Barack Hussein Obama

It is an unfortunate middle name for someone who aspires to the White House. As the media is fond of reporting,the name "Hussein" tests the limits of American "nomenclatural tolerance".

"Hussein" is the name of a dictator and enemy.

"Obama" sounds a lot like the world's most wanted terrorist. Just ask Fox News' Roger Ailes who got heavily criticized for joking about the similarity between Osama and Obama.

It remains a big big BIG question - can America elect a man with the name barack Hussein Obama? It is an unfortunately prejudiced world out there and there are a lot of people who will slur and slander and make jokes about Obama's links to Muslim teachings and his "non-American" family uppringing.


Let's hope that America can look past a name and look into the issues.