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Barack Obama is coming to Ireland. I have been a fan for ages so I am more excited about this visit than I am about the impending visit of the Queen of England. Indeed, I am more excited about it than I am about the impending marriage of William and Kate Middleton. On the excitement scale of one to ten, Obama has pushed me right up there to say a three or a four.
I have been watching President Obama’s career with interest since the early days. It all began with an overheard conversation that led me to place a small wager on him winning the Democratic nomination. I have Paddy Power to thank for adding a few euro to my bank balance on that one. I’m not a huge gambler, you understand. In fact, it was only a 50 cent bet – but still, a euro is a euro as we have learned to our cost in Ireland this past year.
