PERISCOPE; Adams Will Deliver

Irish Voice, March, 2005 by O'Dowd, Niall

O'Dowd, Niall Irish Voice 03-29-2005 EVERY St. Patrick's period the U.S. media is galvanized to report on the Irish story of the week. The rest of the year, frankly, they could care less. After all, Michael Jackson's pajamas are much more compelling. This year it was no contest for the sultans of sound bite who run the media.

The story of the McCartney sisters bore all the hallmarks of what they were seeking. There were brave women, bad terrorists and a story line that reached all the way from Belfast to the White House. This St. Patrick's Day the McCartney women were in and Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams was out - out of the White House, out of Senator Ted Kennedy's office and, if we are to believe the reports, also out with many ordinary Irish Americans -...

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