ABC’s Martin Bashir at the Asian-American journalists’ dinner:

Said Bashir: “People have had problems with his name. So far we’ve had it described as Barack Osama. We’ve had ‘Baby father’ Obama. We’ve had Barack ‘Saddam Hussein’ Obama….” Bashir went on. “We should go a bit further. I was wondering about a hip-hop reference and connect him to the Wu Tang Clan. And we can call him Old Dirty Bastard Barack.” What is a mixture of polite laughter and shock? Whatever you call it, the room was filled with it. Oblivious, Bashir continued: “Or why not the Great White Fear of the Dark Phallus … Big Black Barrack!” [sic] Groan, shock, nervous titters. But wait … naughty Martin was just getting warmed up! “Many people in Britain could never understand how America elected George Bush twice. This explains it. It’s his name. GEORGE BUSH. It’s easy for the anchors to say. George BUSH, that’s why.” (Two to three seconds of absolute dead silence.) “That fell somewhat flat, but I’ll go on.”