Mc Dowell and Gormley engage in some street theatre

darkman2

I must say when the journalists went along to see the unveiling of McDowell up a pole with his poster they must have been disappointed but they must equally have been delighted to see that muppet from the Green Party show up and make a complete fool of himself. Tantrums are not going to win elections.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2007/0516/election3.html


Anyone hear this on RTE radio just now?

RalphCifaretto

One thing about McDowell, he's completely open about the fact that he is there to serve the interests of "middle Ireland". He makes absolutely no effort to hide his disdain for the working class, that's just part of the PD package. He is basically a softer, more effeminate Margaret Thatcher.

BeatNikDub

"Criticising the alternative government coalition, Mr McDowell said: “A vote for the rainbow is a vote for a government in which left wing parties will be the driving force.”"

Ermmmm but this is a good thing?!!
Everything John Gormley said was right!

He probably should have kept his mouth shut though really, McDowell aint worth it.

darkman2

As journalists looked on, Mr McDowell dismissed the Green politician claiming he had lost it.

“No no, you’re the one who’s losing it,” Mr Gormley said, as the pair came face-to-face.

“Michael I’m sick and tired of this. It’s just smear and negativity. That’s all you can do. Where are your positive ideas? It’s bye-bye to the PDs. You are history.”



However, as Mr Gormley’s phone rang, Mr McDowell retorted: “It’s your friends calling to tell you not to make a fool of yourself.”

lol!

Nightwish

Its a wonder how that mans (McDowell) inability to shut his mouth, hasnt gotten him in serious trouble. Maybe its the pent up frustration of having to behave himself in the presence of the judiciary for all those years.

The_Minister

It looked brilliant, I would have loved to have seen it. Apparently Gormley brought some supporters with him, so it looked like two gangs facing off at one point:D

dixiefly

McDowell actually said on the radio that he had succeeded in getting Liz O' Donnell up the pole!

Fair play to you Michael.

darkman2

RTE are putting the clip on there election website here where says Video Highlights. Should be up shortly - so you can judge for yourselves:


http://www.rte.ie/news/elections2007/

RalphCifaretto

dixiefly wrote:

McDowell actually said on the radio that he had succeeded in getting Liz O' Donnell up the pole!

Fair play to you Michael.

Heard that, absolute quality:D

mike65

I had to laugh at the medias idiocy - the Battle of Ranalagh, Rumble in Ranalgh etc, are there no issues to discusss?

Mike.

The_Minister

Its on the PD website.

zAbbo

The_Minister wrote:

Its on the PD website.

They're just linking the RTE version.

The_Minister

zabbo wrote:

They're just linking the RTE version.

Ah, I wasn't able to see it on the RTE website.

darkman2

Actually RTE have not got the full video on their website yet. This is the full one:


http://dynamic.rte.ie/av/230-2248710.smil

marco murphy

“You say that we’re going to raise corporation tax. That it is a lie. Withdraw that,” shouted Mr Gormley. “I’m not taking any nonsense from you any more.”

As journalists looked on, Mr McDowell dismissed the Green politician claiming he had lost it.

“No no, you’re the one who’s losing it,” Mr Gormley said, as the pair came face-to-face.

“Michael I’m sick and tired of this. It’s just smear and negativity. That’s all you can do. Where are your positive ideas? It’s bye-bye to the PDs. You are history.”

Little children!!

Nevyn

And finally a bit of robust debate and a head to head and it takes it being on the street......

Fair play to Gormley to getting stuck in.

Zebra3

The Guards should have arrested them for disturbing the peace.

Tbh, I thought it looked fairly crap on the news, but it saved them sending cameras elsewhere to actually hunt some news down.

daveirl

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Stargal

I'm not a big fan of John Gormley, but he was completely right. McDowell has been constantly perpetuating this myth throughout the campaign that the Greens want to increase the rate of corporation tax, despite the fact that he's been corrected on it several times. It's a cheap scare tactic to stop people from voting for the Greens. I wasn't crazy about the way Gormley was shouting to get his point across, but it was amusing to watch McDowell struggle to answer his questions.

ZorbaTehZ

Anyone got a linkeh for a DL?
My streaming quality is terrible atm.

Raskolnikov

Publicity stunt gone very wrong for the PD's.

McDowell needs to start promoting the PD's to the middle class instead of attacking the left-wing vote. It's not like he's going to win votes from any Green Party supporters.

zAbbo

ZorbaTehZ wrote:

Anyone got a linkeh for a DL?
My streaming quality is terrible atm.

Here ya go - http://youtube.com/watch?v=GZQk3HXWxGs

Apologies for the RTE guys messing with the stream while I was recording.

daveirl

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Sonderval

I think you underestimate the amount of people in the middle classes feeling collective guilt over the environment etc. McDowell is trying to appeal to their selfish instincts. I think it's a decent strategy.

Perhaps, but its a terrible long term strategy. The Greens are entirely correct - in order to perpetuate a healthy economy into the future, now is the time to start adopting some green proposals. It may shockingly involve some hard decisions for us all.

Imagine that!

Jackz

zabbo wrote:

Here ya go - http://youtube.com/watch?v=GZQk3HXWxGs

Apologies for the RTE guys messing with the stream while I was recording.

lol for all of the parts where he is making his statement.

Jonny Arson

John Gormely = Legend

Seeing McDowell's pathetic and condescending publicity stunt blow up in face put such a smile on my face today

The_Minister

Laika wrote:

McDowell has been constantly perpetuating this myth throughout the campaign that the Greens want to increase the rate of corporation tax

It's not a myth at all. They are committed to introducing new, punitive taxes on businesses, including a €200,000,000 levy per year on the banking centre, which is, in effect, raising corporation taxes.

Dirk Gently

zabbo wrote:

Here ya go - http://youtube.com/watch?v=GZQk3HXWxGs

Apologies for the RTE guys messing with the stream while I was recording.

why did they mess with the stream just as you were recording Liz's ass climbing the pole

Garret

The_Minister wrote:

It's not a myth at all. They are committed to introducing new, punitive taxes on businesses, including a €200,000,000 levy per year on the banking centre, which is, in effect, raising corporation taxes.

they seek to reintroduce a bank levy capped at €200m a year for a 5 year period. Remember that the two largest banks make approx €3bn a year.

The use of the term corporation tax makes people think they want to tax foreign MNCs who want to come here, which is not what they are trying to achieve.

brianthebard

That was hilarious, Gormley made a tool of himself.

Ardent

daveirl wrote:

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Lots of respect for Gormley after that but I won't be voting GP unless they commit to the rainbow.