Cowen on the Radio this morning

montec · 14-09-2010 08:46AM #1

Tired and Emotional???:rolleyes:

Poly · 14-09-2010 09:01AM

They must have "thinked" late into the night.
He sounded sick as a small hospital.
He was interveiwed on his way to his breakfast roll at about 8.30.
Glad to see FF up early.

Poly · 14-09-2010 09:05AM

On Pat Kenny now

mike65 · 14-09-2010 09:09AM

What happened?

Nijmegen · 14-09-2010 09:12AM

mike65 wrote: »

What happened?

The uh, "think in". AKA the post-summer piss up.

Dymo · 14-09-2010 09:14AM

mike65 wrote: »

What happened?

Again, what happened?

transylman · 14-09-2010 09:14AM

mike65 wrote: »

What happened?

He appeared to be slurring his words during the interview on good morning ireland, as well as mixing the croke park agreement and the good friday agreement. Apparently he was up late at the FF drink-in last night.

Executive Steve · 14-09-2010 09:15AM

Raging I missed this, is it archived yet?

Poly · 14-09-2010 09:15AM

Cowen was interviewed this morning at about 8.30, he sounded very worst for the wear

mike65 · 14-09-2010 09:15AM

Cheers, I'll listen back assuming RTE haven't blitzed it.

http://dynamic.rte.ie/av/209-2818597-396-0.smil

Lapin · 14-09-2010 09:18AM

Christ he sounded rough.
He should have done a Boris Yeltzin and stayed in his leaba.
He didn't do himself any favours at all and it will probably live to regret this.

Maybe he has a heavy cold but comparisons with Enda Kenny's interview are already being made.

Confusing the Croke Park agreement with the Good Friday agreement didn't help matters.

Fianna Fáil shindigs in Galway seem to have a habit of backfiring on them.
Whether they are in tents at the races or plush hotels up on Tailors Hill.

_feedback_ · 14-09-2010 09:18AM

I can't access here in work, but Ray Darcy has just played back some, so it must be available. He sounded dreadful. I genuinely struggled to understand some things he was saying. Apparently, the interviewer thanked him for doing the interview before breakfast . . . at 8.50!

whippet · 14-09-2010 09:19AM

shock horror ..... Irish man has a few drinks at work night out !!!!!

We all know the country is in ****e and it isn't nice the irony of Irish people giving out about someone having a night on the piss is bizzare.

For all you think about Cowen et al, it is a tough job, and for all partys these Summer Schools, Think-ins are like a staff night out that we all love to indulge in.

Feckin' sensationalists .... get back to reading your Daily Star !!

Laminations · 14-09-2010 09:19AM

As well as sluring his words and getting confused he also spoke for 10 mins without saying anything. He just slurred bullsh1t. Biffo Slurry Mouth, leader of Ireland

Nijmegen · 14-09-2010 09:22AM

Laminations wrote: »

As well as sluring his words and getting confused he also spoke for 10 mins without saying anything. He just slurred bullsh1t. Biffo Slurry Mouth, leader of Ireland

Well, admittedly that's normal.

mike65 · 14-09-2010 09:24AM

Okay listening back, he sounds a bit rough and his usual grumpy 'wished he was elsewhere' self but not drunk, that accent isn't the crispest at the best of times.

gurramok · 14-09-2010 09:24AM

whippet wrote: »

shock horror ..... Irish man has a few drinks at work night out !!!!!

We all know the country is in ****e and it isn't nice the irony of Irish people giving out about someone having a night on the piss is bizzare.

For all you think about Cowen et al, it is a tough job, and for all partys these Summer Schools, Think-ins are like a staff night out that we all love to indulge in.

Feckin' sensationalists .... get back to reading your Daily Star !!

He should of cancelled that interview. Knowing he'd have a few the night before(no problem there) does not excuse putting on a bad character performance.

Liam Byrne · 14-09-2010 09:29AM

whippet wrote: »

shock horror ..... Irish man has a few drinks at work night out !!!!!

Yes. Shock horror is right.

A "few drinks" doesn't affect you the following morning. A few too much does.

And being "under the weather" the following morning is unacceptable for ANYONE who has to work, let alone someone who's on over €1,000 a day!

SarahBM · 14-09-2010 09:29AM

I know Cowen sounds like a bogger most of the time, but confusing the Croke Park agreement with the Good Friday Agreement is a bit... suspicious.

and surely if he knew it was going to be on the radio he would have made an effort to prepare himself and sound awake.

people keep saying politics is about perception, I wish some one would tell FF that.

Cookie_Monster · 14-09-2010 09:29AM

Nijmegen wrote: »

The uh, "think in". AKA the post-summer piss up.

Are they Gardai using surveillance on these yet? Conspiracy to commit fraud and so forth?

martinn123 · 14-09-2010 09:31AM

can anyone post a link to the former Liberal Party leader who did a TV interview when tired and emotional, Charles Kennedy ?

Sounded similar to this morning, I seem to remember he was shafted within a week.

jmayo · 14-09-2010 09:31AM

whippet wrote: »

shock horror ..... Irish man has a few drinks at work night out !!!!!

