W
Wilkes
Guest
Lots of us seem to like our leaders a little bit corrupt much like ourselves - is this the judgement of the silent majority, those who will turn out in droves to return the most corrupt party in the history of the State? Even today on the morning after of the publication the Lenihan Family whose dying father was robbed by Haughey cannot find it within themselves to call this man what he was, a thief, a cad and a liar.
That we afforded him a State funeral sums it up. Oh we stayed away in large numbers, but we kept our heads down nonetheless. Now we have to listen to brian-numbing double talk about him doing the State good as well. sure that's how Mafia Godfathers operate - throw around a few goodies to induce the weak minded towards you like Pablo Escobar etc. What many of us apparently fail to grasp or don't want to grasp is that Haughey was paid by us to make Govt decisions so we should not be surprised he got some right BUT that does not allow him the moral right to rob the State blind and instill a culture of sleaze where planning was up for grabs while our elderly and sick died in the under-funded institutions of a failing State.
This is truly the ugly side of being Irish. The hypocracy and instinct to stay silent and keep our heads down awful. The facts are that we deserved Haughey I'm afraid.
That we afforded him a State funeral sums it up. Oh we stayed away in large numbers, but we kept our heads down nonetheless. Now we have to listen to brian-numbing double talk about him doing the State good as well. sure that's how Mafia Godfathers operate - throw around a few goodies to induce the weak minded towards you like Pablo Escobar etc. What many of us apparently fail to grasp or don't want to grasp is that Haughey was paid by us to make Govt decisions so we should not be surprised he got some right BUT that does not allow him the moral right to rob the State blind and instill a culture of sleaze where planning was up for grabs while our elderly and sick died in the under-funded institutions of a failing State.
This is truly the ugly side of being Irish. The hypocracy and instinct to stay silent and keep our heads down awful. The facts are that we deserved Haughey I'm afraid.