Comments on: A special St. Patrick’s Day message for Dodd, from the NRSC. http://www.redstate.com/moe_lane/2009/03/17/a-special-st-patricks-day-message-for-dodd-from-the-nrsc/ Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:04:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: tankertodd http://www.redstate.com/moe_lane/2009/03/17/a-special-st-patricks-day-message-for-dodd-from-the-nrsc/comment-page-1/#comment-12661 tankertodd Wed, 18 Mar 2009 02:24:04 +0000 http://www.redstate.com/moe_lane/?p=1980#comment-12661 nt nt

]]> By: redneck_hippie http://www.redstate.com/moe_lane/2009/03/17/a-special-st-patricks-day-message-for-dodd-from-the-nrsc/comment-page-1/#comment-12660 redneck_hippie Wed, 18 Mar 2009 01:20:19 +0000 http://www.redstate.com/moe_lane/?p=1980#comment-12660 marching through the hallways of Roosevelt Univ. today. I was shocked to see that such a non-PC celebration would be allowed. They played Amazing Grace. I almost couldn't believe it! This is an institution that is nothing but hope and change and the new deal 24/7. Guess the PC police must have been on spring break. marching through the hallways of Roosevelt Univ. today.

I was shocked to see that such a non-PC celebration would be allowed. They played Amazing Grace. I almost couldn’t believe it!

This is an institution that is nothing but hope and change and the new deal 24/7. Guess the PC police must have been on spring break.

]]> By: wshanshaw http://www.redstate.com/moe_lane/2009/03/17/a-special-st-patricks-day-message-for-dodd-from-the-nrsc/comment-page-1/#comment-12658 wshanshaw Wed, 18 Mar 2009 01:13:56 +0000 http://www.redstate.com/moe_lane/?p=1980#comment-12658 A great-grandfather that got off the boat and married a German woman. Go figure. But hey, what can you say? Patrick was from Britain, you know. Interesting that the best thing that happened to Ireland came from Britain. (The proper response is that he wasn't English. Still, I'm just saying.) A great-grandfather that got off the boat and married a German woman. Go figure. But hey, what can you say? Patrick was from Britain, you know. Interesting that the best thing that happened to Ireland came from Britain.

(The proper response is that he wasn’t English. Still, I’m just saying.)

]]> By: LJ "Beaglescout" Miller http://www.redstate.com/moe_lane/2009/03/17/a-special-st-patricks-day-message-for-dodd-from-the-nrsc/comment-page-1/#comment-12648 LJ "Beaglescout" Miller Tue, 17 Mar 2009 22:16:45 +0000 http://www.redstate.com/moe_lane/?p=1980#comment-12648 I enjoyed it. Highly amusing. But then again, I'm only 1/8 Irish. An octoreilly, to coin a phrase. I enjoyed it. Highly amusing. But then again, I’m only 1/8 Irish. An octoreilly, to coin a phrase.

]]> By: zarathustra57 http://www.redstate.com/moe_lane/2009/03/17/a-special-st-patricks-day-message-for-dodd-from-the-nrsc/comment-page-1/#comment-12647 zarathustra57 Tue, 17 Mar 2009 22:10:32 +0000 http://www.redstate.com/moe_lane/?p=1980#comment-12647 ...but this ad is awful. …but this ad is awful.

]]> By: Fred Maidment http://www.redstate.com/moe_lane/2009/03/17/a-special-st-patricks-day-message-for-dodd-from-the-nrsc/comment-page-1/#comment-12646 Fred Maidment Tue, 17 Mar 2009 22:04:40 +0000 http://www.redstate.com/moe_lane/?p=1980#comment-12646 I'm about 1/4 Irish, unless there's some way back of which I'm not aware... Yeah, St Pat's isn't one of my favorites. Didja' know you're supposed to wear orange if you're not Roman Catholic? Leprechauns are a crude stereotype of Irishmen, similar to the way baboons and apes were once used to portray blacks. If we treated Juneteenth the way we treat St. Pat's, the Rainbow Coalition, NAACP and every similar group would be holding demonstrations and protests. I suppose the one saving grace is that most Irish folk in this country have chosen to embrace the stereotype as good fun, instead of an insult... Oh, and my lady love's B-Day is today. There's one reason <i>for me</i> to enjoy this day... I’m about 1/4 Irish, unless there’s some way back of which I’m not aware…

Yeah, St Pat’s isn’t one of my favorites. Didja’ know you’re supposed to wear orange if you’re not Roman Catholic?

Leprechauns are a crude stereotype of Irishmen, similar to the way baboons and apes were once used to portray blacks. If we treated Juneteenth the way we treat St. Pat’s, the Rainbow Coalition, NAACP and every similar group would be holding demonstrations and protests.

I suppose the one saving grace is that most Irish folk in this country have chosen to embrace the stereotype as good fun, instead of an insult…

Oh, and my lady love’s B-Day is today. There’s one reason for me to enjoy this day…

]]> By: Officious Intermeddler http://www.redstate.com/moe_lane/2009/03/17/a-special-st-patricks-day-message-for-dodd-from-the-nrsc/comment-page-1/#comment-12636 Officious Intermeddler Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:40:34 +0000 http://www.redstate.com/moe_lane/?p=1980#comment-12636 We real Irish generally refer to St. Patrick's Day as "Amateur Night". We real Irish generally refer to St. Patrick’s Day as “Amateur Night”.

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