Gay Mitchell should have been President...

wretcheddomain · 07-07-2013 05:29PM #1

At the moment we have a poetic dwarf in the Áras who vomits out the typical clichés you expect from a symbolic President i.e. no originality but mere empty utterances of nonsense and populism. We should have had someone in the Áras who has some degree of originality, maybe even David Norris. But maybe his ostentatious nature is more of a distraction rather than an attraction.

Of all the other Presidential candidates that we had to suffer listening to - I'd say Gay Mitchell stood out as a solid candidate with years of experience, relatively good speaker and author of 'By Dáil Account', which became a best seller on the New York Times.

If you watch this clip, you'll recall why he would have been the ideal Presidential candidate:

So, in hindsight, now that we've had to suffer the musings of our current President, would you have changed your vote or voted for someone else?

I think Gay Mitchell should have been President.

Sunnyisland · 07-07-2013 05:31PM

Not a hope in hell.

efb · 07-07-2013 05:32PM

I'd rather Dana!

McDermotX · 07-07-2013 05:33PM

I'd rather have no President TBH.

Would save some cash.

The Backwards Man · 07-07-2013 05:34PM

Glad I'm not the only one with sunstroke. . .

Nodin · 07-07-2013 05:35PM

wretcheddomain wrote: »

Of all the other Presidential candidates that we had to suffer listening to - I'd say Gay Mitchell stood out as a solid candidate with years of experience, relatively good speaker and author of 'By Dáil Account', which became a best seller on the New York Times.

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...a man so horrific even his own party were against him.

Sir Osis of Liver. · 07-07-2013 05:35PM

efb wrote: »

I'd rather Dana!

Id rather Dana International.

kneemos · 07-07-2013 05:35PM

Michael D is perfect for the Aras,it keeps him quite.

wretcheddomain · 07-07-2013 05:36PM

Nodin wrote: »

...a man so horrific even his own party were against him.

But this is the party which everyone disagrees with all the time - so what makes them right this time?

Duggy747 · 07-07-2013 05:37PM

You're a funny guy wretcheddomain.....

...that's why I'll kill you last.

Christ the Redeemer · 07-07-2013 05:37PM

The fecking Jesuits have it sewn up.

1ZRed · 07-07-2013 05:37PM

They're all shite. Why do we even have a president? They don't even do anything or have any power

Nodin · 07-07-2013 05:38PM

wretcheddomain wrote: »

But this is the party which everyone disagrees with all the time - so what makes them right this time?

....bizarre way of trying to load a question. Anyhoo - normally party loyalty will overcome personal conflicts. If an Irish political party ditches one of their own members, it says very little good about the candidate in question.

wretcheddomain · 07-07-2013 05:39PM

Apparently Michael D Higgins said in a recent interview "Miriam, I can't quite fathom why every other President I've met from abroad looks down on me?"

I thought that would be pretty obvious.

And this is the person we want as symbolic head of state?

Legs.Eleven · 07-07-2013 05:40PM

Watching that video was like watching paint dry.

Sir Osis of Liver. · 07-07-2013 05:41PM

Martin Sheens name was bandied about at the time,he would have made a great president.
Not so sure about Gay Burns though.

07-07-2013 05:41PM

*Awaits the punchline*

wretcheddomain · 07-07-2013 05:41PM

Legs.Eleven wrote: »

Watching that video was like watching paint dry.

Whoever said that watching paint dry was a bad thing?

meoklmrk91 · 07-07-2013 05:42PM

I don't think the vast majority of the country really cares who is president, they have very little real power, it's more of a figure head position. Personally I like Michael D, he signed into law the welfare of greyhounds act and the dog breeding establishment act, something that badly needed to be done, in my opinion they don't go nearly far enough but it's definitely a step in the right direction.

wretcheddomain · 07-07-2013 05:42PM

Sir Osis of Liver. wrote: »

Not so sure about Gay Burns though.

