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Originally Posted by Lil Dancer
I should have been more specific - was referring to lies and smears. I was being polite and calling them "mindless chatter," not because I don't agree with the lies, but because they are not truthful. Like I said, I get really sick of the made up stuff.
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We agree.
While I was driving around, a song came over the radio which made me think of the Barack "Hussein" Obama pseudo-issue. None of us had any choice which name(s) we were tagged with. Also, legally changing one's name(s) can also cause the reverse - the "what are you trying to hide" insinuation.
The real concern is the character of the person, not the moniker attached by well-meaning (hopefully) parents filling out a birth certificate. While there is a lot about Sen. Obama that concerns me i(.e., position on issues, backers, who does he owe political favors to, understanding of international diplomacy, understanding of what a commander-in-chief is and does, etc.), the name(s) given to him by his parents is not one of those concerns. To paraphrase a learned person's comment -
"...not by the the labels on his identification cards, but by the content of his character..."
Oh, the song - A Boy Named Sue, by Johnny Cash...