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Post by AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP on May 24, 2011 10:00:54 GMT -5
Of Ireland? You gotta love the state controlled media- and if you don't think they're state run, how do you explain the lamestream line yesterday:
ROMANS: President Obama is getting back to his roots.
PLANTE: Mr. Obama's Irish roots.
KEILAR: The President traces his Irish roots back here.
MCSHANE: He plans to celebrate his own Irish roots.
BERRY: President Obama's expected to explore his family's Irish roots.
VIEIRA: The first stop, Ireland, where he explore his ancestral roots.
O'DONNELL: The Irish eyes are smiling today. The people here are overjoyed that Obama has Irish roots and that he's gonna visit his ancestral home.
Hello, reading from the same press release? They must REALLY think Obama is unpopular because he's black. So, now "viola", he's IRISH!
They will never understand that Barry is unpopular because of his wildly unpopular policies and one colossal failure after another.
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Post by ed1066 on May 24, 2011 10:04:18 GMT -5
Obama reminds me of "that guy". Everyone knows "that guy", the one who needs to be all things to all people. You know him...when you go to an Irish pub, all the sudden, he's Irish. When you go to a football game, all the sudden, he's a huge fan. When you go to the gym, all the sudden, he's a personal trainer. When you go golfing, all the sudden, he's a pro. We all know "that guy", the douche no one can stand to be around. Barry is "that guy"...
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Post by Mkitty is pro kitty on May 24, 2011 10:39:35 GMT -5
What state would that be? Tinnsylvania? This makes no sense. Are you projecting yourself onto other people again? Could you maybe open yourself to the possibility that people don't think how you think they do? "Historians unearth Obama’s Irish roots" www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article1512094.eceYou know his mother was white, so why is that so unbelievable? Racist much? Let me guess, you've spent way too much time obsessing on Obama's father and bought into Gingrich's anti-colonial pseudo-intellectual birther claptrap or something. See above. Looks like someone else is having a case of "OMGZ!!! A BLACK GUY SAYS HE"S PART IRISH!!!!! And when Obama went anywhere else, did he profess his roots there? No one being you and paul, et. al. When you go that Irish pub (make sure you judge everyone that comes in the door for their Irishness, since you seem to have nothing better to do), maybe you all can sit in the hater's corner and get a bottle of whine to match your sour grapes. <---except substitute for
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Post by AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP on May 24, 2011 10:46:09 GMT -5
Obama reminds me of "that guy". Everyone knows "that guy", the one who needs to be all things to all people. You know him...when you go to an Irish pub, all the sudden, he's Irish. When you go to a football game, all the sudden, he's a huge fan. When you go to the gym, all the sudden, he's a personal trainer. When you go golfing, all the sudden, he's a pro. We all know "that guy", the douche no one can stand to be around. Barry is "that guy"... Barry is so much worse than that guy that's been a victim of that guy his whole life instead of rising above it, and he has always sought power and sought to be that guy precisely so he could get back at that guy. It has been the motive for his entire existence-- to turn the tables, to alter the structure of the univesre, to eleveate the douchebags to a level of influence and import that they don't actually have-- and then take on the whole world, change it all, to fix a minor imperfection that most of us get past, and learn to ignore. The result has been pathetic and sad.
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Post by AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP on May 24, 2011 10:50:13 GMT -5
oh, little mkitty-- play the race card much? Miss the point much? Immersed in the leftwing groupthink much? Did you really miss the point of this thread that the entire lamestream media blurted out near simultaneously the same speech about Obama's Irish roots? Hey- speaking of racist...how many stories has the lamestream press done on Obama's ARAB roots...because you know, he's not Kenyan or African-- he's really arab. Why don't we trace his Hussein roots? It wouldn't bother me-- but it makes the point that I made in the OP: the state run media really think it's about race when it's really about Obama's wildly unpopular policies and colossal failures as President.
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Post by wyouser on May 24, 2011 10:58:22 GMT -5
Last September we had relatives show us another Barck Obama ancesteral home in Besigheim Germany. Six generations ago his multi great grandfather emigrated from there to the United States. So..he is also part German.
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Post by ugonow on May 24, 2011 10:59:22 GMT -5
I love the ditto heads state run media buzzword. Before Obama, it was the drive by media..... Which is ironic considering there were syndicated columnists that admited being paid by the last administration to push agendas.
