Hussein Like Me

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Hussein Like Me

You may know the founder of Netscape as Marc Andreessen, but on Facebook he has another name: Marc Hussein Andreessen.

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Groups like My Middle Name is Hussein, which was inspired by Strabone's post, got a boost in June when The New York Times wrote about Husseinification, and the phenomenon seems to have kicked into overdrive in recent weeks as the campaign has turned nastier and the McCain camp has raised questions about Obama's connections and his general trustworthiness.

For the next few weeks we'll undoubtedly be seeing a few more temporary Husseins online, voicing their support for Obama in this odd and oblique way.

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Obama himself made light of the flap over his middle name at the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner in New York Thursday. During election years, the dinner, now in its 63rd year, provides a venue where the presidential candidates can, for an evening anyway, set aside their differences through humor about each other and themselves.