Posted on 10/05/2004 12:54:35 PM PDT by Pharmboy
The phrase "E Pluribus Unum" is long forgotten now.
Irish or Italians, it doesn't matter -- the Red Sox will lose come October.
Just doesn't sound right, eh?
That's what I'm tawkin about!
But the Patriots are still kicking *ss.
Faith and begorrah, don't be forgettin' the Kerrys.
The Italians can have it, and the whole state of Taxachusetts along with it.
...But the Italians still vote Democrat! Fuggedaboutit!
Gianni Kerry sounds even weirder.
The divisions evaporated because after World War II the Italians and the Irish intermarried like crazy.
Go Red Sox.
For those interested in such things, Italian Americans are the largest group by ancestry in Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Jersey (duh) and New York. I believe gli Paisani are also the number one ethnic group in Delaware as well, and second only to the Germans in Pennsylvania.
Keep in mind, however, that such figures include person such as myself that are of mixed ancestry. I may not have a vowel at the end of my name (my mom does), but I am counted as "Italian American" in census surveys.
Of course, upward mobility and intermarriage mean that such distinctions as Italian-American and Polish-American (my two tribes) are of less importance, particularly outside the northeast and certain parts of the midwest. Being third generation, I have greater "cultural" loyalty to the region of I was raised in than to any ethnicity.
Historically, Italian Americans who owned their own businesses tended to be Republican (especially in places like Mass, Rhode Island, Illinois and upstate New York) while those who were involved in the building and industrial trades voted Democratic. Italian Americans also voted for Lew Lehrman over Mario Cuomo in the 1982 gubernatorial election.
The Irish only got into politics so we could get a job.
Since the "bluebloods" wouldn't hire us...
Remember the N.I.N.A.(NO IRISH NEED APPLY) signs.
Well the Irish have since prospered, educated their children and grandchildren and moved on...
You can have Taxachusetts!
Yes...what you say rings true. I spent four years in Cincinnati and they care much less about ethnicity than here in the northeast.
Eh, they can HAVE it, AND the Red Saaaawks!
Where would the zeppole be without tribalism :)
Where would the linguini be without tribalism :)
Where would the parmigiana be without tribalism :)
::motioning with hands and using Momma Nome's broken accent::
Shame on you!!!!!!!!! My whole family, relatives, and every other Italian I know are voting for GWB. Damn you for such blasephemy. I would vote for Nader before I voted for a RAT.
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