Actually, I think he is named after the Imam Hussein ibn Ali, whose death at the hands of henchmen of the Umayyad Caliph in Karbala is commemorated annually by the Shi’ites with a day of mourning (this past week as it happens), not the late Ba’athist dictator of Iraq.
Then I stand corrected, however it is still a... shall I dare to say it; Muslum (oh my goodness, he said it) name.
Exactly, Obama is named after the grandson of Mohammad. Ridicule his proposed policies and his leftist zeal. Name games get old by the second grade. By the logic of this thread, I was named after the late Sen Humphrey although he was only 23 and an unknown when I was born. What was Saddam doing in 1961??
Good, because that makes it all better. /s
Barrack “I know King Hussein, and you’re no Hussein” Obama
Barack N. RollUsAll Obama