Why the Potato Blight Saved America

Hauser Sophomore Scholars 2013: Reports from the Field: The Tale of the Magical Mushrooms:

 

...“FORMER SECRET U.S. CONTRACTOR/PLANT PATHOLOGIST: Fungi are far more important than people realize.  Look at the potato blight.

BEGOÑA: The Kennedys!

Silence.

BEGOÑA: All the Irish immigrants…

F.S.U.S.C./P.P.: Barack Obama’s great-grandmother too.

BEGOÑA: The potato blight gave you presidents!”...

 

More witticisms and exasperation at the link.