From the AP:

An Iowa Republican congressman said Friday that terrorists would be “dancing in the streets” if Democratic candidate Barack Obama were to win the presidency.

Rep. Steve King based his prediction on Obama’s pledge to pull troops out of Iraq, his Kenyan heritage and his middle name, Hussein.

“The radical Islamists, the al-Qaida … would be dancing in the streets in greater numbers than they did on Sept. 11 because they would declare victory in this war on terror,” King said in an interview with the Daily Reporter in Spencer.

King said his comments were not meant to demean Obama but to warn how an Obama presidency would look to the world.

“His middle name does matter,” King said. “It matters because they read a meaning into that.”

This is the kind of thing that makes me want to run screaming through the streets. They’re making fun of a guy’s name. I know that everything is fair game in politics, but making fun of a person’s name is about on the same level as calling him a Mr. Doody Pants Poopy Face. I’d really, really like to believe Americans are smarter than that, but after two Bush victories, I don’t have a lot of faith.

Mr. King was also alarmed about Obama’s Kenyan heritage. Which is slightly understandable, considering the massive injustices we’ve suffered over the years at the hands of the Kenyan people. What American marathon runner has a chance next to those fleet-footed bastards?

In the end, my main problem is that I fundamentally disagree with his argument. I welcome the day when Al-Qaida is dancing in the streets. I think we’d be a lot better off if they were dancing instead of cooking up their schemes. If the war on terrorism turns into a giant dance battle, I would put even money on Obama and his Kenyan pals.