Suddenly everyone\u2019s obsessing over the middle name of the junior Senator from Illinois. In the interest of fairness, we thought full disclosure was needed. And so, potential voters, it\u2019s time to play, \u201cWhat\u2019s In A Name?\u201d<\/p>\n
JOHN SIDNEY MCCAIN III. \u201cJohn,\u201d meaning \u201cYahweh is gracious,\u201d has a proud tradition, whether you\u2019re talking about The Baptist, Jesus\u2019 wing man, English royalty, or Jon, Jean, Juan, Johan, Shawn or even Sean. \u201cSidney\u201d is no slouch either. Meaning \u201cwide meadow\u201d in Old English, this was one of the most popular names of the Middle Ages. History is littered with noble Sidneys, Sydneys and even Cydneys, both male and female. And McCain? The \u201cMc\u201d part means \u201cson of\u201d and the \u201cCain\u201d part refers to \u201cfire,\u201d \u201cwarrior,\u201d \u201cancient one\u201d and, redundantly, \u201cJohn.\u201d Does \u201cJohn, proud but wide descendant of fiery ancient warriors also named John\u201d describe this guy? Discuss.<\/p>\n
MICHAEL DALE HUCKABEE. \u201cMichael\u201d, the Archangel, \u201cwho resembles God.\u201d \u201cDale\u201d, from Old English, meaning, uh, \u201cdale\u201d or \u201cvalley\u201d.\u00a0 And Huckabee? That refers to the English village of \u201cUckerby,\u201d which was named for the \u201cUkkrs\u201d, a band of marauding Vikings who conquered the area.\u00a0 (Look it up.) So what does that give us? \u201cDivinely inspired man from the valley, who will bring carnage and destruction.\u201d Amen.<\/p>\n
HILLARY DIANE RODHAM CLINTON. \u201cHillary\u201d from the Latin \u201chilarious\u201d meaning \u201ccheerful.\u201d \u201cDiane\u201d referring to Diana, the competitive, virgin huntress, icy goddess of the moon.\u00a0 \u201cRodham\u201d is a bit of bummer, a combination of \u201cgrod\u201d meaning \u201cdirty\u201d, and \u201cham\u201d meaning \u201ctown,\u201d resulting in \u201cdirty town.\u201d And Clinton? Though it conjures up memories of governors and generals, it literally means \u201cfenced settlement\u201d. What\u2019s it all mean? \u201cHard-driving, giggling, sexually ambivalent woman, with dirt in her background, married into captivity.\u201d Hmmm\u2026<\/p>\n
BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA. \u201cBarack\u201d is a Swahili-ization of \u201cBaruch,\u201d or \u201cblessed.\u201d \u201cHussein\u201d is the diminutive of \u201cHassan\u201d, which is Arabic for \u201chandsome.\u201d \u201cObama\u201d is a common name among the Luo tribe of Kenya, but very little is known about its origins. So we get – drumroll – \u201ccharmed, mysterious little heartthrob.\u201d Or something like that.<\/p>\n
All of which, of course, has nothing whatsoever to do with reality. Right?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Suddenly everyone\u2019s obsessing over the middle name of the junior Senator from Illinois. In the interest of fairness, we thought full disclosure was needed. And so, potential voters, it\u2019s time to play, \u201cWhat\u2019s In A Name?\u201d JOHN SIDNEY MCCAIN III. \u201cJohn,\u201d meaning \u201cYahweh is gracious,\u201d has a proud tradition, whether…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[105,570,669,817],"class_list":["post-561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-3","tag-barack-obama","tag-hillary-clinton","tag-john-mccain","tag-mike-huckabee"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quicksilverhg.com\/thequicksliver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quicksilverhg.com\/thequicksliver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quicksilverhg.com\/thequicksliver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quicksilverhg.com\/thequicksliver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quicksilverhg.com\/thequicksliver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=561"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quicksilverhg.com\/thequicksliver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quicksilverhg.com\/thequicksliver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quicksilverhg.com\/thequicksliver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quicksilverhg.com\/thequicksliver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}