Hussein

Barack Obama's middle name is Hussein.

That's what his mother and father named him.

So why do Dems and John McCain consider it a slur to refer to Obama by including his middle name?

If Obama is ashamed of it, then he should change it. He can legally change his name. He can distance himself from the name his parents gave him. That's his prerogative.

Do Obama and his people seriously think that Americans won't vote for him because his middle name is Hussein?

If that's the case, then they don't have much confidence in Obama and his qualifications to be president. They don't have faith in the American people.

It's absurd to consider uttering Hussein to be a slur.

It's not as if people don't refer to candidates' middle names.

For eight years now, we've heard President Bush referred to by his middle name. Well, actually, Bush isn't know by his middle name. He's known by his middle initial -- Dubya.

Dubya, Dubya, Dubya.

Bush is also called Shrubya, a combination of Dubya and Shrub, a name that Molly Ivins first used.

If Bush can be called Dubya, I think it's fair to note that Obama's middle name is Hussein.

I just don't get how it can be considered a slur to use his real middle name. It is what it is.

It's Barack Hussein Obama. It is.