http://jameslawless.ie/2009/08/30/in-death-theres-hope/ Politics, Kildare, Work and Play! Wed, 14 Jul 2010 15:01:01 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://jameslawless.ie/2009/08/30/in-death-theres-hope/comment-page-1/#comment-1016 Des Sun, 30 Aug 2009 17:56:53 +0000 http://jameslawless.ie/?p=682#comment-1016 James, Obamas eulogy apparently sounded fairly subdued. I read it on the Irish Times website today though and parts of it are very moving and powerful in an " I come to bury Caesar not to praise him" type of way. Irish people can totally identify with the Irish -American Catholic brand of liberalism. I have a whole family branch of cousins and second cousins in New York who are typical second generation Irish Catholic Democrats. In fact my fathers brother who emigrated in 1970 is one of Obamas policy advisors and based in Boston as an ex-priest he has been very vocal in his opposition to current church hierarchy. Again though he separates policy bfrom faith. Yuo would have to worry about the weakening of Irish relevance in Washington now. We certainly cant afford a No vote to Lisbon! James,
Obamas eulogy apparently sounded fairly subdued. I read it on the Irish Times website today though and parts of it are very moving and powerful in an ” I come to bury Caesar not to praise him” type of way.
Irish people can totally identify with the Irish -American Catholic brand of liberalism. I have a whole family branch of cousins and second cousins in New York who are typical second generation Irish Catholic Democrats. In fact my fathers brother who emigrated in 1970 is one of Obamas policy advisors and based in Boston as an ex-priest he has been very vocal in his opposition to current church hierarchy. Again though he separates policy bfrom faith.
Yuo would have to worry about the weakening of Irish relevance in Washington now.
We certainly cant afford a No vote to Lisbon!

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