Obama ; he says his mothers family were British now?

gigino

See the second sentence of his speech to the Queen yesterday. After us claiming him first !
http://obama-speech.org/transcript.php?obama_speech_id=5142

Minstrel27

Why are you not willing to share?

orourkeda

He would say that wouldn't he.

His links to ireland aren't exactly strong

Ghost Buster

Well technically she was. Ireland was part of Britain.

Sanjuro

Politician says contradicting things to appeal to audience he's addressing. Nothing new. You cant really have expected him to give a rat's ass about Ireland, did you? It was all political rhetoric bullshit.

prinz

Eh yeah, his great-great-great-grandfather or whatever was Irish, where do you think the everyone else in his family came from?

orourkeda

The question now should be is there any country he doesnt have links to?

stovelid

MONEYGALL WILL BURN FOR THIS

AnonoBoy

We don't own him you know.

Absurdum

poor Henry the 8th won't be gettin no more groupies

RichTea

Because his great-great-great-grandfather came from Ireland doesn't mean that he didn't have British relatives somewhere along his mother's side as well. I remember reading about it as well.

He's not specifically referring to Falmouth Kearney - he does have more than one relative you know. It's not exactly contradictory. :rolleyes:

prinz

Obama says his mothers family were British =/= "I bring warm greetings from tens of millions of Americans who claim British ancestry, including me through my mother's family."

He could have one great-great-great-grandaddy who was a brit. What of it?

Opelfruit

Oh no! He said this to the Queen? Only one solution then, lets kill the Queen before she spreads this terrible news.

JohnMarston

Average american claims Irish descent

Irish reaction: Get lost ya plastic paddy! :mad:

Famous person (i.e. Obama) claims Irish descent

Irish reaction: Welcome brother!

prinz

We've never had a case of people having links to the two countries ever before. This really is new ground. He must choose between us.

Absurdum

HE'S OURS, PISS OFF ENGLAND :rolleyes:

Luxie

Why this is a surprise to anyone is beyond me.

Luxie

orourkeda wrote: »

The question now should be is there any country he doesnt have links to?

He's an ancestral home slut.

prinz

Next he'll be saying he has links to somewhere off the wall like Kenya or something. Madness Joe.

LordSutch

I think its fair to say that several countries can claim him. It so happens that we here in Ireland make such a big song & dance about it

http://www.wargs.com/political/obama.html

The ethnic/national ancestry of Mr. Obama, as far as is currently known, can be shown as follows:

50.0 % Luo (Kenya).
35.0 % English.
04.6 % Scottish.
03.9 % Irish.
03.7 % German.
01.5 % Welsh.
00.97 % Swiss.
00.09% French.

---

100.0 %

Luxie

prinz wrote: »

Next he'll be saying he has links to somewhere off the wall like Kenya or something. Madness Joe.

I wouldn't put it past him to claim he lived in Indonesia as a child.

gigino

Ghost Buster wrote: »

Well technically she was. Ireland was part of Britain.

True enough. Great speech all the same, at least he or his advisors can write their own words.

studiorat

Wasn't Falmouth Kearney's father was one of Cromwell's men or something ?;)

Mr. Presentable

RichTea wrote: »

Because his great-great-great-grandfather came from Ireland doesn't mean that he didn't have British relatives somewhere along his mother's side as well. I remember reading about it as well.

He's not specifically referring to Falmouth Kearney - he does have more than one relative you know. It's not exactly contradictory. :rolleyes:

Ah yes, a good Irish name.

Paddy, Mick, Seamie, Falmouth..... So how Irish was his Irish ancestor?

Opelfruit

I demand birth certs! Many, many birth certs!

Xivilai

US + UK


= USUK

My name is URL

He'll be claiming to be Voldemort's fourth cousin next

Kevin Duffy

's a meltin' pot, innit?

Fratton Fred

Mr. Presentable wrote: »

Ah yes, a good Irish name.

Paddy, Mick, Seamie, Falmouth..... So how Irish was his Irish ancestor?