We all know the country is in ****e and it isn't nice the irony of Irish people giving out about someone having a night on the piss is bizzare.

For all you think about Cowen et al, it is a tough job, and for all partys these Summer Schools, Think-ins are like a staff night out that we all love to indulge in.

Feckin' sensationalists .... get back to reading your Daily Star !!

There is a big difference between a company night out or days away and this shower of inept chancers.

Do people on company nights out or company days away get their chauffeurs and bodyguards paid for by us the taxpayers ?

Who is paying their hotel bills ?
Who is paying for the accomodation for their Garda and non Garda drivers who are with them in Galway?
Is ff ?
Are they f***.

Who is paying the bar bills ?

How did all these ministers get over to Galway ?
How many used the Aer corp aircraft ?

Now why don't you get back to reading the indo.

bmaxi · 14-09-2010 09:34AM

I didn't hear the interview, I would just have had my own breakfast and I had listened to Hanafin going on with the usual c*ap about spreading the pain fairly and evenly come the budget, so I doubt I could have kept it down.
As for being half pi**ed and slurring his speech, I'd say that was par for the course.

Drummerboy2 · 14-09-2010 09:36AM

I heard the interview and he sounded like a man who had a skinful last night and had about 2 hours sleep. He was definitely slurring his words and wasn't far, from being still under the influence, as they say.

transylman · 14-09-2010 09:37AM

whippet wrote: »

shock horror ..... Irish man has a few drinks at work night out !!!!!

We all know the country is in ****e and it isn't nice the irony of Irish people giving out about someone having a night on the piss is bizzare.

For all you think about Cowen et al, it is a tough job, and for all partys these Summer Schools, Think-ins are like a staff night out that we all love to indulge in.

Feckin' sensationalists .... get back to reading your Daily Star !!

This isn't the first time it has happened.

Darsad · 14-09-2010 09:40AM

I heard him this morning and he sounded rough from the off you would have though he could have stayed away from the sauce for one night knowing he had an interview booked with the National broadcaster at 8.30 am as I doubt very much that he was door stepped.
The man is a moron and a liability that we are all paying for and he should go now but then this is Ireland he will probably get a slap on the back from the FFer's and continue on in his ignorant arrogant manner devoid of any leadership skills, qualities or abilities.

whippet · 14-09-2010 09:40AM

jmayo wrote: »

There is a big difference between a company night out or days away and this shower of inept chancers.

Do people on company nights out or company days away get their chauffeurs and bodyguards paid for by us the taxpayers ?

Who is paying their hotel bills ?
Who is paying for the accomodation for their Garda and non Garda drivers who are with them in Galway?
Is ff ?
Are they f***.

Who is paying the bar bills ?

How did all these ministers get over to Galway ?
How many used the Aer corp aircraft ?

Now why don't you get back to reading the indo.

So its alright for the majority of the population to go out on the razz but not the politicians .... and for the record the Star has more journalistic credibility than the indo

scr123 · 14-09-2010 09:41AM

If Cowen was absolutely peed out of his mind he would make more sense and show more intellectual ability than anything the ABFF have to offer.

Cowen is up against it big time, the media, the ABFF and the Opposition are ready to pounce at the slightest opportunity. Their contempt for Cowen and FF is at the disturbed menatality level. Cowen has always been uncomfortable with the media as all intelligent people are when stupid questions are repeated
Billions of words have been written and spoken since April 2008 and billions more will be uttered but nothing will change the simple fact that this country needed a very serious period of deflation and anyone who thinks you can inflate at the same time is a total idiot. I know this, the media know this and the Opposition know this. If the ABFF had brains they would also know this !
We can all waffle on forever about politics and economics but the botom line is, if an economy is suffering severe inflation the cure, as it has always been, is severe deflation. The No 1 tool in deflation process is massive unemployment. Either learn simple economics or get out of the kitchen.

whippet · 14-09-2010 09:42AM

Liam Byrne wrote: »

Yes. Shock horror is right.

A "few drinks" doesn't affect you the following morning. A few too much does.

And being "under the weather" the following morning is unacceptable for ANYONE who has to work, let alone someone who's on over €1,000 a day!

I thought they were on their holidays until the dail was back, so he isn't entitled to a few drinks on his holidays? Or is the whinging and moaning about dail time only when it suits?

pumpkinsoup · 14-09-2010 09:43AM

whippet wrote: »

I thought they were on their holidays until the dail was back, so he isn't entitled to a few drinks on his holidays? Or is the whinging and moaning about dail time only when it suits?

You've missed it again. Going on national radio to address the people in that state is an indication of very poor judgement. The public perception will be one of ineptitude. I think Cowen is in big trouble about this.

bmaxi · 14-09-2010 09:48AM

whippet wrote: »

I thought they were on their holidays until the dail was back, so he isn't entitled to a few drinks on his holidays? Or is the whinging and moaning about dail time only when it suits?

Are you for real or just trolling?
This is the Prime Minister of our country we're talking about, speaking on the national broadcaster.

Cowen on the Radio this morning

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