Well, it looks like the media are going way out of their way to get this into people's subconscious. I'm sure the media would like to run a lot of stories on whether or not Obama's name will be a burden should he choose to run. This is shameful and pathetic. Even if it's not intentional.

Any chance you guys can keep tabs on how many times the media makes this mistake before election day in 2008? That is, if he announces his intent to run? I'll take the over at 100.

i know this is probably a stupid thing to say considering how surprisingly well things like this go over now and then, but seriously... should we even give a crap? if someone seriously even gives the obama/osama name connection 1 split second in their heads when they're ever debating voting for him, even subconsiously, not only do we not need that person's vote... they're also a fucking idiot and shouldn't be allowed to vote in the first place.

i swear to god, how much better would this country be if we weren't full up to the gills with so many hollow heads running around bumping into things.

"Even if it's not intentional."

What evidence is there, if any exists, that it is not intentional? Of course it's intentional. They probably think it's funny.

What you say should be right but I am afraid it isn’t.

The electorate is divided into identifiable groups; right wing, left wing, and sub-groups like fundamentalists, hawks, pro-choice,etc. In an election as close as some of the recent ones any single group could make the difference.

A group never mentioned in the MSM is the idiot group. The idiot group is layered over all the others, left right and center.

Part of winning elections is not losing the idiots on our side and if possible, attracting some of the idiots on their side.

Even if only an idiot would be swayed by the conflation of Obama with Ossama, it is important for us to try to prevent that conflation.

  swear to god, how much better would this country be if we weren't full up to the gills with so many hollow heads running around bumping into things.

 But they ARE out there.

Sorry, Brian, we don't believe you.

You're obviously not familiar with Yahoo's news photo feature. If the various news services had photos captioned with something like "Bush Announces New Effort to Hunt bin-Laden" then you'll be likely to see The Decider's face in the "Osama bin Laden and al-Qaida" slideshow. But as we all know, Bush studiously avoids referring to bin Laden and al-Qaida by name unless Rove tells him to.

Sure Bri. It's just a complete accident that the MSM keeps sluring the senator by associating his name with Bin Laden. And, oh yeah, reminding the public that his middle name is Hussein. I can see how that might happen over and over and over and over...well, you get the point. This is NOT an accident, it's corporate media's campaign to destroy a potential Democratic canidate for president. With Gore it began in 1999, this time you and your bretheren figure you should start early and get that brainwashing going now so that it will be deeply ingrained by the next election.

We began encouraging folks to voice their displeasure with Yahoo! News at our site, Obamarama (http://www.obamarama.org), as soon as this came to our attention. We included a link to the Yahoo! News comments page, and received the same message from Brian Nelson this morning.

While I'm inclined to believe him that the mislabeling was not intentional, I still feel it is important to raise awareness about this sort of carelessness so that the media is more apt to avoid it in the future. This kind of thing is so subtly damaging, so unfortunate, and so avoidable. Please feel free to visit and register your complaint if you agree.

I think that there is an organized "warning" being sent to Senator Obama by a potential rival for the nomination.
Things are just too pat and just too organized.
It's not the gop's usual way. they are much noiser and trumpet thier dirty tricks.
This is by someone who is hoping no one figures it out.
Just my guess

Its not just CNN and Yahoo. On Friday December 22, 2006, Andrea Stone of USA Today was on On Point with Tom Ashbrook for his Week in Review. The topic of Obama's popularity came up. Stone didn't think it would last. In a tone that I can only characterize as sneering contempt she said, "... after all, his middle name is Hussein."

You can find the clip if you go to wbur.org, click on On Point, go to archives then find the show for December 22.

This is nothing other than a deliberate and concerted effort on the part of the press to bring Obama down. Its both juevenile and scary. I'll be going today to Yahoo and CNN today, making a note of who advertises on these websites and then its "boycott city."

Oh look! A picture of Obama making a serious, pose-for-the-camera face, with his perfectly placed "I'm not comfortable with homosexual marriage" wedding ring front and center. The angle is much better, too, as it tends to hide the clownish, jug-ears. Hillary is right. The more people learn about this one, he'll fade back into the mid-Western oblivion (where he belongs).

Of course it's intentional. The same crowd that still believes Saddam and 911 are linked will link Obama with Al Qaida.

Shame on Yahoo!

on friday december 22, 2006, andrea stone of usa today was on on point with tom ashbrook for his week in review. the topic of obama's popularity came up. stone didn't think it would last. in a tone that i can only characterize as sneering contempt she said, "... after all, his middle name is hussein."

as much as i agree w/everyone that this sort of thing is probably more deliberate than accidental, and it's a disgusting insult to the senator, in this specific case, i'd have to agree w/ms. stone's point.

if barak's middle name was "hitler," it would be a valid, if contemptable point to bring up; and yes, there are many hundreds of thousands of shallow americans to whom this sort of thing matters, sorry to say.

it's up to us to keep driving home the point that media's language cannot be cavelier, and should be thoughtful and precise.

skippy