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So much for those Muslim rumors–it’s Barack O’Bama!

posted by David Gibson | 11:22am Friday October 31, 2008



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Paul, seeking wisdom

posted October 31, 2008 at 1:17 pm


O’Bama must be Black Irish, ye ol sod. What fun! I laughed until I cried. Berkeley is m’ old stomping grounds, don’ ya knoe.



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Heather

posted October 31, 2008 at 1:26 pm


Great. Now they’ll be linking him to IRA terrorists too.



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David Gibson

posted October 31, 2008 at 2:02 pm


Heather, don’t give them any ideas!



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Susanna's Daughter

posted October 31, 2008 at 5:21 pm


Erin go bragh! I’ll be making GOTV calls for the campaign tomorrow and I’m gonna get the kids to sing along! What a hoot!



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Pseudonym

posted October 31, 2008 at 9:09 pm


Uhm… my ancestry is mixed Scotland and Warwickshire. I’m a little nervous about that, because that’s precisely where the surnames McCain and Paling (of which Palin is a variant) are from.
Let’s not turn this into a Celt vs Pict election, okay?



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elizabeth

posted November 1, 2008 at 12:10 am


Too late to avoid it, Pseudonym. It’s a Celt/Pict smackdown.



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BILL GARRISON

posted March 17, 2009 at 5:57 am


THAT IS ONE GREAT PIECE OF MUSIC AN GREAT HORMANY’
SHOULD BE IN A CD,GREAT WORK, CHAP,
STAY BLESSED
BILL.



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