Paul Ryan likes to tout his Irish American roots--just look at all that green on his home page. But even though his great-great grandparents were married in Graiguenamanagh, (pronunciation, anyone?) Ryan's budget-hacking, P90X crunching charms seem to have escaped the citizenry of that village and Ireland in general. Reports Reuters:
Ryan's pitch to slash public spending does not go down so well in a country reeling from years of austerity imposed after crippling bank debt forced the government to take a bailout from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund in 2010.
Despite the Ryan connection, few locals are hoping for a Republican victory across the ocean. "It would give a boost to a nice small town like this, but I would forgo it. I wouldn't want to inflict him on the American people," said Margaret, a 64-year-old cashier, upset by Ryan's plans to cut welfare and Medicare health cover for the elderly. She withheld her family name to avoid angering her employer.
Sorry Congressman, Ireland is O'bama territory:
A straw poll of 20 people on a recent afternoon found 12 Obama supporters and none for Ryan and running mate Mitt Romney.
Ninety-six percent of people in Ireland who have decided would back Obama and Irish Catholic running mate Joe Biden if they had a vote, according to a September poll of 1,000 people by Gallup International.
As for the Irish on this side of the pond:
The lobby group Irish American Democrats says it is targeting Cuyahoga County in Ohio, a bellwether Irish area in a state where the election could be decided. Ryan will find it far harder than Biden to take advantage of his Irish heritage, said Stella O'Leary, who heads the group. "I find there is a kind of mild embarrassment on the half of Irish Americans who are Republicans," she said. "They would all have originally have been Democrats, so the question is when did they change. Was it when they got a few dollars?"
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They would all have originally have been Democrats, so the question is when did they change. Was it when they got a few dollars?"
They did it when Nixon managed to tie the Democrats to the "hippies" and convince lunch bucket Democrats to "vote your values" rather than vote their interests. That and all the affirmatizing action lettin' the darkies get ahead of the micks (a lie, but it worked). Every time I run across one of these swine, I point out that he'd probably be the one putting up the sign "Dogs and Irish - keep off the grass" had he been around 150 years ago. It's amazing the number of Irish who forget things like a slow boat to America to avoid Lord Cornwallis' rope after "The '99" (when mine came over).
Sadly enough, the portrait of the Irish shown in "Hell On Wheels" is historically accurate and shows it didn't take long after getting off the boat for the stupidity to set in with more than a few of them.
I've been in Ireland twice recently (in September 2011 and April 2012) and I can tell you that folks in Ireland love, love, love, love "O'Bama"! Some of the Irish Americans I know (including some of my relatives) get very upset when I tell them this....but it is the truth!
"Ireland is O'bama territory"
As they used to say in the Guinness commercials, Brilliant!
um... That's P90X...
http://www.forvo.com/word/graiguenamanagh/
(pronunciation)
Congress-worm Pinocchio Ryan is morally bankrupt and completely in dept to his Right-Wing, Racist, Homophobic, Women-Hating, Teapublican, Robber Baron puppet masters for his low life career.
Just remember " Voting Republican Is Easier Than Thinking ! "
By the way . . . how do you say Congress-worm Ryan in Irish ?
But like all impulsive decisions, it can be very hard to live with!
LOL . . . Exactly . . . it is harder on the people who do NOT vote Republican though . . . than those who blindly vote that way like puppets.
Most of what Radical Republicans are all about is making people miserable. Misery loves company . . .you know ?
I never get tired of that part.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graiguenamanagh
Graiguenamanagh or Graignamanagh (Irish: Gráig na Manach, meaning "village of the monks")
That explains the Austerity gene!
Ahh, I see,
The Devil chose a Red Headed Lass the night he made Ryan.
The Irish explains the Blarney and the Devil explains the lying.
Lie-in Ryan, Another curse on the Irish.
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Obama wants to tout his KENYAN roots. What is the point of this dialogue??
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Obama's ancestry isn't disowning him.
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You've got to be pretty bad for the Irish to disown you...
Just saying....
The people here in Ireland would be more Democratic than Republican, we're a conservative country(politically probably more centre right) but the R's are just too right wing for us. Maybe it's a throwback to JFK but when Bill Clinton came here and made a speech in Dublin, thousands of people went to see him, some waited for hours so they could get a good vantage point. This was repeated when Barack Obama came to town, they were like rock stars. Would a President Romney get that kind of reception here? I seriously doubt it. GWB certainly wouldn't have, he was seen as a cartoon character over here. When he was shown on the news, you just knew something embarrassing was about to happen. People see Romney as being too polished and we have a natural distrust of people like that, he's like a used car salesman, believe nothing that comes out of his mouth. He proves that to be the case time and time again.