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Two timing Barack Obama now claims British ancestry -- knighthood on the way?

Posted on Thursday, May 26, 2011 at 10:30 AM
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Just days after beguiling the Irish as one of their own Barack Obama has fessed up that he is British!

The heartbreaking words were delivered during his toast to the queen in England on Tuesday. (it is not on this clip but the clip is fun to watch anyway!)

Here is what he said;

PRESIDENT OBAMA: Your Majesty, thank you for your extraordinarily generous remarks, for the invitation you extended for our first state visit in Europe, and for the warm friendship that you've shown both Michelle and myself on both of our visits to Buckingham Palace.

I bring warm greetings from tens of millions of Americans who claim BRITISH ancestry, including me, through my mother's family. ...

Oh well, O'Bama we hardly knew ya. The British were always going to try and take you off us like they did everything else for 800 years --sigh.

We thought you might avoid calling yourself British seeing as they tortured your grandfather, a Kenyan freedom fighter during the Mau Mau insurrection.

But I guess it got too much surrounded by Her Majesty and all that British pomp and Gilbert and Sullivan regalia.

It is only a matter of time before they ask you to become a knight.

'Arise Sir Barack!



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Niall O'Dowd | May 28, 2011, 05:27 AM EDT
hey guys lighten up -- this is also tongue in cheek

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peterson | May 27, 2011, 09:43 PM EDT
Maybe he will meet up with aliens from outer space and claim a connection to them. Now THAT I would believe !!!

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peterson | May 27, 2011, 09:34 PM EDT
RichardP, you are of course right that one's ethnicity can be derived from multiple countries. Our president said nothing that should offend reasonable people. Unfortunately, IC attracts more than its fair share of loonies, plus the sad and sorry lot that cannot and will not accept the fact that a black man occupies the White House as president rather than servant. Their world has been turned upside down. I feel so sorry for them. Not.

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cathy/marty | May 27, 2011, 09:21 PM EDT
PLEASE GIVE BARRY A BREAK!! THE POOR MAN IS CONFUSED

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RichardP | May 27, 2011, 06:30 PM EDT
Idiotic, narrow-minded, bigoted garbage. If a person has a Dutch mother and an Argentinian father can they only choose one of those ethnicities of which to be proud? This is fast becoming the Fox News of Irish-American publications.

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mayoman | May 27, 2011, 05:03 PM EDT
Who cares?

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McNamara31 | May 27, 2011, 04:53 PM EDT
jnewnam I would check your facts a bit further.The SEC under the direction of the Bush administration relaxed rules in 2004 that enabled investment banks to substantially increase the level of debt they were taking on, thereby “fueling” the growth in (CDO’s) mortgage-backed securities supporting subprime mortgages. This deregulation allowed the massive debt to be increased by financial institutions from the existing 12 to 1 before Bush, up to 40 dollars of debt to 1 in the bank, after Bush. If this key regulation had not been changed the massive debt could not have been accumulated.

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AngelPrecious | May 27, 2011, 04:31 PM EDT
I agree, Fran. Obama is out only for himself and he will do ANYTHING to get votes. Even counting many dead people votes! Exactly, jnewnam, and if you are looking at what brought about the housing crisis, look no further than FreddieMac and FannieMae, the brain-child of Franks, Pelosi and Clinton!

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Fran Connor | May 27, 2011, 04:25 PM EDT
Can you imagine the uproar in the media if a conservative president had spoken right through the British national anthem? The smartest president in the history of the world gets a pass! And I thought he only had distain for OUR national anthem...

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cathy/marty | May 27, 2011, 04:21 PM EDT
BOTTOM LINE BARRY IS A MUSLIM!!!

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jnewnam | May 27, 2011, 03:02 PM EDT
Excuse me, Susanna, you do not know American history. Mr. Bush did not bring down the American economy. In 2004, the Democrats took congress and thereby took control the Banking Committee. It was headed by Barney Frank who pushed sub prime mortgage loans through two quasi government agencies, Freddie and Fannie. Franks authorization and some would say push of sub prime loans and the suspension of the tried and true mortgage rules by the government was also pushed on the banks. Frank advocated for them. The banks got on board. President Bush along with several private investment persons warned that the spiraling values of homes along with no qualification loans would collapse the system. Bush actually warned the Banking Committee 3 times. Barney Frank in his arrogance and ignorance verbally attacked and rejected President Bush's warning. So you see it was the DEMOCRATS THAT COLLAPSED THE SYSTEM.

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RedBranch | May 27, 2011, 01:13 PM EDT
E. Pluribus Unum

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pflynn70 | May 27, 2011, 12:30 PM EDT
Well, let's see now, he's claimed Irish roots, then next it's British roots, I wonder why he didn't claim Muslim roots? Guess there are not a lot of Muslim voters in the U.S. that he can pander too. He's a Socialist and he's hell bent to destroy our country with his crazy liberal agenda. I only hope & pray that we can survive until 2012 to get his "Irish, British, and what ever else arse out.

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StRoibard | May 27, 2011, 12:23 PM EDT
At last, I can agree with Barry (Obama's real name in public records) - his attitude of snobbish superiority to a people he rules over, who are not his own, is veddy, veddy british! Maybe now, he'll stop trying to convince people he's American! (Whoever runs against Obama)2012!

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clonmel21 | May 27, 2011, 12:22 PM EDT
EXCUSE ME SUSANNA, but Bush was re-elected for a second term. Perhaps you think Bush is hated in the world because he did not BOW DOWN and belittle himself and his country to KISS the rings (or other parts of the anatomy) of other world leaders.

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