of offices; they just can’t run for President.
Why is that?
spmat on February 26, 2008 at 7:54 PM
Obama isn’t a foreign born citizen. He’s natural born, since his mother was American.
Slublog on February 26, 2008 at 7:55 PM
Plus, he was born in Honolulu.
Slublog on February 26, 2008 at 7:57 PM
Again, you’re not answering my question.
spmat on February 26, 2008 at 7:57 PM
Because they only wanted Americans to be president, perhaps? Having a foreign-born president would bring some interesting allegiance issues into play.
Slublog on February 26, 2008 at 7:59 PM
Touché Turtle awaaaaayyy!
It’s like Klingons vs. Teletubbies. You’re killing them with logic.
Americanize yourself. Learning to spell your potential CIC’s name is not a bad start, regardless of what you think of his politics.
And as far as American first names go, you’re an idiot. The most American names, that is names that originated here and not from some other country, are names like Lexxus, Unyque, RosePetal, etc. Most other names are derivatives of names from other countries.
America…Amerigo.
You’re dismissed.
The Race Card on February 26, 2008 at 8:02 PM
bad comma
The Race Card on February 26, 2008 at 8:02 PM
Especially at a time that political marriages across nationality were expressly used in Europe for ‘entangling alliances’. It is yet another wise decision by the fathers to sail or ship of state independent of such orchestrations.
Spirit of 1776 on February 26, 2008 at 8:02 PM
This guy is an effing loon. Dont let the door hit ya where the good lord split ya Cunningham.
Dash on February 26, 2008 at 8:03 PM
My, the quality of conversation/comments has really improved since opening up the registration, hasn’t it?
/sarcasm off
Midas on February 26, 2008 at 8:04 PM
Cunningham is wrong. I’m pretty well versed in the Chicago Daley Democrat Machine and the only benefit the machine has given to Obama is to line up behind him to support him for Senate in 2004 in order to get him out of state politics.
McCain is right. If Cunningham was saying blah “hussein” blah over and over then it’s pretty obvious what Cunningham was trying to do.
His radio show is saying this about the first amendment. Give me a break. Nobody is trying to silence you Bill. Grow up.
gabriel sutherland on February 26, 2008 at 8:11 PM
Cunningham is being massacred on CNN right now!
olympian2008 on February 26, 2008 at 8:11 PM
I mean he’s trashing McCain! LOL!
olympian2008 on February 26, 2008 at 8:11 PM
Assuming you’re not some Kos kid sockpuppet, although that’s exactly what you sound like, dont let anyone know you’re a Republican. You’re embarrassing.
Dash on February 26, 2008 at 8:12 PM
FTFY
The Race Card on February 26, 2008 at 8:12 PM
Hmm, Not Jesus?
Chakra Hammer on February 26, 2008 at 8:13 PM
He could have brought up the other points that the media is treating the democrats with “kid gloves”, all that was lost in his message because he had to god overboard.
Chakra Hammer on February 26, 2008 at 8:16 PM
all that was lost in his message because he had to go* overboard.
Chakra Hammer on February 26, 2008 at 8:17 PM
Blake I recognize, but it may be that he only pops up during these controversies. That would require more research than i’m willing to do right now.
“Aristotle” however is a two-day old troll. One might assume he’s a DU lurker, but he has a sort of familiarity about him. Like he’s perhaps one of the asshats what got banned during the BNP/MSUYAF flack.
Hiney Von Pewps on February 26, 2008 at 8:24 PM
Naturalized citizens are Americans, but your second answer is closer to the rub here. Why then can we put a foreign-born citizen into the Congress or into the SCOTUS but not the presidency? That’s two of the three branches in the hands of folks with allegiance problems. What’s so special about the President?
Presidents represent the soil, so to speak. They grew up as Americans; the American spirit is irrevocably bound up in them. They don’t know what it’s like to not be American. I don’t think Obama has any idea what it’s like to be American. You can read his two memoirs to understand that. He certainly doesn’t know what it’s like to be black, that’s evident enough from his writing.
I think that the Hussein thing is crude, but I don’t think it’s entirely without merit. And I also don’t think it’s a crypto-islamophobia thing, either. It’s a “he’s technically American, but really has almost nothing in common with anyone who’s American” thing, done in a crude manner.
