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Arellia
The Quiet One
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
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Location: Dallas, TX
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 Thu May 03, 2007 2:56 pm "Irish Roots" ? |
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| Quote: | Maybe he should spell it O'Bama.
Records unearthed in Ireland reveal that Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama can trace his ancestry back to a shoemaker in a small Irish village, according to a report in the Chicago Sun-Times.
Click here to read the Chicago Sun-Times story.
Obama's campaign had no comment Thursday about the report, but Chicago Alderman Ed Burke told the newspaper he wasn't surprised.
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I only bring this up because I find it rather unhappy that the nationalities of presidential candidates is at all news. Why would anyone bother to find this out?
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Lord Borg
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Joined: 27 May 2003
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Location: Vulcan Capital City, Vulcan
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| Thu May 03, 2007 3:48 pm |
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Yeah, I have to wonder what the big deal is. I suppose it's interesting, but I see no point where this makes a differnce in the campaign.
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TrekkieMage
Office Junkie
Joined: 17 Oct 2004
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Location: Hiding
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| Thu May 03, 2007 5:27 pm |
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People want to know everything and anything about a candidate - no matter how irrelivant it may be. I find it silly - but I'm also amazed by the small things that'll tip a voter one way or another.
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Puck
The Texan
Joined: 05 Jan 2004
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| Thu May 03, 2007 5:31 pm |
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This is almost as good as them telling us that Hillary voted for American Idol the other night  .
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Hitchhiker
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Joined: 11 Aug 2004
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Location: Ontario, Canada
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| Thu May 03, 2007 7:46 pm |
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It's an interesting piece of trivia, but I don't think that it is worth an entire news article. So the black guy has Irish ancestry. Yes. Woohoo.
But of course, we all know who is to blame, right? The terrorists. Yes, that's correct: terrorists are responsible for this. Why? Well it's simple. Terrorism sells even more than presidential candidate heritage stories do. If the terrorists had been considerate enough to bomb something or kill people today, enough so that it made a good story, then we would not have been subjected to such a mundane article about Obama's roots. Once again, terrorism has mocked and demeaned the free and democratic process of journalism! We cannot stand for this.
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squiggy
Stooge Two
Joined: 09 Mar 2004
Posts: 3007
Location: Messing with the fabric of Video Game realities. I'll summon Shiva on you! I SWEAR!
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| Fri May 04, 2007 10:01 am |
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| Hitchhiker wrote: | It's an interesting piece of trivia, but I don't think that it is worth an entire news article. So the black guy has Irish ancestry. Yes. Woohoo.
But of course, we all know who is to blame, right? The terrorists. Yes, that's correct: terrorists are responsible for this. Why? Well it's simple. Terrorism sells even more than presidential candidate heritage stories do. If the terrorists had been considerate enough to bomb something or kill people today, enough so that it made a good story, then we would not have been subjected to such a mundane article about Obama's roots. Once again, terrorism has mocked and demeaned the free and democratic process of journalism! We cannot stand for this. |
Here here! Maybe they can bomb something useful though? Like the Chinese laundry that ripped three of my shirts, overcharged me 40 bucks, and left starch and bleach stains in the remainder of my clothes?
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