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Obama should be proud to be named Hussein
The attacks on Barack Obama's middle name have begun, but the likely Democratic nominee joins a long line of famous Americans with Semitic names, from Benjamin Franklin to Omar Bradley.
By Juan Cole [2008-02-28]

  • You get to choose what people call you

    Naming gives others ownership of you. If you can't say, Sorry, not my name, you've been claimed.

    My first presidential vote was for Jimmy Carter, not James Earl. That was his decision.

    -- prytania
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    Thursday, February 28, 2008 01:17 PM
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