green party supporters smash PD headquaters according to michael mac dowell

Street Byte

Not sure thats something to celebrate....

Freelancer

Street Byte wrote:

All the guards involved or accused were aquitted of all charges.

1. 1 Garda was found guilty

20 Garda were discplined for failure to co-operate with the invesitgation.

mountainyman

McDowell was **** stirring but it is an interesting insight into his mind.
Greens , Terrorists , Knackers Anarchists , Socialists all run together in his mind.

Anyway the thing to do (and this should have been going on for a while already) is to keep referring to paedophiles as 'the ministers kind of people' based on the Curtin case (Curtin ran for the PDs in Kerry)

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Elmo

I was sure PD stood for Propaganda Dispensers.

Anyway the thing to do (and this should have been going on for a while already) is to keep referring to paedophiles as 'the ministers kind of people' based on the Curtin case (Curtin ran for the PDs in Kerry)

What is happening with Curtin? OT i know.

constitutionus

Elmo wrote:

I was sure PD stood for Propaganda Dispensers.



What is happening with Curtin? OT i know.

well, noone has the bollocks to say it publically but its either a pension or a payoff comensurate to his working life as a judge.
theres no way in hell he'll ever get back on the bench again, everyone'll just be waiting for the first paedo to end up in front of him and cry double standards.
he may be "innocent" but he's lost all moral authority now.

still, he can always run for the PDs again, just dont have any photo ops with him kissing babies

LostinBlanch

constitutionus wrote:

still, he can always run for the PDs again, just dont have any photo ops with him kissing babies

Cruel but oh so true. Doffs cap

Victor

the ministers kind of people' = PDophiles :eek:

Victor

PS the judge is back in the news http://home.eircom.net/content/irelandcom/topstories/7649395?view=Eircomnet

constitutionus

this just in (1800hrs) not only has micko apologised for slagging off mr bruton he's just apologised for slagging off john gormley and the greens as well.

he must have got some bollocking from bertie/mary.

monument

constitutionus wrote:

this just in (1800hrs) not only has micko apologised for slagging off mr bruton he's just apologised for slagging off john gormley and the greens as well.

Was the latter not just a retraction?

pete

constitutionus wrote:

this just in (1800hrs) not only has micko apologised for slagging off mr bruton he's just apologised for slagging off john gormley and the greens as well

http://www.rte.ie/news/2006/0322/mcdowellm.html

The Green Party has claimed that remarks made by Mr McDowell on the programme repeated a smear against the party which he had withdrawn in the Dáil yesterday.

In a statement last night, Green Party Chairman John Gormley said the minister had again tried to associate the Greens with the thugs who attacked the offices of the PDs in last month's Dublin street violence.

I saw the Prime Time interview last night & i'd have to agree with Gormley on this one, although McDowell basically tarred the 100,000+ people who took part in the Dublin anti-war rally with the same brush while he was at it.

ferdi

i saw that interview as well, mc.d came off as the arsehole he is.

constitutionus

ya have to laugh at this. first he "retracts" his statement, meaning essentially an apology, then he goes on national television and repeats it:rolleyes: .

methinks micko is losing touch with reality, and this sort of stuff so close to an election is gold to the opposition. particularly when the guy your smearing is contesting your constituancy (and as a direct result smearing all the voters in your area that voted for em last time! fat chance they'll switch to PD now)

mloc

i say fair play to him. he's got balls...

The_Minister

I still can't believe that Gormley had the nerve to complain, and then call O'Donoghue a sewer rat. At least Michael was honest.

Elmo

M. McD basically implicated the Green Party with a crime in the Dail. The minister for Justice implicated the Green Party with a crime.

That is much worse then calling some one names.

Fair Play to the Minister for Juctice for implicating The Green Party with a Crime? Are you serious. Have we all lost sence of whats right and whats proper. Certainly M. McD has.

Freelancer

Firespinner wrote:

I still can't believe that Gormley had the nerve to complain, and then call O'Donoghue a sewer rat. At least Michael was honest.

How exactly was in honest in suggesting Gormley's supports would attack the headquarters of another Political party? What proof did he offer that they were "his type of people"

Utter nonsense to suggest Mc Dowell was "honest"

And frankly the only group who has a right to be insulted by the "sewer rat" comment are sewer rats for being mentioned in the same sentence as O'Donughue.

Sgt Sensible

Elmo wrote:

M. McD basically implicated the Green Party with a crime in the Dail. The minister for Justice implicated the Green Party with a crime.

That is much worse then calling some one names.

Fair Play to the Minister for Juctice for implicating The Green Party with a Crime? Are you serious. Have we all lost sence of whats right and whats proper. Certainly M. McD has.

