Nonno
12-10-2008, 05:52 PM
Obama Using Full Name When He Takes Oath of Office - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com (http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/10/obama-to-use-full-name-when-he-takes-the-oath-of-office/)
"Barack Obama plans to use his full name, Barack Hussein Obama, at his inauguration.
The president-elect told the Chicago Tribune that he would use his middle name out of tradition but also because it could help re-establish ties with Muslim countries.
“I think we’ve got a unique opportunity to reboot America’s image around the world and also in the Muslim world in particular,” Mr. Obama told the newspaper Tuesday. He also said he had an “unrelenting” desire to “create a relationship of mutual respect and partnership in countries and with peoples of good will who want their citizens and ours to prosper together.”
The world, he said, “is ready for that message.”
As part of his effort to restore relations with the Muslim world, Mr. Obama also has said he planned to deliver a major speech in an Islamic capital, which he did not identify.
As for his middle name, Mr. Obama noted that presidents traditionally take the oath of office using their full and proper names, and he would do the same.
“I think the tradition is that they use all three names, and I will follow the tradition,” Mr. Obama said of the swearing-in ceremony. “I’m not trying to make a statement one way or another. I’ll do what everybody else does.”
He largely ignored his middle name during the campaign as his critics invoked it to suggest falsely that Mr. Obama, who is a Christian, was a Muslim. Some of his supporters informally adopted the name, at least in their online dealings, in a show of solidarity and to try to de-stigmatize it.
Mr. Obama also said that even though he is moving to Washington, his heart will remain in Chicago. His vacation retreat will not be the Kennebunkport ofthe Bush family but Chicago’s South Side, and he plans to return early and often.
“Let me explain to you, my Kennebunkport is on the South Side of Chicago,” he said. “Our friends are here. Our family is here. We are going to try to come back here as often as possible,” he said, meaning “at least once every six weeks or couple months.”
So much for Mr. Obama’s traveling press corps, which was looking forward to presidential vacations in Hawaii."
"Barack Obama plans to use his full name, Barack Hussein Obama, at his inauguration.
The president-elect told the Chicago Tribune that he would use his middle name out of tradition but also because it could help re-establish ties with Muslim countries.
“I think we’ve got a unique opportunity to reboot America’s image around the world and also in the Muslim world in particular,” Mr. Obama told the newspaper Tuesday. He also said he had an “unrelenting” desire to “create a relationship of mutual respect and partnership in countries and with peoples of good will who want their citizens and ours to prosper together.”
The world, he said, “is ready for that message.”
As part of his effort to restore relations with the Muslim world, Mr. Obama also has said he planned to deliver a major speech in an Islamic capital, which he did not identify.
As for his middle name, Mr. Obama noted that presidents traditionally take the oath of office using their full and proper names, and he would do the same.
“I think the tradition is that they use all three names, and I will follow the tradition,” Mr. Obama said of the swearing-in ceremony. “I’m not trying to make a statement one way or another. I’ll do what everybody else does.”
He largely ignored his middle name during the campaign as his critics invoked it to suggest falsely that Mr. Obama, who is a Christian, was a Muslim. Some of his supporters informally adopted the name, at least in their online dealings, in a show of solidarity and to try to de-stigmatize it.
Mr. Obama also said that even though he is moving to Washington, his heart will remain in Chicago. His vacation retreat will not be the Kennebunkport ofthe Bush family but Chicago’s South Side, and he plans to return early and often.
“Let me explain to you, my Kennebunkport is on the South Side of Chicago,” he said. “Our friends are here. Our family is here. We are going to try to come back here as often as possible,” he said, meaning “at least once every six weeks or couple months.”
So much for Mr. Obama’s traveling press corps, which was looking forward to presidential vacations in Hawaii."