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Best President Ever

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  • #32
    Rory Gallagher
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 292 ✭✭Rory Gallagher


    Since establishment of Irish state? good oul De Valera.
    Recently? Mcaleese


  • #33
    padd b1975
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,910 ✭✭✭✭padd b1975


    Frank Lee Midere wrote: »
    . Robinson left the presidency to make more money and gain more status elsewhere. Shocking.
    Yep, being professional 'name dropper' is much more lucrative.

    There was probably a grain of truth in what Pee said about her all those years ago, although his wording of it was somewhat clumsy:o

    A pure mé féiner.


  • #34
    Arthur Beesley
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,537 ✭✭✭Arthur Beesley


    Not sure how anyone could vote for Robinson. She didn't ever see out her full second term. We weren't important enough for her.


  • #35
    Blazer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,540 ✭✭✭✭Blazer


    Don't get the love for Higgins..as soon as he was elected he was paying his advisors above the cap ..typical politician stuffing his face from the trough.


  • #36
    RayM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,973 ✭✭✭RayM


    It's funny how the people who dislike Mary Robinson are also the ones who wish she had been president for longer (just under two months, incidentally).


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  • #37
    baldy_brady
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 6 ✭baldy_brady


    efb wrote: »
    My biggest issue with Robbo was quitting early to get a 'better' job...

    mary always put her own career first


  • #38
    Daveysil15
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,301 ✭✭✭Daveysil15


    What sort of an accent does Michael D Higgins have?


  • #39
    baldy_brady
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 6 ✭baldy_brady


    Frank Lee Midere wrote: »
    . Robinson left the presidency to make more money and gain more status elsewhere. Shocking.

    well its always shocking when a " socailist " follows the green


  • #40
    baldy_brady
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 6 ✭baldy_brady


    i remember an interview robinson gave to ryan tubridy a few years ago , the robinsons had only just welcomed a new addition to the family , tubs asked her about the latest grandchild , most people might refer to how gorgeous he - she was etc , not our mary

    " i ask myself , what kind of world is this child arriving into , what with global warming being such a threat " ( was robbo,s reply )


    the high mindedness and pious intelectualism never ended with our mary

    insuferable woman

    no surprise she was the darling of the D4 media set for years


  • #41
    efb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 35,514 ✭✭✭✭efb


    Arthur Beesley wrote: »
    Not sure how anyone could vote for Robinson. She didn't ever see out her full second term. We weren't important enough for her.

    1st term


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  • #42
    efb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 35,514 ✭✭✭✭efb


    RayM wrote: »
    It's funny how the people who dislike Mary Robinson are also the ones who wish she had been president for longer (just under two months, incidentally).

    It was disrespectful to the position she held


  • #43
    baldy_brady
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 6 ✭baldy_brady


    padd b1975 wrote: »
    Yep, being professional 'name dropper' is much more lucrative.

    There was probably a grain of truth in what Pee said about her all those years ago, although his wording of it was somewhat clumsy:o

    A pure mé féiner.

    at least your average commoner garden " me feiner " politican in this country is minus the overbearing smugness


  • #44
    baldy_brady
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 6 ✭baldy_brady


    i dont remember much about hillary so for me , we have yet to have a president im proud of , mc aleese was offensively bland and higgins is another champagne socilist though in the happeny place compared to the 1990 - 1997 office holder


  • #45
    Son Of A Vidic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,370 ✭✭✭✭Son Of A Vidic


    My name is URL wrote: »
    Mary Robinson imo.

    Her being awarded the US Presidential Medal of Freedom pissed off a lot of crackpot right-wing lobby and pressure groups, so she must have been doing something right!


    The award was criticised by some American and European Jewish groups. Parties opposed to the award included AIPAC, the Anti-Defamation League, the European Jewish Congress, and John R. Bolton. Bolton, the former US Ambassador to the United Nations, stated that those in the administration who recommended her either ignored her anti-Israel history, or missed it entirely


    Very true and you know you're doing something right when you're píssing off Zionist nut jobs. But for my selection I would go with McAleese.


  • #46
    RayM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,973 ✭✭✭RayM


    efb wrote: »
    It was disrespectful to the position she held

    It would have been disrespectful if it had been two years, rather than a mere two months. And if she had just left to take some random job, rather than something as prestigious as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. I don't remember people being too 'offended' by it at the time. Most people seemed quite impressed that someone from a little country like Ireland could get such a high-profile job.


  • #47
    foggy_lad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,373 ✭✭✭✭foggy_lad


    cnoc wrote: »
    I would not rate Michael D - a President by default....

    the best of a bad lot of Jesus freaks Quango whores paedophile sympathisers and terrorist murderers.


  • #48
    Arthur Beesley
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,537 ✭✭✭Arthur Beesley


    RayM wrote: »
    It's funny how the people who dislike Mary Robinson are also the ones who wish she had been president for longer (just under two months, incidentally).

    So she walked out for the sake of under 2 months. Makes you wonder why some couldn't finish her term.


  • #49
    foggy_lad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,373 ✭✭✭✭foggy_lad


    Ann Landers wrote: »
    What about her background?

    Working as reporter on Today Tonight with Pat Kenny wont have done her any favours:D


  • #50
    padd b1975
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,910 ✭✭✭✭padd b1975


    baldy_brady wrote: »
    i dont remember much about hillary so for me , we have yet to have a president im proud of , mc aleese was offensively bland and higgins is another champagne socilist though in the happeny place compared to the 1990 - 1997 office holder

    Paddy Hillary was the last President to go about his business in a quite and dignified manner.

    Back then there was no self promoting bull and photo ops in Africa that became the norm with Robinson.


  • #51
    gk5000
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 977 ✭✭✭gk5000


    Clareman wrote: »
    Patrick Hillary for me, stood up to the political bullies at the time and showed how important having a third pillar of government can be.

    Hillary all the way.
    The rest have too many of ther own political agenda's to be Presidential.

    Also see the sideburns - looked great going to a funeral.


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  • #52
    padd b1975
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,910 ✭✭✭✭padd b1975


    gk5000 wrote: »
    Hillary all the way.
    The rest have too many of ther own political agenda's to be Presidential.

    Also see the sideburns - looked great going to a funeral.

    I always picture him with his hat resting against his chest during the National Anthem on All Ireland Sundays.

    He used to show up at half time in the minor match, and my dad would make the same joke every year...

    'This fella has come straight from the pub! '


  • #53
    mickdw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,036 ✭✭✭✭mickdw


    Lightbulb Sun wrote: »
    It was a much more worthwhile and important post, don't blame her in the slightest.

    That is what she believed no doubt but she did say she regretted it and wishes she finished out the term.
    I think she went on to say that she was somewhat mislead by kofi annan in terms of the urgency of her taking up of the position.


  • #54
    The Diabolical Monocle
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,618 ✭✭✭The Diabolical Monocle


    Wacker The Attacker wrote: »
    Michael D Michael D

    up on his bike-eldy

    smokin his little pipe-ldy

    (grabs fiddle)


  • #55
    Da Shins Kelly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,047 ✭✭✭Da Shins Kelly


    Mary Robinson was a transformative figure. By far the best, in my opinion.


  • #56
    The Diabolical Monocle
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,618 ✭✭✭The Diabolical Monocle


    Daveysil15 wrote: »
    What sort of an accent does Michael D Higgins have?

    A quick, high pitched one.


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