Kinky "I'm for the Irish guy"

[Laura PourMeADrink]

Quote from Kinky Friedman on O'Lielly last night after Bill asked him who he was
supporting.

O'Lielly: Who are you supporting?

Kinky: The Irish guy.

O'Lielly: The Irish Guy?

Kinky: Yes, O'Bama

[seemslikeadream]

1. Haven't you ever heard of the

Black Irish?

[Laura PourMeADrink]

3. cute

[seemslikeadream]

6. ..

[RoadRage]

15. No, but i've heard of the FIGHTING IRISH!!! WHOO HOOO!!!!

Sorry.. i'm a bit hopped up on some Pre- St. Patty's Day beer. ;)

[seemslikeadream]

18. have you seen this?

http://www.adultswim.com/video/?episodeID=1616dedb31c000540a0fe0dcb301008d

http://www.adultswim.com/americaloveslists/fg_musicalmoments/page2.html

[babylonsister]

2. Ha! A DUer has a pin that says the same thing. Kinky's pretty funny. nt

[thevoiceofreason]

5. Drinken Irish

[babylonsister]

8. Of course! Duh, how could I forget? nt

[Laura PourMeADrink]

9. cool. Kinky looked totally uncomfortable on the show. Split screen

with Bill and someone else yapping. He was fidgeting the whole time and putting his cigar in his mouth. He did get to say that he had never, ever seen so much excitement and support for any election in Texas.

[Egnever]

4. LOL I was so rooting for him for governor

He cracks me up!

[Pirate Smile]

7. Funny - but guess what - "Tiny Irish Village Is Latest Place to Claim Obama as Its Own"

Tiny Irish Village Is Latest Place to Claim Obama as Its Own

By Mary Jordan
Washington Post Foreign Service
Sunday, May 13, 2007; Page A14

MONEYGALL, Ireland -- Here they call him O'Bama.

Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois, Democratic candidate for president, is the talk of this village because recently unearthed records indicate that he is a son of Moneygall.

Stephen Neill, a local Anglican rector, said church documents he has found, along with census, immigration and other records tracked down by U.S. genealogists, appear to show that Obama's great-great-great-grandfather, Fulmuth Kearney, was reared in Moneygall, then left for America in 1850, when he was 19.

Megan Smolenyak, chief family historian for Ancestry.com, an online repository of family history records, said that although no single "smoking gun" document was found, there are about 20 different records that when pieced together make her "absolutely certain" of Obama's Moneygall roots.

Kearney sailed to New York aboard the S.S. Marmion at a time when legions of Irish were leaving their famine-stricken island. The shoemaker's son made a life in America, and his family line eventually produced Ann Durham, who was born in Kansas, according to Ancestry.com. The Web site has posted some of Obama's records online.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/12/AR2007051201551.html

[babylonsister]

11. And the Japanese claim him, too!

Obama a Hit in Japanese Town

By JUNJI KUROKAWA – Feb 14, 2008

OBAMA, Japan (AP) — Barack Obama has never been to this port town on Japan's snowy west coast, and residents only know him from news reports on his faraway campaign for the U.S. presidency.

No matter, Obama the town is nuts about Obama the man.

Obama's name graces posters hung in the main hotel. Headbands and T-shirts with drawings of the candidate's face will be available soon. Local confectioners are designing Japanese-style sweet bean cakes with Obama's portrait on them.

Policy doesn't seem to matter much either to this Obama, which is well-known in Japan for its lacquerware. Instead, the overriding issue is simple: Obama's name.

"Obama gives good speeches and has a good voice, so I want him to do well. And, of course, we share the same name," said Seiji Fujiwara, a hotel executive and leader of a local support group established earlier this month for the Illinois senator.

As fanciful as it may seem, leaders in Obama — which means "Little Beach" in Japanese — are serious about forging a relationship with the candidate.

more...

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hVjChkBupyywASEUQVxA9Uzf__OwD8UQ0KKG0

[Laura PourMeADrink]

13. Ah, can you imagine how great it will be when Barack goes on a

presidential visit of places like Japan? People will be cheering! No more picture burnings ! Back to what it was like when Clinton and Carter traveled the world !

[babylonsister]

16. That possibility keeps me going! I CAN imagine, and CAN'T wait! nt

[Laura PourMeADrink]

12. interesting. Wow, he certainly has an interesting ancestry - and ties

to Cheney too?

How'd you think he did last night. I thought great. I was a teeny bit worried that he lacked an ability to speak extemporaneously (think I know ever word of ever speech and I wish someone would write him a new one). But last night - he was spot on !

Missing comeback: When Hillary said the line about xerox - he should have said, "Hillary, did you write that line?"

[ceile]

10. ugh.

Tough choice of who I can't stand more-Bill or Kinky.

[reality based]

14. I thought Kinky was a McCain man

http://www.kinkyfriedman.com/2006/04/bush_sr_invites_kinky_to_eveni.html

[ceile]

17. Kinky's an opportunist.

Who ever will help garner him more publicity. And I'll bet that his "Irish guy" comment was nothing more than a back handed racial slur. The man's a pig and the reason we still have Governor Good Hair/39% still in office.

[reality based]

19. I agree, and for those who supported him for governor, here's a little reminder

of what you were supporting: http://www.offthekuff.com/mt/archives/007855.html

[ceile]

20. I still see Kinky stickers on cars

and I just want to scream. Although, they have been replaced, for the most part, w/ Ron Paul stickers.

[blogslut]

21. meh

I don't really care who Dick Friedman votes for.