# Use of Willard vs. Hussein at the conventions **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 25, 2012, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/use-of-willard-vs-hussein-at-the-conventions/632616 "2012-08-25T16:29:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BigAppleBucky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigapplebucky/32/178_2.png) [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2012, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/use-of-willard-vs-hussein-at-the-conventions/632616/1 "2012-08-25T16:29:34Z")
It would be interesting to note the number of times Willard and Hussein are mentioned at the GOP convention. I’m guessing they use Hussein more often. A little not-so-subtle birtherism. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2012, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/use-of-willard-vs-hussein-at-the-conventions/632616/2 "2012-08-25T16:46:08Z")
You’re pitting something that you’re guessing might happen? This pitting is bad and you should feel bad. /Dr. Z ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2012, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/use-of-willard-vs-hussein-at-the-conventions/632616/3 "2012-08-25T16:48:49Z")
I’m gonna be really pissed the next time the Yankees win the World Series again. ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2012, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/use-of-willard-vs-hussein-at-the-conventions/632616/4 "2012-08-25T17:09:10Z")
I’m still pissed about all the banks the OP may or may not rob in the future. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2012, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/use-of-willard-vs-hussein-at-the-conventions/632616/5 "2012-08-25T17:09:19Z")
There’s a lot to dislike about Republican rhetoric lately\*, but screaming “Barack HUSSEIN Obama!!!” is not one of them. \*and Democrats have even been annoying enough that I’ve been switching the channel when one of them speaks on the news, but that’s more due to saturation and the oversimplicity of soundbites than due to hatefully wrong content. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2012, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/use-of-willard-vs-hussein-at-the-conventions/632616/6 "2012-08-25T17:15:15Z")
It would make for an interesting drinking game. Every time some one says ‘Hussein’ you have to drink. ---
**Author:** ![BigAppleBucky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigapplebucky/32/178_2.png) [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2012, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/use-of-willard-vs-hussein-at-the-conventions/632616/7 "2012-08-25T17:41:32Z")
> [@Snarky\_Kong](#): > > You’re pitting something that you’re guessing might happen? > > This pitting is bad and you should feel bad. > > /Dr. Z I could have started it in elections, but you know darned well it would have ended up here eventually. ---
**Author:** ![Farmer\_Jane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Farmer\_Jane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Farmer_Jane)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2012, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/use-of-willard-vs-hussein-at-the-conventions/632616/8 "2012-08-25T17:46:04Z")
It’s outright anti-Muslim sentiment. But yeah, would be a good drinking game. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2012, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/use-of-willard-vs-hussein-at-the-conventions/632616/9 "2012-08-25T17:54:26Z")
Yes. It’s almost as if the convention for the political party not in power is likely to NOT be a hotbed of fairness and equal treatment of both sides of the debate. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2012, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/use-of-willard-vs-hussein-at-the-conventions/632616/10 "2012-08-25T17:59:11Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > I could have started it in elections, but you know darned well it would have ended up here eventually. Well, there’s always MPSIMS. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2012, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/use-of-willard-vs-hussein-at-the-conventions/632616/11 "2012-08-25T19:05:01Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > I could have started it in elections, but you know darned well it would have ended up here eventually. I’m not saying you should have put it in a different forum, I’m saying you shouldn’t have posted it at all because it’s fucking stupid. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2012, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/use-of-willard-vs-hussein-at-the-conventions/632616/12 "2012-08-25T19:05:40Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > \*and Democrats have even been annoying enough that I’ve been switching the channel when one of them speaks on the news, Don’t watch news on television. That’s not what television is for, and it presents a distorted picture of what’s happening in the world, one that has little-to-no actual value for a person who lives in the world. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2012, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/use-of-willard-vs-hussein-at-the-conventions/632616/13 "2012-08-25T19:18:35Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Don’t watch news on television. That’s not what television is for, and it presents a distorted picture of what’s happening in the world, one that has little-to-no actual value for a person who lives in the world. Actually, it’s mostly NPR news. But lately they’ve been mostly horserace, horserace, horserace, and presenting political speeches unchallenged. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2012, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/use-of-willard-vs-hussein-at-the-conventions/632616/14 "2012-08-25T19:49:31Z")
Oh, OK. You threw me off by talking about switching “channels.” ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2012, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/use-of-willard-vs-hussein-at-the-conventions/632616/15 "2012-08-25T20:18:24Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > Willard Is this a subtle Michael Jackson reference? ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2012, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/use-of-willard-vs-hussein-at-the-conventions/632616/16 "2012-08-25T20:48:47Z")
Good thing we’re all above making fun of names here, right? ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2012, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/use-of-willard-vs-hussein-at-the-conventions/632616/17 "2012-08-25T21:18:58Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > Yes. It’s almost as if the convention for the political party not in power is likely to NOT be a hotbed of fairness and equal treatment of both sides of the debate. I wouldn’t expect the convention for the party who **is** in power to be particularly high-minded, either. Perhaps that’s just me. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2012, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/use-of-willard-vs-hussein-at-the-conventions/632616/18 "2012-08-25T21:46:39Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Is this a subtle Michael Jackson reference? A blatant rattist remark. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2012, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/use-of-willard-vs-hussein-at-the-conventions/632616/19 "2012-08-25T22:16:46Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Is this a subtle Michael Jackson reference? That or a Fred Jacksit reference. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2012, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/use-of-willard-vs-hussein-at-the-conventions/632616/20 "2012-08-25T22:26:13Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > I wouldn’t expect the convention for the party who **is** in power to be particularly high-minded, either. Perhaps that’s just me. > > Regards, > Shodan Nor me, largely because they’re all made up of politicians. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/use-of-willard-vs-hussein-at-the-conventions/632616.md?page=2)