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StrictlyRockers

(3,855 posts)
Sun Mar 17, 2019, 03:12 PM Mar 2019

Ireland's Prime Minister visited the US on St. Paddy's Day two years ago and had this to say...

Timely words from two years ago, even more relevant today.


Ireland's Prime Minister visited the US on St. Paddy's Day two years ago and had this to say...







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Ireland's Prime Minister visited the US on St. Paddy's Day two years ago and had this to say... (Original Post) StrictlyRockers Mar 2019 OP
We've never been perfect, but we have given hope to many...and delivered to them. Karadeniz Mar 2019 #1
What is going on inside the moron's head in that photo? BigmanPigman Mar 2019 #2
I remember that, it was a direct shot at the dotard but it went right over his teased hair. George II Mar 2019 #3
America IS immigrants KT2000 Mar 2019 #4
OMG, pence shook hand of the man, that holds the penis Miigwech Mar 2019 #5
If he's lucky....... oldsoftie Mar 2019 #8
Big time Irish pride Miigwech Mar 2019 #10
And Ireland's current PM is a gay child of an Indian immigrant and Irish woman IronLionZion Mar 2019 #6
This really is an excellent point. StrictlyRockers Mar 2019 #7
God Damn has Trump been President More than 2 St Paddy Days? berni_mccoy Mar 2019 #9

Karadeniz

(22,461 posts)
1. We've never been perfect, but we have given hope to many...and delivered to them.
Sun Mar 17, 2019, 03:40 PM
Mar 2019

I doubt we symbolize hope anymore.

BigmanPigman

(51,560 posts)
2. What is going on inside the moron's head in that photo?
Sun Mar 17, 2019, 04:24 PM
Mar 2019

"How many brown people can we lock in cages without the news getting out to the public? Note to self, tell Miller to make more cages for the babies" is probably close to the truth.

KT2000

(20,567 posts)
4. America IS immigrants
Sun Mar 17, 2019, 04:42 PM
Mar 2019

they have the ideals, energy, and belief that fuels this country. How many generations does it take to change that to resentment, fear, and anger? I said this to a trumpster and he nearly blew up.

 

Miigwech

(3,741 posts)
5. OMG, pence shook hand of the man, that holds the penis
Sun Mar 17, 2019, 05:05 PM
Mar 2019

of his husband !!! biblical freakout and mother pence will scold, maybe even spank. LOL

 

Miigwech

(3,741 posts)
10. Big time Irish pride
Sun Mar 17, 2019, 06:00 PM
Mar 2019
However, after his retirement, his fame seemed to grow. He worked the political campaign trail for his friend Teddy Roosevelt and later James Michael Curley. And his fame inspired the expression: "I’d like to shake the hand that shook the hand of John. L. Sullivan."


http://www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/john-l-sullivan-americas-first-superstar-athlete/

IronLionZion

(45,380 posts)
6. And Ireland's current PM is a gay child of an Indian immigrant and Irish woman
Sun Mar 17, 2019, 05:24 PM
Mar 2019

so they have their own immigrant and social progress story of today as a place people immigrate to, not from.

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