What exactly is it about Enda Kenny that makes us see him as a poor potential leader?

deleriumtremens · 14-01-2009 10:08PM #1

Like, we all know that politicains in this country are all just working to keep their own fat pay checks..but what are the characteristics of Enda Kenny that make us believe he would make an especially bad leader for this country?

/gets popcorn

brianthebard · 14-01-2009 10:12PM

None, he's a decent guy, works hard for his constituency and would do a good job in power. Certainly couldn't be worse than Brian "jowls" Cowan.

Or, theory no.2; He's a culchie and the people that hate him are townies. This is backed up by every townie who's ever spoken about him saying they don't like him.

abi2007 · 14-01-2009 10:16PM

I think enda kenny is great. reckon he'd do a good job of it

MJOR · 14-01-2009 10:20PM

he is a ginger

Mark200 · 14-01-2009 10:21PM

I'd prefer someone with a bit more life

thetyreman · 14-01-2009 10:21PM

Because he is a polition:)

stovelid · 14-01-2009 10:22PM

Enda is basically a girl's name.

The_Minister · 14-01-2009 10:23PM

His past is uninspiring, he gives off a feeling of weakness/impotence, and whenever he makes a speech you can just tell someone else wrote it for him (obviously thats true for many politicians, but most hide it).

And everyone knows that he got the job only because there was no-one else.

admiralofthefleet · 14-01-2009 10:23PM

Mark200 wrote: »

I'd prefer someone with a bit more life

i would prefer someone who was alive, tbh

galwayrush · 14-01-2009 10:23PM

I expect he is a nice guy, but i feel that any party leader who is there for a good few years and looses an election should move aside to help rebuild the party.

abi2007 · 14-01-2009 10:23PM

Mark200 wrote: »

I'd prefer someone with a bit more life

someone that talks alot usually talks alot of ****e
eg. bertie
cowan

Earthhorse · 14-01-2009 10:24PM

The_Minister wrote: »

And everyone knows that he got the job only because there was no-one else.

Just like Cowen!

Professey Chin · 14-01-2009 10:24PM

Crabs

mikemac · 14-01-2009 10:25PM

Talk about a loaded title!:rolleyes:
You've already made up your mind OP and you're looking for others to agree with you.

Enda Kenny would do an excellant job as Taoiseach and FG have some good candidates to become ministers. Richard Bruton as Min of Finance for example.

IronMan · 14-01-2009 10:26PM

Whilst he is not the most exciting of people to have ever faced a camera, he does seem to have an inherent decency, a virtue that seems to have become "old fashioned" in the "new" Ireland. Some of the other FG front bench impress me, especially Richard Bruton, who has long been a bastion of common sense. Brian Hayes, James Reilly etc also seem to know their arse from their elbow, which cannot be said for some of our ministers, who appear to have gone into hiding.

14-01-2009 10:26PM

Its his hair and his redneck accent

WoollyRedHat · 14-01-2009 10:27PM

The_Minister wrote: »

His past is uninspiring, he gives off a feeling of weakness/impotence, and whenever he makes a speech you can just tell someone else wrote it for him (obviously thats true for many politicians, but most hide it).

And everyone knows that he got the job only because there was no-one else.

True, a re-building the party and changing their fortunes, getting a bigger share of seats, reads for pretty uninspiring headlines in the papers. We want to read about the scandals, the dirty stuff you know.

norwegianwood · 14-01-2009 10:27PM

he looks like a country and western singer.

galwayrush · 14-01-2009 10:27PM

I hope he replaces Cowen soon though.

Fizman · 14-01-2009 10:27PM

He has about as much charisma as a wet packet of waffles.

PrivateEye · 14-01-2009 10:28PM

An absolute failure when it comes to the media, he always comes across very wooden and like a complete gobsh!te. If Cowen proposed free ice-cream for everyone, Enda would give out about it. The reason the Tories (:rolleyes: ) are looking so set for victory in the next U.K elections is the strategy of "While Labour may be right on X, they're wrong on A,B,C" or "The following things need to be changed" etc.

Kenny moans. About everything. All the time.

He always comes across badly in photoshoots. See the one of him standing next to FGs 'How will you vote on Lisbon?' machine in Jervis Shopping Centre? Father Dougal stuff. They also reset the machine when the Níls went a bit high for their liking, which was hilarious in itself :pac:

**The above post about waffles is spot on.

tubedude · 14-01-2009 10:28PM

The people who think enda kenny would be a poor leader are probably the same dopes who think brian cowen is a good leader.

Brian Cowen is an embarrassment.

Fizman · 14-01-2009 10:28PM

norwegianwood wrote: »

he looks like a country and western singer.

Whatever about a western singer, but exactly what country do you think he resembles?

:pac:

deleriumtremens · 14-01-2009 10:29PM

mikemac wrote: »

Talk about a loaded title!:rolleyes:
You've already made up your mind OP and you're looking for others to agree with you.

Haha, supose you're right! It just seems to me that nobody ever makes Enda Kenny out to be a great potential leader. The best they ever say of him is that he'd be better than that fish we have in there at the minute. Then again, that wouldnt be too difficult!

WoollyRedHat · 14-01-2009 10:30PM

Fizman wrote: »

He has about as much charisma as a wet packet of waffles.

Bertie Ahern was pretty charismatic and look where that got us?

It's not the be all and all. It's important to a degree, but the taoiseach shouldn't be some kind of bledding celebrity.

LowOdour · 14-01-2009 10:31PM

I know he is the opposition, but he has done nothing productive since the recession has kicked in. He just complains about what the current government has/is doing, but he could start been more positive. Isnt it a time all parties started pulling together.

Dont think he would make a blind bit of difference to the current crisis

14-01-2009 10:33PM

Enda Kenny

And

Victor Garber

Eerie or what?

(Since when can we not put pics up on After Hours?)

tubedude · 14-01-2009 10:33PM

Fizman wrote: »

He has about as much charisma as a wet packet of waffles.

Yeah and Brian Cowen is going to be starring alongside brad pitt in the new oceans eleven movie...

deleriumtremens · 14-01-2009 10:34PM

tubedude wrote: »

Yeah and Brian Cowen is going to be starring alongside brad pitt in the new oceans eleven movie...

I laughed out loud!

Fizman · 14-01-2009 10:35PM

tubedude wrote: »

Yeah and Brian Cowen is going to be starring alongside brad pitt in the new oceans eleven movie...

As the ocean?

And that would be oceans 14 then?

tubedude · 14-01-2009 10:38PM

Fizman wrote: »

And that would be oceans 14 then?

Yeah I guess you're right...

What exactly is it about Enda Kenny that makes us see him as a poor potential leader?

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