Irish Times: The day O'bama stormed Moneygall - lots of catnip and flava in this puppy.

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The day O'bama stormed Moneygall

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He plunged in – grabbing hands, grabbing babies, kissing babies; grabbing grannies, kissing grannies, getting kissed by grannies; hugging blushing farmers, embracing swooning teenagers and high-fiving simpering young fellas.

He posed for photographs, flashing that famous smile. Crowd-surfing toddlers were bumped over adult heads and into his hands.
He talked and he listened and he laughed. The delirious crowd broke into song.

“If you’re Irish, come into the parlour/There’s a welcome here for you/And if your name is Timmy or Barack/as long as you come from Ireland there’s a welcome on the mat . . .”

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He didn’t appear to notice, despite the concerned looks of members of his entourage – a shivering scrum of slate grey suits and beige macs.
“I think he’ll be going for another while,” shouted one of them into his sodden shirt-cuff as Michelle Obama thrust a crying infant into her husband’s arms.

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/0524/1224297637954.html

Much more at the link.

[BeyondGeography]

1. Great write-up...he gave them the material

[Pirate Smile]

2. Yeah, way to much to post. People should go read it at the link. I can picture POTUS, on those

discouraging days in the Oval Office saying - "When can we go back to Ireland?" :)

[BeyondGeography]

4. A well-earned perk

plus he showed the love. A return trip toward the end of his eight-year presidency would be nice.

[Tarheel_Dem]

6. Pirate, I love your Obama button.

:hi:

[Pirate Smile]

8. I love that one.

:hi:

[justiceischeap]

3. Like the last line of the piece

"The day O’bama came home to Ireland and a president found his heart again."

[otohara]

5. Hugging Blushing Farmers

I like that line.

[CitizenLeft]

7. aside from race, this is why Republicans hate him.

They hate that he's so liked all over the world. They hate the contrast. It really gets under their skin.

Tough.

Loved the article - thank you!

[JTFrog]

9. K&R!

[CakeGrrl]

10. What a fun article.

The haters will hate even more. Hearing about all this love and support makes it worse for them.

:evilgrin:

[Pirate Smile]

11. I love these kinds of articles. Had to share.

[Elwood P Dowd]

12. Here is a 2-hour video of his visit to Moneygall.

http://www.rte.ie/player/#v=1099050

[juajen]

13. No doubt about it, they are both charming, with very genuine and

great smiles. Don't expect me to pan him. This is, simply put, a "ya'll done good moment".

[dbt]

14. You really, truly, seriously have to be a dick

to be unwelcome in Ireland. When bu$hler made his little visit, it was like the second coming of Cromwell. Obama just erased that stain about a thousand times over, accompanied by the lovely music of GOP sphincters slamming shut.

Eireann Go Bama, I reckon.

:beer: