Keyword: drunkenbuffoon https://freerepublic.com/tag/drunkenbuffoon/ en-us Sat, 28 May 2011 21:41:21 GMT Focus Forum 15 Obama’s speech in Westminster Hall was heavy: but his big speech in Ireland was simply fraudulent https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2726574/posts President Obama drinks a Guinness in Hayes Bar in Moneygall, County Offaly, during his visit to Ireland (Photo: Press Association)What one has always to remember, in speeches delivered abroad by statesmen from any democratic country—but especially from America—is that for them their most important audience is back home. President ObamaÂ’s performance in the medieval splendours of Westminster Hall, it seems, didnÂ’t go down all that well back in the US of A: his meeting with the Cambridges got more media attention. Certainly, his oratory has often been more compelling; after the jokiness and rabble-rousing of a lot of his speech... Catholic Herald https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2726574/posts#comment Sat, 28 May 2011 21:41:21 GMT