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Would Berty make a good President.

  • 14-01-2025 05:21PM
    #1
    kneemos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,901 ✭✭✭✭


    I reckon diplomatically he'd be excellent. Plus he knows the rules of engagement unlike our current guy. Probably wouldn't get elected though.



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  • #2
    ancapailldorcha
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,700 ✭✭✭✭ancapailldorcha


    No.

    The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I am the LORD your God.

    Leviticus 19:34



  • #3
    con747
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 10,715 ✭✭✭✭con747


    He can get his house renovated whilst in the park.

    Don't expect anything from life, just be grateful to be alive.

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  • #4
    Jim_Hodge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,668 ✭✭✭✭Jim_Hodge


    🤣🤣🤪😂 . Not a hope.

    The discussion has also been done to death.



  • #5
    XT1200
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 198 ✭✭XT1200


    Is this a feeler for Bertie's chances. ?



  • #6
    L Grey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 387 ✭✭L Grey


    Yes he be great.

    A perfect example of what this country is.



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  • #7
    Baba Yaga
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 941 ✭✭✭Baba Yaga


    dont be upsettin de apple tart…

    yo! donnie vonredactedpants,vlad putin,benji netanyahu,vic orban..you sirs are the skidmarks on the jocks of humanity!!!



  • #8
    Jim Herring
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 573 ✭✭✭Jim Herring


    Bertie Bassett would make a better president (than Berty [sic] or the incumbent).



  • #9
    Kermit.de.frog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,818 ✭✭✭✭Kermit.de.frog


    Compared to Higgins most would be better and apply some common sense but there has got to be better candidates than Bertie.



  • #10
    its_steve116
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,306 ✭✭✭its_steve116


    I would prefer if we went back to having the British monarch as our head of state.



  • #11
    Jim Herring
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 573 ✭✭✭Jim Herring


    The minimum bar for president is someone who can pronounce tirty tree correctly.



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  • #12
    Brendan Bendar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,956 ✭✭✭✭Brendan Bendar


    Dude walking around with no Bank Account……. Not a chance.



  • #13
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 8,532 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    No more so than Gerry Hutch.



  • #14
    Donald Trump
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,325 ✭✭✭✭Donald Trump


    He never banged a porn star so no.

    Although he did ride the country for a few years.



  • #15
    nachouser
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 2,928 ✭✭✭nachouser


    I'd say his local boozer would be hard pressed to cash his 20k cheque every month for the next seven years.



  • #16
    Rubberchikken
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,303 ✭✭✭Rubberchikken


    Oh my God NO. How could the electorate bwould be so stupid as to even consider this man is totally beyond me.

    Party politics aside he's not someone I would trust one inch.

    JusJust let him retire into obscurity and continue to fool himself into thinking of all the good work he thinks he's done.



  • #17
    cnocbui
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,342 ✭✭✭✭cnocbui


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058388652/would-berty-make-a-good-president

    Only if you supplied a thick stack of brown paper bags.

    What a question - only in Ireland…



  • #18
    Calahonda52
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,991 ✭✭✭✭Calahonda52


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123055585#Comment_123055585

    The Park is one thing, but to denigrate his work in the North show you really for what you are

    “I can’t pay my staff or mortgage with instagram likes”.



  • #19
    Peter Dragon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,670 ✭✭✭Peter Dragon


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123055585#Comment_123055585

    and yet Michael Lowry is kingmaker in the current Dáil….one as corrupt as the other.

    We’re an embarrassment.



  • #20
    Annasopra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,232 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123055613#Comment_123055613

    He denigrated his own work with all his shady personal dealings.

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



  • #21
    mikethecop
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,860 ✭✭✭mikethecop


    No , he would not, unless its for some small island some where whos sole source of income is tax avoidance and hosting ropey internet servers ,

    mans a crook and should be treated as such



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  • #22
    Cluedo Monopoly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 13,025 ✭✭✭✭Cluedo Monopoly


    No. And won't happen.

    What are they doing in the Hyacinth house?



  • #23
    rolling boh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,580 ✭✭✭rolling boh


    Really can't see it happening way too much would be brought back up which would surely torpedo any chance he had .



  • #24
    Oscar_Madison
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,879 ✭✭✭✭Oscar_Madison
    #MEGA MAKE EUROPE GREAT AGAIN


    Why not? Need to match like with like now Trump is coming online



  • #25
    elperello
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 18,418 ✭✭✭✭elperello


    If the question is could he do the job well if elected I'd say definitely yes.

    On the other hand he'd have to get elected first which would be difficult.



  • #26
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    He has the experience and the ability to do a really good job. I think he'd be a massive upgrade on Michael D but I think he smart enough to know that he is not going to win if he runs.



  • #27
    Boggles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 42,959 ✭✭✭✭Boggles


    We have the Keyser Soze of Irish Politics Micheál Martin about to become leader of the country again.

    The Bould Mickey was up his absolute títs with Bertie and the Boyos in the Galway tent.

    It would hardly be a mental notion if Bertie ran and actually won.

    Personally hoping for Ryan Tubridy, people will literally melt with rage.



  • #28
    JPCN1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 946 ✭✭✭JPCN1


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123055820#Comment_123055820

    Anyone would be an upgrade on the present embarrassment/encumbant.

    Except possibly the man who drove the economy over a cliff and created such misery.

    I’d abolish the office.



  • #29
    nachouser
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 2,928 ✭✭✭nachouser


    We should just sell scratch cards to see who gets to be president for a year. The money would roll in and we'd probably get someone more representative of the average person each year.

    A live stream from the residence could be sold to Netflix.



  • #30
    buried
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,980 ✭✭✭buried


    Whatever ye do, keep addressing politicians on a first name basis as if you know them personally, and that they know you.

    Bullet The Blue Shirts



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  • #31
    Grayson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,215 ✭✭✭✭Grayson


    Depends on what you mean by "Good president". I'd be a good president. It's a largely ceremonial role and you just have to perform a role. The majority of the country would be a good president.

    Should Bertie, a guy who ruined the economy of this country and is corrupt as hell be that person? No. Hell no.



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