With just under 100 days of the presidential campaign left to go, Barack Obama is set to receive a little help from his friends in Moneygall, County Offaly as the Irish branch of Democrats Abroad prepare to throw a fundraising event on the President’s birthday, 4th August.
Larry Donnelly, who acts as legal counsel for the Irish branch of Democrats Abroad, said, “We were always looking to go there. President Obama’s visit to Moneygall captured everyone’s attention. Ollie Hayes has been very good to us too.”
It was in Ollie Hayes’ pub that President Obama and his wife Michelle stopped off on their historic visit.
The people of Moneygall, the President’s ancestral home, which he visited last year, want to play their part in funding Barack Obama’s campaign budget.
Ollie told the Irish Examiner paper that he was happy to help his new friend Barack Obama in any way he can.
He said, “We are going to do our bit and hope he gets in. We’re even going to have a birthday cake for him on the day.”
Last month President Obama sent a message to his supporters asking for funding as the Republican candidate Mitt Romney was ahead in the money stakes.
He wrote, “I will be the first president in modern history to be outspent in his re-election campaign, if things continue as they have. So we can be outspent and still win, but we can’t be outspent 10 to 1 and still win.”
Although only US citizens will be eligible to donate at the Moneygall fundraiser next week, Donnelly and the Democrats Abroad are focused on raising awareness about the upcoming election.
Donnelly explained that while the Democrats Abroad meet monthly, this meeting will focus on reminding American citizens abroad to vote in the upcoming election.
“It is estimated that close to 100,000 people who are eligible for an American passport live in Ireland,” Donnelly explained.
“We want to get as many people as we can to get out and vote. That’s what this meeting is all about.
"This election is going to be much closer than the last one, but I’m cautiously optimistic that Obama will win.”
He continued, “If we get a few dozen people to come to Moneygall, that would be great. If 100 people come, we will be thrilled. Generally, it is the core that come to these meetings. Afterwards, they go home and encourage all their American friends to support Obama."
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Switch to the desktop site to post a comment.HBDuncan | Aug 20, 2012, 07:29 AM EDT
All Obama cares about is your money as well as ours! He has contributed nothing for us and will continue to add trillions in debt. He has raided the coffers of Medicare (billions) for his rip off socialist medical plan and agenda called OBAMAcare! Medicare can be made better and reformed rather than thrown under the bus. I never gave permission for my medicare to fund Obama-care which is an illegal act. I should have the free will to choose and I do not need the government to power and control my money nor my life with a socialist agenda. He is not even a true Democrat but rather a professional campaigner who plays both ends against the middle! I vote for the content of a man's character not because of a wee drip of his ancestry! I am not lookin for anything but for freedom/liberty and a future for our children and refuse to follow the pied piper. My family on both sides were immigrants and survived just fine without being dependent. Freedom is not Free! It has been bought for a price. Wolves don't care what sheep think! If you want to lose your money Moneygall, then you are on the right path! Peace
BrianO | Aug 07, 2012, 10:21 AM EDT
All the people in the photo are drinking their Guinness with their left hand, they must be extreme leftists.
peterson | Aug 04, 2012, 02:43 PM EDT
I hope this event is a failure like Obama !!
longislander1940 | Aug 02, 2012, 04:07 PM EDT
Everyone wants to be Irlsh. Wake up Ireland and stop going for the freebees.
BrianO | Aug 02, 2012, 11:33 AM EDT
By the way obama's ancestral home-- Kenya, the land of his father's birth.
BrianO | Aug 01, 2012, 06:35 PM EDT
Thought when I saw Obama in the headline I might see a critical comment on the presidents views in the upcoming election. The Romney articles seem to be critical of anything Romney, Must just be the Progressive idea of fair and balanced.
McNamara31 | Aug 01, 2012, 11:06 AM EDT
@mairint.. I believe the Marinists are still supposed to believe in “Thou shalt not bear false witness”. Slander is slander, even when it’s against someone who "you" think doesn't follow your ideal of Christianity (or a real American) as you have stated. And for your statements on evil, do you know how many abortions are performed yearly in Italy (and Rome); between 115,00 to 235,00. All of us will have to stand before God one day and be judges for our decisions and choices. Whether it’s the politician who uses Christianity to manipulate votes then goes on to support cuts against the poor, and the sick, or the political wives who acted like they were against abortion during their husbands presidential terms, only to “come out” directly after with statements in support of abortion (as Bush wife 1 and 2 did). Abortion is not a problem unique to America or Obama; painting it as it is, is a smear and a falsehood. Obama did not create abortion in America; Roe vs Wade did, passed by the Supreme Court during the GOP Nixon administration. In his speech at Notre Dame, Obama clearly stated “let's work together to reduce the number of women seeking abortions by reducing unintended pregnancies, and making adoption more available, and providing care and support for women who do carry their child to term.Those are his real words. Smear is also evil.
jamieLM | Aug 01, 2012, 09:59 AM EDT
Want to be POTUS or run for the office of POTUS? Then run on your own record and/or platform. I want to know what YOU'RE going to do and not about what a past POTUS did. I already know what the past POTUS did. Move on. This goes for all candidates, now and in the future. What? Since people are living under such a big rock in Ireland, they need to be made aware by Donnelly & the Moneygall set that there's an election coming in Nov. and as Dems they should vote for Obama? Whatever. Newsflash: Obama & Romney supporters already know who they're going to vote for and Ind.s don't need any advice from anyone from Moneygall.