Obama is a good man, I think, but I don’t think he’s all that terribly American. I don’t think he’s running for President of the United States. I think he’s running for a regional, if substantial, position in the global hierarchy. He’s a global citizen, just like his constituency in the Democrat party, and his name thoroughly reflects that.
Playing to his and his party’s framing of the issue does not help us. At best it gets us a pat on the head. Is the Hussein thing crude, clumsy and pointless? Yes. Is it a very natural thing to notice and take into account, especially given his upbringing? Yes. Should McCain have apologized? No. He should have simply repudiated the sentiment, said “I don’t care what his middle name is; he’s a socialist and bad for America.”
What he’ll get out of this is a healing touch from the Obamessia come October at a presidential debate a la Jack Kemp circa 1996.
spmat on February 26, 2008 at 8:28 PM
Cunningham is a limited talent tool. The only reason he gets any publicity is his willingness to be tasteless. He’s about as close to Air America type vile as a conservative can be. Good riddance dude.
Sugar Land on February 26, 2008 at 8:29 PM
I was quoting Blake but messed up, as I made some of his words look like mine.
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It’s sad you enjoy such a sub-par talent [with an annoying voice], and it’s even sadder that’ll you’ll follow his hissy fit.
Issues and philosohphy will win for us, not dirisive and speculative BS.
toliver on February 26, 2008 at 8:30 PM
That’s the soundbite right there. There are a lot of reasons to oppose an Obama presidency - the main ones being the war and the fact that I actually like to keep some of the money I earn.
Slublog on February 26, 2008 at 8:31 PM
Who the hell are you to say who is American and who isn’t?
baldilocks on February 26, 2008 at 8:31 PM
Oh, give it up, jerkoff. You don’t decide who and who does not belongs to the republican party. If Obama wins it’s going to be because of twits like you.
I’ll save you the time: Up yours.
Blake on February 26, 2008 at 8:34 PM
Thanks for misrepresenting what I said. I take that you can’t deny Barack is not an American name.
Blake on February 26, 2008 at 8:36 PM
My name is Juliette Akinyi Ochieng. I was born and raised in the USA and I a retiree from the USAF/USAFR. Everything about me is American. Did I mention that my father is of the same tribe as Obama?
So yes I deny that Barack is not an American name. All names of natural-born Americans are American names.
baldilocks on February 26, 2008 at 8:40 PM
Cat got your “tongue,” Blake?
baldilocks on February 26, 2008 at 8:43 PM
+1
Spirit of 1776 on February 26, 2008 at 8:47 PM
It’s a FUNNY middle name.
They’re making fun of him.
That’s what people do to political clowns they dislike.
They mock them.
It’s called sardonic invective.
To try to undermine your opponent.
It works with people who pay little attention to politics, but who still (distressingly) VOTE.
“Hussein” simply sounds funny in modern American English.
Especially after having just hanged a psychotic dictator with that same name.
Ask Jon Stewart.
You lambaste your political rivals with everything you have.
The arsenal is just opening.
This is only the first spitball.
The full-scale barrages will come later.
Much of the electorate is at the JACKASS level, so this kind of sophomoric insult will work for that idjit voter bloc.
profitsbeard on February 26, 2008 at 8:51 PM
If McCain is too touchy-feely to cringe at the possibility to offend Obama simply by SPEAKING his name, I think it looks wimpish for someone wanting to be Com-n-Chief.
If Obama can’t stand his own full name to be spoken without crying foul then he doesn’t have much of a backbone either.
DavidM on February 26, 2008 at 8:54 PM
Err, not to take away from your very pretty name, but your argument is basically that names imply no nationality, which is patently untrue.
spmat on February 26, 2008 at 8:56 PM
For Americans, no type of name implies nationality.
baldilocks on February 26, 2008 at 8:59 PM
In the sense that America is supposedly the melting pot of all cultures under a single identity of “We the People,” yes, but how many folks named O’Shaughnessy have you met that aren’t of Celtic ancestry? And until recently, how many first generation natural born citizens (from wherever: China, Korea, you name it) didn’t get a Christian name tagged onto a more exotic last name to help them “fit in?”
