Clip of Irish President Michael D Higgins slamming US Tea Party politics goes viral – AUDIO

The Irish flock to America and every nationality in the world, given a chance, would choose the US over all other countries to live in. Ireland has always been a breeding ground for supplying workers to the colonies and will continue to do so Mr Higgins. We can't run our country and Admiral Bismark was correct when he said. " If the Dutch went to Ireland, they could feed the world and if the Irish came to Holland, Germany would have a port on her western frontier " Basically, Mr. Higgins, we are nothing but a nation of wankers.

borefield speaking out of his teabagging ar$e no facts just drivvel.

If those who think social security is a hand out from the government...the recipients have been paying in and the politicians have been "borrowing" from the fund for years..Democrats and Republicans. Making up stories and providing statistics that have no basis in fact is part of the socialist agenda. Someone wrote about "teabaggers" being senior citizens...I guess that would be me, still working for the last 62 years.

Careful Mr. Higgins the USA is the the best friend Ireland ever had or will ever have. Don't screw it up.

GregShox, irregardlessof who he was speaking to he critized the Tea Party Movement. I certainly did not stupidly assume the first hand condition of His country, it's pathetic and his countrymen say he is lazy, old and living the good life while the majority suffer. This is not assumption, it's a live account of his Presidency, so get over yourself.

GregShox, irregar

Pres. Higgins may know a lot about the U.S.A. but he is a dyed in the wool Labour man. How could he possibly be unbiased?? Such a pity that he was elected as President of Ireland. Not a patch on his predecessors - except for the feminist herself on the upward climb agenda to the U.N. No, the Irish are not enamoured with the resident of An Arus.

Borefield, Higgins was answering an American Tea Party journalist talking on Irish radio, not a candidate as you stupidly assumed.

Michael, you are a phoney and a coward. You have a nerve to critize anything about an Americam candidate. I just returned from a trip to your country and here are just a few of the reasons why. #1, you are not liked, most say you should be retired and enjoying your lavish pension unlike the majority of your fellow countrymen who have no hope of ever even coming close to getting what you are or will. #2, have you looked at the state of your economy, the unemployment rate, the cost of living, your pathetic health care, the closing of hospitals, the lack of doctors, above all the percentage of suicides , especially among the youth, your drug and alcohol problems, the immigration rate of your young people, homes and businesses boarded up as one travelles along the roads. Your social services are so convoluted they defy logic, foreigners coming in, signing up for social assistance, getting it then returning to their respective country, returning to Ireland a few months later to sign on the dotted line again to continue receiving benefits for their families living abroad. Mr. Higgins , your country is a BIG MESS, you dare to critize or blast what a political candidate does in mine. I kissed the ground when I arrived back in the good old USA with all it warts and pimples. God Bless the United States of America.

There you again Briano defending the "elite" as the middle class sink into poverty. Well done Michael D you certainly put Graham in his place.

he's right about the many wankers who support Romney - it says much for their anti this and that rhetoric.

I enjoyed his wee rant! @JBRAFTREE: i think this was a long debate that was edited down to a few minutes. A lot of stuff relevant to Isreal was probably edited out.

He kinda' had me until he slipped in the part of the part of 'killin' the Jews', where did that come from??????

@christilcaugh I agree with you but Truman was a Democrat. He was FDR's vice-president when FDR died.

Socialism can be cured, prescriptions are for sale at your nearest Lottery outlet.