Perhaps irishenglish should have used a different word besides "remarks".

The gist of the issue is that the radio show host was blatantly emphasizing Obama's middle name, "Hussein", intending to establish a totally spurious connection between him and a more infamous bearer of the same name. Nevermind that Obama was born in Africa and "Hussein" is one of the most common male names in many Arab countries and parts of Africa.

No matter whom one might support in the election, attempting to get mileage from the purely coincidental fact that a candidate shares a part of his name with an unsavory character is hitting below the belt. If someone happened to be named "Bush" or "Kennedy", but was unrelated to the famous families baering those names, would it be fair for an announcer to place undue emphasis on that part of their names in an attempt to create the impression of a connection that doesn't exist?