Apropos, just how African is Juliette, its beauty notwithstanding?
spmat on February 26, 2008 at 9:06 PM
That any name of any ethnic group would imply nationality in America is completely false. Did you assume Bill O’Reilly was an Irish citizen when you first heard his name? That Rudy Giuliani was a citizen of Italy? No? Why not?
baldilocks on February 26, 2008 at 9:06 PM
Did you assume I was French?
baldilocks on February 26, 2008 at 9:07 PM
Ethnicity and nationality are two different things. Perhaps there has been a misunderstanding.
baldilocks on February 26, 2008 at 9:08 PM
YES. :-)
Seriously, though - culture and heritage are not destiny. Obama’s name doesn’t tell me anything about him - his policies and voting record, though? Yikes.
Slublog on February 26, 2008 at 9:12 PM
Chakra had this, and it would explain why this stuff would really piss McCain off:
Dadmag: Your youngest daughter Bridget is adopted. Why did you decide to adopt Bridget?
McCain: Well it was primarily my wife’s Cindy’s idea. She was in Bangladesh and she and some of the medical personnel visited Mother Theresa’s orphanage to try and help the children there. There were two little baby girls there. One had a heart problem the other a severe cleft palate. Cindy was very concerned about their ability to survive and their need for medical treatment, so she decided to bring them here for medical treatment. She fell in love with both of them. We decided to adopt Bridget. Two close friends of ours, adopted Mickey, the other child.
Dadmag: You knew about your wife’s decision before hand?
McCain: (laughs) No. She arrived and said “Say hello to your new little daughter.”
Dadmag: A bit of a shock?
McCain: Yes indeed.
Dadmag: And how has it worked out? Are you happy with the decision to adopt Bridget?
McCain: Oh yes! She has enriched our lives. She’s a wonderful child, a complete part of our family and we love her.
Dadmag: Your other children accepted her well?
McCain: Oh yeah sure. She’s the toughest of the four. The youngest always has to be the toughest.
Dadmag: During your campaign for the Republican Presidential nomination Bridget became something of an issue in South Carolina didn’t she?
McCain: Yeah. There were some pretty vile and hurtful things said during the South Carolina primary. It’s a really nasty side of politics. We tried to ignore it and I think we shielded her from it. It’s just unfortunate that that sort of thing still exists As you know she’s Bengali, and very dark skinned. A lot of phone calls were made by people who said we should be very ashamed about her, about the color of her skin. Thousands and thousands of calls from people to voters saying “You know the McCains have a black baby” I believe that there is a special place in hell for people like those.
Dadmag: That must have made you pretty angry?
McCain: Yes, except that you have to consider the kind of people who do it. Getting angry doesn’t serve any useful purpose. But the calls increased my zeal for winning. (laughs)
Dadmag: There are an awful lot of African American children who could be adopted, but there are those who object, including African American organizations which have a policy against interracial adoption.
McCain: I see that barrier more and more breaking down. I think we are making great progress. We just need to make a lot more progress.
Dadmag: You had to go through an extraordinary process to adopt Bridget. A very intrusive process by the bureaucrats. They came to your home and rifled through your drawers. According to what I’ve read, adoption agency officials even asked about your sex life.
McCain: They were very intrusive. Unfortunately it is a disincentive to some parents because it’s so much easier to go overseas. And that leaves us, in this country, with thousands of children who want parents and thousands of parents who want children. One of the goals I’ve had for a long time is to try to encourage a much less convoluted process in order for parents to adopt a child.
http://www.dadmag.com/archive/060400jmccain.php
funky chicken on February 26, 2008 at 9:19 PM
I had heard that knuckle-draggers in South Carolina had spread “biracial love child” rumors in 2000 about McCain, but hadn’t ever even thought of their adopted daughter as the target of the rumors.
I guess I’m kinda dumb?
funky chicken on February 26, 2008 at 9:23 PM
Because “Silky Pony” and “Breck Girl” are funnier…
eanax on February 26, 2008 at 9:31 PM
Why are you assuming Juliette is French? It could just as easily be Haitian. You’re imputing nationality based on your own frame of reference, which is entirely natural.
Yes and no. You’re being exact in your definitions where I don’t think you have much justification in being so. There is no clear distinction between ethnicity and nationality. E.g. A man with the name of O’Brian might very well be ethnically French or Italian, but unless someone is adept at finding physical ethnic differences, they’re going to assume he’s “Irish.” That same man, until you hear his voice, could be American, British, French or actually Irish by citizenship. Hennessey is a French cognac made by Scots, and you know it’s made by Scots because of the name.
My point: Barack has already deliberately chosen to inject his name into this race. He put his foreignness on his sleeve. Otherwise, why are we not talking about Barry Obama? We didn’t run against “William Clinton” in 1992. But, you say, Barack is different. More manly. More exotic. Yes, and so is Hussein.
