O'Bama Watch [Mark Steyn]
Re the moose blarney, several readers from the Emerald Isle have weighed in:
I'm a political consultant based here in Ireland, and I can tell you that this country is absolutely brainwashed. I don't think Americans have any idea how much the European media is in the tank for Obama, and nor do I think they realise how much this has to do with a rancid anti-Americanism that pervades all Mainstream coverage of international affairs in Europe.
I had high hopes at one stage that John McCain might get a fair shake here in Ireland - he's visited a few times, and been well received - but once he got the nomination, and once he nominated Palin, our media started to paint him as satan. When Obama says he'll "restore America's reputation" what it really means is that people who hate America will be delighted by his election. Why so many Americans don't see it that way astounds me.
And on an etymological note:
As an Irishman myself I can tell you that the word "moose" over here is a colloquialism generally used to refer to women who are not particularly gifted in the beauty department. On that basis the moose population of Ireland is thriving......
In Dublin's fair city, where the girls are so ...moosey?
In Dublin's fair city
Where girls are so pretty
My Molly stands out
'Cause she weighs 18 stone
I don't mind her fat butt
It's not only that, but
She's cock-eyed and muscle-bound
Mol-ly Maaaa-lone.
-- Allan Sherman, c. 1965