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The right-wing pundits seem awfully preoccupied lately with the possibility that Illinois Senator Barack Obama might run for President in 2008. They obviously feel very threatened. They've already started with the smear tactics.But they don't criticize him on the issues. They don't even play the race card. Instead, they use elementary-school playground methods. They're focusing on his name and his ears.
Obama's middle name just happens to be "Hussein". Never mind the fact that Hussein happens to be a very common name (like "Smith") in some parts of the world. To the right wing, this is useful for stirring up the rednecks.
And then there's the Obama-Osama thing. In their predictable infantile manner, they're playing this up as well.
(Funny, I used to work with someone named "McVeigh". Nobody ever stirred things up by commenting on that person's name. Perhaps it's the fact that all the McVeighs I know are white.)
As the icing on the cake, there's the size of Obama's ears, and all the twisting they can do with that.
What's next?
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