Posted on 03/17/2022 12:53:42 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
While speaking to reporters Thursday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced that she will be reading a poem about Ukraine written by U2 singer Bono at the annual Friends of Ireland St. Patrick's Day lunch at the U.S Capitol.
“This is a joke right?" tweeted former Obama administration official Tommy Vietor, but Pelosi went on to read the poem at the lunch anyway.
"I got this message this morning from Bono," Pelosi said at the lunch. "And most of us, whether we're in Ireland, or here, whatever it is, Bono has been a very Irish part of our lives."
The San Francisco Democrat then read the poem, printed in its entirety below (no, we do not know where the line breaks are, forgive us Bono):
"Oh St. Patrick, he drove out the snakes, with his prayers, but that's not all it takes. For this smoke symbolizes the evil that arises and hides in your heart as it breaks. And the evil risen from the darkness that lives in some men, but in sorrow and fear, that's when saints can appear, to drive out those old snakes once again and a struggle for us to be free from this psycho in this human family, Ireland's sorrow and pain is now the Ukraine, and St. Patrick's name is now Zelenskyy."
"How about that," Pelosi laughed to the room after reading the poem. She then immediately introduced the event's live entertainment (Riverdance), which, when juxtaposed with the situation in Ukraine, was particularly striking.
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Arguably the most politically charged band on the planet....which has always been a bit of a turnoff to me.
I’m part Irish and I can say that Bono is absolutely not one single part of my life. Certainly he’s a much smaller part than Bushmills or Murphy’s Stout.
I'd say The Clash, or Midnight Oil probably had them beat.
Nancy just wanted everyone to know how cool she is cuz she gets texts from Bono. Even if they’re nonsensical poems.
Maybe Bono is attempting population reduction through mass suicide. All he has to do is threaten to write more poems.
Watching all these morons suck up to a thug like Zelenskyy is hilarious.
Bono is so Irish, that U2 moved their operations to The Netherlands to avoid Irish taxes.
"You want some poems...I got some f____g poems!"
Maybe, but U2 has/had way more exposure wouldn’t you say?
IMO, their guitar player, who goes by the egotistical name of “The Edge”, is highly overrated and owes his “fame” to an echo delay setting on his FX rig.
Dice was early practice for the cancel culture....just nobody knew what it was back then.
Uh, uh, you are not suggesting that Ukraine is corrupt?
The Edge, reminds of “Sting”
“Allo Gordo!”
“Excuse me, I prefer you to call me ‘Sting’ from now on.”
“Sting?!?!?! F___ you! This is my friend ‘Bite’ and my other friend ‘Scratch’, now go get us a beer, Gordo!”
When your national policy decisions involve tik-tok “stars”, musicians, and actors or actresses,your country has serious problems that will not be able to be solved overnight. Even if every democrat was voted out of office next week, the harm that has been done to this nation will last for decades.
I always thought Bono and U2 were overrated. And Pelosi is just being her usual gross self.
Bono is clearly not Catholic and doesn't follow St. Patrick:
"U2’s Moral Stain"
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/u2-abortion-moral-stain-ireland/
Bono clearly chose cash over Ireland:
"The Hypocrisy of Saint Bono"
https://www.popdust.com/bono-tax-dodging-hypocrite-1890139451.html
It's also not surprising that Nanzi Pelosi, another false Catholic, would read poems from Bono.
Koko JoeBy Salvatore "Sonny" Christie aka Sonny Bono, 1958
In the jungle, there's a monkey named Koko Joe,
The coolest little monkey that you'll ever know.
He don't have a tail like the other monkeys do,
He trimmed it in suede and he dyed it blue.Koko Joe,
Let me tell you about Koko Joe.
Koko Joe,
The coolest little monkey in town.Koko, let me tell you, is no square ape.
He wears Ivy Leaguers with a crazy drape.
You should see his walk, it's the funniest thing,
He changed the Stroll to the Monkey SwingKoko Joe,
Let me tell you about Koko Joe.
Koko Joe,
The coolest little monkey in town.Koko, that cat really flips the chicks,
Got a tough line of chatter that really clicks.
When they talk about marriage like the other monkeys do,
He says, "Look-a here, baby, now, later for you."Koko Joe,
Let me tell you about Koko Joe.
Koko Joe,
The coolest little monkey in town.
Does Bono actually believe that St. Patrick drove the snakes out of Ireland. Does Pelosi believe it?
Didn’t do the cancel culture any good dice is still out slinging it
Some Ukrainian refugees are going to Ireland.
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