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I would also point out that before the internet, newspapers had to use shorthand when possible for headline-counting purposes -- thus FDR, JFK, LBJ, which then lead to the obvious use of their middle names in the text of the story. <br><br>Headlines used to be set on a point system -- most letters were a single point, except for "m" and "o," which were two-pointers, and "f l i t j ," which we pronounced "flit-jay," which were 1/2 points. When your editor screamed he wanted, say, a 30-count sug head, you knew that the all-caps FDR (6 points) gave you a lot more flexibility than writing "Roosevelt" (just for fun, 8 1/2 points -- The capital "R" is 2, and this has now ceased to be at all interesting . . . )<br><br>But the point stands. It's no longer the case that in the vernacular, we use candidate's middle names -- does anyone know McCain's? -- except for those who appreciate the race-baiting benefits of hawking "Hussein."<br><br>Keely<br>http://keely-prevailingwinds.blogspot.com/<br><br><br>> Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:19:30 -0700<br>> From: chasuk@gmail.com<br>> To: no.weatherman@gmail.com<br>> CC: vision2020@moscow.com<br>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Barrack Hussein Obama<br>> <br>> On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 17:32, No Weatherman <no.weatherman@gmail.com> wrote:<br>> <br>> > I received an off-list inquiry about my use of Barrack Hussein Obama's<br>> > middle name. Here was my response:<br>> <br>> > Franklin Delano Roosevelt<br>> > Harry S. Truman<br>> > John Fitzgerald Kennedy<br>> > Lyndon Baines Johnson<br>> > James Earl Carter<br>> > William Jefferson Clinton<br>> <br>> Your list is accurate as far as it goes, except that the last two<br>> examples you cite weren't commonly known by their middle names. They<br>> were known as Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton.<br>> <br>> > Barrack Hussein Obama's middle name doesn't bother me; should it?<br>> <br>> No, it shouldn't. But it does inflame the prejudices of a lot of<br>> mental midgets, which is why it is used, more often than not.<br>> <br>> =======================================================<br>> List services made available by First Step Internet, <br>> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. <br>> http://www.fsr.net <br>> mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<br>> =======================================================<br><br /><hr />Stay up to date on your PC, the Web, and your mobile phone with Windows Live. <a href='http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/msnnkwxp1020093185mrt/direct/01/' target='_new'>See Now</a></body>
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