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Palin: Why No Probe of Barack ‘Hussein’ Obama? (Newsmax 9/23/10)
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http://www.newsmax.com/InsideCover/Palin-Obama-Van-Susteren/2010/09/23/id/371350

I am not a fan of Christine O'Donnell, but this sure does sound familiar, doesn't it?

Former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin alleges that the media has a blatant double standard, shining intense scrutiny on GOP Senate nominee Christine O’Donnell while turning a blind eye to then-candidate Barack Obama’s personal history in the 2008 campaign.

During an interview with Fox News host Greta Van Susteren Wednesday night, Palin said: “Funny . . . That we are learning more about Christine O’Donnell and her college years, her teenage years, her financial dealings than anybody ever even bothered to ask about Barack Hussein Obama as a candidate and now as our president.”

Obama has yet to release college transcripts and files from his undergraduate work at Occidental College and Columbia University, and later at Harvard Law School. His college dissertation at Columbia has disappeared. Many of his official papers during his time as an Ilinois state representative have also disappeared. He has never released his full medical records.

Palin’s reference on the Van Susteren program to the president’s middle name, Hussein, drew national media attention.

During the the 2008 presidential campaign, Obama and his campaign never referred to his middle name of Arabic origin, which means “good; small handsome one.”

And Sen. John McCain’s presidential campaign studiously avoided using Barack Obama’s complete name.

In fact, using Obama’s full name was so taboo that when conservative radio host Bill “Willie” Cunningham used it to fire up a McCain rally in Cincinnati, the senator was forced to apologize.

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No fan of O'Donnell.. but she makes a good point there.  That said, let's see why her background is germane.

The burden of measuring up to ones standard is the test that media uses. O'Donnell is projecting an image of devout Christian, and all that... and therefore her dabbling in whatever religion/non-religion is relevant. She handled the initial laugh-off ok, but could have done even better.

Candidate Obama was promoting a secular message. It would have been bigger of him to embrace his full name, but I can understand the reality of not wanting to promote a contrary message if he is in fact a Christian who has inherited a name from his father.   What I do NOT understand is the later emphasis on the middle name at the time of inaugural. THat was almost "in your face" to the nation that was not called for.  Yeah. Use of Obama's middlename was only taboo during candidacy and run. It was used in the inaugural swearing in.. both times.  No accident there.

BTW, I saw the book by Newt Gingrich - Obama's Secular Socialist agenda or some such.  I was surprised that Gingrich has such a problem with "secular" - Isnt that what the Constitution promises?


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