Falmouth was the son of a protestant shoe maker whose entire family emigrated to North America. It wasn't the flight from poverty on a famine ship it is made out to be.

To be honest, if Falmouth was a mass murderer he would be classed as British, but as he went on to produce the 44th president he is as Irish as Brian Boru.

Dunny

Henry Healy is sobbing into a pint as we speak.

apoeiguq3094y

LordSutch wrote: »

I think its fair to say that several countries can claim him. It so happens that we here in Ireland make such a big song & dance about it

http://www.wargs.com/political/obama.html

The ethnic/national ancestry of Mr. Obama, as far as is currently known, can be shown as follows:

50.0 % Luo (Kenya).
35.0 % English.
04.6 % Scottish.
03.9 % Irish.
03.7 % German.
01.5 % Welsh.
00.97 % Swiss.
00.09% French.

---

100.0 %

Ah well, at least we beat ze germans.......

Xivilai

FIRST THEY TOOK OUR COUNTIES,

NOW THEY TAKE OUR DESCENDANTS!

BASTARDS!

Gunsfortoys

N fairness doe dey r givin us d loan of 8 billion so we owe dem.

the groutch

there's nothing cool about having British ancestors tho

JohnMarston

Xivilai wrote: »

FIRST THEY TOOK OUR COUNTIES,

NOW THEY TAKE OUR DESCENDANTS!

BASTARDS!

They tuk urr jubs!

Fratton Fred

Xivilai wrote: »

FIRST THEY TOOK OUR COUNTIES,

NOW THEY TAKE OUR DESCENDANTS!

BASTARDS!

You forgot wimmins.

prinz

Fratton Fred wrote: »

You forgot wimmins.

...and tourists researching their family tree. They took them all.

hondasam

I'm disappointed with him, claiming to be British and Irish.

saintsaltynuts

Hes about as Irish as me Dutch mate's mickey.

Ash.J.Williams

falmouth kearney's ancestors were british

DoesNotCompute

gigino wrote: »

Obama ; he says his mothers family were British now?

Well, yeah, it's entirely possible that one of his other ancestors came from a country other than Ireland... :rolleyes:

DoesNotCompute

Gunsfortoys wrote: »

N fairness doe dey r givin us d loan of 8 billion so we owe dem.

Luxie

Opelfruit wrote: »

I demand birth certs! Many, many birth certs!

All of them, in fact.

redux

He is a politician!

We were a stopover to appeal to the 40+million Irish American voters, that is the only reason US presidents are desperate to find an Irish connection.
It's showbiz, puffs us up, gives our politicians a break and makes him laugh.
If you believe in him, fine and if you don't, that's fine also. It will be good for tourism,if nothing else.

Now he want's to be a Brit, same showbiz, same speeches, same politics.

OutlawPete

feelingstressed wrote: »

He'll bring up the French connection when he lands in France..

Yeah, he loved that car chase scene, never shuts the fcuk up about it

derfderf

"Nobody rocks like.....SPRUNGFELD!"

vicwatson

Well technically she was. Ireland was part of Britain.

I think you'll find this incorrect, Ireland was part of the "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland", It was NEVER part of Britain

Ghost Buster

vicwatson wrote: »

I think you'll find this incorrect, Ireland was part of the "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland", It was NEVER part of Britain

But is it not correct to say that at the time people were classed as British citizens?
Perhaps this is wrong....Anyone?

DoesNotCompute

Ghost Buster wrote: »

But is it not correct to say that at the time people were classed as British citizens?
Perhaps this is wrong....Anyone?

British subjects, maybe, but not British citizens.

LordSutch

Ghost Buster wrote: »

But is it not correct to say that at the time people were classed as British citizens?
Perhaps this is wrong....Anyone?

Many Irish people classed themselves as British pre independence, but the fact remains Obama's ancestry is very multi cultural and not at all confined to Ireland (Please see post#20).

fryup

Obama is like the most popular guy in the school playground that everyone wants to be friends with.

He said Ireland was his best friend and now Britain arrive on the scene and Ireland gets jealous.:mad:

Grow up Ireland