Barry wants to have a non-Christian, non-Western first name, running in the most Christian, most Western nation in the world? That’s fine. Let it all hang out, chief. Be as post-national as you want, Barry. Just please quit whining when folks notice it.
spmat on February 26, 2008 at 9:34 PM
This is teh stoopid.
The OBAMA IS A RADICAL MUSLIM LOL line is stupid and isn’t swaying anybody to vote the GOP ticket. Sorry.
There are plenty of issues to slap him around on. Plenty.
This childish “nah-nah-your-middle-name-is-Hussein” is a waste of time, energy, and political ammo.
Continue flinging peanuts.
Good Lt on February 26, 2008 at 9:52 PM
B-I-NGO.
Good Lt on February 26, 2008 at 9:53 PM
This is where we part company on philosophy. I don’t need a justification for assigning a definition to a word. Either it means one thing or it mean something other definite thing. There’s no such thing as a relative definition. In America, nationality has a fixed meaning with fixed features (in spite of Shamnesty advocates like McCain and GWB): born in the USA, territories, military bases or naturalized. Period. Ethnicity/ancestry is a totally, separate other thing. Example: my father and I have similar ethnicity and I carry his patronymic but we have totally different nationalities.
As to non-Christian, non-Western given names, there are tons of black Americans in this country carrying Arabic and African given names while have ancestry dating back to the slave ships. My baby sister (American mother and American father–my step-father) is one of them.
Not buying it, but enjoying the conversation. :-)
baldilocks on February 26, 2008 at 9:59 PM
Are the Kosovars Serbian?
spmat on February 26, 2008 at 10:08 PM
Don’t know. Remember, we were talking about Americans. Unique situation.
baldilocks on February 26, 2008 at 10:13 PM
Mccain knew the rhetoric that would come with inviting Cunningham. He set a table to portray himself above the name-calling. This is like a middle school inviting Whoopee to do a show and then acting shocked when she uses obscene language.
jeffNWV on February 26, 2008 at 10:20 PM
Ah. Well, then I can see your point. America is unique in that respect.
spmat on February 26, 2008 at 10:21 PM
If McCain hadn’t apologized, it wouldn’t have been news. He should have ignored it and if a problem came of the speech cunningham gave, McCain should have said he was unaware of what Cunningham was going to say and then apologized and stated that he would not involve Cunningham in future events.
I wish McCain felt as bad about his association with a certain JUAN HERNANDEZ as this.
WHAT IS IT WITH JOHN MCCAIN AND FREE SPEECH ??
stenwin77 on February 26, 2008 at 10:26 PM
I think I’m voting for Hillary now too. Why not! McCain is like a pile of dog vomit. Obama thinks he’s the next messiah. Hillary is just a Marxist crook we endured for 8 years. I could take 4 more,, I guess.
So, there’s the choice,, dog vomit, the false god or the Marxist crook. Looks like a good election year.
JellyToast on February 26, 2008 at 10:27 PM
It doesn’t bother me in the least that people remind America that Barry’s middle name is Hussein. Past performance is no guarantee of future results (as any prospectus will tell you–over and over). But it is well known that it is the best indicator among them all (though all are admittedly bad).
The question here (as I see it) is what is Barack’s identity? His name offers a clue–a significant one, though not the only one. As what does he identify himself? In this campaign, as an American, no doubt. How did he self-identify when he was in his Indonesian madrassah? Once he is essentially above accountability and occupying the most powerful office in the world, how will whatever hidden allegiances he harbors affect his decisions?
Wil he be president of the United States of America or the United States of Obama?
urbancenturion on February 26, 2008 at 10:27 PM
The first conservative to speak for McCain gets hosed. This is par for the course, McCain sides with libs all the time and leaves the Conservatives for toast. Hopefully the other Conservatives will learn from this and not touch him.
livermush on February 26, 2008 at 10:29 PM
BTW, I will probably vote for Obama, just to punish the American people–with exactly what they want: empty vapidity and frilly words. It’s probably just about time for another political re-education anyway.
urbancenturion on February 26, 2008 at 10:30 PM
Hey, just got home from work. Did I miss anything?
labrat on February 26, 2008 at 10:36 PM
Holy Moly!!! This again.
labrat on February 26, 2008 at 10:36 PM
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