Secret tour of White House, Oval Office for Obama’s Irish cousin and friend

Whatever the pros and/or cons of domestic US policy, I profoundly disagree with the intoxication industry making hay while the sun shines by exploiting a racist stereotyping of Irishness. Rev. Dr. Ian Richard Kyle Paisley, (now Lord Bannside) got it right when he referred to a certain alcoholic concotion as "The devils buttermilk!" To hell with all bootleggers, legitimate or otherwise.

Murph and fly - how do you KNOW that the president doesn't love knowing his Irish roots and the cousin he met while in Ireland. Your hatred of him doesn't allow for the fact that he could possibly be proud of his Irish ancestry. Maybe he is pandering a bit. So what? You people need to get over the fact that he IS the president, despite how you feel about him. I think he is doing a great job, but then I'm not a right winger who comes up with all of these conspiracy theories. There are a lot of people who do like him and don't agree with you. I'm not saying you have to like him - just don't presuppose that every one hates him, as you do.

@DrTrewlany; there will be NO religion in America if Obama and his cronies have their way! Wake up people! look at his assault on the Catholic Church in America! As for their invite to "The very heart of American politics", oh please, don't try to speak for the millions of Americans that hate OBAMA's politics. They were invited to the heart of OBAMA politics, nothing more. Obama is the worse president in American history and he will not win again.

How embarassing. I certainly wouldn't admit being related to Osama Obama.

Murph46 You really can't help yourself can you...sad little man that you are.

It's nice to see the president spending some time with his cousin, when is he going to visit his brother who lives in a hut? How about his aunt zatuni living in welfare housing project in boston, or he could visit his other illegal uncle at the bar he was arrested outside of.

Mac -you still can't separate a PR appearance for the real thing-I feel sorry for you.

Last year when the president visited Moneygall the whole town turned out for him especially his cousin Henry. It's nice to see he doesn't have a short memory and he has now reciprocated a great welcome to Henry. Everyone no matter if they be president or rail worker has a need to connect with their roots and Obama made that connection in Ireland. The haters will say what they may, but one thing is always clear Obama is a family man.

Nice to see a bit more respectful comments about President Obama's enjoying a bit of craic with his Irish cousin and his Irish Publican on St. Patrick's Day at the White House.

Let's see,I don't remember him doing this stuff when he wasn't running for reelection!

Colkelley, this vaguely coded racist gibberish is really quite nauseating. For starters, he did not live in Indonesia "from ages 4 to 17". He lived in that country from the age of six to the age of 10. More to the point, even if he had attended a Muslim school for that length of time, in what way would this make him less American? People suggested the same of Kennedy in the 1950s because he was a Catholic. There is, thank goodness, no state religion in the United States. Anyway, given that you're talking rubbish, the argument is irrelevant.

where's ollie hanging out in DC? I'm from just down the road from him in ireland so could catch up with him for a chat!!!

Right on BrianO I just get sick of it!

Irish pandering allowed if you are a neo marxist, if conservative then you are an unfeeling opportunistic s.o.b, c'mon you must know the double standard by now.

Even a smidge of Irishness in someone is better than NONE.