Towngate | Aug 01, 2012, 07:36 AM EDT
The 'old place' will make a nice cow-shed when the clown is thankfully kicked out of office...
IrelandNorth | Aug 01, 2012, 07:18 AM EDT
Any chance of having an alcohol-free celebration. Less devil's buttermilk and more soft drinks or alcohol free beer. Great opportunity to promote responsible abstinence. Think of the good karma that would accrue by having a re-election campaign sponsored by Fr Theobald Matthew's Pioneer Total Abstinence (Temperance) Movement and/or Bill Wilson's Alcoholic Anonymous (AA).
ciaradexy | Aug 01, 2012, 05:50 AM EDT
Mairint, as a female, abortion is neccessary. If I want one, I will have one regardless of your christian beliefs. You think Obama was bad? Do you remember who was before him? Seriously? The Bush family and the foreign policies of your leaders are the reason your country is a terrorist target, not Obama.
McNamara31 | Jul 31, 2012, 08:17 PM EDT
michaelidaho To truly judge a man, or his presidency you have to put it in the factual context of what was on his doorstep the day he walked in. To not mention the greatest financial collapse since 1929, accompanied by the deficit grown by the Bush presidency and its effects on the American economy and the initial Obama presidency would be unfair and unjust.
mairint | Jul 31, 2012, 06:30 PM EDT
Now lads, you want to make yourselves out to be even greater fools? Lord help us.....Obama, the greatest disaster ever to hit the U.S.A. Still doubts he is a genuine American, definitely not a Christian, in fact anti Christian due to his overruling the Constitution. What sort of President favours spending billions on furthering abortion programs both within U.S. and in other countries. Only one word for that, Evil.
ciaradexy | Jul 31, 2012, 06:03 PM EDT
Jimmy, its 'Fools rush in WHERE angels fear to TREAD'. You're the toolbag and an illiterate one at that.
jimmybb | Jul 31, 2012, 05:58 PM EDT
fools rush in as angels fear to thread there is some toolbags in ireland
michaelidaho | Jul 31, 2012, 05:42 PM EDT
McNamara31, I did not mention George Bush at all. Why is it when somebody criticizes Obama they always bring up GWB? He has not been President for 4 years. Just for the record, I think GWB was a complete disaster in regards to foreign policy and mediocre on domestic affairs. But if all you are arguing is that Obama is better than GWB, it really is not saying much.
porkheaven | Jul 31, 2012, 05:28 PM EDT
I am voting for Romney and I did not vote did not vote for Obama the 1st time.
micky74007 | Jul 31, 2012, 03:15 PM EDT
ejets, every last one of you
ciaradexy | Jul 31, 2012, 03:12 PM EDT
Plenty of idiots who voted for Obama just because he had a tenuous Irish link are kicking themselves today! ha! Idiots indeed!
sunspotter5 | Jul 31, 2012, 03:07 PM EDT
Meanwhile the Romney hometown of Moneyville will also host a fundraiser (more like a fund harvest).
weeknocky | Jul 31, 2012, 02:54 PM EDT
Why anyone would raise money for this president is beyond me...after he loses the election invite him to live in Moneygall...then he will explain how you should live, what to eat, how to get a job, how to get a free education and pay or your ood.
manhattan | Jul 31, 2012, 02:40 PM EDT
Why would the Irish in Moneygall raise money for an American president? Strange.
McNamara31 | Jul 31, 2012, 02:06 PM EDT
@PhlutiePhan "The core constituency for Obama is "radical women, non whites, non heterosexuals". Is that the workers' paradise?" Are these your thoughts or Limbaughs? You're not serious are you? Obama's base are people who live in the real world and see how unbridled corporate greed has blown up our economy and shipped half of America's manufacturing jobs overseas just like Mitt's companies did. The reason the American middle class is decimated is because of the inept and morally bankrupt Bush administration, and its policies which supported the greatest transfer of wealth "AWAY" from the middle class to the top 1%.Actually to speak facts again; the Bush tax cuts gave the average middle class family $600 dollars, while giving the average one percentor $46 million and those tax cuts fueled a major part of the deficit we are dealing with today.