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Post by Opti on May 24, 2011 11:01:11 GMT -5
"Hello, reading from the same press release? They must REALLY think Obama is unpopular because he's black. So, now "viola", he's IRISH!"
Really, really lame reasoning. So the press wants to talk up his visit to Ireland for ratings, so what? You've been listening way too much Rush if you can believe this is the press remaking Obama's image. This is the Press fishing for news bites just like when Paris Hilton and Brittany run amok.
Reading your theories on who Obama really is, I wonder if that really has more to do with who you are.
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Post by Savoir Faire-Demogague in NJ on May 24, 2011 11:04:34 GMT -5
Really, really lame reasoning. So the press wants to talk up his visit to Ireland for ratings, so what? You've been listening way too much Rush if you can believe this is the press remaking Obama's image. This is the Press fishing for news bites just like when Paris Hilton and Brittany run amok.
The press and media are in love with the prez. They have non-stop Obam-gasms.
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Post by Opti on May 24, 2011 11:07:44 GMT -5
"Hey- speaking of racist...how many stories has the lamestream press done on Obama's ARAB roots...because you know, he's not Kenyan or African-- he's really arab. Why don't we trace his Hussein roots?"
Paul, leaping off the deep end without proof? If you paid any attention to names in this country you'd know lots of them have absolutely nothing to do with ancestry. Waiting patiently for genealogical proof, not mere names, Obama has Arab ancestry and it is recent, i.e. 2 generations ago or less.
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Post by ugonow on May 24, 2011 11:08:35 GMT -5
It would appear that way if you normaly only watch Fox. Just because they are not slanting every little thing to make him look bad does not mean they love him.
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Post by ed1066 on May 24, 2011 11:12:24 GMT -5
the state run media really think it's about race when it's really about Obama's wildly unpopular policies and colossal failures as President. Which is a good thing, because, as mkitty's clueless post proves, the left and their media are still mired in their sad little race-baiting games, and have no idea how strongly most of the country is rejecting Obama's policies...in other words, they will receive yet another ass-kicking in 2012, which will yet again be a surprise to them...
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Post by Opti on May 24, 2011 11:14:15 GMT -5
Really, really lame reasoning. So the press wants to talk up his visit to Ireland for ratings, so what? You've been listening way too much Rush if you can believe this is the press remaking Obama's image. This is the Press fishing for news bites just like when Paris Hilton and Brittany run amok. The press and media are in love with the prez. They have non-stop Obam-gasms. I doubt it, unless of course you believe they love Paris Hilton and Brittany. They love to have ratings and sell papers. Its not like there were press blackouts when either of the Bushes were President or Clinton. If he's in the press more its IMO because they think they can make more money off of him then covering someone else. We didn't have a Charlie Sheen media blitz because the press loved him, we were subject to it because they thought it would make them money.
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Post by marshabar1 on May 24, 2011 11:15:26 GMT -5
Obama reminds me of "that guy". Everyone knows "that guy", the one who needs to be all things to all people. You know him...when you go to an Irish pub, all the sudden, he's Irish. When you go to a football game, all the sudden, he's a huge fan. When you go to the gym, all the sudden, he's a personal trainer. When you go golfing, all the sudden, he's a pro. We all know "that guy", the douche no one can stand to be around. Barry is "that guy"... Eggsactly! That guy . . . He's also your new best friend until he sees someone richer or more connected. Just ask Cornel West. K for good call, ed.
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2011 11:21:29 GMT -5
Obama is a mutt just like most Americans. He certainly seems to find a part of himself in any group he addresses. A real chameleon, that man. Seems to have no defining identity.
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Post by Savoir Faire-Demogague in NJ on May 24, 2011 11:26:55 GMT -5
It would appear that way if you normaly only watch Fox. Just because they are not slanting every little thing to make him look bad does not mean they love him.
Sorry pal, I do not watch the Fox network. Nice try though. I give ya an "A" for the effort.
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Post by AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP on May 24, 2011 11:31:00 GMT -5
The point isn't even about Obama's race. It's about the state controlled press obsession with race, and trying in lockstep as if reading off the same teleprompter to obscure what THEY think is a liability for Obama-- his race. MY point, if you bothered to read it, was that his coming landslide defeat is going to be due to POLICY, not race.
