Obama isn't considered a word to be starred out. Some other words are, such as f*ck (the one * is mine, but if I had typed the u instead, it would have become ****). Don't we have intelligent software to protect our members against improper language occasionally and accidentally used by some poster (just in general, I don't mean anybody in particular, really)?

I'm locking this thread, by the way. This particular issue has been discussed enough in another very recent thread here.