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Obamamaniacs’ Awesome Collective Subconscious

June 28, 2008

They are SO clever!

Emily Nordling has never met a Muslim, at least not to her knowledge. But this spring, Ms. Nordling, a 19-year-old student from Fort Thomas, Ky., gave herself a new middle name on Facebook.com, mimicking her boyfriend and shocking [shocking!] her father.

With her decision, she joined a growing band of supporters of Senator Barack Obama, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, who are expressing solidarity with him by informally adopting his middle name.

[...]

The movement is hardly a mass one, and it has taken place mostly online, the digital equivalent of wearing a button with a clever, attention-getting message. A search revealed hundreds of participants across the country, along with a YouTube video and bumper stickers promoting the idea. Legally changing names is too much hassle, participants say, so they use “Hussein” on Facebook and in blog posts and comments on sites like nytimes.com, dailykos.com and mybarackobama.com, the campaign’s networking site. [oooh, subversive AND clever]

[...]

In interviews, several Obama supporters said they dreamed up the idea on their own, with no input from the campaign and little knowledge that others shared their thought. [OMG!]

Emphasis and purple parts mine.

via Hot Air

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4 Comments leave one →
  1. letterstoadyingdream permalink
    June 29, 2008 1:19 am

    Wow…wow… They just keep getting worse. it’s not even scraping the bottom of the barrel anymore they went so far down we don’t even have a phrase for it.

    Remember that time I told you suicide was never and option? I take that back.

  2. June 29, 2008 1:50 am

    Interview Request

    Hello Dear and Respected,
    I hope you are fine and carrying on the great work you have been doing for the Internet surfers. I am Ghazala Khan from The Pakistani Spectator (TPS), We at TPS throw a candid look on everything happening in and for Pakistan in the world. We are trying to contribute our humble share in the webosphere. Our aim is to foster peace, progress and harmony with passion.

    We at TPS are carrying out a new series of interviews with the notable passionate bloggers, writers, and webmasters. In that regard, we would like to interview you, if you don’t mind. Please send us your approval for your interview at my email address “ghazala.khi at gmail.com”, so that I could send you the Interview questions. We would be extremely grateful.

    regards.

    Ghazala Khan
    The Pakistani Spectator
    http://www.pakspectator.com

  3. crazybengal permalink*
    June 29, 2008 7:46 am

    lol – Michele? You can handle this one.

  4. Michele permalink*
    June 29, 2008 10:04 am

    Maybe we should pick Danish middle names to show our support for Denmark?

    Or just buy Lego.

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