"Barack Obama will be an outstanding President for America and Irish America. He is firmly committed to strengthening not only the peace in Northern Ireland but also the deep ties that bind the American and Irish people. I am delighted to be a part of this Advisory Committee."
Here is Joe Biden's statement on his selection of Kamala Harris to be his Vice-President running mate in the 2020 election: You make a lot of important decisions as president. But the first one is who you select to be your Vice President. I’ve decided that Kamala Harris is the best person to help me take this fight to Donald Trump and Mike Pence and then to lead this nation starting in January 2021. These aren’t normal times. For the first time in our history, we’re facing three historic crises -- all at the same time. We’re facing the worst pandemic in 100 years. The worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. The most powerful calls for racial justice in a generation. And we have a president who has both failed to lead on the virus -- costing lives and decimating our economy -- and fanned the flames of hate and division. I need someone working alongside me who is smart, tough, and ready to lead. Kamala is that person. I need someone who understands the pain that so many peo...
This is an interesting piece by an Irish American woman from Alaska who now lives in Galway. It appeared in the Irish Times on Sept. 5, 2008
ReplyDeleteMy Alaskan soul sister is an empty vessel
I'm an Alaskan mom living in Galway. I have a Down syndrome daughter. But hell no! I won't be voting for Sarah Palin, writes Mary Mullin
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/opinion/2008/0905/1220544890619.html
Thanks Mike, for compiling this useful information about Obama; How about something on Biden?
ReplyDeleteThe Belfast Telegraph in the past few days described him as a "self confessed Irish Catholic American" as if that were a capital offense (it's a paper historically dominated by Ulster Unionist opinion).
They didn't come out and say it, but their consternation was based on the fact that the Irish Voice reprinted an interview he did with Irish America magazine a number of years ago in which he described Wolfe Tone, (a founding father of Irish Republicanism) as one of his heroes.