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He could have have picked any political party in Ireland and would have had no problem getting the leadership when it became vacant - his intellect and eloquence  stands head and shoulders above our local leaders - none of whom would have huge standing in intellectual or international terms at the moment.

We do value experience and time served, so he'd have to have been around a few years.  Race hasn't been a factor here so far in elections - and might have been helpful in some instances for novelty factor alone.  This may change if/when racial minorities become big enough to threaten the dominant "indigenous" culture.

notes from no w here

by Frank Schnittger (mail Frankschnittger at hot dotty communists) on Mon Nov 17th, 2008 at 04:51:11 PM EST
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... head and shoulders above the rest prized or penalized in Irish political culture?


I've been accused of being a Marxist, yet while Harpo's my favourite, it's Groucho I'm always quoting. Odd, that.
by BruceMcF (agila61 at netscape dot net) on Tue Nov 18th, 2008 at 10:21:36 AM EST
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