March 17, 2005
ACTUALLY, I PREFER MY CORNBEEF ON RYE WITH A PICKLE
Dear David,My father grew up in an Irish-Catholic neighborhood in Holyoke, Massachusetts. His friends called him "Murph" and in fact in photographs he looks like a little Irish kid. That Rove's minions were able to dig up this fact and put me on the Irish-Catholic email list is astounding and proves everything the left says about him. Posted by David Cohen at March 17, 2005 6:52 PMThe Republican National Committee would like to wish you and your families a very happy and blessed St. Patrick's Day. President Bush has recognized the importance of this great saint and the vital role that Irish-Americans play in the life of our country by declaring March 2005 to be Irish-American Heritage Month. The proclamation is attached below.
May God bless you today as we honor the great apostle of Ireland, St. Patrick.
Sincerely,
Martin Gillespie
RNC Director of Catholic Outreach
George M. Cohen?
Posted by: ghostcat at March 17, 2005 7:12 PMReminds me of when my brother and his friends in their late teens stopped into a local bar in Bay Ridge Brooklyn that had a clientel of mostly older and mostly Irish men, hard drinkers all.
One of the boys ran into his father there and the father started introducing him and his friends to his mates at the bar . All of the boys had Irish last names, except one, who had Syrian roots. The father's naming them all and when he gets to the Syrian kid he looks flummoxed and says, of the clearly not Irish boy, "and dis one, dis one is er . . . Murphy."
Posted by: Jim in Chicago at March 17, 2005 7:34 PMMany moons ago, when I played recorder and other instruments in a band in the Boston area(what Irish band is complete without that French Jewish guy playing woodwind instruments) I met a prominent musician on the Irish music scene who was a Catholic priest. His name was Fr. Charles Coen, and he had a brother Jack Coen who was also a musician. He was dark-haired, swarthy and of medium or less height.
Posted by: at March 18, 2005 10:17 AM