[No abuse]What are your lasting memories of the Cowen Regime?

jetsonx · 27-03-2011 03:21PM #1

What are your lasting memories you have of the final weeks or days leading to the end of the Brian Cowen regime?

What will you remember most from those last weeks or days before his shambolic government collapsed?

omg a kitty · 27-03-2011 03:23PM

That 48 hours after his leadership vote :rolleyes:, how many ministers resigned? 6?

starbelgrade · 27-03-2011 03:26PM

jetsonx wrote: »

What will you remember most from those last weeks or days before his shambolic government collapsed?

His shambolic government being replaced by another shambolic government.

jd007 · 27-03-2011 03:26PM

The drunken interview

Daegerty · 27-03-2011 03:30PM

This video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bofn5ofaKis

jetsonx · 27-03-2011 03:31PM

jd007 wrote: »

The drunken interview

but he was "congested"...

LuckyGent88 · 27-03-2011 03:34PM

Without a doubt it has to be the constant covering up of all there mistakes and trying to blame the rest of the world for the problems they created.
They even tried to cover up and lie for Cowen's drunken interview...clearly the public knew he had been on the piss and they still tried to come up with a cover story :rolleyes::mad:

Biggins · 27-03-2011 03:35PM

What are your lasting memories of the Cowen Regime?

Lies, evasion and the continuation of cronyism.

Blatter · 27-03-2011 03:35PM

I can't remember. I'm still hungover:o

omg a kitty · 27-03-2011 03:36PM

Anyone think Bertie wouldve been better?

Biggins · 27-03-2011 03:37PM

omg a kitty wrote: »

Anyone think Bertie wouldve been better?

:pac:

Thats just funny! :pac:

ilovesleep · 27-03-2011 03:38PM

LuckyGent88 wrote: »

Without a doubt it has to be the constant covering up of all there mistakes and trying to blame the rest of the world for the problems they created.
They even tried to cover up and lie for Cowen's drunken interview...clearly the public knew he had been on the piss and they still tried to come up with a cover story :rolleyes::mad:

blaming the global recession for their sheer and utter incompetence.

Duckworth_Luas · 27-03-2011 03:41PM

ilovesleep wrote: »

Here is hoping he and bertie die of heart attacks soon to save this state some money.

Yeah, heart attacks, lets all call it heart attacks.

Biggins · 27-03-2011 03:44PM

omg a kitty wrote: »

But Cowen was Finance Minister when Bertie was Taoiseach

...And Bertie was finance minister when Haughty was Taoiseach.

Between Cowen and Bertie, who is certainly more of questionable character?
The answer is very obvious.

omg a kitty · 27-03-2011 03:48PM

Biggins wrote: »

...And Bertie was finance minister when Haughty was Taoiseach.

That ended up better that this..

Biggins · 27-03-2011 03:49PM

omg a kitty wrote: »

That ended up better that this..

Ya think?

mike65 · 27-03-2011 03:58PM

It wasn't coherent enough to be called a regime.

Biggins · 27-03-2011 03:59PM

mike65 wrote: »

It wasn't coherent enough to be called a regime.

Indeed, just a drinking party! :pac:

Lawrence1895 · 27-03-2011 04:01PM

omg a kitty wrote: »

Anyone think Bertie wouldve been better?

At least, Bertie had a better reputation in Germany. Brian Cowen was seen as some kind of dork...at least by the people, I was talking to

Turtyturd · 27-03-2011 04:37PM

'I don't accept that'

Lawrence1895 · 27-03-2011 04:37PM

Duckworth_Luas wrote: »

Actually under de B-B-Bert Fianna Fáil were generally disliked by their colleagues at the European institutions. They were seen as an arrogant bunch of jumped up knackers who showed up late and left meetings early.

Didn't know about the meetings though

But from somebody's point of view, who is everything but fluent in English (=does not understand, what politicians say) like some older family members of mine, Bertie appeared to be intelligent...well...he looked like someone intelligent...but Brian Cowen? No further comment

jetsonx · 27-03-2011 06:20PM

My lasting memory of the Cowen regime has to be of that rat Dermot Aherne
telling the whole nation that rumors of the IMF being in the country was "fiction" while the other FF sleeveen Noel Dempsey at his side nodding.

And of course, the last stunt of FF where a number of FF politicians all of a sudden developed "health problems" and had to resign. The episode was like something out of the film "Wag the Dog".

Ulysses Gaze · 27-03-2011 07:31PM

The week that The Soldiers of Bankruptcy denied that the IMF were coming into the country.

Especially Dermot Ahern saying on Pravda RTE that it was nonesense.

dx22 · 27-03-2011 07:36PM

The shame and indignity of his drunken visage on Jay Leno

thetonynator · 27-03-2011 07:37PM

ilovesleep wrote: »

Here is hoping he and bertie die of heart attacks soon to save this state some money.

More likely that someone will actually kill them . .

Bertie in my opinion was considerably worse than Cowen though.

howardmarks · 27-03-2011 07:38PM

His nose

arybvtcw0eolkf · 27-03-2011 07:38PM

Can we possibly list the lies..

I'll start with 'We're heading for a soft landing'.

Or this cracker about the guarantee scheme "'This guarantee scheme will be the cheapest in banking history".

But hey, WE ARE WERE WE ARE lol - if it wasn't so fucking tragic.

galwayrush · 27-03-2011 07:43PM

Maurice Wailing Paint wrote: »

Can we possibly list the lies..

I'll start with 'We're heading for a soft landing'.

Or this cracker about the guarantee scheme "'This guarantee scheme will be the cheapest in banking history".

But hey, WE ARE WERE WE ARE lol - if it wasn't so fucking tragic.

'Proud of my / our acheivements' was the icing on the cake..:pac::pac:

token101 · 27-03-2011 07:47PM

ilovesleep wrote: »

Here is hoping he and bertie die of heart attacks soon to save this state some money.

It would probably end up costing us more if the pension reverted to his wife and then she wold probably get the widows pension too! Not that I would wish that upon him or his family! Mind you a severe, lasting case of IBS woud be somewhat fitting!

AlmightyCushion · 27-03-2011 07:51PM

I've had to delete a lot of abuse aimed at Cowen etc. Enough with the abuse guys. I won't give another warning.

Oranage2 · 27-03-2011 07:56PM

This

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2EFkBIoHtk

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