Reply #55: Not a big deal if you listen to the context [View All]

[hokies4ever]

Yes, she used his middle name, and so did Chris Matthews. However, in context, they were using it to suggest what a huge surprise this long primary season has been. On one hand you have a virtually unknown black man named Barack Hussein Obama who took down the biggest name in Dem politics. On the other side you have McCain who's campaign was essentially left for dead this past summer. I didn't find it offensive the way they were using it if you listened to the entire broadcast where they used it (only a few times over a span of a few minutes).