Lisbon whataboutery

Europe, Ireland 3 October 2009 1 Comment

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digg_title = ‘Lisbon whataboutery’;
digg_bodytext = ‘Note: regular readers of Slugger O’Toole will call this entire article whataboutery.  It is.  I’m predicting a possible future here, so don’t hate me if you don’t like the scenario I depict. Please don’t cry, and certainly don’t have nightmares.
I had three strange conversations about Lisbon today, from [...]

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Ireland gets a second chance to get it wrong

Uncategorized 31 August 2009 2 Comments

digg_url = ‘http://nabidana.com/2009/08/31/ireland-gets-a-second-chance-to-get-it-wrong/’;
digg_title = ‘Ireland gets a second chance to get it wrong’;
digg_bodytext = ‘I don’t usually comment on Irish politics.  It is, after all, their country, and they can do whatever they want to it.  But the latest posters for the Lisbon Treaty Referendum, put up by the intensely nasty campaign group Cóir should [...]

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