Not according to the esteemed scholar Carol Stream. I’m curious to know what her rationale is.
It’s mainly because Letterman is a flaming liberal. And I have to agree - the joke was brainless. It was a cheap shot in incredibly bad taste. In other words, typical Letterman.
Obama without his teleprompter
Just imagine the derision if this had been Bush, and imagine the scorn with which the lame excuse of sleeplessness would have been met.
If you bothered to read the whole thread, or even the last five pages, you’d know that not only did she fail to be abstinent herself, she told Greta Van Susteren on national television that abstinence-only education doesn’t work.
She’s therefore advocating a policy which she doesn’t personally believe in- presumably either as a way into politics or because her mother asked her to.
That makes her a colossal hypocrite.
That said, I reiterate that everyone calling her a whore needs to shut the fuck up. It’s inaccurate, unnecessary and inflammatory.
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He was nicknamed “Dubya” by his family and friends long before he was a candidate for anything (and your alleged distinction between “W” and “Dubya” is lost onme).
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Yes he was a moron, and yes they did typically allow morons to take flying lessons with obsolote aircraft in order to keep rich kids out of the war.
It bothers us because it’s obviously meant to be derogatory and we like the guy. That should be easy to see. Nobody says it should be illegal. I merely find it to be obnoxious. It’s also a great way to predict whether anything else a person might say will be of value to me.
The other reason is that people who do it, as in this thread, deny that it’s obviously race or religion-baiting. This is made more complicated by the fact that most people who put emphasis on Hussein are too stupid to define the difference between being Muslim and Arab. “Hussein” symbolizes something bad in the minds of people who insist on using his middle name. It’s not our fault they’re too stupid to know exactly what that is.
As Jefferson said, “It all depends on what the meaning of ‘is’ is.” 
People call Obama ‘Hussein’ because they want to call attention to him being a Muslim. Are you saying that being a Muslim is as much of a defect in character as being stupid?
People call him Hussein because they want to call attention to the fact that he has a Muslim name. Anyone who still thinks he is a Muslim at this point doesn’t have the IQ to sustain cardiovascular function.
Lots of people I know started putting ‘Hussein’ as their middle-name on facebook when people started using Hussein as an epithet.
It’s really amazing to me that Carol, Argent et. al. do not understand why it’s different to call him Hussein than to call him Dubya.
Calling him Hussein reminds us of his funny Arab name, and shows us that he is defective because he’s got an Arab name.
Dubya tells us that he’s defective because he’s stupid.
See the difference all?
Yes obviously, and that’s why ‘racist’ is the closest term to describe that behavior, no it’s not precise, but ethnocentrist doesn’t quite roll off the tongue.
Here’s how I put it. Bush isn’t stupid, just too stupid to be President.
No, it’s more of a spectacle thing. Just sit in group of liberals, and with a wry grin and a knowing look, casually whisper ‘Hussein’, and watch as all the liberals leap to their feet, their undies so instantaneously twisted and wedged, that they dance on their feet like marionettes, spitting and sputtering.
It’s quite hilarious.
It is curious though, why people would think ‘Hussein’ is race baiting, but not ‘Barack’ or ‘Obama’. It’s not like any of his names are red-blooded American names from the Bible.
Duh, really?
Of course I’ve read the thread, you moron, and if you maybe took a refresher course in Comprehension 101 you’d realize that what she was actually saying in that interview is that abstinence-only is not realistic for all teens. She obviously believes it’s worth doing for that number it can reach.
As it happens, I don’t agree. But once again, espousing beliefs which you dismiss with a contemptuous wave of the hand does not make a person a hypocrite.
You really think she’d go on television and say none of this crap works but I strongly support it? Oh please.
Since we were fortunate enough to have two, George Bush’s ,as president, we require a way to differentiate. The W or Dubya just separated them . We have not had other Obama presidents. Barack, or Obama refer only to one. This is a manufactured offense. There is a reason to use Hussein. It is not to refer to him ,but it is an attempt to slur. Apparently some people are swayed by his middle name that he is a danger to America.
Because people understand why they are using ‘Hussein’ like that, to conjure up images of Saddam. Acting like anyone on the right who says ‘Hussein’ and doesn’t mean it that way is just lying. That’s exactly what’s meant by it and you know it. Your ability to get kneejerk liberals to jerk their knees with it is immaterial. Everyone knows what’s being implied.
I do the same thing too, only I use jungle bunny.
It is fall on the floor funny. Those silly liberals. Why should they get upset? He is from Africa after all.
It was not a Republican thing, although some Republicans may have used it affectionately. It was coined by the liberal Texas columnist Molly Ivins and meant derisively. (She was no fan of Bush at all.)
That’s good and all but I find nigger generally works even better. In fact people must find it so funny that they stop hanging around with me for fear that they will wet themselves when I’m around. At least that’s why I assume the stop coming around when they hear I’m gonna be there…
Oh.
So it’s trolling. Thanks for the info.