Only a liberal could think up something quite this lame. Some Barack Obama supporters (mostly idealistic college kids) are taking the name ‘Hussein’ as their own as a show of support for the presumptive Democratic nominee.

According to the NY Times, young people like 19-year old Emily Nordling who according to her has never met a Muslim, but “shocked” her father by taking the name…wait for it…Emily ‘Hussein’ Nordling.

Or Jeff Strabone from Brooklyn who now signs his credit card receipts as Jeff ‘Hussein’ Strabone. The Times also mentions a man named Dan O’Maley. This one is my favorite because he not only changed his email name to “D. Hussein O’Maley” but his friends now greet him that way in person.

Liberals always have to have something to protest about, and this issue some say is about Republicans using Obama’s middle name like a “cuss word.”

If you thought this story couldn’t possibly get any more absurd, you’re in for a real treat. When asked what “inspired” them to take such a courageous stand, some said this:

Some said they were inspired by movies, including “Spartacus,” the 1960 epic about a Roman slave whose peers protect him by calling out “I am Spartacus!” to Roman soldiers, and “In and Out,” a 1997 comedy about a gay high school teacher whose students protest his firing by proclaiming that they are all gay as well.

I would give anything to be making this story up, because it’s just so damn silly it’s frankly difficult for me to type it. I’d like to see these idiots try out their cutesy new names next time they book a flight.

If The Times article is to be believed this is only the beginning of what is shaping up to be quite a movement.

Some Obama supporters say they were moved to action because of what their own friends, neighbors and relatives were saying about their candidate. Mark Elrod, a political science professor at Harding University in Searcy, Ark., is organizing students and friends to declare their Husseinhood on Facebook on Aug. 4, Mr. Obama’s birthday.

Yes, he really did say “Husseinhood.”

-Chris ‘Hussein‘ Jones