Right On The Right

I have no problem with calling Barack Obama his full name, Barack Hussein Obama. It's part of his heritage, a heritage he embraced at that, and it's only offensive if you believe that Islamic culture is offensive. I'm willing to bet that those who know the truth about the Religion of Pieces aren't Obama supporters to begin with. The Hussein drama though is funny, especially when it comes from the Left:

When Clinton’s surrogate finally showed up he was… Sean Astin??? Yes, the man who played Samwise Gangee in Lord of the Rings had flown up to rally the Hillary Clinton troops. Which made very little sense, given that the type of people who show up for legislative district caucuses on a Saturday don’t really need a celebrity (or semi-celebrity) to motivate them to take political action.

Astin’s speech was most memorable for this line: “Should Obama get the nomination I will become a massive Barack Hussein Obama supporter.”

Michelle was quoting a left-wing blog that was covering the Seattle area event. She goes on to talk about the outrage in the crowd, and then the kicker, a failed attempt to partake in the Pledge of Allegiance. You couldn't script a more classic liberal event, filled with faux outrage, faux patriotism, and faux Democracy. The kicker of it all:

Further proof of this: There was some time to kill as multiple tallies of the delegates and alternates were done, and when the time-killer of taking audience questions had run its course and the idea of teling jokes had been nixed, someone suggested doing the Pledge of Allegiance to pass the time. (Are you listening, right-wing bloggers? This is going to get good.)

At the mere mention of doing the pledge there were groans and boos. Then, when the district chair put the idea of doing the Pledge of Allegiance up to a vote, it was overwhelmingly voted down. One might more accurately say the idea of pledging allegiance to the flag (of which there was only one in the room, by the way, on some delegate’s hat) was shouted down.