Barack or bacon sandwiches

I really wanted to go.  Well, that’s not entirely true.  I really wanted to be invited.

But I didn’t really want to go. I wanted to stay in New York. They have bacon sandwiches at Langan’s -- Irish bacon sandwiches. Even though I’ve been a vegetarian since last September -- well, that’s not true either -- I’m a pescetarian, which means I eat fish (fish and vegetables, and one ham sandwich, accidentally consumed at my mother’s wake in January – it tasted so good) -- this St. Patrick’s Day, I was planning on a bacon sandwich. After six months of diligently dieting my cholesterol is still high – higher than it was when I ate hamburgers, and all I can think of since I heard the news last Friday is a steak.

But, I digress. I really wanted to be invited to the White House.

For 25 years, I’ve been editor and co-founder of Irish America. I put out a good magazine – lots of interesting stories about Irish hotties, case in point, Barack Obama. My Feb./Mar. issue has a great photo of our new president on the cover and a feature that tells all about his roots and more besides, including how our Kilkenny architect, James Hoban built the White House using slave labor -- his favorite slaves, mind you.

During the Clinton years -- I was at the White House St. Patrick’s Day party several times -- in fact, one year I was invited but I didn’t bother to go.  Why go to Washington when the real party is in New York? There’s nothing like walking up Fifth Avenue with a fake Irish tattoo wearing a “Kiss Me, I’m Irish” t-shirt and watching all those cops, and firefighters -- yummy!

President Bush, of course didn’t have a party.

But now Obama, who actually has said that Barack is an ancient Celtic name , is bringing the St. Patrick’s Day party back. And I’m not invited

How Irish does one have to be? Who else is on this list?

I was born and raised in Co Tipperary, a stone’s throw from Moneygall where Barack’s third great grandfather hailed from. And let us not forget Irish America

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