Why is this man running our country?

rossie1977 wrote: »

photo of said woman please :eek:

I spelt her name wrong, sorry. She usually does the six one news.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/irishcelebs/3024066043/

sells wrote: »

Why is he here, who the f*uck is he, what the f*uck does he want, I didnt even vote for him, did you. Im talkin of course about, Brian Cowan. Making more money than Barack Obama, why??? money, money, money, beautiful money, thats all he wants. So who would you like to be Taoiseach? Maybe its Pat Kenny, ......Chuck Norris or maybe Willie O Dea!:rolleyes: or even your woman off the news, Sharon Ni Bheolain.

Who would you like to be Taoiseach? It can be anybody, state your reasons and hopefully if theres enough votes, they will be the new Taoiseach.

He's here
a) because he is an elected official, i.e. he received enough votes to place in the top 5 in his constituency, thus entitling him to represent his constituency in the dáil.
b) he is a member of the Fianna Fáil party. All parties require a leader.
c) Once Bertie Ahern stood down as leader of Fianna Fáil (and Taoiseach), the party required someone else to lead it. Cowen put his name forward and was unchallenged. He therefore became leader of Fianna Fáil.
d) Fianna Fáil are the largest party, in terms of dáil representation, in the country. As such, they formed a coalition with a few smaller parties and some independents. It makes sense that the leader of the most represented party gets the number one job. i.e. Brian Cowen.

Secondly, lots of people make more money than Barrack Obama. It may surprise you, but Barrack Obama is not the yardstick by which most people measuretheir income.

Thirdly, how do you know that all he wants is money? Unsubstantiated rubbish and perhaps a libellous comment.

Finaly, no I don't want any of those people as Taoiseach as
a) all but one of them have not been elected to represent us.
b) one of them isn't an Irish citizen
and
c) the one who has been elected could never get the job as he isn't really a party politician.


If there is anything else I can help you with, please ask.


I would however be in favour of some sort of intelligence test before people could vote. This wold benefit us all by removing the votes of people who have no idea how politics work.

There was no plan for
Biffo. Said we'd all be grand.
We knew better, shame.

Cowens doing the best he can with what hes got, hes always going to be hated... anyone in charge of taking services away would be. Its just more fustrating that he has to play politics and keep as many people as possible content so his party dont fall. sad truth of democracy though.

if there were a rerun id still vote FF, best keep with the programme - probably switch my vote to FG when the recession passes and Enda with it.

Nevore wrote: »

Only speaking from a WW perspective, but the village idiots who turn up every year at my polling booth, who would be hard pressed to name a candidate and vote by looking for the pretty logo beside the pictures would presumably fail the test.

But who would the others vote for?
Who did the 'village idiots' vote for before there were pretty* pictures on the paper? and before there were logos?

An Fear Aniar wrote: »

I think it's unfair Brian Cowen should be getting flak for causing the near collapse of the global banking system, or for some of the dodgy policies of his predecessors. He had the misfortune to inherit a mess at a time of global recession so I think people should judge him on his own merits and his own record. I think he's a very intelligent and able politician and is probably the best man for the job right now. I can't see FG pulling a rabbit out of a hat, they never have done, they've only ever been slightly more photogenic.

And although I hope people reject the Lisbon Constitution, please don't do so to give a dig to Brian Cowen, that's a really stupid reason.

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Brain Cowen was been a Senior Cabinet Minister (including Finance) for 10 years before becoming Taoiseach. He has been one of the most influential voices in FF for about 20 years.

While I accept some of his criticism is unfair, let’s not pretend he just woke up one morning and was landed with the job.

Realisticly the country should be run by a group of 5 successfull business people that make decisions based on 3/5 voting for it.

People running the department for health should be five consultants

People running the department for finance should be 5 accountants

People running the military should be 5 generals

People running anything should be successful and the best in that field

What is the point of putting people with no clue of what their doing, no education in that field in charge of it?