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COMMENTS FROM MICHELLE Obama about how ugly she thinks Irish people are have gathered some serious ire online.
She has been branded a “disgrace”, told she is an “ugly woman inside and out”, and “ugly trash”.
But there’s one problem – Michelle Obama didn’t actually say the Irish are ugly. Instead, the thousands of people commenting on the article were fooled by the satirical Waterford Whispers News website.
Oops.
The founder of the site, Colm Williamson, told TheJournal.ie: “It’s not the first time [Americans] would have fallen for an article. This one really caught them.”
It was when it was shared on a Conservative Facebook page that the piece really kicked off, and so far more than 25,000 people have read the article.
The majority of the commenters are coming from around the Texas area, said Williamson. He added that he is “surprised at how unliked the Obamas are”, and he didn’t expect the level of hate he saw. “There’s a lot of hatred there for her,” he admitted. “I thought everyone would have liked Obama.”
Unfortunately, not many of the commenters actually disagreed with the satirical comments about Irish people being ugly.
There wasn’t many that said it wasn’t true, which was disheartening. I’m a redhead and there were a few ginger comments…
Waterford Whispers News was started in November 2009 and gets tens of thousands of readers every month, said Williamson, who runs it on his own. He is currently unemployed and is hoping the site will be developed into a business in the long term.
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If this is the best that the Home of the Brave and the Land of the Free can put forward we are all in trouble #freegaza
Is Biden really the best the Democrats can offer??. Trump is going to wipe the floor with him.
@John Smith: I was in America at start of last week, getting uber back to the airport the driver ( a very nice African American lady) quipped ‘ best thing would be if biden stepped down NOW & let Trump get on with it’—- just a throwaway remark/ taxi conversation—– but it hit me/ sure does have a ring of truth to it!!
We will keep taking their few quid to keep Ireland in pocket but make no mistake the US is not somewhere I’d like to live and would very much look down on it from Ireland, no matter the president
@Lewis Armstrong: it’s a great country to live. If you have a decent paying job you will live a very nice lifestyle. Far better than what you would get for equivalent salary in Ireland
Anyone hear the clip of biden saying ‘ come to me, come to Jesus’ when he didn’t know the microphone was on?? He actually Believes That he is the messiah……. OBVIOUSLY, comments weren’t allowed on that article.
MAGA
TRUMP2024
@Ken Mc Carthy: @Ken Mc Carthy: 1) That is not what he said
2) He clearly knew the mike was on, and was sending a message to a demagogue
@ItWasLikeThatWhenIGotHere: it’s EXACTLY what the messiah said, it’s all there on the internet
@Ken Mc Carthy: @Ken Mc Carthy: It is NOT what he said.
Try a reliable source.
MAGA presents a wonderful opportunity for universities to analyse the cult.
A strong hard look should also be taken at the Press which instead of reporting on a demagogue is normalising that demagogue.
And expends effort to find fault with the successes of the current administration.
If US democracy should fall, then the US Press will have been a significant factor in that fall.
Larry is playing his part in that too.
@ItWasLikeThatWhenIGotHere: typical biden.bot comment…… oh, all the wars & death & killing …… its all somebody ( the media you blaming now??) else’s fault. biden has been a ‘lame duck’ President….. warmongering& death are his legacy. OWN THE FAILURE.
MAGA
TRUMP2024
US politics is in the gutter, China Russia, NK and Iran all throwing shapes while US politicians argue over leaving the back door open and gender identity.
Trump maybe winning the primaries, But look at the numbers…NOT by a lot. 78% of Republicans won’t vote for him, 58% of Women overall Will NOT vote Trump. Not to mention the Veteran’s, the Jew’s and the military that he has peed off. Plus any Convictions in the trials will turn off Republican Voter’s. The Women will make November…ROEVEMBER. There is a Tsunami coming and it’s All blue!
