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Tonight With Vincent Browne Thread v2.0

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    #482
    COYW
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    JonathanAnon wrote: »
    God that shinner is one smug git.. spinning round on the wheely chair with his hands in his pockets , smiling like the cat that got the gelignite cream..

    Even by SF standards he is an odious g1t. Why does he keep on smiling?


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    #483
    hotmail.com
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    COYW wrote: »
    Even by SF standards he is an odious g1t. Why does he keep on smiling?

    Because Sinn Fein members couldn't give a toss about the people that were killed by the IRA.


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    #484
    steelcityblues
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    Noel Whelan loves the sound of his own voice.


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    #485
    Skid
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    Lot of praise for Ian Paisley


    Likeable
    Anti Church
    Held Office
    Can work with anyone

    Shame the Nominations deadline has passed, he almost sounds like the man for the job :rolleyes:


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    #486
    COYW
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    hotmail.com wrote: »
    Because Sinn Fein members couldn't give a toss about the people that were killed by the IRA.

    Of course, as a decent human being, I keep forgetting that.


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    #487
    JonathanAnon
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    While you're down there Mary.. ;)


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    #488
    JonathanAnon
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    That's yesterday's paper ffs..

    Wow, serious pressure on Norris ...


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    #489
    ArtSmart
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    COYW wrote: »
    Even by SF standards he is an odious g1t. Why does he keep on smiling?
    maybe he has a gun in his pocket? (course, he could just be glad to see Vincent...)


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    #490
    ArtSmart
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    hotmail.com wrote: »
    He just avoided the questions...VB is a former Northern correspondent in the 1970s and knows a lot about the North.
    (though acted rather than real)


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    #491
    Jess16
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    Why on earth isn't Dana's eligibility being scrutinised? This woman has a bigger neck than the rest of the candidates put together and as far as I can see, has absolutely nothing to offer in terms of being a credible president


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    #492
    ArtSmart
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    Jess16 wrote: »
    Why on earth isn't Dana's eligibility being scrutinised? This woman has a bigger neck than the rest of the candidates put together and as far as I can see, has absolutely nothing to offer in terms of being a credible president
    I assume cos she's being dismissed. a horrendous creature.


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    #493
    steelcityblues
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    Jess16 wrote: »
    Why on earth isn't Dana's eligibility being scrutinised? This woman has a bigger neck than the rest of the candidates put together and as far as I can see, has absolutely nothing to offer in terms of being a credible president

    Why are the panel also afraid to bring up Mary Davis' numerous board appointments?


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    #494
    Havermeyer
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    JonathanAnon wrote: »
    That's yesterday's paper ffs..

    Wow, serious pressure on Norris ...

    And about bloody time too.

    He has gotten away far too lightly up until now.

    Maybe the media, as a whole, will grow a pair and report on this the way it should have been reported on. They've been too afraid of the possibility of being seen as homophobic, had they criticised him.


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    #495
    hotmail.com
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    Jess16 wrote: »
    Why on earth isn't Dana's eligibility being scrutinised? This woman has a bigger neck than the rest of the candidates put together and as far as I can see, has absolutely nothing to offer in terms of being a credible president

    She's not being taken seriously.


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    #496
    take everything
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    Is Vincent doing his own Presidential debate?
    Wouldn't mind seeing him trying to making sense of the Norris letters issue.


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    #497
    ArtSmart
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    take everything wrote: »
    Is Vincent doing his own Presidential debate?
    Wouldn't mind seeing him trying to making sense of the Norris letters issue.
    next tue or wed. tue i think


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    #498
    hotmail.com
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    nummnutts wrote: »
    And about bloody time too.

    He has gotten away far too lightly up until now.

    Maybe the media, as a whole, will grow a pair and report on this the way it should have been reported on. They've been too afraid of the possibility of being seen as homophobic, had they criticised him.

    The media has been fixated on the Norris issue, they've talked about nothing else in the last two months!

    I don't think people will be happy until Norris goes into exile.


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    Jess16
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    ArtSmart wrote: »
    I assume cos she's being dismissed. a horrendous creature.
    hotmail.com wrote: »
    She's not being taken seriously.

