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Barack 'Osama' on Rensselaer County ballots Election officials on both sides of aisle insist error on absentee ballots was a typo   By BOB GARDINIER, Staff writer
Last updated: 4:05 p.m., Friday, October 10, 2008 TROY — Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's last name is spelled "Osama" on hundreds of absentee ballots mailed out this week to voters in Rensselaer County. The misspelling, which elections officials on both sides of the aisle insist was simply a typo, is causing embarrassment for the county.

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"Embarrassment" or just telling it the way it is?  Gee, I guess when you change your given name, using one close to that of those who would like to see us all dead isn't the best for a presidential candidate.