TONIGHT With Vincent Browne

Skid

JonathanAnon wrote: »

My marks out of ten:

Michael Martin 8
Eamonn Gilmore 7
Enda Kenny 7
John Gormley 7
Gerry Adams 6

Nothing significant.. the guys pretty much just recited their mantras.. Martin tried to land a knockout blow on Adams but didnt succeed.. Adams still wishy washy on the economics.. Enda was solid without be commanding, must have been tired after flying back from Germany.. what did the rest of you think?

I thought Gilmore was poor, nothing to suggest he is a potential Taoiseach.(5)

Kenny did OK, which was above expectations. (7)

Martin and Gilmore were reasonable (6 each)

Don't like Adams to be honest so not in a good place to judge (5)

deelite

Ah I got McGurk mixed up with McGuirrick - you know the racing pundit fella -now that would have been a good show....

Sardonicat

Vic Reeves!

ArtSmart

JonathanAnon wrote: »

My marks out of ten:

Michael Martin 8
Eamonn Gilmore 7
Enda Kenny 7
John Gormley 7
Gerry Adams 6

Nothing significant.. the guys pretty much just recited their mantras.. Martin tried to land a knockout blow on Adams but didnt succeed.. Adams still wishy washy on the economics.. Enda was solid without be commanding, must have been tired after flying back from Germany.. what did the rest of you think?

naw, thought M Martin came across as panicked. (and not just bec he was beside Gerry)
sam Smyth pushing FG on rte 2 - all of them are actually. not very convincing

Skid

Friday seems a long way away, Vinny.

Get on with tonight, you are starting late already.

deelite

Those Calvin kleins made sure enda didn't drop any balls....

ArtSmart

deelite wrote: »

Those Calvin kleins made sure enda didn't drop any balls....

'cept the 'all will suffer' bit.

Koloman

deelite wrote: »

Those Calvin kleins made sure enda didn't drop any balls....

They must of been chaffing a bit as he had his hand is his pocket for quite a while.

ArtSmart

yer man - the independent candidate comes across very well. who he?

That_Guy

John McGuirk looks like a cross between Ferris Bueller and Drew Carey and a cube all mashed up in one.

Skid

This panel don't want to talk about the debate at all.

JonathanAnon

ArtSmart wrote: »

'cept the 'all will suffer' bit.

Yeah I thought that was bizarre... thought more would have been made of that... other than that he did well I thought.. Was a bit slow in reponse to Gilmore a few times, but got there in the end.. given that he flew back from Germany today (and must have been very tired), he didnt make any mistakes.. And that is what was important..

I think from this debate more people would be convinced by Enda as a leader, than would have been before the debate.. though not hugely..

Sardonicat

Looks like the "relative poverty contributes to poor health outcomes" discussion is about to be reignited again. Pity he wasn't on when the Baroness was. i'd like to see him agrue his way of it with this guy.

ArtSmart

SkidMark wrote: »

This panel don't want to talk about the debate at all.

billymitchell

#vinb said that all the leaders have lovely bottoms :eek:
I didnt tune in for nicey nicey Vinb

That_Guy

Kathleen looks absolutely out of her head on drugs or something.

ArtSmart

McGurk is an excellent speaker - where's he standing?

Sardonicat

That_Guy wrote: »

John McGuirk looks like a cross between Ferris Bueller and Drew Carey and a cube all mashed up in one.

or a young Vic Reeves.

Skid

ArtSmart wrote: »

Well, the independent candidate wants to talk about himself, and the other guy wants to talk about long term health care.

OPENROAD

Jesus wept :rolleyes:

ArtSmart

JonathanAnon wrote: »

Yeah I thought that was bizarre... thought more would have been made of that... other than that he did well I thought.. Was a bit slow in reponse to Gilmore a few times, but got there in the end.. given that he flew back from Germany today (and must have been very tired), he didnt make any mistakes.. And that is what was important..

I think from this debate more people would be convinced by Enda as a leader, than would have been before the debate.. though not hugely..

yes, more a 'phew' than a 'whoopee'

JonathanAnon

That_Guy wrote: »

Kathleen looks absolutely out of her head on drugs or something.

She's awful for TV.. Monotone, like a Mother Superior, pontificating.. I dont know why people have Jim Power on anymore.. his credibility as an economist is shot..

I think Vincent is losing his prime guests to RTE when they are in direct competition.. Sam Smyth and Mick Clifford on The Eleventh Hour..

deelite

Sardonicat wrote: »

or a young Vic Reeves.

Don't see Vic in him - see Stephen Fry in him more so.

ArtSmart

'testicular fortitude'

Sardonicat

ArtSmart wrote: »

'cept the 'all will suffer' bit.

That sounded like a threat. Reminded me of Goeble's "total war" in the way it was delivered.

That_Guy

Testicular fortitude.... What???

Lady Chatterton

ArtSmart wrote: »

McGurk is an excellent speaker - where's he standing?

Cavan/Monaghan

Koloman

JonathanAnon wrote: »

I dont know why people have Jim Power on anymore.. his credibility as an economist is shot..

Have you scratched him off your famous list of economists you can trust?

That_Guy

Crypto fascists. LOL

Sardonicat

I know imelda May is giving up her quif for trocaire, but i didn't know she was letting others use it.