    I suspected as much but part of me still wants her to be exposed by the media as the complete chancer she is


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    JonathanAnon
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    steelcityblues wrote: »
    Noel Whelan loves the sound of his own voice.

    noel-whelan-poster.jpg

    I find his air of authority very off putting as well... I mean can we completely forget that he ran for FF?


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    #501
    steelcityblues
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    JonathanAnon wrote: »
    noel-whelan-poster.jpg

    I find his air of authority very off putting as well... I mean can we completely forget that he ran for FF?


    I remember him arriving on my family's doorstep in 1997, lol.


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    #502
    take everything
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    steelcityblues wrote: »
    Noel Whelan loves the sound of his own voice.

    Always get the feeling he loves enunciating whatever he has to say.


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    Havermeyer
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    hotmail.com wrote: »
    The media has been fixated on the Norris issue, they've talked about nothing else in the last two months!

    I don't think people will be happy until Norris goes into exile.

    It died down when he withdrew, and only started again when he considered re-entering the race - though it was still fairly soft touch criticism.


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    ArtSmart
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    JonathanAnon wrote: »
    noel-whelan-poster.jpg

    I find his air of authority very off putting as well... I mean can we completely forget that he ran for FF?
    no FF lover here, but he did speak with sense. strange for a FFer


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    mossyc123
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    Jess16 wrote: »
    Why on earth isn't Dana's eligibility being scrutinised? This woman has a bigger neck than the rest of the candidates put together and as far as I can see, has absolutely nothing to offer in terms of being a credible president

    The issue of clemency letters for a statutory rape case and membership of the IRA aren't on her CV.

    Perhaps you could enlighted us to something from her past that sells papers/fills airtime that the established media have missed out on?!


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    #506
    ArtSmart
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    mossyc123 wrote: »
    The issue of clemency letters for a statutory rape case and membership of the IRA aren't on her CV.

    Perhaps you could enlighted us to something from her past that sells papers/fills airtime that the established media have missed out on?!
    any clip from her Christian Show 'Say Yes and We Are One Body.' would do.

    anyway, bedtime for me. nite all.


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    #507
    mossyc123
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    ArtSmart wrote: »
    any clip from her Christian Show 'Say Yes and We Are One Body.' would do.

    So being Religious is an innapropriate characteristic for a Presidential candidate.

    Quite a narrow-minded attitude tbh.


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    #508
    Zamboni
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    mossyc123 wrote: »
    The issue of clemency letters for a statutory rape case and membership of the IRA aren't on her CV.

    Perhaps you could enlighted us to something from her past that sells papers/fills airtime that the established media have missed out on?!

    Read his post again. She is not questioning Dana's history. She is saying she has sweet f.a. to offer the office of the Irish Presidency.
    She is correct.


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    #509
    hotmail.com
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    mossyc123 wrote: »
    So being Religious is an innapropriate characteristic for a Presidential candidate.

    Quite a narrow-minded attitude tbh.

    The rationality of the candidate is perfectly appropriate to discuss. If a person is religious and believes in things for which there is no evidence, then the rationality of that person comes into question.

    This is why prospective American presidents get asked about their belief in creationism - it's a method of getting at their rationale.


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    #510
    mossyc123
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    Zamboni wrote: »
    Read his post again. He is not questioning Dana's history. He is saying she has sweet f.a. to offer the office of the Irish Presidency.
    He is correct.

    I understood his post perfectly well.

    I was giving him an answer, maybe it wasn't the one he wanted to hear. :)

    The reason that Dana (or indeed Mitchell/MD/Gallacher/Davis) aren't being scrutinised as much is because of the furore about Norris and McGuiness and their past indiscretions.

    The candidates "history" is what is being discussed.

    In terms of electoral success she has more of a right then some of the candidates to be there.

    One-term MEP is arguably a greater electoral achievement then Norris' cushy number as TCD Senator.

    Davis & Gallacher have no electoral/political experience.

    What she has to offer the Presidency is a matter of opinion.


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    #511
    Zamboni
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    hotmail.com wrote: »
    The rationality of the candidate is perfectly appropriate to discuss. If a person is religious and believes in things for which there is no evidence, then the rationality of that person comes into question.

    True, and the speeches would be fvcking awful...


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