Eamonn Coughlan's Meltdown on TV3

ryan101 wrote: »

The standard of people going into Irish politics is almost rock bottom at this stage.

I agree that happens with most people entering Irish politics.

Just earlier this week a canvass from FF come around to my house showing off a new local candidate of theirs that I never even heard of before.

I unexpectedly answered the door to them. This guy in a trendy arty suit said hello to me. I said hello back. He asked me whether I would ask this new one any questions that I may be considering. I said no to them but I said will let my mum talk to you. They said that is no problem. She comes over to see them with the usual hello rubbish and all that from canvassers.

They were talking about some local issues for about a further ten minutes. I was in the sitting room watching the TV while all this went on thinking what the heck is going on out there.

The next thing I heard them asking was "Do you want to get photographed"? And I was nearly going to say "what, you're getting pictures taken and all". I was nearly going to say no to them because they weren't to going photograph me if my life depended on it, but I didn't. But I just to my mam "No, don't let me out there".

Yer one "Ah it's alright.....". And that was it for me but for my mother it wasn't. She got photographed with me having the sheer humiliation inside me of letting her going through it at all.

I am not a photogenic person btw. Is just that being with sort of ilk makes me uncomfortable for me to even be rational with them.

Back on topic now. I thought Eamon Coughlan's performance on that debate last night including his story was very condescending for me tbf. I didn't feel that he had any sort of positivity in his contribution to the debate. I thought he had a sense of an arrogance and cockiness look about him which I thought was very uninspiring. If he mentioned his story about his constituent in a calmer manner, than it would have gotten somewhere in the end. But No, it went the other way for Eamon and probably his likability would get worse in the end.

His status as a former athlete should be respected tbf. But as a politician he has not got a hope in this contest.

That batty one from Labour didn't inspire me with too much confidence either. The rudeness from the other candidates would tell a lot too.

I am also glad I am not voting for any of them in their by election. So it's a win win for me in any case.

Meltdown? He closed his eyes a few times. Big deal.

And when did he change the spelling of his name?

vicwatson wrote: »

He's a superb advert as to why the Senate should be shut down.

John Crown is a good reason to keep it.

If we shut down every workplace that had a few eejits in it what would we have left?

Taxi service, pubs and little else...

jimgoose wrote: »

In what Universe would the taxicab and publican industries escape an Eejit Cull??

c'mon, everybody knows taxi drivers and barmen know everything about everything and therefore are no eejits.