Sean O'Rourke Today Show

dulpit · 08-11-2016 04:18PM

hullaballoo wrote: »

Freemen and the likes? The hordes of water protestors? Even though these are in the minority, they are almost expert in publicity stunts. The majority of sensible people ignore them and or see them for what they are but the majority of total idiots look on them as societal heroes.

You are admirably giving the overall majority the benefit of the doubt but I am afraid I am very cynical in that regard.

I suspect that the people you have mentioned above would never have voted for FG anyway, so it's not really going to cause a drop in support, is it? Would make me more likely to vote FG if they did that TBH...

hullaballoo · 08-11-2016 04:26PM

FG are currently relying on support from the left to prevent the government from collapsing. (I'd include FF, as they are significantly more left-leaning while in opposition than they are while in power!)

There is nothing preventing this Act being commenced other than the fact that it would be a poor move politically - otherwise, it would already have been commenced, imo.

08-11-2016 04:31PM

hullaballoo wrote: »

FG are currently relying on support from the left

Who are you calling left wing?

Shane Ross? Fianna Fail? Gene pool Fine Gaelers or gene pool Fianna Failers?

There is nobody in Government or supporting Government whom I would describe as being on the left.

I assume the delay is to do with a question of procedures at the DSP, and arguably a budget increase at the DSP. Because if Paddy's dole is cut to pay his fines, he'll still need discretionary payments to feed the kids.

Harry Angstrom · 09-11-2016 11:01AM

So funny to hear all these media luvies and darlings getting their collective knickers in a twist.

SEPT 23 1989 · 09-11-2016 11:32AM

do you hear this sh1te?:pac:

PeterTheNinth · 09-11-2016 11:32AM

Harry Angstrom wrote: »

So funny to hear all these media luvies and darlings getting their collective knickers in a twist.

They are all raging that people didnt listen to their opinions about Trump. It's time for the media to start getting back to reporting the news and stop trying to influence with their opinions.

PeterTheNinth · 09-11-2016 11:34AM

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

do you hear this sh1te?:pac:

Such nonsense from Alison O'Conner.
"What will he expect to be able to do to women now that he is in the Oval Office?"
Well it wouldn't be unprecedented to have "sexual relations" in the Oval office in fairness.

Oops69 · 09-11-2016 11:38AM

The anti -Trump hyperbole has really reached hysterical proportions on this show this morning , hell hath no fury like the D4 media scorned .

Oops69 · 09-11-2016 11:45AM

Sean gives the 'Women for trump ' one two minutes , and the rest shieting on with their sour grapes for an hour , even he seems to have lost his impartiality.

neris · 09-11-2016 11:45AM

the anti trump bull **** coming out of rte all morning is sickening. the scaremongering is beyond belief, they make it sound like the worlds about to implode and the irish are some special case when it comes to been allowed to stay. who ever the dozy bitch was on the panel there a few minutes going on about they teach you to be impartial in journalist school as she sits on the most bias anti trump panel on irish radio so far today

neris · 09-11-2016 11:47AM

PeterTheNinth wrote: »

They are all raging that people didnt listen to their opinions about Trump. It's time for the media to start getting back to reporting the news and stop trying to influence with their opinions.

this result and brexit were 2 fingers from the little guy to the media telling the media to F off and stop trying to rail road their personal agendas over the man on the street

RayM · 09-11-2016 12:33PM

neris wrote: »

this result and brexit were 2 fingers from the little guy to the media telling the media to F off and stop trying to rail road their personal agendas over the man on the street

Huge two-fingers to minority groups too. Hopefully this won't result in an increase in racially-motivated attacks, as happened in the aftermath of Brexit.

coby_jones · 09-11-2016 01:14PM

best comment of the hour came from the lady across the atlantic from " women for trump "

she knocked this " women issues " thing on the head and sensibly stated that woman and men face the same issues , clinton has always been an identity politics merchant , this election may signal the beginning of the end for the louise o neils of this world , generation snowflake has become tiresome to the majority of people who the liberal PC media more or less ignore

this election has rendered " the mainstream media " redundant !

they get nearly everything wrong when it comes to sensing where the people are , they are wrong on the syrian refugee crisis , they are wrong on many things

Red Kev · 09-11-2016 01:14PM

Was that Alison O'Connor at the end making the snide remark that Sarah Palin is in a beauty parlour trying to improve her looks from 5 or 6/10 to an 8/10 to try to impress Trump.

And then she complains about women being objectified and treated like sex objects by Trump and the media.

The mind boggles.

coby_jones · 09-11-2016 01:17PM

alison o connors level of smugness is only matched by her cluelessness on almost any topic , insufferable woman

she outed herself as anti democratic today , she claimed it was wrong to allow equal media coverage to trump , disgusting

neris · 09-11-2016 02:10PM

RayM wrote: »

Huge two-fingers to minority groups too. Hopefully this won't result in an increase in racially-motivated attacks, as happened in the aftermath of Brexit.

People are fearful of immigration they are fearful of other cultures that are incompatible with their cultures coming in.

lawlolawl · 09-11-2016 02:26PM

Red Kev wrote: »

Was that Alison O'Connor at the end making the snide remark that Sarah Palin is in a beauty parlour trying to improve her looks from 5 or 6/10 to an 8/10 to try to impress Trump.

