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"Alllllllllright now, the party can begin, Uncle Pete is here," my father attempted to catch his brother at the door and stop his entrance salutation. He was not quick enough. "Pete, hold it down this year a bit will ya, Millie is in the dumps with the Kennedy thing and it was all I could do to keep the Dinner on."

"Okay Joe, but if anybody got a right to be sad its you and me, after all they killed him because he was Irish ya know?"

At that my mother came bursting out of the kitchen, "What the hell are you talking about, killed him because he was Irish, they assassinated him because he was Catholic! Irish, Jesus you have got to be kidding."

"Hey now," said Pete, "You know he was on the side of the IRA and his father was one of them that probably supplied them with money and guns. You know most Americans didn't want to see that happen.
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"Are you kidding," said mom, " the only Catholic president in history, those republicans were not going to have that with their Wasp ways, so you either hold your tongue or you can turn around and walk out the same door you blew in." My father was trying to referee the match between the Catholics and the Irish, when suddenly the timer in the kitchen went off. And as if the round had ended, my mother went to her neutral corner in the kitchen and my father and Uncle Pete went into the living room and I heard the pop of the cork on the Tillamore Dew. For the rest of the night they spoke not a word and laid rest to that great debate. But at the end of dinner Uncle Pete, in spite of himself, could not resist a toast. Raising his glass he said, "To the Catholics and….....

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