Defining Barack "handsome" Hussein

By GottaLaff

According to David Bender (Rachel Maddow's guru and substitute radio host) defining the name Hussein is, unfortunately, imperative, with less than a month until election day:

The boy's name Hussein \hu(s)-sein\ is pronounced hoo-SAYN. It is of Arabic origin, and its meaning is "good; small handsome one".

That is what Hussein actually means. Here is how it's being abused:

Two pre-rally speakers in the last three days have invoked Sen. Barack Obama’s middle name “Hussein” in their warm-up speeches at McCain and Palin events, prompting the campaign to distance themselves from the remarks.

At a pre-rally speech in Bethlehem, PA today, Lehigh County GOP Chairman Bill Platt referred to the Democratic presidential candidate twice by his full name, Barack Hussein Obama. Critics charge that such references wrongly imply that Obama is Muslim, when he is in fact a practicing Christian. While Hussein is a traditional Arabic name, Obama was named after his Kenyan father who shared the same name. [...]

In a pre-rally speech on Monday in Estero, Florida, Lee County Sheriff Mike Scott also referred to Obama by his middle name, telling the crowd of nearly 9,000 Palin supporters, “On Nov. 4, let’s leave Barack Hussein Obama wondering what happened,” prompting loud cheers from the crowd as Scott walked off stage. [...]

According to the Fort Meyers News-Press, an investigation has now been opened into whether Scott violated the Hatch Act by engaging in political activity while on duty and in uniform. The local ACLU and NAACP chapters have also asked for an apology.

Scott, who became sheriff in 2005 and is currently up for reelection, says he does not regret his remarks. “I absolutely, unequivocally don’t regret saying it,” Scott told the News-Press on Monday. “In order to be a speaker at this event, I had to give my full name — Michael Joseph Scott — to the Secret Service, even though I’m the sheriff of Lee County. So why would I apologize? Is there some kind of double standard here where I have to give my full name, but I can’t use his?”

Gramm-pa McCain and IWRC* Palin are distancing themselves from such remarks. How stupid do they think voters are? Allowing this kind of thing to happen even once is despicable. Saying they disapprove of bigotry while tacitly encouraging it is one of the many reasons these two scumbags are watching their poll numbers, and any residual respect they still may have from voters too ignorant and/or reprehensible to know better, sink by the hour.

*"In What Respect, Charlie?"