How could Bee-dubya-ell be offended by that? The only proper response is "HUH?"

Now, Jim Lad. Can you honestly say that Mr. Cunningham's comments were *not* intended as defamatroy - even if Hussein really is Obama's middle name.

It's a bit like calling a black man who has a nephew "Uncle Tom", and then saying "Well, he *is* an Uncle Tom!" to anyone who is offended.

But, perhaps if you are not American, you will not understand that one.

(Hint - if you ignore the intent, and defend only the literal meaning of everything, you are likely to not understand a lot...no matter what country you are from)