Who would U2’s Bono vote for in this election? Surprisingly not necessarily Barack Obama

Dubliner talks to Irish Voice about 2012 Presidential Election, poverty, Africa and Irish immigrants

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U2's front man Bono and President Barack Obama

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Bono continued “Then we have had Democrats like Senator Patrick Lahey leading the charge for years.  They’ve all been fighting to save lives. And it’s a small percentage of the overall budget. People think it’s like 10%, but really it’s less than 1%.

“So America can be very proud of that. And Ireland, by the way, on hunger Ireland has been at the top.  (Prime Minister) Enda Kenny has retained his commitment, and the Labor Party has retained its commitment.”

Bone went on to speak about meeting with the Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. He said “He was very interested in what we are doing, and he understood the sort of dimension of the United States involvement with the developing world.”

“On a security level, on a commercial level, Africa will be nearly twice the population of China by 2050. Which is the future really.”

As well as being passionate about Africa and fighting poverty he is even more passionate about the Irish people.

When reminded that immigration reform, to aid the some 50,000 undocumented Irish in the United States will also be something that President in 2013 will have to tackle he said “Indeed, and I might say, where would America be without the Irish?”

He added Irish people are incredible. You know, we live on a small rock in the North Atlantic, where the weather is shite. But the people are brilliant!”

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