He looks like a leader

SabAlliance

A bit of a non-point really, but does anybody think that Richard Bruton actually looks like somebody who can lead the country? In the Obama/Sarkozy kind of way.

http://www.richardbruton.net/

Regardless of whether he would be a decent Taoiseach, I think he'd increase the Fianna Gael vote based on looks alone.

samsemtex

I think he looks like a smug git. I really dont get why some people seem to think he is the second coming. Maybe if Enda had just handed over the reigns I think you would be right but as it stands they just appear to be a joke of a party.

Surely this whole episode has damaged FG beyond all repair? the most damning indictment of FF and Brian Cowen that has come out was released only last week and FG are busy arguing amongst themselves. Its ludicrous that they are as incompetent an opposition as they are. FF couldnt make life any easier for them and they still are a shambles and I dont think this is all down to Enda Kenny.

PeterIanStaker

If I saw him on the street, I'd think he was "up himself"

Permabear

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dlofnep

He's no Barack Obama in the looks department. But when your predecessor is Brian Cowen - it would be impossible to not look good.

SabAlliance

I take aboard both points. I disagree about the fianna gael being a joke of a party though. In comparisson to the current crop in power, they look like knights in shining armour.

I also don't get how Enda Kenny is seen as a joke by the public, yet when somebody wants to oust him, it's seen as a bigger joke.

Please see current poll on breakingnews.ie for public opinion.

donegalfella wrote: »

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Re-read my point. I said it was a non-point and regardless to whether he can lead the country.


Thank you.

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He's a quirky little nerd with no social skills. He's been a politician all his life. We need a leader who has actually worked a few days in his life and isn't Dublin centric. There's a big country out there you know.

aDeener

dlofnep wrote: »

He's no Barack Obama in the looks department. But when your predecessor is Brian Cowen - it would be impossible to not look good.

to be fair there isn't too many from ireland that are :pac:

Liam Byrne

SabAlliance wrote: »

Regardless of whether he would be a decent Taoiseach, I think he'd increase the Fianna Gael vote based on looks alone.

I couldn't give a toss whether the new Taoiseach looks like Shane McGowan, as long as he's competent, ethical and responsible.

Bottle_of_Smoke

SabAlliance I believe you are completely correct. I believe Richard Bruton thinks the same and thats why hes going for the leadership

It shouldn't be a reason to vote someone in but it commonly is and its what's been holding fine gael back.

deanh

SabAlliance wrote: »

A bit of a non-point really, but does anybody think that Richard Bruton actually looks like somebody who can lead the country? In the Obama/Sarkozy kind of way.

What I don't get is why we need to compare ourselves with leaders in G8 world nuclear superpowers. You do understand that Ireland, in reality, is a small 'peripheral' European country, closer in size to Denmark; Norway e.t.c. Neither men had much experience when they came to power( Obama was a 'freshman' Senator; Sarkozy, a cabinet minister for 2 years).

KTRIC

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He's a quirky little nerd with no social skills. He's been a politician all his life. We need a leader who has actually worked a few days in his life and isn't Dublin centric. There's a big country out there you know.

Gerry Adams it is then

Nijmegen

The leader of the country - and of political parties - does need to be able to relate to and connect with the people of the land, not just their own party and those in the rareified world of politics.

The problem we've had is that the best at this tended to be eejits where it comes to running the place.

I think that Kenny is a good political organiser, but he doesn't have the spark of leadership and the connection to the people. It always seems contrived when he tries to put it across.

Bruton I think sounds more naturally in control and seems to have that factor.

It's not the only deciding factor... But anyone who thinks its unimportant is blind to reality.

caseyann

dlofnep wrote: »

He's no Barack Obama in the looks department. But when your predecessor is Brian Cowen - it would be impossible to not look good.

Whats looks got to with?
Obama off topic is ugly lmao

Personally still have not seen one single one of them i believe to be proper leader.

token56

dlofnep wrote: »

He's no Barack Obama in the looks department. But when your predecessor is Brian Cowen - it would be impossible to not look good.

Mary Harney

*shudders*

Fuhrer

SabAlliance wrote: »

Regardless of whether he would be a decent Taoiseach, I think he'd increase the Fianna Gael vote based on looks alone.

Based on looks alone he appears weak, emaciated and shifty.

Nijmegen

Fuhrer wrote: »

Based on looks alone he appears weak, emaciated and shifty.

But enough about Enda...

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KTRIC wrote: »

Gerry Adams it is then

He'll be our next president.

imme

PeterIanStaker wrote: »

If I saw him on the street, I'd think he was "up himself"

just why?

Tragedy

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He's a quirky little nerd with no social skills. He's been a politician all his life. We need a leader who has actually worked a few days in his life and isn't Dublin centric. There's a big country out there you know.

Richard Bruton was born in Dublin, and grew up in Dunboyne, County Meath. He is the son of Joseph and Doris Bruton. He was educated at Belvedere College, Clongowes Wood College, University College Dublin and Nuffield College, Oxford. At Oxford he graduated with a MPhil in Economics, his thesis being on the subject of Irish public debt. He is a Research Economist by profession, and after university he worked at the Economic and Social Research Institute. This was followed by two years in the tobacco company P.J. Carroll before moving on to his final private sector job at CRH

Nice to see you know your stuff.

Also, he grew up in Meath.

:pac:

goose2005

We need a leader who has actually worked a few days in his life and isn't Dublin centric.

Up Mayo!

irishh_bob

bruton is a weird little man who giggles like a school girl when nervous , that said , he would have been a bigger draw ( outside fine gael core ) than enda