Barack Hussein Obama

Sat Dec 2 13:40:48 UTC 2006

But unlike "Obama," "Rogers" doesn't *rhyme* with anything.

  JL

RonButters at AOL.COM wrote:
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In a message dated 12/1/06 6:26:11 PM, hpst at EARTHLINK.NET writes:

> Have any of you noticed that Republican hitman, Ed Rogers, has begun using
> Barack Obama's middle name Hussein when he refers to him?
>
> Page Stephens
>

Is that the suggestive equivalent of "Ed 'Adolph' Rogers"?

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