Obama has been subject to some rather curious use of and emphasis on his middle name by his political opponents, largely in connection to implicit or even expli

Obama has been subject to some rather curious use of and emphasis on his middle name by his political opponents, largely in connection to implicit or even explicit conspiracy theories that he's secretly a Muslim. If you ever hear someone do it, you'll notice immediately -- the "Barack" and the "Obama" will be quieter and come out very quickly, while the "Hussein" will be spoken loudly, clearly, slowly, and often with emphatic pause before and after, to draw attention to it. This has the lingering effect of tarnishing the credibility of anyone who uses his full name even for innocent purposes. For a while during the 2008 campaign it was a bit of a meme to do the same to McCain ("John SIDNEY McCain") and imply that he was secretly Australian, as a way of pointing out how ridiculous the whole thing was.