Bertie Ahern's uneventful book signings ?

HeavyRunner

Given the major part Bertie Ahern and his circle of friends had in the financial crisis this country is in I am surprised his book signing tour of the country has been so uneventful. I havn't heard of any demonstrations or anything similar on the news. Has the country no sence of outrage against this man.

If Thierry Henry had a book signing in Dublin tommorow what would the reaction be.

DrumSteve

probably indifference... Although henry is quite good at what he does. As regards old bertie i think its the lack of major coverage from the media which is making it so uneventful. Good thing for bertie i suppose.

rowa

you'd want to be in a desperate state to pay 16 euros or whatever for berties ramblings , complete with selective memories :rolleyes: . i don't remember dat .

imme

But we're not an angry people, oh wait, *looks at Public Sector bashing threads of the last few months*.
I witnessed Bertie signing his book in Easons Dublin but didn't cause a scene, should have confronted him but didn't. I'd probably have been lynched by the morons lined up to have their multiple copies signed. They are to be pitied.;)

Bigdeadlydave

In fairness now bertie is a nice chap when you talk to him.

Kristopherus

I dont think anyone on here would want to talk to him.:rolleyes:

imme

Bigdeadlydave wrote: »

In fairness now bertie is a nice chap when you talk to him.

ah sure why wouldn't he be, if you had a nice office for the former Taoiseach, a nice merc with a driver to drive you to book signings and the like, or to the bank now that you have a bank account and don't have to keep your money that you won on the horses :rolleyes: in an auld biscuit tin, or to be driven to the airport to go to give a lecture in the US on "How I did for the Irish Economy What I did for the Irish Economy"

HeavyRunner

I seen him at the European Cross country in Santry. He just sauntered in and out. Loads of people shook his hand and got photos with him. I didn't see one negative incident. It's no wonder they keep carrying on the way they do.

Surprised how old and frail he looked compared to his TV persona. Maybe he was just hungover.

Arnold Layne

Bigdeadlydave wrote: »

In fairness now bertie is a nice chap when you talk to him.

Hitler was also vèry charismatic, judging by his rise to power. Didn't deter him from being a complete w*nker. He also created an economic boom followed by a catastrophic downturn in events for the german people.

HeavyRunner

I did find a report of a demo in Galway. It was the usual suspects, Shell to Sea, Socialist whatever... who are usually angry at anything that hints of establishment. I would love to see a bit of outrage from ordinary people going about there daily business.

North_West_Art

Berite is a nice guy to talk to, this is true, and this is why there are no negative incidents. It is not Bertie Ahern's fault that the country has accummulated vast, unpayable debt... he happened to be in charge when the banks left their doors open and no one in charge.... and everyone ran in to help themselves. Sure, there was a troop of gangsters that were behind Berties rise to power, maybe their the guys that people should be angry with... problem is, they have fled the country with their pockets stuffed long ago

BlaasForRafa

North_West_Art wrote: »

Berite is a nice guy to talk to, this is true, and this is why there are no negative incidents. It is not Bertie Ahern's fault that the country has accummulated vast, unpayable debt... he happened to be in charge when the banks left their doors open and no one in charge.... and everyone ran in to help themselves. Sure, there was a troop of gangsters that were behind Berties rise to power, maybe their the guys that people should be angry with... problem is, they have fled the country with their pockets stuffed long ago

"happened to be in charge"? are you f**king serious? He was the Taoiseach FFS, he was in charge of the country. He was in charge of the government that agreed to benchmarking, who appointed the financial regulator and ensured that there was a "light touch" regulatory system. He appointed Mcreevy and Cowen who did nothing to reign in the reckless lending of the banks and whose inaction led to the country rocketing to the poorhouse.

happened to be in charge indeed....

Biggins

Kristopherus wrote: »

I dont think anyone on here would want to talk to him.:rolleyes:

I would, I have done and will soon again if I can help it!

North_West_Art wrote: »

Berite is a nice guy to talk to, this is true, and this is why there are no negative incidents. It is not Bertie Ahern's fault that the country has accumulated vast, unpayable debt...

Have you even seen Mondays "Primetime Investigates..." ? Click HERE

The Saint

I presume people would prefer to spend their hard earned cash on some good fictional literature instead of his drivel.

Seth Brundle

The Saint wrote: »

I presume people would prefer to spend their hard earned cash on some good fictional literature instead of his drivel.

Surely his bio would be fictional also. I presume that it isn't a good piece of literature though!

Erin Go Brath

kbannon wrote: »

Surely his bio would be fictional also. I presume that it isn't a good piece of literature though!

Everything about that man is a complete fake from the amount of makeup he wears to the amount of garbage that comes out his mouth. I'm sure this book is nothing but a pack of lies and bs. He will go down in history as Irelands most corrupt Taoiseach ever (and we've had the likes of Haughey) with an infinite ability to spin and come across as a decent down to earth bloke. I wouldn't wipe my arse with de buke!

weedfreedomtinp

should be a book explaining on how they ride our country ,,

GLUEY

Arnold Layne wrote: »

Hitler was also vèry charismatic, judging by his rise to power. Didn't deter him from being a complete w*nker. He also created an economic boom followed by a catastrophic downturn in events for the german people.

Ah now come on you can't compare Bertie to Hitler!








Bertie was much worse.

HeavyRunner

We all give out about him here and if any of us happens to meet him in person we will shake his hand and smile at him. Why do we do that to someone who has screwed us.

