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Clinton visit ends in sour note (so-called "Favourite Ex-President"jeered as he leaves Ireland)
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| 27 August 2004
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.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: clintons; northernireland
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posted on
08/27/2004 5:45:25 AM PDT
by
presidio9
To: presidio9
Hosed again. They never learn.
2
posted on
08/27/2004 5:46:30 AM PDT
by
mewzilla
To: mewzilla
Better put some ice on that.........
3
posted on
08/27/2004 5:48:11 AM PDT
by
MamaLucci
(Libs, want answers on 911? Ask Clinton why he met with Monica more than with his CIA director.)
To: MamaLucci
4
posted on
08/27/2004 5:49:31 AM PDT
by
mewzilla
To: mewzilla
"It depends on what the meaning of the words poque mahone, is"
5
posted on
08/27/2004 5:49:56 AM PDT
by
marktuoni
(Verry/Backwards)
To: presidio9
Stupid Micks. Don't they know that King Bill and Queen Hillary can't be bothered by peasants like you? Go crawl back in your bottles and moan about "The Troobles".
Owl_Eagle
" WAR IS PEACE
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
DIVERSITY IS STRENGTH"
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posted on
08/27/2004 5:50:05 AM PDT
by
End Times Sentinel
(“Cocaine is a powerful drug, b*tches.” R.I.P. Rick James.)
To: Happygal
I suppose you have an alibi. <|:)~
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posted on
08/27/2004 5:50:44 AM PDT
by
martin_fierro
(_____oooo_( ° ¿ ° )_oooo_____)
To: presidio9
"I have Irish Alzheimer's. I only remember the grudges."
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posted on
08/27/2004 5:51:49 AM PDT
by
martin_fierro
(_____oooo_( ° ¿ ° )_oooo_____)
To: presidio9
"Don't come back," one teenager yelled. May I put this young person up for sainthood?
To: mewzilla; TheBigB; martin_fierro; Tijeras_Slim; dfwgator; rj45mis; ECM; 1rudeboy; KiloLima; ...
10
posted on
08/27/2004 5:53:18 AM PDT
by
presidio9
(KHAAAAAAAANNNN!!! KHAAAAAAAANNNN!!!)
To: presidio9
That reminds me of the time I went to see Jimmy Buffet in George, Washinton. I love Buffet's music but after two hours of Bush/Quayle bashing in between songs the concert had lost its luster. At the end of the concert I was yelling "You suck Jimmy!".
It was you Jimmy, you broke my heart.
11
posted on
08/27/2004 5:53:47 AM PDT
by
normy
(Just cause you think you can box, doesn't mean you're ready to climb in the ring with Ali.)
To: mewzilla
The Clintons always have NOW, New York, Arkansas and the DNC.
12
posted on
08/27/2004 5:57:28 AM PDT
by
Diogenesis
(Re: Protection from up on high, Keyser Sose has nothing on Sandy Berger, the DNC Burglar)
To: presidio9
We shouldn't be too hard on the Clintons. Hillary was late trying to get back to the States for cancle reduction surgery...and ol' crusty needed to get to the cleaners at least once this year.
13
posted on
08/27/2004 5:59:37 AM PDT
by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
To: presidio9
""Don't come back," one teenager yelled." A teenager who gets it. A hopeful sign. We could use more of that in this country.
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posted on
08/27/2004 6:01:22 AM PDT
by
GBA
To: presidio9
urging them to take the final steps towards lasting devolution at talks next month devoluton of what?
15
posted on
08/27/2004 6:01:38 AM PDT
by
PistolPaknMama
(www.cantheban.net --Can the "assault" weapons ban!)
To: presidio9
So Clinton stiffed the un-washed in front of the Clinton Center for International Piece
Priceless!
16
posted on
08/27/2004 6:06:16 AM PDT
by
aShepard
To: martin_fierro
17
posted on
08/27/2004 6:07:47 AM PDT
by
Happygal
(Liberals - fully au fait with their 'rights', utterly ignorant of their responsibilities)
To: presidio9
"Don't come back," one teenager yelled. I'm proud of my Irish relatives!
To: presidio9
Heh. Sounds like a fine, upstanding young Irish citizen.
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posted on
08/27/2004 6:12:15 AM PDT
by
Constitution Day
(Now with 23% more sarcasm than last year's Freeper!)
To: presidio9
John MeMeCain is going to have to have a chat with this chap journalist I see.
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