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People and Politics by Patrick Roberts

Clinton wedding invites for Kennedys, Bagley but other Irish left out

Posted on Saturday, July 24, 2010 at 11:58 PM

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Those Irish left off the Chelsea Clinton wedding invitation list are far from pleased.

The final number of guests is 400 , a small fraction of the massive rolodexes that Bill and Hillary have.

Some Irish Americans spoken to who were omitted are none too pleased.

None would identify themselves, but clearly felt aggrieved.

One rather strangely pointed out that Chelsea did her master's thesis at Stanford on the Irish peace process, a clear sign that the Irish were of considerable importance to her.

Irish Americans known to be on the list include Ambassador Elizabeth Frawley Bagley and Vicki Kennedy, widow of Ted.

Vicki is one of three Kennedys invited according to my source. The other two were not named but it is reasonable to assume that one is Caroline Kennedy.

Elizabeth Bagley and her late husband Smith were at the very top of the list of major fundraisers for both Clintons but also had forged deep friendships with the Clintons.

Bagley will skip the American Ireland Fund event on Nantucket she usually heads up to attend the wedding.

Meanwhile some Irish American confidantes of the Clintons were still holding out forlorn hopes of last second invitaitons.

The mail man's comings and goings will be studied intently this week in several quarters.

I wouldn't hold my breath however.

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archer50d | Jul 30, 2010, 11:13 PM EDT

They cant invite everyone , and I,m sure its not only americans who wanna be Irish that were left out , I wouldnt worry about it Pat , I,m sure they wont even remember the date in a week or 2 . I cant wait until the report from the wedding is on here , I,m sure Niall is busy with his pen and paper making up some sort of story about the menu like the bread rolls were flown in from O HARAS BAKERY in foxford county mayo or some line of crap like that . lets face it , most of the so called Irish americans that you sat were not invited probably never set foot in Ireland in their life or never will , they probably wear green on saint patricks day and after that all bets are off . I just dont know why every story on here has an Irish twist to it , chelsea and mark are not Irish and probably wouldnt know any Irish people at their wedding if they were invited anyway . good luck to them .!

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mcginleynj | Jul 27, 2010, 01:51 PM EDT

Where would they or could they stop to avoid critism. Be nice. Let her enjoy her special day. She is a credit to her parents and at the least she deserves that!!!!!!!!

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Monsoonman | Jul 27, 2010, 09:50 AM EDT

Roberts and niall should get an invite just on general brown nosed principles.

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S.Connolly | Jul 27, 2010, 01:23 AM EDT

They should save their $$$ and have the wedding at the nearest pub...she's marrying a Jew.

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Aliciarose | Jul 26, 2010, 11:20 PM EDT

Poor little pets that were not invited. So What!! Pompous rich idiots.

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MCIRISH | Jul 26, 2010, 12:19 PM EDT

I'M SURE MY INVITE IS IN THE MAIL BUT ALAS I DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT DRESS FOR THE OCCASION.

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caillmaire | Jul 26, 2010, 11:48 AM EDT

Why would the Clintons invite any of the Kennedys? They loudly and strongly supported the man who was running against Hillary in the Democratic primaries!

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DLW12183 | Jul 26, 2010, 11:41 AM EDT

When my daughter was married I told her and my now son in law to make out the guest list-it was their special day-and we added a few others. Now it is always about who has the bigger dog.

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sharlot | Jul 25, 2010, 07:56 PM EDT

Who gives a hoot about Chelsea Clinton's wedding??

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maureenroy | Jul 25, 2010, 03:37 PM EDT

I hope Chelsea had some say over who comes to her wedding. Parents, especially politicians, shouldn't be inviting all their political allies. Weddings are for families and real friends.

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MaryHeartline16 | Jul 25, 2010, 02:49 PM EDT

I think that whatever political motivations operative in the Clintons' decision to limit the guest list are justified, especially since Hilary was snubbed and undercut by the Senator when he endorsed Obama instead of her as the Democratic presendential candidate. Just desserts.

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leahforce | Jul 25, 2010, 02:32 PM EDT

More importantly- let's see if PEDOPHILE extaordinaire jet pal Jeff Epstein is found to be mingling among the 'esteemed' guests. Or perhaps he'll be too busy managing his child sex slave trade....while the feds continue to give him a free pass.

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mayoman | Jul 25, 2010, 02:14 PM EDT

Must we now bash the Kennedys for taking a drink? A family that has done so much for this country and the common citizen should be shown a bit more respect, regardless of nationality.

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FastEddy | Jul 25, 2010, 02:06 PM EDT

Can't stand the stink of all those irish booze hounds from the Kennedy side of Camelot?

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mayoman | Jul 25, 2010, 01:52 PM EDT

Is it really that important that we, Irish-Americans be included or excluded from this invitation list? After all, does anyone really think that Chelsea, or her her parents, excluded anyone from the list of guests because of their ethnicity? I doubt it.

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