andrew said his ceaseless chatter was something he could n't stop , was n't responsible for , that it was just the irish in him coming out , and most of it was nothingdcluckings and chirrupings about relatives and friends she would never meet , half-baked political opinions , weird scientific commentary gleaned from any number of weird sources ( among other things , andrew was a firm believer in flying saucers , which he called you-foes ) d but this touched her because she had also cried the night he was elected .