McNamara31 | Jul 31, 2012, 01:45 PM EDT
@michaelidaho,EditorCT,borefield, francisquinn, joan1954, Instead of the very "stale old Fox-isms” why don’t you just look at some facts...For instance: Bin Laden the killer of 3000 New Yorkers, dead. 90% of Al Qaeda in Afghanistan gone( done with brains/drone attacks, instead of more American lives like his predecessor GWB). The American auto industry here and alive, the first possibility (and moral right ) of healthcare for all, here and alive. And I know you don’t want to hear about how the Clinton administration left Billions yes Billions in surplus for GWB yet Bush left Trillions of debt for Obama not to mention two unpaid wars and the greatest financial disaster since 1929 for the first bi racial president to clean up after him. But that just too much reality for you all today.
michaelidaho | Jul 31, 2012, 12:58 PM EDT
This guy is a complete joke. His economic plan for the last four years: extend unemployment benefits, waste money on green energy, insulate federal buildings, do nothing to curb wasteful government spending, do nothing to help the private sector create jobs and increase taxes on those "evil" rich people. His education plan: throw more money away to teachers without addressing ridiculous tenure policies and give more money to students and colleges without any thought to what they are learning (or not learning). Typical liberal-take money from hard working people and spend it profligately to gain support of various special interest groups without regard to quality assurance or quality control.
EditorCT | Jul 31, 2012, 12:21 PM EDT
This "man of wisdom and compassion" is about the most anti-Catholic man on the planet. He shows no compassion towards the babies he's permitted to be butchered in their mother's wombs. As for the priestly sexual abuse, no fully believing Catholic priest abuses children. You have to eradicate the "liberalism" in the Church in Ireland and, bingo! You won't have a single abuser left.
wjb1tex | Jul 31, 2012, 12:05 PM EDT
These are other quotes from Dr. McHugh the "Independent" Thankyou for this excellent article. I agree that President Obama truly lifted us up as a nation last night. He is a man of wisdom and compassion. The bishops do not want to be accountable, so they are trying to turn the Catholic laity against President Obama. I pray that President Obama will be re-elected They cannot manipulate Obama like they can manipulate other politicians, especially naive and deferential Catholic politicians and other Catholic professionals. Under President Obama, the RCC might finally be made accountable for its corrupt policies and practices, and the victims of clergy sexual abuse will finally get some type of justice. For a Roman Catholic bishop, who has no personal experience with women’s reproductive needs and of the agonizing decisions that some women find they have to make, to criticize the President of the United States for upholding the law of the land, is inappropriate
borefield | Jul 31, 2012, 11:39 AM EDT
OMG, Dr. Eileen Rosemary McHugh needs to see the eye Dr. ,Fast!. She is Blind, Blind,Blind. Not alone will Obamas health care plan destroy us, almost has done, he has not done ONE thing to help the Irish. His wife despises the Irish, having lived with Chicago Politics, they also do not like the Catholic Church. It's enough to make me sick: as for leadership skills, Obama never held a job other than a community activist. He has no leadership period. He is owned body and soul by some very anti-American evil people. They pull the strings and he does the dance.
PhlutiePhan | Jul 31, 2012, 11:18 AM EDT
Look at reality and read Jodi Kantor's book. Michelle castigated the Irish Catholic politician in Illinois. Secret conferences have stated that the Democrats can afford to write off the working class. Even Marx didn't believe in that. The proletariat is the worker. The core constituency for Obama is "radical women, non whites, non heterosexuals". Is that the workers' paradise? Most of the Irish are Catholic. The Catholic Church is a big influence. The American Catholic Church is under high attack from the Catholic Kathleen Sebelius and the bois.
DrMcHugh | Jul 31, 2012, 10:23 AM EDT
As a physician who has seen the for-profit businessmen in the health insurance and drug industries focus on making profits at the expense of patients, I am very grateful for all President Obama is doing to help his fellow Americans to get their health care needs met, and to protect them from the exploitation that had been happening before Obamacare became the law of the land. Mr Romney is not leadership material, in my view. He so wants to be president, and that is his focus, not the real needs of the American people. Please remember the mess that President Bush left for President Obama to inherit. Do you really want to go back to the selfish policies of the party of NO? I used to be a Republican. Now I am an Independent and a definite supporter of President Obama. Sincerely, Dr Rosemary Eileen McHugh
kelauggie1 | Jul 31, 2012, 10:21 AM EDT
Don't do it! He is the biggest disaster this country has known. If you care at all for the US, raise money for his retirement, not his continued employment.
dev4 | Jul 31, 2012, 10:19 AM EDT
please take him!biggest joke America ever elected
joan1954 | Jul 31, 2012, 10:18 AM EDT
francisquinn agreed.
francisquinn | Jul 31, 2012, 09:32 AM EDT
I will be happy to contribute as long as the Irish are willing to take him after we get rid of him in Nov...!!!!