Hold on there "Kerry-man" Obama's grandmother is Irish. I am Green Irish, and damned proud of it- Tommy Clancy and his "boy-os" once sang this ditty "Oh, it was the biggest mix-up that you have ever seen, me muther she was Orange and me father he was Green"- Never heard of any "Black Irishers-what gives here old sod? My lineage to Belfast lies on the side of me maternal Grandparents- Sean and Rose McGuire- and I am Francis "Frankie" to me Hibernian friends here in Lord Parnell's wee bit o'Heaven in MI- where St. Patrick's Church has the tallest steeple of any Catholic Church (is there any other?) in MI- 267 feet from ground grade to the steeple- built in 1844- a few years before Lord Boycott and the potato famine ravaged Erin-
For those who don't understand the Irish way- listen to song "Killkenny Ireland, 18 and 60, my dear and lovin' son John (Sean of course-but not all know that now do they"- Also see the Hollywood hyped movie "The Devil's Own" with Harrison Ford as a NYC Police Sgt. and Brat Pitt as "Frankie McGuire"- opening scene in Belfast shows why the Brits are hated-and will be until they sail away and never ever return. Such a beautiful Land is Erin-but we also have our sense of humor- Do you know what an Irish boomerang is now? 'Twould be a bent stick thrown by an Irishman, and after he follows it to where it has landed, he sits himself down and writes a song about goin' home to Erin.
Have no idea where you might live- but come next St. Paddy's Day, I'll be playin' guitar and singin' with my lads and lassies at the Cottage Bar- the owner, Pat McDougall will sing "Danny Boy" at least 16 times (for the year 1916) during that day and evening-and if his sweet Guinness tenor doesn't bring a tear or two to your eye, then you must be amongst the deaf!!
McCain lost due to: Age-Connection to Bush and the WASPs (as his heiress wife shows) the FUBAR about the "economy doin' fine while Lehman Bros. and M-L were headin' into the crapper-and pickin' that airheaded cheerleader from our remote 49th State- If he had picked a businessman like Mitt Romney, and the economy hadn't "tanked" in Sept./Oct. well, Monday mornin' quarterbackin' is always more accurate than what you do ahead of the game, now isn't it. So now we have a Black Towel-headed Muslim with an Irish Grandmother for POTUS- Instead of "Hail to the Chief" maybe he'll, like Clintons went for Fleetwood Mac and the "Don't Stop Thinkin' About Tomorrow" for their theme song, borrow from another Limey group- the Beatles- didn't they have a parody- set to a ragtime tin-pan-alley riff entitled "Rocky Raccoon"? Huum- Erin Go Braugh!!
