Yes, he has a great welcome for himself. And an enthusiastic set of cheerleaders in RTE who are intent on turning him (and his dogs) into an Official National Treasure. The reality is he's an over-the-hill politician who fell into a handy and extremely well paid job which isn't too difficult or demanding and which he mostly manages to do passably well.Now Michael D is in full agreement with you, if anything he's consider that an under statement, but I find his narcissism a bit off putting.
I think he does an okay job as President. In my opinion he strays into the political far too often. His two predecessors' were much better.Yes, he has a great welcome for himself. And an enthusiastic set of cheerleaders in RTE who are intent on turning him (and his dogs) into an Official National Treasure. The reality is he's an over-the-hill politician who fell into a handy and extremely well paid job which isn't too difficult or demanding and which he mostly manages to do passably well.
RTE should be fans of his since they put him there, ably assisted by Sinn Fein.
I presume @Purple is referring to the RTÉ/SF sting that shafted Gallagher in 2011.Strange perspective. As far as I recall it was SF putting forward a candidate for election to President that other parties to put forward candidates who were otherwise content to give MDH a free pass into a second term.
Yep, that's the one.I presume @Purple is referring to the RTÉ/SF sting that shafted Gallagher in 2011.
I thought you didn't like corruption and cronyism.It's true that Gallagher got rightly shafted by RTE.............I haven't once quibbled about the licence fee since then
I presume @Purple is referring to the RTÉ/SF sting that shafted Gallagher in 2011.
It is also good to know that there are some in the political arena still prepared to lie and cheat and smear the integrity of their opponents for their own political ends. At least they aren't shooting them any more so that's a positive.Perhaps he was referring to that. But I don't think that affair was about putting MDH in as much as it was about taking out the defacto FF candidate trying to get in through the back door as an 'independent'.
That was another political theatre masterclass by SF who had MMcG as candidate. Revered in their circles, MMcG was not put forward as a token candidate. SF had real intent in taking the office of President.
There has been another election since then and at the very least it is good to know that there are some in the political arena still not prepared to turn a blind eye to cosy, free pass, nod and wink appointments to public office.
Then, or now.
to lie and cheat and smear the integrity of their opponents for their own political ends.
I do recall lies or cheating in that affair. I recall an accusation, which was a lie, which the Shinners used to remove a candidate from the election.I don't recall any lies or cheating in that affair. I recall an accusation,
Unionism is defined by what it isn't, not what it is, and this is a celebration of not being part of a united Ireland run by the papists (now the godless sodomites).Does anybody in the land actually celebrate partition? Ok, unionists may thank their lucky stars for being saved from an RC theocracy but partition was clearly a second best to the Union of Great Britain and Ireland.
Partition is the very undesirable result of our divisions not their cause as some like to argue. I cannot see why anybody would want to celebrate/commemorate/recognise its centenary.
All those pensions and a landlord as well? Well, according to the great man himself he's been on the right side of every social issue in this country in his lifetime.Let's face it, Purple, he probably has too much integrity to be popular in these here parts.
I liked them both, for different reasons.I am/was not mad about his two predecessors...........there is something about Mary (1 and 2) that grates
I recall an accusation, which was a lie, which the Shinners used to remove a candidate from the election.
I do agree that it was a political masterclass, right out of the 70's gombeen FF playbook.
I'll have to learn that off so I have the right answer when your guys get into office.Sometimes you got to meet fire with fire. FF was engaged in trying to get their candidate into an Áras at a time when they knew the electorate would dump on the brand FF. The brass neck of their own narcissism and their allies in the media (Eoghan 'Barbara J Pym' Harris being to the forefront of this campaign) ensured that they would not stop for anyone or anything to get their man into the Áras.
The were engaged in trying to pull another stroke over the publics eye by putting Gallagher up as an 'independent'.
They were rumbled, and once so, the public gave their verdict.
The subsequent whinging for years afterwards by Gallagher was nothing more than the sound of self-anointed, righteous air being squeezed out of him.
SF are proven liars. But Gallagher not being sure about receiving money in envelopes was what done him in. "I have no recollection" is too weak a response. It suggests that it may have happened but he doesn't remember. Which in itself suggests he was embroiled in this practice at some stage. This practice, if done correctly, is perfectly fine. But the optics weren't great.I don't recall any lies or cheating in that affair. I recall an accusation, that was allowed to air without being substantiated, in which the accused was unable to handle because there was more than a whiff of truth behind it.
As such his whole campaign came crumbling down around him. The subsequent outrage of unfair treatment only further exposed the extent of political and media backing that was behind this 'independent'.
As I said, it was a political masterclass performance by MMcG and SF in taking out the de facto FF candidate.
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