Posted on September 8, 2008 in Campaign 2008
Barack (which comes from the same roots as the Hebrew Baruch) means “blessed” and Hussein means simply “good looking one”. Obama is a Luo (Kenya) family name. To have such an exotic name as this demands high self esteem and confidence!
For the record, he didn’t name himself. His father did.
With all the fuss of the similarities of names to certain other personages, why not mention that McCain sounds just like the most dastardly character in the book of Genesis, if not the Old Testament, namely Cain, the first murderer.