@Mick Hanna: I am surprised that Larry failed to mention that those who bothered to turn out to vote for Trump were only a tiny proportion of registered Republicans.
Only 7% bothered to turn out in Idaho, as an example.
So Trump won a majority of 7% of registered Republicans.
That will not be sufficient for him to win any election.
@ItWasLikeThatWhenIGotHere: a landside victory is a landside victory whether its a thousand people or 100million people thats in the ‘mix’!!
MAGA
TRUMP2024
@Ken Mc Carthy: You do know that it will be more than US Republicans voting in the General Election?
For the next one anyway.
@ItWasLikeThatWhenIGotHere: Oh, I forgot about the black vote. The Trash Sneakers and comparing himself to them? Well let’s say That’s Another couple of Millions of votes Lost!!!
Larry your welcome to your murderous regime led by Trump or Biden.
The USA is a busted flush
@Tim Brennan: ZERO WARS under the President of Peace 2016/2020… mind you, he did STOP a few. Jobless numbers dropped every month President Trump was at the helm……. the economy/ shares were through the roof ( EXCEPT shares in the arms industry- they tanked).
That is coming again nov5th!!!!
MAGA
TRUMP2024
@Ken Mc Carthy: Trump is the only US president to leave office with fewer jobs than when he began.
Trump inherited a booming economy from Obama.
And crashed it.
You are forgetting the war in Ukraine.
Where Trump did what he could to aid Putin.
And that Trump legitimised Israeli colonisation of Palestinian land. Feeding into where we are now.
And his many crimes.
@ItWasLikeThatWhenIGotHere: you’ve been totally ‘conditioned’ in fairness…. normally,I don’t bother engaging with biden.bots but ask yourself this simple question—- when did the horrible invasion of Ukraine start by evil Russia??? I’ll give you a hint…….. it was 18months AFTER the President of Peace left office… go figure!!! MAGA TRUMP2024
@Ken Mc Carthy: russia invaded Ukraine in 2014.
@ItWasLikeThatWhenIGotHere: FEB 24TH 2022!!!!!! A terrible day for Europe & the world…. but, hey, you were only 8 years out
@Ken Mc Carthy: russia invaded Crimea in February and March 2014, and Luhansk and Donetsk thereafter in the same year.
Ukraine has been fighting russian for the past 10 years.
@Ken Mc Carthy: Russia’s Ukraine invasion began in 2014.
Does it matter!? It’s not like the president has any power anyway as both sides are paid by the same lobby groups.
We need a third choice for US President,I for one would love to see Robert F. Kennedy Jr elected,A lot of his policies are very good.
@Colm Mcmahon: RFK Jr. is just another anti-vax conspiracy wingnut. It is sad that the trauma of his life has damaged him so much.
This week’s episode of Larry’s Nervous Breakdown
Absolute nonsense. Cornell West is polling in the fractions of a percentage. Kennedy is more likely to peel off Trump voters than Biden voters. Williamson and Dean have both already dropped out. Whatever you are paying Larry Donnelly, it’s too much.
Hey Larry:
LARGEST POLITICAL GROUPS REPRESENTING AAPI, BLACK & LATINO COMMUNITIES ENDORSE BIDEN-HARRIS FOR RE-ELECTION
When I read whst the manboys who I suspect have deep routed mammy issues proclaim love for the lying treacherous sex offender fraudster orange thing, I understand why the world has issues
Media like you put him in trouble by promoting toxic negativity and control of human behaviour through control of the weather (climate change modelling).
@Ken Mc Carthy. Do you by any chance support Donald Trump?
No mention from Donnelly of the non-committed votes in many states as a result of Biden’s Gaza policy or that Williamson and Phillips were kept off the ballot in some of the primaries and undermined any hopes of a proper, fair, democratic runoff. His rivals never had a chance with the DNC’s anti-democratic stance on suppressing any serious potential rivalry for Biden in the democratic primaries.
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