Irish Americans for Obama Biden

  “I’m a practicing Catholic. I believe faith is a gift. And the first obligation we all have is, ‘Love your God,’ the second one is, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ … ‘Treat people with dignity.’ Everyone’s entitled to dignity, that’s a basic tenet in my household.”  – Vice President Joe Biden  Vice President Joe Biden believes that in America, no matter where you start in life, everyone should be able to live up to their God-given potential. He knows that we need to rebuild the middle class, and this time make sure everybody comes along—regardless of race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, or disability.  Build an economy where everyone comes along and we protect the “least of these” Respect the dignity of work and give workers back the power to earn what they’re worth Ensure that affordable, quality health care is a right for all Americans Pursue a humane immigration policy that keeps families together, strengthens our economy, and secures our border Read mo...

My fellow Americans — I am honored and humbled by the trust the American people have placed in me and in Vice President-elect Harris. In the face of unprecedented obstacles, a record number of Americans voted. Proving once again, that democracy beats deep in the heart of America. With the campaign over, it’s time to put the anger and the harsh rhetoric behind us and come together as a nation. It’s time for America to unite. And to heal. We are the United States of America. And there’s nothing we can’t do, if we do it together.

  US Senator John F. Kennedy, campaigning against Vice President Richard M. Nixon for the American presidency, spent the final week before the election in Pennsylvania. “Kennedy hit hard on unemployment, the problem of economically depressed areas, and the plight of the Iron Curtain countries.  He spent a day in northeastern Pennsylvania, traveling through steel and coal mining towns, which suffered from "chronic ills and unemployment," reported the Belvidere Daily Republican in Illinois. "By the time he reached Scranton Friday night Kennedy had a bruised, swollen and slightly scratched right hand that attested as he said, that coal miners “really know how to shake hands.” PA Governor David L. Lawrence traveled with Kennedy on the trip.  Earlier in the month, Kennedy's father, Joseph P. Kennedy, campaigned for his son in Bloomburg.   Learn more about President Kennedy's 1960 campaign by visiting the JFKlibrary.org in Boston. To follow the Biden Harris campaign ...

  Read Irish Echo article by Michael Quinlin entitled, Joe Biden and the Soul of America . 

  Some great Irish traditional musicians got together this month to release a new campaign song for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.  The group includes tin whistle play Joanie Madden, piano accordionist Mirella Murray, guitarist Mary Coogan, all members of the group Cherish the Ladies, and vocalist Bruce Foley. For more information about the campaign visit https://joebiden.com/ . Follow Irish Americans for Biden Harris on Facebook and Twitter . 

  Rolling Stone Magazine , the rock n roll lifestyle magazine founded in 1967, has endorsed Joe Biden as President of the United States in the 2020 Presidential Election. The editorial states that Biden "evinces competence, compassion, steadiness, integrity and restraint. Perhaps even more important in this moment, Biden holds a profound respect for the institutions of American democracy, as well as a deep respect for how our government - and our system of checks and balances - is meant to work; he aspires to lead the nation as its president, not its dictator." Read the Rolling Stone endorsement here.

  This weekend, US Presidential candidate Joe Biden's campaign issued a statement entitled Joe Biden, Irish-America and Ireland , which outlines his policies and promises the Irish Diaspora in the United States as well as foreign policy issues regarding Ireland and Northern Ireland. Biden reiterated his long-standing support for the 1998 Northern Ireland Good Friday Agreement.  He promised to used "U.S. diplomatic engagement to advance the Northern Ireland peace process, and will ensure that there will be no US-UK trade deal if the implementation of Brexit imperils the Good Friday Agreement." On immigration policy, Biden restated his empathy and compassion for the plight of Irish immigrants who have been prevented from entering the United States due to the inadequacies of present day immigration policy.  On a broad scale, Biden promised to "prioritize legislation to create a roadmap to citizenship" for undocumented citizens waiting their turn for years on end....