The Gay Mitchell Presidential Campaign – a question answered…

Many thanks to Budapestkick for forwarding the following exchange of emails.

On Sun 16/10/11 3:41 AM , WordPress wrote:
> From: Cormac Prendiville
> Subject: Preservation of the Aras
> Message Body:
> To whom it may concern,
> My name is Cormac Prendiville. I have been a loyal Fine Gael voter
> for decades. I particularly admire Gay Mitchell, as he is a self-made
> man. However, whilst listening to the Matt Cooper presidential debate,
> I was alarmed by one of Mr Mitchell’s statements. As reported in the
> Cork Examiner, he stated: “I want to set the Aras
> really not metaphorically speaking on fire.” As someone who
> is very concerned both personally and politically with the
> preservation of historically significant buildings, I am deeply
> concerned by the prospect of Gay Mitchell as president burning the
> Aras (previously the vice-regal lodge) to the ground. Naturally I
> would have assumed he was speaking metaphorically, however he
> specifically precluded this possibility in his statement. I would
> still very much like to vote for Mr. Mitchell and would appreciate
> your clarification on this matter.
> Yours Faithfully,
> Cormac Prendiville
> –
> This mail is sent via contact form on Gay Mitchell for President of
> Ireland; Irish Presidential Campaign http://gaymitchell2011.com
>
>
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From:
Date: Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 4:32 PM
Subject: Re: No Subject
To:XXXXX@gmail.com

Thank you. Cormac, for your email.

As a history fan myself I understand completely the point you are making. We have lost so much of our history and historic buildings to poor planning and during the run up to independence.

Gay was obviously not talking in any sense literally. As president he will be raising the issue of the preservation of our heritage repeatedly in office.

Best wishes,

Jim
The Gay Mitchell Campaign Team