Topic: Barry Is Now Irish Also?
Lpdon's photo
Sat 03/17/12 11:37 PM
WASHINGTON – His jacket was only moss green but his pint was true Guinness.

President Barack Obama tilted back a glass of the dark Irish brew Saturday, observing St. Patrick's Day at a boisterous Irish pub with his ancestral cousin from Moneygall, Ireland, at his side.

At the White House, the main South Lawn Fountain burbled green water. Nearby, workers prepared for a visit Tuesday by the Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny.

The first family was putting on its Irish, a blood line that runs through Obama's veins.

Obama took his motorcade to the Dubliner Restaurant and Pub on a dazzling Saturday afternoon. He wore no Kelly green but his jacket was pierced with a button that read, "VIP GUEST -- Tell `em Danny sent you." The president waded into a crowd -- some in leprechaun hats and others in dyed green hair -- at the entrance of the tavern near Washington's landmark Union Station.

He wished one reveler, Adam Joseph, a happy 29th birthday.

Reporters were ushered into the pub briefly, long enough to catch the president taking two sips of his beer. The thick foam stuck to his upper lip in a thin mustache. And he held Dubliner owner Danny Coleman's 21-month-old grandson, Danny, in his arms.

"Hey, Danny, who's this?" Obama asked, holding out his VIP GUEST button, which bore the child's image.

One of Obama's great-great-great grandfathers on his Kansas mother's side was Falmouth Kearney, a shoemaker who emigrated from Ireland to the United States in 1850. Last year, Obama visited his ancestral home of Moneygall, a small hamlet in Ireland, and was a hit when he drank a Guinness at the local pub.

On Saturday, the owner of that pub, Ollie Hayes, and Henry Healy, an eighth cousin to Obama and the closest relative still living in Moneygall, joined him barside at the Dubliner as his guests.
Some in the bar crowd chanted "Four more years!"

Dubliner owner Danny Coleman said the president finished his beer, and predicted that, at least on this day, Obama could count on the support of the millions of Americans who claim Irish ancestry.

On Tuesday, Obama and Vice President Biden will meet the Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny and attend a St. Patrick's Day lunch at the Capitol. Then the president and first lady Michelle Obama will host an evening reception at the White House.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/03/17/obama-marks-st-patricks-day-with-pint-in-pub/#ixzz1pRpJU5y8

Damn, his heritage changes on a daily basis.

Lpdon's photo
Sat 03/17/12 11:37 PM
I think his people took the phrase "Black Irish" to literal. laugh

msharmony's photo
Sat 03/17/12 11:41 PM

WASHINGTON – His jacket was only moss green but his pint was true Guinness.

President Barack Obama tilted back a glass of the dark Irish brew Saturday, observing St. Patrick's Day at a boisterous Irish pub with his ancestral cousin from Moneygall, Ireland, at his side.

At the White House, the main South Lawn Fountain burbled green water. Nearby, workers prepared for a visit Tuesday by the Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny.

The first family was putting on its Irish, a blood line that runs through Obama's veins.

Obama took his motorcade to the Dubliner Restaurant and Pub on a dazzling Saturday afternoon. He wore no Kelly green but his jacket was pierced with a button that read, "VIP GUEST -- Tell `em Danny sent you." The president waded into a crowd -- some in leprechaun hats and others in dyed green hair -- at the entrance of the tavern near Washington's landmark Union Station.

He wished one reveler, Adam Joseph, a happy 29th birthday.

Reporters were ushered into the pub briefly, long enough to catch the president taking two sips of his beer. The thick foam stuck to his upper lip in a thin mustache. And he held Dubliner owner Danny Coleman's 21-month-old grandson, Danny, in his arms.

"Hey, Danny, who's this?" Obama asked, holding out his VIP GUEST button, which bore the child's image.

One of Obama's great-great-great grandfathers on his Kansas mother's side was Falmouth Kearney, a shoemaker who emigrated from Ireland to the United States in 1850. Last year, Obama visited his ancestral home of Moneygall, a small hamlet in Ireland, and was a hit when he drank a Guinness at the local pub.

On Saturday, the owner of that pub, Ollie Hayes, and Henry Healy, an eighth cousin to Obama and the closest relative still living in Moneygall, joined him barside at the Dubliner as his guests.
Some in the bar crowd chanted "Four more years!"

Dubliner owner Danny Coleman said the president finished his beer, and predicted that, at least on this day, Obama could count on the support of the millions of Americans who claim Irish ancestry.

On Tuesday, Obama and Vice President Biden will meet the Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny and attend a St. Patrick's Day lunch at the Capitol. Then the president and first lady Michelle Obama will host an evening reception at the White House.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/03/17/obama-marks-st-patricks-day-with-pint-in-pub/#ixzz1pRpJU5y8

Damn, his heritage changes on a daily basis.



an addition is not a change,,,I have african AND Scottish ancestry myself,,,

Lpdon's photo
Sat 03/17/12 11:46 PM
Every day he is something else, oh wait it's campaign time again that makes sense. whoa

msharmony's photo
Sat 03/17/12 11:55 PM

Every day he is something else, oh wait it's campaign time again that makes sense. whoa



not quite everyday

all I have heard him claim is Kenyan and american, although OTHERS have made claims about him,,,,

Bravalady's photo
Sun 03/18/12 06:06 PM
For pete's sake, all presidents do this if they can possibly find a link. It's just good politics. And harmless.

boredinaz06's photo
Sun 03/18/12 06:13 PM



Barry is a god, he is everything! Don't you know this?laugh

mightymoe's photo
Sun 03/18/12 06:39 PM
he was Scottish last year...

AdventureBegins's photo
Sun 03/18/12 07:04 PM
Obamas version of...

"howdy yall... Today I had me some cheesy grits..."

Politicans are politicians.

No matter what party they wear.

msharmony's photo
Sun 03/18/12 11:17 PM
Edited by msharmony on Sun 03/18/12 11:18 PM

he was Scottish last year...


you know scotland and ireland(northern) are both in the UK right?

so thats like saying he had relatives in Ohio AND Indiana,,,,big deal

not such an anomaly at all,,,


my ancestry is a mix of scot, west indie, weat africa, and native american,,,,so I could find something to bond over in any of those places too,,,

no photo
Mon 03/19/12 06:21 AM
This was news 4 years ago. And honestly, you know his mother was white, is it so surprising that she had some Irish blood in her?

whoa

mightymoe's photo
Mon 03/19/12 08:00 AM


he was Scottish last year...


you know scotland and ireland(northern) are both in the UK right?

so thats like saying he had relatives in Ohio AND Indiana,,,,big deal

not such an anomaly at all,,,


my ancestry is a mix of scot, west indie, weat africa, and native american,,,,so I could find something to bond over in any of those places too,,,


there is a king of England that all but 2 presidents are descendants from...

Lpdon's photo
Wed 03/21/12 10:08 AM

This was news 4 years ago. And honestly, you know his mother was white, is it so surprising that she had some Irish blood in her?

whoa


Apparently his mother had A LOT of different things in her! laugh