One sneaky move too far from Don It’ll be all White on the night...
BOOTS PUT WHITE HOUSE BID ON A SHAKY FOOTING
THERE’S been a bit of a fuss over Bohs wearing Thin Lizzy’s logo on their away shirts.
And it’s a reminder that the iconic Dublin rockers had plenty of sporting connections.
Phil Lynott was a decent footballer and a Manchester United fanatic. Lynott came up against a sporting icon at the start of his career too. In 1982, snooker legend Jimmy White was just 20 and booked into the
WHAT is it with the Blueshirts and socks?
Leo Varadkar has a fetish for coloured and patterned ones. And the Taoiseach has made a habit of showing them off in photo shoots. Why?
Gresham Hotel in Dublin for a night. He ended up staying 17 nights, partying with Thin Lizzy and UB40 in his suite.
On an infamous trip to Co Cavan, White and Rolling Stones pal Ronnie Wood went on the rampage in their hotel.
Now snooker produces freshfaced lads that look and play like accountants.
Bring back the Whirlwind.
Bono was part of a task force put together by Fine Gael leader Garrett Fitzgerald in the 1980s.
Read recently the singer likes to play pranks with the other U2 members’ socks. What a strange crew.
IT’S the little things that trip you up.
The late Albert Reynolds will be remembered for many things during his political career.
But that line is one of his legacies. Think of what happened to Richard Nixon on September 26. 1960.
Nixon was hot favourite to become US president and went up against the relatively unknown senator from Massachusetts, John F Kennedy, in the first televised presidential election debate.
By the time the cameras were switched off, Nixon was toast.
The glare of the studio lights had left him looking pale and sweaty during the debate.
To the US public, he didn’t look presidential. And that matters. It’s the little things...
Plenty of people thought Donald Trump would be tripped up by the big things.
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Would any other US presidential candidate candidate have survived so many scandals — from financial issues to accusations of sexual assault to the infamous ‘grab ‘em by the p **** ’ tape?
That’s because Trump supporters simply don’t care about the conventions of normal politics.
It says it all that Conor McGregor is a fan — someone else who inspires cultish devotion.
On Twitter, he described him as a “phenomenal president” and the GOAT (greatest of all time).
Plenty of Trump supporters are members of the Republican Party, and have a record of always voting for the Republican nominee, no matter what.
But others have just bought into the cultish devotion of Trump.
They cheer and whoop no matter what kind of drivel comes out of his
mouth.
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There are lines that you don’t cross, however.
A day after a court judgement for $350 million against him, Trump launched a range of sneakers.
Gold high top sneakers embossed with the stars and stripes.
They look familiar. I’m pretty sure I’ve seen similar in the middle aisle in Lidl between the cordless hedge trimmers and a three pack of work trousers.
You had to dig under a pile of CDs — 150 Favourite Love Songs of the 1970s — to find them, but they were there. Unloved, unwanted, even though they were going for a song.
That can’t be said for Trump’s gold sneakers, which cost a staggering $399. Trump must have figured that the cult members will put up anything. Maybe not. Watch out for the little things...