Reply #32: I know that to try and make the claim that using his name - HIS NAME -

[Dhalgren]

is inherently racist will hurt him in the long run. As I have said repeatedly, he, and we, need to get in front of this and stop acting as though Obama should be ashamed of his name! He has a fine name and only idiots and morons will ever have any problem with it. When he becomes President, his middle name will become widely known as most President's middle names are. To act like no one is ever going to hear his name or that he should run from it or claim bigotry against anyone who uses it will not work well for him. He has to embrace it, own it, and get it behind him the sooner the better. We all should start using his three names all the time - make it so that it means nothing at all except his middle name. Making a big deal out of it looks bad for him and Democrats in general.