During the 2008 campaign, Democrats were indignant when a talk show host referred to the Senator from Illinois by his full name.  In the parlance of the left, this was “demagoging” their candidate.  We should celebrate diversity, but not too much. John McCain promptly requested supporters not to mention his opponent’s middle name. The original Hussein (or Husayn) was a grandson of Mohammed and, he and his supporters claimed, the Prophet’s rightful heir.  The assassination of Hussein’s father Ali marks the beginning of the Shi’ite-Sunni split, and when Hussein was killed during a battle at Karbala, this ended the reign of Mohammed’s direct descendants. Most voters could not be expected to know this.  The problem for Obamaphiles and their enablers was that the name inevitably recalled the late Iraqi dictator, and, apart from this, had an unwelcome Middle Eastern flavor. What about Barack? That, too, is an...(Read Full Post)