Ronald Reagan: PROUD to Be Irish!

Reaganite Republican ^ | March 17, 2011 | Reaganite Republican

[Reaganite Republican]

As House Speaker for most of Ronald Reagan's two presidential terms, bombastic liberal spendaholic Tip O'Neill was one of the fiercest opponents of the entire Reagan agenda, fighting it tooth-and-nail for six years. He called Reagan a "cheerleader for selfishness" and even went so far as to personally attack him as "most ignorant man that has ever inhabited the White House".

Not one to be easily outwitted -but showing considerably more class and good humor- Reagan observed parallels between Yeltsin-esque Speaker O'Neill and the Pac-Man video game, as  "a round thing that gobbles up money".

Yet despite the professional animosity, Ronald Reagan often said the two were "friends after 6pm"... and both plenty proud of their Celtic Irish heritage. In fact, today's Saint Patrick's Day Speaker's Luncheon is a tradition initially established by Reagan and O'Neill back in 1983...

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Despite being fierce opponents during the day, the two grew to be friends.

One story goes how President Reagan would call Speaker O’Neill and say, “Hey Tip, is it 6 o’clock yet?” in which Speaker O’Neill would reply, “Why yes it is Mr. President.” 

After the work day had ended, the two were known to have gone and shared a few drinks together at local DC establishments.

On March 17, 1983, Speaker Tip O’Neill, President Ronald Reagan and Minority Leader Bob Michel celebrated the first Speaker’s St. Patty’s Day luncheon after Reagan and O’Neill had suggested doing a luncheon together to celebrate their Irish heritage on St. Patrick’s Day. 

Originally held in H-209 of the Capitol building, then the Speaker’s office, the event has since moved to the Rayburn Room in the House side of the Capitol.

By Reagan's last Saint Patrick's Day in office -1988- Tip O'Neill had retired from the House of Representatives, so he headed over to Alexandria for a surprise visit to Pat Troy's Irish Pub...  

And the Gipper was in fine form: after a cold brew and some corned-beef-and-cabbage, he takes the mike at 4:00... besides the jokes, be sure to note the allegedly "ignorant" Reagan's extensive knowledge of Irish history and culture:

"I'm very leery of ethnic jokes in my position- 

the only ones I can get tell are Irish!"    

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So may the road rise to meet ya...

A happy and blessed Saint Pat's 

to all you lasses and laddies from the 

half-Irish, all-Catholic Reaganite Republican

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The University of Texas   Cloture Club   Wikipedia

[momtothree]

Happy Saint Patrick’s Day to you. It is a happy day in our house for two reasons. One, we are of Irish descent and two, our daughter’s birthday!

[Bean Counter]

This is yet another cut and paste plagiarism job by one of the more prolific blogpimps here at FR.

Reported for abuse, yet again.

IB4TZ

[ConorMacNessa]

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Lamh Foistenach Abu!

[Thane_Banquo]

A happy and blessed Saint Pat's to all you lasses and laddies from the half-Irish, all-Catholic Reaganite Republican

Of course, Reagan himself was half-Irish and all-Methodist.

I just found out this year that I'm Irish. We had always been told that my paternal grandfather's side was English. But I did a search on Ancestry.com and found out they immigrated from Northern Ireland. To be sure, they were probably originally English and they immigrated to Ireland, and then several generations later immigrated to Philly. Most likely they told people they were English because in the late 19th/early 20th century Irish were heavily discriminated against in the Northeast.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Happy St. Patty’s Day to all Irish visiting this page (from a 1/2 N. Irishman.)

[Reaganite Republican]

What is your problem, dude?

This took three hours to put together!

Get lost

[Reaganite Republican]

God Bless You Mom ‘o Three!

[Bean Counter]

There’s no way you took more than 15 minutes to cut and paste this garbage together. I’m personally sick and tired of seeing this crap of yours pushed off here at FR like you actually have something of your own to say about it.

I go to your website every time you post one of these “things” of yours, and without fail, they are directly copied word for word from Wikipedia and often directly from the other linked sources that the Wiki article provides.

