Bertie’s Unkindest Cut of All Blame Us For Anything At All, except Trimble
Posted By: March 29, 2013
Washington, D.C. November 20, 2002 —Taoiseach Bertie Ahern enjoys
broad support among Irish-Americans, and that is why they will be
really taken aback by his statement trying to explain away David
Trimble’s latest sectarian, anti-Catholic and anti-Irish outburst.
Mr. Ahern had said the views of some Irish-Americans ” acted as a
wind-up” for Trimble.
” I have deep respect for The Taoiseach for his great work on the
peace-process “, said Fr. Sean Mc Manus, president of the Capitol
Hill-based Irish National Caucus, ” and over the years
Irish-Americans have often been scape-goated. But Bertie you can
blame us for anything, anything at all, but please do not make us
responsible for David Trimble.That is the unkindest cut of all.And it
is a responsibility not even the most generous, long-suffering
Irish-American could possibly bear”.
Last updated on: Sunday, November 14, 2004