OH YES, I'M THE GREAT PRETENDER....!
Tuesday, April 3, 2007 at 01:17PM Hi all. The Newsletter carried a letter from me this morning (Free copy for the boys, why not?) but they edited the pay off line, and I REALLY hate being edited. So, here is the full version, exclusively for ATW readers...
Dear Sir,
It is entirely appropriate that DUP Leader Ian Paisley chooses to defend his decision to enter Government with IRA/Sinn Fein on the same day as you report on Dolly Parton’s concert in Belfast. (Newsletter 31st March) You see whilst both have larger than life personalities, the difference is that whilst Dolly’s fans expect glorious exaggeration from their pop idol, those who voted for the DUP expect straight talking from Dr Paisley. His cringing article does most certainly not provide it.
He excuses entering a power-sharing administration with the IRA’s political propagandists on the basis that by doing so he has secured a great victory for Unionism. He boasts that the DUP has ensured that Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness will sit in power in a British Institution, taking an oath of allegiance to the rule of law. This is proof the IRA have lost the war, he adds.
I wonder does Dr Paisley consider that Michael Collins and Eamon DeValera became unionists because they too took an oath of fidelity to King George? The words of liars mean nothing unless, it appears, the salaries and expenses of DUP politicians are at risk. Recent photos showing a smiling Mr Adams indicate that rather than being on the back foot, Irish Republicans are delighted at progress being made towards a United Ireland care of DUP foolishness.
Dr Paisley adds that “we” are on an important journey. He is right but I think he is referring to more specifically his own Party. It is accepting that IRA/Sinn Fein, an organisation openly committed to the destruction of the Union with Great Britain, can now sit in power over us. In that regard, the DUP has indeed made a real difference. In its ruthless pursuit of devolution at any price it has proven every bit as worthless as the Ulster Unionist Party did under Mr Trimble.
Dr Paisley has gone back on solemn electoral pledges and no amount of revisionism or selective amnesia on the part of DUP apologists can disguise this. Maybe Dr Paisley should acquaint himself with Dolly Parton’s words from her 1984 hit album “ Oh yes, I'm the Great Pretender, pretending that I'm doing well…”
Yours Sincerely,
David Vance
DONACLONEY
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Reader Comments (19)
Sure it wasn't just a normal edit? ;)
With that said, the pay off line was a good one (maybe they only know it as a Queen song and wanted to spare your blushes?)
If you knew how much effort I put in to getting a Dolly Parton song with an apt lyric you would understand why I was irritated that they cut it!!! Plus, I was trying to use a little black humour, a quality that the Newsletter lacks!
"With that said, the pay off line was a good one (maybe they only know it as a Queen song and wanted to spare your blushes?)"
Nonsense. Dr Parton is the great pretender, she having inherited the song from Dr Roy Orbison, who in turn took it from The Platters.
Excellent letter, David!
>>If Dolly Parton doesn't demonstrate that there is room enough for two<<
Well, not if you were in a telephone kiosk with her, there isn't.
Back with The Police, that's where.
All this reuninion stuff is too crass for words. What's next, Elvis touring again with The Jordanaires?
"Back with The Police, that's where." - excellent.
Amen to that!
I'd give it a go though, wouldn't you?
Peace train sounding louder
Ride on the peace train
Ooh-wah-ee-ah-ooh-ah
Come on peace train
Peace train holy roller
Everyone jump on the peace train
Ooh-wah-ee-ah-ooh-ah
Come on peace train
You spoke too soon ;)