‘Barack Osama” for US president
Stuff.co.nz | Saturday, 11 October 2008
Hundreds of voters in New York have been given absentee ballots on which they could vote for “Barack Osama” for the US presidency.
The absentee ballots in the US state spelled rival John McCain’s name correctly, the Associated Press reported.
“Osama” in the US is most often associated with Osama bin Laden, leader of the Al Qaeda terrorist group.
Democratic candidate Barack Obama has faced an uphill battle convincing some people in the heavily Christian US that he is not a Muslim.