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Post by marshabar1 on May 24, 2011 11:42:08 GMT -5
Got it, Paul. It's the same old thing they did last time. They are trying to portray Obama as "everyman." He is YOU! ;D
Tough thing is people have found he is NO ONE! He is a warped and wavering projection. The image isn't holding steady.
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Post by burnsattornincan on May 24, 2011 11:44:45 GMT -5
his coming landslide defeat is going to be due to POLICY, not race.
So I take it that no one has received their free house yet?
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Post by Opti on May 24, 2011 11:45:14 GMT -5
If Obama is defeated in the next election it may or may not be due to policy. I have said many times the fear of him being a Muslim is a far bigger issue than race. It is your perception that these inane comments are the press trying to deflect public opinion from the fact he self identifies as black.
My perception is the comments in the OP have nothing to do with race its just a to be expected ratings grabber no more.
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Post by swamp on May 24, 2011 11:49:34 GMT -5
My last name is very obviously French, however, I'm half Irish, so I could very well go back to Ireland to celebrate my Irish roots. Since Obama's mother is white, he very well could be Irish. I'm thinking the whole to-do about this is just silly.
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Post by ed1066 on May 24, 2011 11:57:21 GMT -5
his coming landslide defeat is going to be due to POLICY, not race.So I take it that no one has received their free house yet? Well, the Wall Street guys and Jeff Immelt and Co. probably bought a few new houses...
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Post by marshabar1 on May 24, 2011 12:02:33 GMT -5
If Obama is defeated in the next election it may or may not be due to policy. I have said many times the fear of him being a Muslim is a far bigger issue than race. It is your perception that these inane comments are the press trying to deflect public opinion from the fact he self identifies as black. My perception is the comments in the OP have nothing to do with race its just a to be expected ratings grabber no more. In my own experience the belief that Obama is a Muslim seems to be prevalent among elderly Christians. The elderly people I know just call it like they see it, if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it's a duck. They aren't into nuances.
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Post by ugonow on May 24, 2011 12:05:45 GMT -5
I think Lieberman might be Jewish..........
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Post by ed1066 on May 24, 2011 12:08:26 GMT -5
I think Lieberman might be Jewish.......... So did the Democrats, then they kicked him out...
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Post by swamp on May 24, 2011 12:22:21 GMT -5
I think Lieberman might be Jewish.......... So did the Democrats, then they kicked him out... I thought he left on his own...........
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Post by Savoir Faire-Demogague in NJ on May 24, 2011 12:31:42 GMT -5
I thought he left on his own...........
If I recall a number of years ago he wanted to run in the pres election. His party rejected him as a candidate because he is Jewish.
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2011 12:32:49 GMT -5
......................... waiting....................
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2011 12:50:24 GMT -5
To me this is a non story. I do agree that every politician wants to somehow identify himself with as many different parts of the voting public as possible. That has nothing to do with a political party or if your liberal or conservative, that's all politicians (because it helps get you elected). As for him (or anyone) being part Irish (or anything else for that matter) I "assume" that anyone can find most any heritage if they look far enough back in history. As a matter of fact to reverse look at it if someone's heritage isn't a mixture then I would have to assume that they have a long family history of family members marrying family members (interbreeding). That's about the only way I can imagine someone being pure anything.
When it comes down to it I could care less what the history of someone's family is. Great great aunt was Eva Braun, who cares? What I do care about is who the politician is (as a person) & what they stand for? For me to vote for them they have to have the same views & goals as I do. President Obama doesn't fit the bill on that score so I would never vote for him. It's not a matter of him being black, white or purple or what is background is. I would vote for him if he was my brother. I also feel that if anyone uses the criteria of what color or heritage someone is to vote then they are a fool. Just my thoughts.
SUGGESTION: How about adding President Obama's name to the spell checker?
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Post by Waffle on May 24, 2011 12:51:07 GMT -5
My last name is very obviously French, however, I'm half Irish, so I could very well go back to Ireland to celebrate my Irish roots. Since Obama's mother is white, he very well could be Irish. I'm thinking the whole to-do about this is just silly.
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