B-A-R-A-C-K. Not "Barak." Not "Barrack." It's "Barack."

[Occam Bandage]

This race has been going on for a year now. He's been in the public eye since 2004. I think the grace period is over.

Thank you.

[Captain Hilts]

1. I apologize. I've gotten it wrong a few times. nt

[Ian David]

Oh! I was confused! I thought it was Brak!

[silverweb]

2. How about...

BaROCK the vote! :D

GObama! _The "Yes We Can" Song_

[smalll]

3. Yes, your candidate has a first name that is not easy for most people to spell,

as well as a second name that replicates that of a dictator this country fought a war against, and a last name that is one letter away from the name of the "Mastermind of 9/11."

He's sooooo electable. :eyes:

[Occam Bandage]

12. "Barack Hussein Osama" unelectability arguments? I suppose it's been a few days since

we've had some of those.

[gmudem]

13. Gotta love racism

Clinton is quite possibly the single most divisive politician in America today. And you think Obama is less electable because of his middle name?? Anybody who's ignorant enough to base their voting decision on a candidates middle name probably won't be voting for a Democrat anyway.

[smalll]

23. The problem here is not racism, it's names:

Harold Ford, Jesse Jackson (Or even J.C. Watts) wouldn't have this issue. Only your guy does.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

25. You think Barack is hard to spell?

Six letters too much for you?

[smalll]

34. I've known it was "Barack" for a while, but it was a learning process -

One wonders, is it one R, or two? Is there a "c" or not? Everyone goes through this with his name. It's objectively difficult for English-speaking Americans to master. (Probably in part because of the existence of the word "barracks.")

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

37. So you're saying English speakers are stupid?

Because you'd have to be stupid to have a problem spelling "Barack."

[Occam Bandage]

28. You find "Obama" hard to spell? You can't keep it and "Osama" separate in your mind?

[gmudem]

44. So we should vote for Clinton cuz Obama is a funny name?

What a well thought out argument.

[Josiah1982]

27. the repugs won't dare bring his middle name up besides "hussein' means the pretty one

he's got THAT going for him.:eyes:

[smalll]

35. Of course, the repugs won't DARE use the man's actual, given, legal middle name.

They wouldn't dream of it! :eyes:

[Josiah1982]

42. No. Why would they? They would be fools to use his middle name. Damn fools.

Maybe they don't even know what his middle name is. We should all keep it to ourselves and tell no one.:eyes:

[hisownpetard]

43. Are you not even a little embarrassed to post that sort of tripe?

It boggles the mind.

[Deep13]

4. It's not my fault he has a weird name!

:hide:

[Aviation Pro]

5. Unfortunately.....(Flame bait for the humor challenged)

...your capitalized spelling of Senator Obama's (I prefer his title to his first name) looks like a prayer to the porcelin convenience.

[ORDagnabbit]

6. how bout borat? ;P

[Hawkowl]

7. B. Hussein Obama

How's that? I think we should start getting the general public used to his middle name, since it looks like he is going to be the nominee.

[Occam Bandage]

14. Wonderful. That way we know who the Malkin fans are.

[DiamondJay]

19. Saddam Hussein Osama

it rhymes, and i bet u will see that on shirts a lot. and it didn't help towards his run when he didn't put his hand on his heart during the national anthem.

[Occam Bandage]

22. Thank you for your contribution.

[Aviation Pro]

8. More flame bait for the humor challenged....

[Aviation Pro]

18. Actually, if one was to pronounce this from the Cyrillic....

...it would be:

Vdyadsk. (Vuhd-yad-sk).

[MADem]

24. HA!!! You're right!!! Meet me at the PECTOPAH, I'll buy ya dinner!! NT

[Aviation Pro]

26. Kdye?

....ili kuda?

[MADem]

36. ???

I haven't had a word of Russkie pass my lips in well over thirty years! I can still read it, I remember a few phrases.... but it's .... GONE!

[Aviation Pro]

41. Two forms of "Where"....

....ili is 'or'....

[Hawkowl]

46. I love it!

"First they laugh at you". This truly is the way to victory for Osama, I mean Yomama, errr Obama!

[hisownpetard]

9. I hope Howard Fineman reads this OP. Drives me crazy, the way he says "BAR-ick."

:spank: :grr: :nuke:

[Occam Bandage]

31. There's this one BBC announcer who always says, "BAR-ick OH-buh-muh." Always annoys me.

[MethuenProgressive]

10. Irish people have funny names.

I'm just sayin'...

[Fox Mulder]

11. Brak?

[mmonk]

15. Picky picky. Next, you'll probably correct us on Hileri.

[MADem]

39. No, they always spell that

"Shrillary." And will be the first to call you "humor-challenged" if you voice an objection.

It's all about whose ox is being gored!

[smalll]

16. Not B-E-N-I-T-O ?

[Occam Bandage]

21. Let's play that game!

[smalll]

33. Hmmm. Which campaign has which of these things:

Huge pumped-up rallies filled with over-excited youth. Grandiosly empty slogans. Nebulous, "post-partisan" calls to "Unity" for the nation. Disdain for the older generation and for recent history. Condemnation of all current political parties. Impatience with the compromise and complexity of the the process of democratic governance. A "charismatic" candidate who assumes the position of a messiah and gives good speeches (but shys away from debate.)

Hmmm? :think:

This campaign:

(note the "man on horseback" imagery to the right)

[nonconformist]

17. Maybe it takes awhile... given that he was only a state sentator up until 2 years ago... nt

[MADem]

20. You can insist, but it won't work. People can't spell

People still spell Reagan's name Regan, Kerry's name Kerrey, and McCain's name MacCain. And those names have been around WAY longer than Obama's.

On the bright side, fewer people are calling him Barack Osama.

[nonconformist]

29. Just wait on that one.

Dollars to donuts the Republican smear machine will call him Hussein Osama for MONTHS if he gets the nod.

[Occam Bandage]

30. Good. I welcome that. I really do.

That would be a surefire way for them to render themselves irrelevant.

[mitchtv]

32. Maybe if you held your breath...

BFD

[ElsewheresDaughter]

38. ahhhh....

like eye rack or is it eee rack?

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

40. Grace period?!? There are people here who still can't spell Reagan correctly

[KennedyGuy]

45. who? Barracck?