{I am paraphrasing here, so please overlook my poor grammar.}
There's no Irish-American votes to be had in Ireland, either.And, that goes for all you other politicians, protestors, journalists, bloggers, etc.
I want you all to buck up because what I'm going to say next will probably upset you greatly:
The number of Irish-Americans whose vote will be swung by Bush's welcome or otherwise in Ireland is so small that it is statistically ZERO!Yes, you have that right. Pretty pictures of the west of Ireland or wherever are not going to get Bush reelected.
That doesn't mean his trip here has no political implications, but those implications have more to do with the perception of the Bush administration's relations with EU leaders, not Ireland. If the meeting took place in Brussels or in the Azores, it would have the same implications.