Well said. I wonder if he has Tourettes or if there's some PR company telling him to go with this hard man image in order to appeal to the type of people who think politics is about namecalling. He makes Adams and McGuinness look like total gentlemen, and that's saying something.

The_Minister

Elmo wrote:

M. McD basically implicated the Green Party with a crime in the Dail. The minister for Justice implicated the Green Party with a crime.

That is much worse then calling some one names.

Fair Play to the Minister for Juctice for implicating The Green Party with a Crime? Are you serious. Have we all lost sence of whats right and whats proper. Certainly M. McD has.

He was talking about the type of people who vote for the party as opposed to the party itself. If you've ever been to any of the large colleges you will have noticed that they do have a certain hard-core identifiable group.

Freelancer

Firespinner wrote:

He was talking about the type of people who vote for the party as opposed to the party itself. If you've ever been to any of the large colleges you will have noticed that they do have a certain hard-core identifiable group.

Whats that? Another unsubstantiated and vague argument from Firespinner, must be one of those days ending in a "Y".

The green party has a diverse supporter base and similar TD numbers to the PDs, what if Gormley suggested that a racist attack was carried out by Mc Dowell's "sort of people?" Would PD voters and members not have a right to be angry?

Elmo

"There was a smell of Starch and McDonalds in the air."

Those are the type of people voting for the PDs

Freelancer

Elmo wrote:

"There was a smell of Starch and McDonalds in the air."

Those are the type of people voting for the PDs

With a faint wiff of jovial fascism.

Cork

Firespinner wrote:

I still can't believe that Gormley had the nerve to complain, and then call O'Donoghue a sewer rat. At least Michael was honest.

Did Gormley apologise for this rant?

I tought the Greens were all for flora and fona?

Using an animal type as a term of abuse shows their hypocritcy.

Freelancer

Cork wrote:

Did Gormley apologise for this rant?

I tought the Greens were all for flora and fona?

Using an animal type as a term of abuse shows their hypocritcy.

Yeah Mc Dowell apologised and then repeated it, and thats not hypocrisy.

As for Gormley's choice of language? All that comment deserves is a "oh phulzee" and a :rolleyes:

Cork

Freelancer wrote:

Yeah Mc Dowell apologised and then repeated it, and thats not hypocrisy.

As for Gormley's choice of language? All that comment deserves is a "oh phulzee" and a :rolleyes:

McDowell had the decentcy to apologise.


What other "animal names" is Gormley using as terms of abuse?

I tought a Green Party TD would have more respect for the animal kingdom. Maybe not getting on "Podge & Rodge" has made them disgruntled.

O'Donoghue deserves an apology.

Freelancer

Cork wrote:

McDowell had the decentcy to apologise.

And then to repeat his claim on primetime.

What other "animal names" is Gormley using as terms of abuse?

I tought a Green Party TD would have more respect for the animal kingdom. Maybe not getting on "Podge & Rodge" has made them disgruntled.

The comments above displays the mature of a Brendan O'Connor or Eilish O Hanlan in one of their inane columns in the Sindo.

O'Donoghue deserves an apology.

O'Donoghue deserves many things an apology is not one of them

The_Minister

Freelancer wrote:

Whats that? Another unsubstantiated and vague argument from Firespinner, must be one of those days ending in a "Y".

The green party has a diverse supporter base and similar TD numbers to the PDs, what if Gormley suggested that a racist attack was carried out by Mc Dowell's "sort of people?" Would PD voters and members not have a right to be angry?

I'm in college now, and I would bet you that members of Young Greens were at those riots. No matter how melloe their more "mature" voters may be, the student greens are militant.

Cork

Freelancer wrote:

O'Donoghue deserves many things an apology is not one of them

If you used similar words on boards.ie - You probably would be banned.

Using such language is very telling of both Gormley and the party he represents.

Freelancer

Firespinner wrote:

I'm in college now, and I would bet you that members of Young Greens were at those riots. No matter how melloe their more "mature" voters may be, the student greens are militant.

Thats conjecture and pure speculation, you, like Mc Dowell, haven't a speck of evidence to back your claims, so I suggest, you, like Mc Dowell, retract the statement.

The majority of people rioting were from working class areas in the North inner city, and not made up of your college branch of the young greens.

Freelancer

Cork wrote:

If you used similar words on boards.ie - You probably would be banned.

Using such language is very telling of both Gormley and the party he represents.

And making unsubstantiated insinuations against the members of a legitimate political party and then hiding behind parliamentary privileges is very telling about our Minister for Justice.