The day I heard, I thought it was just a pun, but after reading more it felt there was a bigger meaning behind such statements.
Before the results of polls in America were published, we heard our authorities saying they hoped "Hussein Oo ba ma" to be the president.
Well the word 'Obama' is written exactly like 'oobama' in Farsi, that means 'he with us'. So the whole thing means 'Hussein who is with us'.
Any insghits?
(A while after he was elected statement like 'oobama nist' that is 'he is not with us'. appeared on some newspapers......)
Anyway, he was a promising figure for moslems who prefer to stress on the word 'Hussein' and 'bama'.
As a side note: Imam Hussein was most warlike and political-minded Imam, signifying militant islam and martyrdom.