Posted: 5/2/2010 11:33:49 AM EDT
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Loved? Hated? How do the irish view him now? |
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Loved…
DeValera was a moronic idealistic and cowardly cunt, (Irish when it suited him, American when he got caught), who drove Ireland, which was a rich and prosperous country in 1922, into decades of desperate poverty with his retarded 'ourselves alone' policy. The day the bastard died was a great day and Ireland could finally emerge from the mess he drove us into and get back on it's feet. We always had a photo of the big fella on the wall in our house, and my Grandfather would curse and spit at the mention of the name of DeValera to the day he died. |
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Loved… DeValera was a moronic idealistic and cowardly cunt, (Irish when it suited him, American when he got caught), who drove Ireland, which was a rich and prosperous country in 1922, into decades of desperate poverty with his retarded 'ourselves alone' policy. The day the bastard died was a great day and Ireland could finally emerge from the mess he drove us into and get back on it's feet. We always had a photo of the big fella on the wall in our house, and my Grandfather would curse and spit at the mention of the name of DeValera to the day he died. My cousin said that DeValera was responsible for severing what could have been a tremendously economically beneficial partnership between Ireland and the US by poisoning the Irish image of expatraited Irishmen and the bonds between Ireland and the US. |
| I got to shake his hand at the opening of the new Air & Space museum in DC, way back when, my father was head curator of exhibits there until he retired in the 80's, he seemed like a real nice guy and actually answered a couple of questions I had about the space program. |
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Loved… DeValera was a moronic idealistic and cowardly cunt, (Irish when it suited him, American when he got caught), who drove Ireland, which was a rich and prosperous country in 1922, into decades of desperate poverty with his retarded 'ourselves alone' policy. The day the bastard died was a great day and Ireland could finally emerge from the mess he drove us into and get back on it's feet. We always had a photo of the big fella on the wall in our house, and my Grandfather would curse and spit at the mention of the name of DeValera to the day he died. Spot on. |
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A great American. Damn! Beat me to it. 
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