Barack Obama's secret service code name is renegade.
This is the Merriam Webster definition of a renegade:
Are they trying to tell us something?1 : a deserter from one faith, cause, or allegiance to another
2 : an individual who rejects lawful or conventional behavior
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Pedro Erik
November 13th, 2008 1:56pmI pray that it is a hint that Obama will renegade every liberal thought. Oh, Lord!! This could be true.
Adam Holland
November 13th, 2008 5:10pmThe answer is no, they're not trying to tell us anything. They were just going for some meaningless word that was suitably alpha-male.
Herbert Thornton
November 13th, 2008 10:45pmMaybe somebody remembered Marshall Aid and suggested "Barrack-aid" but was over-ruled because it might give Wall Street and General Motors the wrong idea, or even remind other people of the French Revolution?
michael
November 14th, 2008 1:59pmWhy are you Zionists so upset about OB1?
Don t you want him sorting out peace in the Middle East?
Not Even Likely
November 14th, 2008 4:33pmIn the vernacular, it can also mean a departure from the norm...a, well...maverick.
MikeNZ
November 16th, 2008 10:15pmI think it is an apt moniker.
Barry H
November 17th, 2008 10:47pm"Are they trying to tell us something?"
Yes. But nothing we haven't already worked out.
THX1138
November 18th, 2008 7:21amYep that this a cheap post and you're a sore loser.
Barry H
November 18th, 2008 12:39pmCheap, THX1138?
Not at all.
It was sponsored by Bill Ayers' living room, which is where Barack Obama launched his political career.
RUTH
November 21st, 2008 12:09pmObama is a fresh hope for Israel.
I hope he will overcome the roadblocks to peace thrown up within Israel with the same determination he uses to counter those that come from without.
Johnny Smoke
December 3rd, 2008 2:25pmThat's weak.
Tony
December 5th, 2008 1:53pmRuth, what "roadblocks to peace, thrown up in Israel" are you talking about?
The only roadblock to peace is that the world is patently ignoring who owns the West bank. It belongs to Israel and always has! I am curious to see how Obambi will interpret history, because if he goes against Israel, both he and the USA will go down the tubes, just as every nation from the beginning of time has fallen by the way when they have turned on her.
Joseph Burridge
December 13th, 2008 3:54pmGreat post. This is the kind of hard hitting journalism I log on for.
paul hill
December 30th, 2008 11:24pmerrrrrrrrr.....no.
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