[gotmatt]

This makes me proud to be Irish :)

[Tax-chick]

Good article! My mom's from the Londonderry region ... I hope they keep the Belfast-Londonderry rail link open :-) ... (their recent online poll.)

[wagglebee]

This week, News Letter readers overwhelmingly backed the view that in the UK we are culturally and politically closer to the USA than to Europe. Under President George W. Bush, we would expect this relationship will be advanced!

The successful and upcoming nations of the world, Ireland, Portugal, many former Soviet Bloc nations, Australia, Israel, etc., are aligned with the US. They realize that the American way is the surest route to success and prosperity.

[jocon307]

"This makes me proud to be Irish :)'

ME TOO! ME TOO!

I heard the Northern Irish caller to Rush, last week or maybe the week before. He sounded just like my relatives who came from there, his accent I mean. Told about this paper's poll going all for Bush!

GOD SAVE IRELAND!

I remember my grandma, she was quite a character. Took me aside, when I was about 9, to tell me she'd come here for "Freedom" and I mustn't ever forget it. Maryama, I never did. A real libertarian type. Too bad, she was born too soon, she died at 96, but had she just been a wee bit younger she would have been here giving us all fits on FR.

Loved God, loved people, HATED politicians!

[digger48]

There IS some sanity over there, after all

[Kieri]

I'm Irish too. This is the letter I sent them:

"I would like to thank your newspaper for its kind remarks in the editorial on America's decision to re-elect President Bush.

"What many countries seem to forget is that America is more than just New York City and Los Angeles. There are thousands of miles of rolling hills, forests, streams, farmland, suburbs, waterways and mountains that lie between the coasts. Those citizens, like myself, remember all too well the aftermath of 9/11. We held bake sales, washed cars, donated money and gave blood. We built fire engines to replace the ones lost. We sent food, clothes, rescue workers -- even rescue dogs -- and every item of comfort we could think of. We raised monuments in the memory of our losses, some of them from steel reclaimed from the fallen towers.

"America's heartland remembered. We won't forget, and we won't let it happen again. We voted for the one man who was willing to stand for all the states, and who doesn't forget those who fight alongside us.

"God bless Ireland, and God continues to bless America.

[everydayislikesunday]

I'm not sure your average Newsletter reader would refer to themselves as Irish! (I am one of them!)

Point is made though.

[jordan8]

From the facts you can't use department, there's a town in Maine named Belfast whose newspaper, interestingly enough, is called The Republican Journal.