David Feherty
Posted on 03/07/2010 1:45:32 PM PST by ejdrapes
David Feherty: 'I'm proud to be a fat American' Give us your tired, your poor, your wise-cracking golf analysts, yearning to breathe free. Last week at the Citizenship and Immigration Building near Dallas, Golf Magazine columnist and CBS golf commentator David Feherty, 51, placed hand to heart, said the Pledge of Allegiance and made it official. The Irishman is now an American. Flyers made its first-ever call to Citizen Feherty: CONNELL BARRETT: Congratulations on being an American, David. Have you packed on the pounds and started listening to Toby Keith yet? DAVID FEHERTY: Have you seen me lately? I'm already fat. But now, I'm a fat American. CB: How did you celebrate last week? DF: I'm very passionate about veterans issues. I'm involved with the Troops First Foundation. After the swearing in, 9 or 10 soldiers came down from Walter Reed and we went on a boys' trip, to partake in the great American pastime of shooting and blowing up stuff. It was a hunting trip at Rough Creek Lodge, southeast of Dallas [where Feherty lives]. You can do bird-hunting and deer-hunting. It was a 10-bedroom house. We had nine soldiers, but they take up less space because they're amputees. They're very portable. You can stack them. CB: What was your first thought after you took the Pledge and it was official? DF: I thought, "Where can I buy a .45 Automatic Colt Pistol?" CB: Really? DF: Oh yeah. I'm filing for a concealed-carry permit as soon as possible. This is Texas. A law-abiding citizen with a concealed weapon who respects guns can be a very useful person, with all these shootings around the country. If I'm out with my wife and daughter, or hear a bump in the night, I'll be ready. When I dial 9-1-1, I only need them to come and do clean up. [Our call is dropped. Feherty calls back.] DF: I can't wait to get my gun so I can shoot my [expletive] phone! CB: Hmm. I'm reminded of the Simpsons episode when Homer has to wait to buy a gun, and tells the guy at the gun shop, "But I'm mad now!" (Video below.) So, what does being an American mean to you? DF: Everything. I was a successful European player. I didn't have to come here. I wanted to. I've had duel citizenship [Irish and British]. But I always wanted to be an American. This country gave me such an opportunity. The American dream is still alive. Things may not be perfect, but this country still works the way it was meant to. CB: What about gridlock in Congress? It seems nothing gets done. DF: While the political system doesn't look particularly unbroken, our politicians know that we know that they're idiots. Countries that hate us have uneducated people. They control their people with religion, letting them only read one book. Not here. Thomas Jefferson and the Founding Fathers made sure that couldn't happen. I go back to the veterans, who mean so much to me. These soldiers—I wanted to be able to call them mine. And to be able to do that, I had to be a citizen. CB: We have our problems as a nation, but perspective is important. When you were growing up in Northern Ireland, you could hear IRA bombs going off, right? DF: Absolutely. In Ireland, in the '60s and '70s, there was religious persecution. But at least the terror was more civil. Bombs would explode, but they warned you ahead of time. We'd bring lawn chairs, watch them go off. Boom! "Oooh, that was a good one." CB: You can vote now. I have three words for you: President Sarah Palin. DF: Please god, no! CB: I can tell you read that off your hand. Anything else you'd like to say, as Citizen Feherty? DF: I think some Americans take things for granted here. Not me. I wake up, pinch myself, and say, "I'm still here!" My heart is in Ireland, but my soul is here in America.
Posted at 3:09 PM by Connell Barrett | Categories: David Feherty
Citizen Feherty on veterans, shootin' stuff, and Sarah Palin
David Feherty
“David Feherty: ‘I’m proud to be a fat American”
I am a proud American. The fat part? Not so much. That is why I joined the YMCA.
DF: I thought, "Where can I buy a .45 Automatic Colt Pistol?"
He and Nick Faldo are pretty good together. Faldo is in the booth and David is on the course. Faldo can be a little snooty but the guy could play golf. Feherty is hilarious. He does not sound like a Sarah supporter though. Maybe he found out that she supports Juan McCain.
This is how you spot a tourist in places like Europe and Israel!
Tourists?
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>>DF: Oh yeah. I’m filing for a concealed-carry permit as soon as possible. This is Texas. A law-abiding citizen with a concealed weapon who respects guns can be a very useful person, with all these shootings around the country. If I’m out with my wife and daughter, or hear a bump in the night, I’ll be ready. When I dial 9-1-1, I only need them to come and do clean up.
Love Feherty. Any handicap golfer like myself know he’s the best behind the mike.
He used to be a pretty big boozer (no shock for an Irishman) and replaced it with ice cream.
This guy clogs up the aisles in stores.
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