who should be taoiseach

keary79 · 01-10-2010 09:12PM #1

so you would ye like to elect or to have as taoiseach then if the was a general election
id like to see brian lenihan but due to his health issues might not be able for it.
of eamon gilmore...
forgot about what parties they are in. who is good enough to get us out of this mess

ken2010 · 01-10-2010 09:15PM

me

keary79 · 01-10-2010 09:18PM

cool maybe then id be minister for finance:D

citizenerased1 · 01-10-2010 09:20PM

Apparently he has an irish Granny?

Iron Hide · 01-10-2010 09:25PM

bryaner · 01-10-2010 09:25PM

Bono.

Zynks · 01-10-2010 09:26PM

keary79 wrote: »

so you would ye like to elect or to have as taoiseach then if the was a general election

Considering that the current Taoiseach has under 20,000 direct votes backing him, and the next one is unlikely to have many more, the odds are that you and I won't be electing a Taoiseach anytime soon.

I would rather have a system where the person running the show is elected nationally, instead of buddies picking the one more likely to look after the interests of the party.

Jarren · 01-10-2010 09:27PM

keary79 · 01-10-2010 09:28PM

i just hope im sure his a nice man just dont think enda kenny has what it takes to be taoiseach

ken2010 · 01-10-2010 09:30PM

put it this way we cant fcuk it up any worse than what it is

Liam Byrne · 01-10-2010 11:11PM

Lenihan is hopelessly incompetent and, judging by last night's performance, deluded.

Shane Ross gets my vote. Fair, thorough and competent.

InchicoreDude · 01-10-2010 11:35PM

Doesnt Lenihan seem to get an awfully easy time from the public & media? Sure, He inherited a mess in the department of finance but he has constantly been wrong estimates about anglo etc.

I am prpbably the only one in the country who thinks it but Enda Kenny is my preference for taoiseach.

femur61 · 02-10-2010 06:51AM

I will vote FG even though Mr Kenny lacks the X factor.

Gilmore is great but Labour = Trade Unions = Inflated Public Sector keeping high earners (too many for start)

ken2010 · 02-10-2010 09:42AM

the vote should be set up like britains got talent or the apprentice and call it (ireland need a new taoiseach) and they have to show us what they can do:D:D:D

Frogeye · 02-10-2010 10:16AM

Liam Byrne wrote: »

Lenihan is hopelessly incompetent and, judging by last night's performance, deluded.

Shane Ross gets my vote. Fair, thorough and competent.

Would he have time for it? in between flogging his book on bankers et al and his four angry men road show and his appearences on any show related to the economy and his number in that quality sunday paper? Think he is too busy making money off the recession to try and sort it out.

Liam Byrne · 02-10-2010 10:27AM

Frogeye wrote: »

Would he have time for it? in between flogging his book on bankers et al and his four angry men road show and his appearences on any show related to the economy and his number in that quality sunday paper? Think he is too busy making money off the recession to try and sort it out.

At least he wrote his book on his own time, unlike others we could mention.

And given his public service work re the M50 and on that eventful quizzing session where he made Alan Dukes show his true turncoat colours, I'd say he has shown that he will work for the public good, again unlike others.

irishh_bob · 02-10-2010 10:34AM

jarecki1976 wrote: »

crikey , katie perry obviously wears you down

caseyann · 02-10-2010 01:58PM

Arthur Morgan TD

I like that mans back bone and his policies.

paky · 02-10-2010 02:08PM

keary79 wrote: »

so you would ye like to elect or to have as taoiseach then if the was a general election
id like to see brian lenihan but due to his health issues might not be able for it.
of eamon gilmore...
forgot about what parties they are in. who is good enough to get us out of this mess

i hope brian lenihan dies in agony b4 the next election

Liam Byrne · 02-10-2010 02:13PM

paky wrote: »

i hope brian lenihan dies in agony b4 the next election

I can't stand what the guy has done, or what he represents, but this is WAY out of line.

paky · 02-10-2010 02:21PM

Liam Byrne wrote: »

I can't stand what the guy has done, or what he represents, but this is WAY out of line.

according to whom?

yoshytoshy · 02-10-2010 02:30PM

EDIT : Nevermind this post ,it was the presidency I was thinking of.

At least I didn't say brian cowen.

Scofflaw · 02-10-2010 02:57PM

paky wrote: »

according to whom?

According to fairly common standards of decency. Do it again and you'll be banned.

moderately,
Scofflaw

mikemac · 02-10-2010 03:56PM

Michael Lowery :pac:

In all seriousness, he was very high profile and if he never got involved/caught in that messing it's pretty likely he could have been leader of FG
We'll never know

Darsad · 02-10-2010 07:37PM

For me its as simple as A,B C Anyone But Cowen !

Lockstep · 02-10-2010 07:52PM

Lock all the party luminaries in a house, put video cameras in every room and broadcast the results to the nation. Vote them off one by one

"Day 4 in Deartháir Mór and Mary Harney has eaten the teams food supply for the week"
Joe Higgins would make vague threats to other members and repeated references to the 'fatcats' of the house. He'd also nationalize the kitchen and refuse to let anyone else use it (as they're all too wealthy for him). He'd claim to hate the right-wingers most of all but would spend most of his time bitching about Gilmore. He'd be unpopular with the rest of the housemates but he'd be good for causing friction so the audience would vote for him to remain until the quarter-final.
Trevor Sargent would spend his whole time pottering around the garden. He wouldn't get voted off for ages as noone would notice him at all.
Mary Harney would be kept in for comedic value. The studio sound board would use lots of special effects whenever she fell over. Would be hated by the audience and get voted out soon.
Joan Burton would wreck everyone's head with endless bitching. 'Moan' Burton would get kicked out quickly.
Gilmore would be incredibly popular, audience would love him but then mid-season, he'd publicly state his intention to win. He'd then get voted out, partially as noone can tell him and Joe Higgins apart (in looks and in policies)

Etc

Johnny Murphy FF · 02-10-2010 09:32PM

Brian Cowen, and if not Cowen then Lenihan. And if not Lenihan then Michael Martin.

yoshytoshy · 02-10-2010 09:39PM

Johnny Murphy FF wrote: »

Brian Cowen, and if not Cowen then Lenihan. And if not Lenihan then Michael Martin.

caseyann · 02-10-2010 09:39PM

Johnny Murphy FF wrote: »

Brian Cowen, and if not Cowen then Lenihan. And if not Lenihan then Michael Martin.

The only person so far i agree with you on:p

the groutch · 02-10-2010 09:54PM

not gonna happen, but Ivan Yates

TheReverend · 02-10-2010 10:11PM

Johnny Murphy FF wrote: »

Brian Cowen, and if not Cowen then Lenihan. And if not Lenihan then Michael Martin.

Obvious troll is obvious

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