Ethnicity matters. That's why I am voting for the Irish Candidate.

[Spiffarino]

That's right.

I'm voting for O'Bama.

[The Traveler]

1. Why, of course lad

Erin Gobama!

:rofl:

[Spiffarino]

2. Thank you.

You said: Erin Gobama

If you need me, I'll be wiping ginger ale off my keyboard for the next half-hour.

:D

[Dogmudgeon]

3. Baragh Hugh Sein O'Bama?

Faith an' begorrah! But Bill Clinton was after makin' peace in Northern Ireland. You can't be minimizin' that!

--p!

[Spiffarino]

13. Hugh Sein?! Take that, Ann Coulter!

So, thought our foin fella was a terrorist, did ye? Well, now what have ye to say that yer after seein' his Emerald roots?

[featherman]

4. Dunham (mother's maiden name) could be Irish or English

DUNHAM
Origin: Irish
Surname History:
The name Dunham in Ireland is usually of immigrant origin having been brought to the Province of Ulster by settlers who arrived from England, especially during the seventeenth century. It is in the Northern Counties that the majority of descendants bearing this name can still today be found.
Surname History © by Irish Surnames

http://www.genealogicaljourneys.com/surinfoa.htm#dunham

[Spiffarino]

5. Wow, that would be a coincidence

I was just making a joke. Boy, if I turn out to be right I'll have to wake up my wife. She won't believe until she reads it!

[Muttocracy]

6. I do remember some folks calling for a Biden/O'bama Irish ticket.

[rusty quoin]

7. My grandmother was Irish.

[thunder rising]

8. Oh please delete that remark. for your own sake.

[rusty quoin]

10. thanx

[Spiffarino]

11. I think Barack would laugh at it

And I don't doubt it was an innocent - if obvious - joke.

[rusty quoin]

17. Well, one is not a good judge of a good joke with

a few drinks in him, so I will take thunder rising's advice.

[Spiffarino]

18. Because you are smart

Even with a few pints in ye!

[Spiffarino]

9. I don't think Barack warms his house with peat

I think that's where the Irish version comes from; peat smoke darkens the skin like a coal miner's. I know that the Scottish surname "Black" was given for that reason.

[Danger Mouse]

12. from your response...

i get the feeling that the guy up there should be very glad he deleted his own post :P

[Spiffarino]

14. Oh yeah

Actually, it was an innocuous joke. But now that we're in primary mode, we have to be pretty sensitive to others' feelings. I'm sure the poster meant zero harm and it's probably a joke Barack has used.

[More Than A Feeling]

15. Oh, that's a relief.

For a second, I thought the candidate you were referring to was John McCain.

[Spiffarino]

16. What!? A Scotsman?!

I would NEVER vote for a Scotsman! Never never ever!!!

Unless he's a Democrat. Then it'd be great. :P

[LostinVA]

19. God -- I find that "O'bama" crap really offensive

It's Obama, not O'bama. It's not an Irish name, and I think it ridicules actual Irish names to insert an apostrophe into anything beginning with an "o" and declare it Irish.

[scheming daemons]

20. Ding ding....

.. the Unable to Detect Obvious Sarcasm Award goes to ....

LostinVA


When notified, Lost made the following statement: "What the heck are you talking about?"


:eyes:

[Spiffarino]

21. A-ha!

Now we know who's been sending all those angry LTTE's to the Onion.

[LostinVA]

23. .

:eyes:

[LostinVA]

22. People say it seriously all the time -- and I think it's offensive to Irish people

It's not as bad as when DUers defend genocide against the Irish, but it's still irritating.

[Spiffarino]

24. Ireland RULES!

Erin go kick ass!

I like Barack. I love Ireland. Is it so wrong to bless him as an honorary Irishman?

[The Traveler]

25. Hell no!

We're Irish. We can adopt anyone we want to.

[Spiffarino]

26. I say it proudly...UP with honorary Irish adoption!

I know my dear grandmother Nellie would have heartily approved, bless her little emerald-green heart. She always had a soft spot for exquisite oratory.

[The Traveler]

27. Aye, and Hannah

my sainted grannie would have poured the lad a stiff cup of coffee laced with a strong shot of Jameson's, simply because he speaks so well.

[Spiffarino]

28. Let us raise a pint of Guinness to Hannah...

...and to my dear Nellie.

May the Lord keep you in His hand
And never close His fist too tight.