And then she complains about women being objectified and treated like sex objects by Trump and the media.

The mind boggles.

"Do as i say, not as i do" is the ideal that the left wing media lives by.

Callan57 · 09-11-2016 02:31PM

neris wrote: »

People are fearful of immigration they are fearful of other cultures that are incompatible with their cultures coming in.

... and just telling them they are "awful people" to feel that way isn't the answer.
It's just unfortunate that the only way people have of making that opinion hear is to shoot themselves in the foot

constitutionus · 09-11-2016 03:07PM

gods RTE was one long LOLfest from 6am

i KNEW it'd be epic after brexit but i never thought it'd reach the heights of some shows today.

from alison O on Mourning ireland crying live on air, to alison o connor pissed off that the vagina lost it.

it was just glorious.

now rays going off on one.

what stood out for me today though was sean CLEARLY had his line up today to have wall to wall lionisation of ILLary and what her presidency "means" , then it all went tits up and they had to improvise.

Brendan Bendar · 09-11-2016 05:25PM

constitutionus wrote: »

gods RTE was one long LOLfest from 6am

i KNEW it'd be epic after brexit but i never thought it'd reach the heights of some shows today.

from alison O on Mourning ireland crying live on air, to alison o connor pissed off that the vagina lost it.

it was just glorious.

now rays going off on one.

what stood out for me today though was sean CLEARLY had his line up today to have wall to wall lionisation of ILLary and what her presidency "means" , then it all went tits up and they had to improvise.

Eh......... Don't call us, pal,.....….

padd b1975 · 09-11-2016 08:51PM

constitutionus wrote: »

gods RTE was one long LOLfest from 6am

i KNEW it'd be epic after brexit but i never thought it'd reach the heights of some shows today.

from alison O on Mourning ireland crying live on air, to alison o connor pissed off that the vagina lost it.

it was just glorious.

now rays going off on one.

what stood out for me today though was sean CLEARLY had his line up today to have wall to wall lionisation of ILLary and what her presidency "means" , then it all went tits up and they had to improvise.

There really was no need for the extra hour, same points kept being made over and over and it all seemed to get a bit disorganised after 12.
Personally I would have expected better from Sean for the climax of the biggest political story of the year.

PeterTheNinth · 10-11-2016 11:33AM

Have RTE really brought on this two bit psychologist to give a breakdown of all the psychological defects of a man he doesnt even know. Are professional psychologists even allowed to do this?

Amazingfun · 10-11-2016 12:14PM

The show today was nothing but a disgusting display of anti-Trump hysteria.

Lynn Rosenthal, Obama's appointee, actually said "Trump's election is the last gasp of White supremacy", lol.

The way Sean stacked that segment was also pathetic. First,he has on the mother of a stabbing victim, then has Rosenthal on to discuss "domestic violence", with the clear understanding we were about to be "schooled" as to how a Trump administration somehow fits into this scenario and will endanger women.

Sean let her spew her rhetoric without one second of challenge. What a joke he is.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/author/lynn-rosenthal

Oops69 · 11-11-2016 10:41AM

Sean really has been in D4 too long , his pathetic anti -Trump digs at every tiny opportunity is half- arsed and unworthy at this stage , he's gone a bit like Marion finucane and her dinner party colleagues on a saturday morning.

Oops69 · 11-11-2016 10:44AM

How to pAY TriBute to COHEN, BY Playing a cover version ?

PeterTheNinth · 11-11-2016 11:19AM

Another lifetime academic speaking of the French "doing the right thing and voting for Sarkozy". Seems like they have learned nothing from the previous elections this year.

Right2Write · 11-11-2016 11:31AM

Oops69 wrote: »

How to pAY TriBute to COHEN, BY Playing a cover version ?

A good cover version though

Good to hear Sean putting a marker down on a senior civil servant like Shanahan in the IDA - 'too busy to explain matters to the public'. Some of these people need a good kick up the arse and a reminder of who they serve.

Joe_ Public · 11-11-2016 12:09PM

Missed the cover version? I presume it's Hallelujah, that's ok in my book, kind of one he made his own in some ways.

I don't know this version of Tower of Song, though, with the bongos in the background. Totally unnecessary addition, the song was perfect the way it was, don't know why someone felt the need to mess with it like that.

Harry Angstrom · 11-11-2016 12:12PM

Joe_ Public wrote: »

Missed the cover version? I presume it's Hallelujah, that's ok in my book, kind of one he made his own in some ways.

So Long Marianne. Excellent cover version too.

padd b1975 · 11-11-2016 04:40PM

Right2Write wrote: »

Oops69 wrote: »

How to pAY TriBute to COHEN, BY Playing a cover version ?

A good cover version though

Good to hear Sean putting a marker down on a senior civil servant like Shanahan in the IDA - 'too busy to explain matters to the public'. Some of these people need a good kick up the arse and a reminder of who they serve.

I wouldn't be too hard on the IDA, they deliver serious bang per buck.

On the other hand, Enterprise Ireland should be audited within an inch of it's life.

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