Posted on 08/27/2004 5:45:24 AM PDT by presidio9
Former US President Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary were jeered when they left Enniskillen without saying goodbye to a crowd of around 130 people who had gathered to see them today.
Crowds waited for around two hours outside the Clinton Centre for International Peace at the site of the IRA's Remembrance Day bomb blast in 1987 which killed 11 people.
However they were disappointed when the Clintons left the centre after spending an hour and a half meeting people involved in voluntary and youth work.
The crowd groaned as Senator Clinton and her husband's motorcade left the town without crossing the road to shake their hands.
Some members of the public managed to greet the Clintons when they arrived and obtained their signatures, but there were boos as the motorcade left Enniskillen.
"Don't come back," one teenager yelled.
The Clintons were carrying out their last engagement of their two-day visit to Northern Ireland.
They met Northern Ireland politicians yesterday in Belfast, urging them to take the final steps towards lasting devolution at talks next month involving Prime Minister Tony Blair and Irish Taoiseach Bertie Ahern in Maidstone, Kent.
Mrs Clinton, the senator for New York, also took part in a conference of Women's leaders in Belfast before delivering a lecture at the University of Ulster's Magee College campus in Londonderry.
The former US President brought Belfast city centre to a standstill yesterday at a book signing of his autobiography, My Life.
How I envy that kid. He will never see or hear from them again. I can only wish.
There are better things to be doing over their graves than yelling. . .Eh?
If I am ever standing with you at their graves, expect me to say something to you like "I can't go while you're watching."
Please contact me when you do. I'd like to show up with a bottle of good single malt scotch and savor the experience.
"Face it, you f'd up, you trusted us."
This headline should read" IRELAND SOBERS UP!"
i knew there was something i liked about those irishmen. ;)
Gee, I didn't know she was the only Senator from New York.......
I keep hearing the one and only Hank: "Why Don't You Love Me Like You Useta Do?"
Thanks a lot. Really. Now that song is going to be playing in my head for the rest of the night.
Sorry!
At least I didn't mention the Sawdoctors worse number, The N17!
Oops, there, I just did! *L*
I was born in a small town.....
Wishing you all the best on that loveliest of places to live. I had the good fortune to live there 3 years, from '78 to '81. Returned several times for visits. When there I lived in County Down, just outside of Portadown. I have many pleasant memories...
Aww, thank you.
I live on the opposite end of the country, but County Down is a very beautiful place. I've been up around Newcastle a few towns and have been stunned by how naturally breathtaking it is.
Again, thanks for the kind words for my homeplace.
Haven't you seen Wales and Scotland?
Indeed I have. Taking nothing away from Wales or Scotland...there's just something about Ireland.
BTW, I had a feeling someone would pipe in aboot Scotland as soon as I posted #34. =;^)
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