Steven Waldman

Steven Waldman

Obama is Not Black OR Arab. He’s Irish.

posted by swaldman | 11:34am Wednesday September 24, 2008

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Rush Limbaugh’s surprising claim that Barack Obama is “not black” and “not African American” (he’s Arab!) brought some persuasive counter theories to the fore, including this from reader “kbhvac”:
“O’bama is really Irish. That is why he praised his republican kinsman Ronald Reagan…. His favorite breakfast cereal is, you guessed it. Lucky Charms. Just look at resemblance between o’bama and the leprecan. Who does not associate Chicago with the Irish? How else to explain a man rising from community organizer to candidate for President of the United States of America in just a few years. It has to be the luck of the Irish!”



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Charles Cosimano

posted September 24, 2008 at 11:58 am


That was why Ted Kennedy endorsed him, or that was how the joke went right after he did.



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Scott

posted September 24, 2008 at 7:42 pm


He is not white or black. He is 50% mixed, so I don’t see how the racist card could be played on the Democratic side. I wish the big News stations wouldn’t be so obvious as to who they are voting for. It is so ridiculous and I have yet to hear a hard question asked for Obama to answer. Why won’t Obama do an interview with Sean Hannity? I will pay for his airfare to the show. I think he is scared. I am not for Obama nor McCain, but are choices are truly limited.



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pagansister

posted September 24, 2008 at 9:06 pm


Obama is an American…who really cares what color he is? He, like all Americans except the Native Americans, have ancestry from other countries. On Obama’s mother’s side he could actually have Irish ancestry. I haven’t looked it up. So if someone wants to call him Irish, who cares?



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PhoenixOrion

posted September 25, 2008 at 2:55 pm


Actually, Obama does have Irish ancestry on his mother’s side. Look it up on irishamericansforobama.com
-Proud American of Irish Descent for Obama



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pagansister

posted September 25, 2008 at 3:32 pm


PhoenixOrion:
Yes, this is another Proud American of Irish Descent for Obama. Works for me :o )



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Maire Nic Ardail

posted November 5, 2008 at 6:06 pm


God Bless Obama, God Bless America and God Bless the Irish.



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Cathy

posted November 8, 2008 at 7:59 am


I don’t think the question is whether he is black, white or Arab. The problem lies with his dishonesty. He is only 6 and some percent black, 50% white and the remainder is Arab. I believe you have to be over 12 some percent in this country to be considered “black”. Mr. Obama is a very smart man and has very smart people working for him so I am sure they know this and have failed to acknowledge it for fear of a lost campaign. The liberal media has been a huge benefit as well as they have withheld much negative information regarding Obama. Nevertheless, he will be our next president and he should be honored as such. I just hope many of his nasty little secrets don’t come out and hurt us as a country. I also hope he can be strong enough to defend our country as many leaders of other countries find that between Obama and McCain, Obama as the weaker of the two with regard to National Defense.



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