He must be racking up the Irish votes in the USA at the moment.
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He must be racking up the Irish votes in the USA at the moment.
I would imagine the Irish vote in the States would in general be a bit more sophisticated than than just to vote for him because of a visit.There are loyalties to all different parties and individual candidates over there.
He milled that pint out of it in the bar though :D
Fox news could go to town on thatQuote:
Originally Posted by the 12 th man
George. W. Bush. That speaks for the entire electorate of the United States.Quote:
Originally Posted by the 12 th man
Enda Kenny played a stormer.
Just watching the live RTe feed - jesus rte are a joke! "he needs to be more human!"
I'd be as cynical as the next fella as regards the reasons for his visit, - but what he did today in Moneygall was over and above the call of duty, must have been a really special day for those people. To engage with the people like that for so long was really something.
Never underestimate the lack of sophisticion of the Yanks ;)Quote:
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http://www.simpsonschannel.com/screenshots/labf11.jpg
I though he was poor, he was out of sync with the crowds cheering and carried on talking, he basically ignored them a bulldozed on withQuote:
Originally Posted by the 12 th man
his speech.
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He and especially his wife seemed to having a great time, she seemed to really enjoy it.
Anyway he had bugger off now due to the ash cloud.
Obama came out a bit early and he hadn't introduced him properly,I'm glad Kenny kept going with his speech as I thought it was a great feel good precursor to the President.Quote:
Originally Posted by tricky_colour
Anybody see the Irish Obama lookalike being interviewed on TV? :D
Saw him. Was he supposed to be Obama 15 years ago?Quote:
Originally Posted by the 12 th man
Thought Kenny went on way to long. Obama came out too early, but anything Kenny said beyond "Ladies and Gentlemen, please give a very warm cead mile failte to Barack and Michelle Obama" was too much. It wasn't his crowd.
Seems he wanted to milk it as much as he could. Typical politician.
I thought Enda was very good. It was real All-Ireland Final acceptance speech sort of stuff, perfect for the occasion and he set the scene perfectly. Statesmanlike but pumping you up. Obama's speech was excellent, well borrowed from Clinton a few months back, but very good. Have to admit to getting a little emotional. I didn't bother following the royal visit too much, but made sure to catch the College Green scene. Excellent.
I think you're being very harsh on Kenny,just be thankful it wasn't Biffo welcoming him onto the stage..Quote:
Originally Posted by tricky_colour
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Maybe, but I was responding to the guy who said he only needed to introduce him which was perhaps a bit unfair on him.
Of course Enda milked it...he won't speak before a crowd that size again. You can't blame the man. Thought he done grand too.
Jedward. Awesome.
He'd still be in the pub in Moneygall.Quote:
Originally Posted by the 12 th man
Thought Kenny did ok over both visits tbh, including yesterday.
Was the thread title ghosted by a confused american?
Kenny basically said the same thing as Obama had when he got elected
http://thedailyedge.thejournal.ie/th...42675-May2011/
Maybe it was meant to read...Obama B in Ireland...Quote:
Originally Posted by dahamsta
Not my intention, but it seems to work well!!Quote:
Originally Posted by strangeirish
Not too sure what I was thinking of at the time - lol - it just sounded right!!
And yet there are still loons in the States who insist he's some sort of Jihadist fundamentalist Muslim!Quote:
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http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/mu...SS_601786t.jpg
http://www.google.ie/imgres?imgurl=h...w=1366&bih=575