On Monday, a sheriff in Florida caused quite a stir when he had the audacity to mention a candidate by name – his full name — and more than a few people are outraged by the “inflammatory” statement.

I peruse far too many comments on political articles for my own good, but there I’ve seen far more actual name-calling through somewhat clever (or at least alliterative) derivations like “Shrillary” and “McSame” as well as not-so-clever versions like “McBush” and “McOld”.  

Perhaps my memory is failing me, because it’s been so long, but it seems like our former president was often referenced merely as an often truncated version of his middle initial.

Perhaps that is the problem.   Instead of using a candidate’s real name, we need to stick to shortened, modified, or satirical versions.   Dubya was kind of catchy (apparently), so I think a modified version of Mr. Obama’s name might be in order.

I kind of like Husya’.   Or, if we wanted to be a bit more proper and address him with slightly more formality, how about Husya’ ‘Bama?