Pete Burns would have been an entertaining President. :pac:

Legs.Eleven · 07-07-2013 05:42PM

wretcheddomain wrote: »

Whoever said that watching paint dry was a bad thing?

Probably most people.

Christ the Redeemer · 07-07-2013 05:43PM

Legs.Eleven wrote: »

Watching that video was like watching paint dry.

I believe the word you're looking for is Milquetoast.

wretcheddomain · 07-07-2013 05:44PM

Legs.Eleven wrote: »

Probably most people.

Most people voted for Fine Gael and currently most people would harbour Fianna Fáil under their wing, most people down in a wasteland in Kerry voted for the Haely-Rae's.

Legs.Eleven · 07-07-2013 05:45PM

Christ the Redeemer wrote: »

I believe the word you're looking for is Milquetoast.

Had to look that up. That word fits perfectly. Thanks ever so much!

Legs.Eleven · 07-07-2013 05:46PM

wretcheddomain wrote: »

Most people voted for Fine Gael and currently most people would harbour Fianna Fáil under their wing, most people down in a wasteland in Kerry voted for the Haely-Rae's.

Right, let me phrase this another way: the man bored me to tears. Couldn't watch the full thing.

paddy147 · 07-07-2013 05:47PM

wretcheddomain wrote: »

At the moment we have a poetic dwarf in the Áras who vomits out the typical clichés you expect from a symbolic President i.e. no originality but mere empty utterances of nonsense and populism. We should have had someone in the Áras who has some degree of originality, maybe even David Norris. But maybe his ostentatious nature is more of a distraction rather than an attraction.

Of all the other Presidential candidates that we had to suffer listening to - I'd say Gay Mitchell stood out as a solid candidate with years of experience, relatively good speaker and author of 'By Dáil Account', which became a best seller on the New York Times.

If you watch this clip, you'll recall why he would have been the ideal Presidential candidate:

So, in hindsight, now that we've had to suffer the musings of our current President, would you have changed your vote or voted for someone else?

I think Gay Mitchell should have been President.

He should be in Fair City.

wretcheddomain · 07-07-2013 05:52PM

paddy147 wrote: »

He should be in Fair City.

That bad? :eek:

Lenin Skynard · 07-07-2013 05:55PM

wretcheddomain wrote: »

And this is the person we want as symbolic head of state?

Want him as "symbolic" head of state?

He's the head of state already, over a million people voted him in.

Sir Humphrey Appleby · 07-07-2013 05:55PM

wretcheddomain wrote: »

At the moment we have a poetic dwarf in the Áras who vomits out the typical clichés you expect from a symbolic President i.e. no originality but mere empty utterances of nonsense and populism. We should have had someone in the Áras who has some degree of originality, maybe even David Norris. But maybe his ostentatious nature is more of a distraction rather than an attraction.

Of all the other Presidential candidates that we had to suffer listening to - I'd say Gay Mitchell stood out as a solid candidate with years of experience, relatively good speaker and author of 'By Dáil Account', which became a best seller on the New York Times.

If you watch this clip, you'll recall why he would have been the ideal Presidential candidate:

So, in hindsight, now that we've had to suffer the musings of our current President, would you have changed your vote or voted for someone else?

I think Gay Mitchell should have been President.

Thank fúck that right wing reactionary homophobic catholic git didn't get the job, imagine the constitutional crisis we would have when he refused to sign into law any piece of legislation the bishops didn't agree with.

tipptom · 07-07-2013 05:56PM

He would have pimped us out to all his mates in Europe,wait,they own our ass already.
We really showed them Europeans how progressive we are with all the Gays going for the Aras.

Nodin · 07-07-2013 05:59PM

wretcheddomain wrote: »

Apparently Michael D Higgins said in a recent interview "Miriam, I can't quite fathom why every other President I've met from abroad looks down on me?"

You've a source for that?

Gay Mitchell should have been President...

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