Another thing, I bet you if Bertie Ahern went head to head against John Bruton for president in the morning Bertie would walk it. Maybe the old sterotype of the stupid Irish is a correct one.

The Saint

kbannon wrote: »

Surely his bio would be fictional also. I presume that it isn't a good piece of literature though!

That's what I was trying to imply, that his book is fictional.

weedfreedomtinp

HeavyRunner wrote: »

We all give out about him here and if any of us happens to meet him in person we will shake his hand and smile at him. Why do we do that to someone who has screwed us.
.

no i would defo not shake that hand ,,

DublinWriter

The Saint wrote: »

I presume people would prefer to spend their hard earned cash on some good fictional literature instead of his drivel.

Well, most of it is fiction anyway...oh, you also said 'good'?

It's selling like hang-sangwiches at a bar mitzvah right now, right down there saleswise with another autobiography written by another type of establishment self-satisfied creep.

corkfella

HeavyRunner wrote: »

We all give out about him here and if any of us happens to meet him in person we will shake his hand and smile at him. Why do we do that to someone who has screwed us.

Another thing, I bet you if Bertie Ahern went head to head against John Bruton for president in the morning Bertie would walk it. Maybe the old sterotype of the stupid Irish is a correct one.

no in fact ahhh... if I met bertie I would tell him how he made such a bad job of running the country, but then again I was listening to the radio yesterday and people in clare/galway were touched because our 300k a year president mary claiming 300k a year in expenses and staying in free accomodation chose to pay them a visit...it really goes back to landlord/peasant days...

evercloserunion

HeavyRunner wrote: »

Given the major part Bertie Ahern and his circle of friends had in the financial crisis this country is in I am surprised his book signing tour of the country has been so uneventful. I havn't heard of any demonstrations or anything similar on the news. Has the country no sence of outrage against this man.

If Thierry Henry had a book signing in Dublin tommorow what would the reaction be.

You have to understand that real life is not as infested with psychotic nutjobs as the internet, due mainly to the absence of anonymity and the possibility of social and legal sanctions for misbehaviour in real life. As strange as it may seem reading through boards and other online forums, the main way in which people in a democracy react to bad government is not to go burning and lynching willy nilly, but to vote for someone else, which has happened.

Phil D

I’m sure he is very nice to talk to and charming in person. Most fraudsters and conmen are. How many people would hand money (or votes) over to suspicious acting fellas they didn’t trust. What I don’t understand is why once a politician is caught in a lie they are not automatically off the ballot. Are government is bad because we accept it. Look at the votes Brian Lenihan, Snr got for the presidency after his “mature recollection”. And now his son is the Minister of Finance?!??!?

imme

Bertie Ahern has just received the Artists Exemption for his 'book'.
It might seem a bit odd that Ahern has been the beneficiary of an tax exemption for a piece of art for which he wasn't responsible. He used a ghost writer to produce this magnum opus.

Shea O'Meara

It's nice to see the state back struggling young artists like Bertie 'wordsworth' Ahern :rolleyes:

juuge

imme wrote: »

Bertie Ahern has just received the Artists Exemption for his 'book'.
It might seem a bit odd that Ahern has been the beneficiary of an tax exemption for a piece of art for which he wasn't responsible. He used a ghost writer to produce this magnum opus.

Quite true – the man is illiterate and void of any culture or breeding. Still we elected him, which says more about us than anything else. Sad really!:o

topper75

The weasel at the easel.

goldiejam

Bertie Ahern releasing his autobiography recently is about as ridiculous as if Steve Staunton would have released an autobiography in Nov 2007.
:eek:

Liam Byrne

I reckon that he had to release it before the tribunal came to its conclusions.

And this "artist" bull**** is a step too far; you and I are already paying this scumbag 3 or 4 times over; he wrote it while off sick (which you or I couldn't do, or at least our bosses wouldn't pay us if they knew we were earning) and we're paying for his car and driver while he swans around trying to publicise it.

Personally, I'd have happily have objected at the bookshop when he was in Limerick, or maybe "shook his hand" immediately after wiping my arse and not washing my hands, but I didn't go in there because it'd only massage the little ****'s ego to make him think he was important.

He's an out and out Arthur Daly; the only difference being that I can stomach watching "Minder" - when this weasel comes on TV with his smug lies ever-changing tall tales and deflecting serious issues with crap smug jokes, I switch off.

Overheal

Kristopherus wrote: »

I dont think anyone on here would want to talk to him.:rolleyes:

Book Signing [Read: Attention Whoring]. Any attention good or bad would have just fed any narcissism of his.

SkepticOne

He's largely out of it and has very little influence on events these days. Anyone protesting would just come across as some sort of crank.

raindog.promo

RE: Artist exemption

http://www.mamanpoulet.com/the-artist-known-as-bertie-ahern/

Interesting point on comment #4:

"Doesn’t this essentially mean it’s now officially deemed a work of fiction?
As in, I don;t know any factual writers who have been allowed avail of this…"


EDIT: (Sorry, I should have read the rest of the comments first - "Artist exemption scheme is available to non works of fiction, i.e. historical, the arts, nature etc. John Hearne, the auther of the Real Gerry, also availed as did Gerry Ryan himself")

Kidchameleon

HeavyRunner wrote: »

We all give out about him here and if any of us happens to meet him in person we will shake his hand and smile at him.

Met him at the airport, told him when I thought of him, tosser.