And so Dr Ian Paisley is to step down as the Irish First Minister in May. A whirlwind year for the 81 year old, so often on the margins of Northern Irish politics, he can credibly be labelled as the man who dragged the country up the last few steps into what is now, and hopefully will be forever more, a truly matured nation.
Sitting side by side with ex sworn enemies, even laughing with them on regular occasions, such images must surely have warmed the hearts and fuelled the optimism of people who had nearly given up daring to dream.
But let's not get too misty-eyed about the old man. He was as tenacious and, often, as terrible as they come. This nugget of gold is one I sincerely hope genuinely occurred one fine Ulster day:
Paisley preaching on the agonies of hell, "there will be weeping, and wailing, and gnashing of teeth."
A little old man at the back of the church exclaimed, "But Dr. Paisley, I don't have any teeth."
Paisley thundered back, "Teeth will be provided!"
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The man was a evil hateful bigot and my only regret is that he hasn't yet resigned from life (for those of you not up to speed yet this morning I mean dead).
Here are some other quotes:
On June 17, 1959, at a Belfast rally, Paisley publicly chastised "the men of the Shankill for allowing papists, pope's men, and papishers" to live on the Shankill Rd.
After a Loyalist rally in 1968 – “I will kill all who get in my way”
After a Loyalist rally, Ian Paisley justified his violent anti-Catholic pleas by saying, "Catholic homes caught fire because they were loaded with petrol bombs; Catholic churches were attacked and burned because they were arsenals and priests handed out sub-machine guns to parishioners; and the massive discrimination in employment and shortage of houses for Catholics were simply because they breed like "rabbits" and multiply like "vermin".
In a debate with Bernadette Devlin he responded to her accusations of his unfair assumptions by saying he, "would rather be British than be fair."
And I disagree that he can be credited with turning the provence into a 'matured nation.' True to form he consistantly shouted 'No' throughout. He was a hinderence and good riddance.
Doubley pleasing due to his son also jumping before he was pushed...looking forward to that story eventually seeing the light of day...
Well, we all go through the "terrible twos". For Ian Paisley, it just lasted a little bit longer I guess.
Like, 75 years longer...
Just picture him with a packet of Werthers Original in his hands or in a guest appearance on Father Ted and suddenly he just seems like a cuddly teddy bear of a man...
Or is that just me?
(Not had a chance to properly get on Facebook to send a reply but I bumped into tall Chris at the weekend and he was asking for you, "Fred")
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