Just Call Me The Lovely Mrs. Hussein Davis

This* is dedicated to Bill Cunningham, in honor of the MOMocrats meme that was launched here.

People used to make fun of my maiden name. In second grade. Because my maiden name was the same as the little boy in this commercial, which (I believed at the time) was going to ruin my life. It didn't, but it did make it pretty miserable for a few months.

The whole "Edgar, this is your tummy speaking" campaign is exactly what came to mind when I heard the news about Bill Cunningham taking jabs at Barack Obama's name last week. To see the same tactics employed by some mean second graders back in the mid-70's now being used by a middle-aged conservative talk show host is kind of laughable to me. If Bill Cunningham were a second grader today, he would probably be sent home from school for this -- not because it's "politically incorrect" (that would be his story) but because it's mean.

* "Billy the Bully" is one of my favorite Justin Roberts songs; sound sample courtesy of CDBaby.