multimedia.boston.com - 3/18/2009
blogs.abcnews.com - 3/17/2009
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blogs.abcnews.com —
President Obama welcomed Irish Ambassador Michael Collins to
the Oval Office today with some interesting news. "My...
mother's family can be traced back to Ireland," President Obama said, "and it turns out that our first Irish ancestor came from the...
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President Obama: Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen and He ...
newsbusters.org - 3/16/2009
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newsbusters.org —
Over a chorus of gleeful Irish pub-goers literally
singing Barack Obama's praises, NBC's Al Roker, broadcasting live...
from Ireland on Monday's "Today" show, explored the current president's Irish roots as he observed: "As St. Patrick's ...
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NBC's Al Roker Celebrates Obama's Irish Roots on 'Today'
article.nationalreview.com - 3/17/2009
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President Ron Burgundy: 'Gifted Orator' Obama Reads Wrong Script Off TelePrompter
JammieWearingFool —
Another gaffetastic moment by the clueless Barack Obama. Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen was just a few paragraphs into an address in Washington when he realised it all sounded a bit too familiar. It was. He was repeating the speech President Barack Obama had just read from the same teleprompter. Mr Cowen stopped, turned to the president and said: "That's your speech." A laughing Mr Obama returned to the podium to take over but it seems the script had finally been switched and the US president ended up thanking himself for inviting everyone to the party . Imagine if George W. Bush had such a crutch and pulled a monster gaffe like this. It would be played 24/7 on ...
BREAKING: President Uses Teleprompter, Wingnuts Wet Selves In Perplexing Fit of Hilarity
Firedoglake —
Conservatives think it's just so very hysterically amusing that President Obama uses a teleprompter. Which is weird, not least because if they couldn't get the nation to give a rat's ass about a Democratic president getting oral sex, what on earth makes them think anyone even only half as nuts as themselves cares about ...
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Obama commerce pick vows jobs push —
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Obama assails AIG bonuses, backs Geithner —
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