Menu
Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
Latest activity
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles and first posts only
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Help Support The Rugby Forum :
Forums
Other Stuff
The Clubhouse Bar
Nation
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="shtove" data-source="post: 110791"><p>The point was made already that most of the early presidents were from Scots-Ulster roots. And it's really only since the mid 20thC that the teary-eyed appeal to the Oul' Sod has been mandatory in presidential campaigns. I remember Reagan turning up in Ballyporeen in 1984 - it rained all day. <em>Too-ra-loo-ra-loora</em> ...</p><p></p><p>Anyway, interesting thing about "white" America's origins: apart from the bits-n-bobs from Russia, Greece, France, Scotland etc, it's 6% English, 6% Jewish (hmmm ... is that a nationality?), 8% Swedish, 12% Italian, 15% Irish, and 26% ... German! As far as I understand it, Germans-Americans are mostly in the mid-west - the heartland of Republican political support.</p><p></p><p>The USA is a land of liberty, choice, opportunity and ... conformism. A wonderful place, but very harsh if you step out of line. Maybe the figures on national origins help explain the confusing mixture.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shtove, post: 110791"] The point was made already that most of the early presidents were from Scots-Ulster roots. And it's really only since the mid 20thC that the teary-eyed appeal to the Oul' Sod has been mandatory in presidential campaigns. I remember Reagan turning up in Ballyporeen in 1984 - it rained all day. [i]Too-ra-loo-ra-loora[/i] ... Anyway, interesting thing about "white" America's origins: apart from the bits-n-bobs from Russia, Greece, France, Scotland etc, it's 6% English, 6% Jewish (hmmm ... is that a nationality?), 8% Swedish, 12% Italian, 15% Irish, and 26% ... German! As far as I understand it, Germans-Americans are mostly in the mid-west - the heartland of Republican political support. The USA is a land of liberty, choice, opportunity and ... conformism. A wonderful place, but very harsh if you step out of line. Maybe the figures on national origins help explain the confusing mixture. [/QUOTE]
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Other Stuff
The Clubhouse Bar
Nation
Top