This reminds me of my favorite Obama story, back from when he was in the Illinois House. He's talking with someone whom he only knows on the phone. Guy asks: "Obama. What is that -- Irish?" Obama responds: "It will be, when I'm running for statewide office."<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 9:21 AM, Tom Hansen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">thansen@moscow.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Sing along, Viz . . .<br><br>"There's No One as Irish as Barack O'Bama"<br>by the Corrigan Brothers<br>
<br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HplZ_taHXLM" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HplZ_taHXLM</a><br><br>"O'Leary, O'Reilly,<br>O'Hare and O'Hara<br>There's no one as Irish<br>
As Barack O'Bama.<br><br>You don't believe me,<br>I hear you say<br>But Barack's as Irish<br>As was JFK.<br><br>His granddaddy's daddy<br>Came from Moneygall,<br>A small Irish village<br>Well known to you all.<br>
<br>Toor a loo, toor a loo<br>Toor a loo, toor a lama<br>There's no one as Irish<br>As Barack O'Bama.<br><br>He's as Irish as bacon<br>And cabbage and stew<br>He's Hawaiian. He's Kenyan,<br>American, too.<br>
<br>He's in the White House.<br>He took his chance.<br>Now let's see Barack<br>Do riverdance.<br><br>Toor a loo, toor a loo<br>Toor a loo, toor a lama<br>There's no one as Irish<br>As Barack O'Bama.<br><br>
>From Kerry and Cork<br>To old Donegal<br>Let's hear it for Barack<br>>From old Moneygall.<br><br>>From the lakes of Killarney<br>To old Connemara<br>There's no one as Irish<br>As Barack O'Bama.<br><br>
O'Leary, O'Reilly,<br>O'Hare and O'Hara<br>There's no one as Irish<br>As Barack O'Bama.<br><br>>From the old Blarney Stone<br>To the great hill of Tara<br>There's no one as Irish<br>As Barack O'Bama.<br>
<br>2008<br>The White House is green.<br>They're cheering in Mayo<br>And in Skibereen.<br><br>The Irish in Kenya<br>And in Yokohama<br>Are cheering for<br>President O'Bama.<br><br>O'Leary, O'Reilly,<br>O'Hare and O'Hara<br>
There's no one as Irish<br>As Barack O'Bama.<br><br>The Hockey Mom's gone<br>And so is McCain.<br>They're cheering in Texas<br>And in Borrisokane.<br><br>In Moneygall town,<br>The greatest of drama<br>for our famous president<br>
Barack O'Bama.<br><br>Toor a loo, toor a loo<br>Toor a loo, toor a lama<br>There's no one as Irish<br>As Barack O'Bama.<br><br>The great Stephen Neill,<br>A great man of God,<br>He proved that Barack<br>Was from the Auld Sod.<br>
<br>They came by bus.<br>They came by car.<br>To celebrate Barack<br>In Ollie Hayes's Bar.<br><br>O'Leary, O'Reilly,<br>O'Hare and O'Hara<br>There's no one as Irish<br>As Barack O'Bama.<br><br>
O'Leary, O'Reilly,<br>O'Hare and O'Hara<br>There's no one as Irish<br>As Barack O'Bama.<br><br>O'Leary, O'Reilly,<br>O'Hare and O'Hara<br>There's no one as Irish<br>As Barack O'Bama.<br>
<br>Toor a loo, toor a loo<br>Toor a loo, toor a lama<br>There's no one as Irish<br>As Barack O'Bama.<br><br>Toor a loo, toor a loo<br>Toor a loo, toor a lama<br>There's no one as Irish<br>As Barack O'Bama."<br>
<br>--------------------------------<br><br>Seeya round town, Moscow.<br><br><br>Tom Hansen<br>Moscow, Idaho<br><br>"For a lapsed Lutheran born-again Buddhist pan-Humanist Universalist<br>Unitarian Wiccan Agnostic like myself there's really no reason ever to go<br>
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