palin's waist of $$$$

[Breukelen advocaat]

i call him that because that was his name until he entered politics.
to me, that makes it an affectation and vaguely dishonest.

my intent is also to be somewhat dismissive and derisive

I realize that is your intention, but it doesn't work in this case. Barry actually sounds better than Barack.

If he had used Barry as his name in politics, rather than his real name Barack, then some of his opponents would call him Barack as an insult.