jane
Well-Known Member
Its time's like this I wish I was back in Ireland, sharing in the craic around his resignation. The gf just doesn't get why I've been laughing for thirty minutes through this thread and politics.ie. Told her to imagine if Sarkozy is still clinging to power in 11 years and then "poof", like magic he's gone (in disgrace). Good days...almost as sweet as McDowell being voted out.
I feel like I missed out on the excitement because I just happened to be really busy but I can come home and soak it up, roll in it, etc, so it must be kind of a bummer not to be around people who get what's happening in all its shades of hilarity and irony and bertieness. It really is a special, special day. Underwhelming in the long run, considering his replacement, but I think we can all come together to enjoy this brief moment of harmony.
I was working in a different office during the elections, with a friend of mine who is a total politics junkie. She and her whole family watch politics like mad football fans. We had all the broadcasts up on the computers.
When McDowell got voted out, I was dancing around the house, cackling and yelping while my phone rang off the hook. You'd have thought I won the bloody seat.
Fuck. Watching it on the news now, they're interviewing people in Fagan's about how great a lad he issssss.