Luck o' the Rooneys

By Anne Schroeder Mullins 11:50 AM
http://www.politico.com/blogs/anneschroeder/

Freshman Rep. Tom Rooney's family just continues with the ole Irish luck.
For one, Rooney was elected in Congress.
For two, as we know, his family is the family that owns the Pittsburgh Steelers.
For three, the Steelers won the Super Bowl this year.
And for four........Dan Rooney, said owner of the Steelers, and uncle to Tom, has just been nominated to be the brand spanking new Irish Ambassador, the WH announced on the anniversary that St. Patrick drove the snakes out of his fair country.

Rooney seems thrilled -- how could you not be? - as he said in a statement: “I am happy to hear President Obama has nominated my Uncle Dan Rooney to be our nation’s new Ambassador to Ireland, I wish him well and I know he will do great job representing the United States. For decades he has been working to help foster peace and reconciliation as well as fight poverty in Ireland as the co-founder of the American Ireland Fund which started 35 years ago.”