[HPFGU-OTChatter] Camaign '08 - Amusing HP Reference

[P. Alexis Nguyen]

montims:
> I just read that, and have no comment on the story, as I am trying to avoid
> all the vitriol being thrown around at the moment in politics, so have
> missed all these comments, but I am genuinely confused - what on earth is
> wrong with Barack Obama's middle name, and why did all those letter writers
> below the blog keep on about it?

I hate to ask (especially since I know that a sizable portion of this
list aren't Americans and therefore may not care as much), but I'm
curious.  Do people really feel that this election [year] has been
full of vitriol?  I thought the candidates have been running rather
temperate/polite campaigns thus far and the vitriol has generally been
heard from the quarters of folks like Gloria Steinem and other
supporters, not the actual candidates.

As far as the middle name, though, Kemper is right.  It's a total fear
tactic but one that has been kept out of the official campaigns.

~Ali