As I have told you repeatedly, Ronald Reagan had many attributes, but plagiarism was not one of them. You insult his memory every time you slap one of these missives of yours together and pollute the bandwidth here with it.

Three hours?? Now you’re a bold-faced liar as well as a plagiarist and a blogpimp.

Congratulations.

[NavyCanDo]

Reagan was Scots-Irish on his mothers side - something to be proud of in itself; everyday of the year. There is a great book on Scots-Irish in America

Born Fighting : How the Scots-Irish Shaped America

http://www.ashbrook.org/publicat/oped/owens/04/webb.html

These are the “red state” voters. They are family-oriented, take morality seriously, go to church, join the US military, support America’s wars, and listen to country music. They strongly believe that no man is obligated to obey the edicts of a government that violates his moral conscience. They once formed the bedrock of the Democratic Party—from the time of Andrew Jackson until the Vietnam era—but they have been moving to the Republicans since then.

[Reaganite Republican]

Something wrong with you, some sort of obsessive type, slandering people as ‘liars’ while you come at me with some farcical charges-

This isn’t plagerism- you show me where!

I guess the blog concept escapes you, why don’t you find something else to do rather than screw with me, boy

[presently no screen name]

Irish were heavily discriminated against in the Northeast.

Yes they were. But we can't let that get around, only one ethic group can claim discrimination.

[Bean Counter]

I’d really like to put up a link to the many articles you have started here that got zotted within minutes of you posting it, but zots leave no lasting trace, which is why I think the AdminMod is letting this one stand for a little while.

Just yesterday you put one of these up, it got five comments and then summarily disappeared down the FR Memory Hole because it was such an obvious hack job by you. That really benefits only you, because it enables you to mount some phony defense like you are now, by daring me to produce evidence that no longer exists.

Nobody needs to take my word for any of this. Just go to the Wiki link this troll posted and start comparing sentences that match word for word.

Over the Holidays we had a blogpimp just like you who was posting breaking news directly from AP on his WordPress “blog”, and then came over to Free Republic and opened a “Breaking News” story with only a link back to his blog. Not only is that plagiarism, it’s a copyright violation as well, and that’s why he was finally booted. Nobody knows who you really are, and your MO is much the same.

Whine all you want, but every time I see one of your articles here I will check it out and draw as much attention to your ongoing deceptions as I possibly can. I hate a liar, but I hate a sneak thief even worse, and it’s not slander to call you either.

[ConservativeWarrior]

Interesting stuff. Thanks for posting.

[Reaganite Republican]

My pleasure, CW

[Reaganite Republican]

I had ONE “zotted” here quickly, actually immediately after the last time you came on my thread looking for trouble. Did you get your petty little victory there, perhaps?

Embittered critics are a dime a dozen- let’s see you do any better, sport. My blog gets 2000 hits a day, I guess cuz it’s plagerized rubbish, right?

At least I’m doing something to turn this country around... or is that your real issue here, troll... coming after an effective conservative voice in the New Media?

It’s sure not anything to do with the rambling diatribes you’re offering up... you sound like a complete kook lol

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“It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better.

The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat.”

“Citizenship in a Republic,”
Speech at the Sorbonne, Paris, April 23, 1910

[CelticIrish]

Lads.......You guys are Killing me. It is Saint Patrick’s day for the Love of all things Holy. Ronald Reagan was a great man and I am sure that he would want us build on his legacy not live off of it. We all have points of view some we agree with some not. You have made your points now lets get back to the Corn Beef and cabbage and a Pint (Sam Adams is my choice). A toast to the conservative revival and the continued passionate points of view from fellow Americans.

[AngelesCrestHighway]

The pub at the Reagan Museum....

[AngelesCrestHighway]

[Bean Counter]

Tell ya what there Kemo-slobby...

Fill this form out and send a copy to a very nice friend of mine here at Free Republic whose name is "Admin Moderator". I promise you he will read it and consider every one of your concerns about me. Be sure to include lots of details and write small on both sides if you need to.

If you write and tell him what a "complete kook" I am he might actually reprimand me. If you're really convincing, he might even banish me for being such a big meany to you because we all know how important it is to fight back against dangerous bullies like me.



Good Luck.