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Obama finds his ancestral roots in Ireland. O’Bama… O’Bama… O’Bama…
Obama visits family roots in Irish village
Roars of delight from thousands of rain-lashed people lining the street greeted the president and his wife, Michelle, as their motorcade pulled to a stop in Moneygall.
The sleepy village of 300 was the birthplace of Obama’s great-great-great grandfather, Falmouth Kearney, a shoemaker who left in 1850 to begin a new life in the United States.
This makes Obama, the son of a Kenyan father and Irish-American mother, one of 37 million Americans who claim Irish ancestry, and he was greeted like a long lost son. The powerful images could help his 2012 re-election campaign.
From the wags at Free Republic:
Irish Roots?I thought he was Kunta Kinte.56 posted on Mon May 23 12:37:51 2011 by gov_bean_ counter (Put Obie in a dress and call him “The Last Queen of Scotland”.)
Irish Caller: 0bama took how long to find his long form BC but he could trace back his Irish Roots?
104 posted on Mon May 23 13:06:18 2011 by Clint N. Suhks (Liz Cheney/Sarah Palin 2012)
