Bertie and Co. retain power in Ireland. Which if you were to go by all the blogs and newspapers from Ireland is a complete surprise, however from the Scandinavian viewpoint one of the local papers the Gothenburg Post has an article about one of Europe’s most successful politicians, whose intuition and political skill has led him back to power. Only two other leaders in Europe have been longer in office than Bertie, and with Tony Blair’s departure Bertie will climb up to the number two spot, (Luxembourg’s J-C Junker is in first place) Only one other political party in Europe has longer governing experience than Fianna Fáil ( whom they translate as Fate’s Warriors ) Sweden’s Social Democrats.
According to the GP he has improved relations with Britain and can take personal credit for the success of the peace process in Northern Ireland.
The subtext for the article translates to Election winner, peace maker and beloved leader
There is one line about financial irregularities, but the man of the people shines through this article.
Not being a FF man myself I would be skeptical about such a glowing report if it was from the FF press office, but it’s from Sweden’s 3rd or 4th largest selling daily paper. So for all the vitriol spitting articles about stupid voters and people getting what they deserve, maybe Bertie got what he deserved.
On the next page there is an article about how Japan’s Agriculture Minister committed suicide prior to a question time in parliament regarding economic and financial irregularities…..hmm.
Does nothing except show how good he’s been at putting spin on things to make himself look good. He’s still a c**t.
So everyone keeps saying, and maybe it’s true. But all the bleating and name calling won’t change the fact that he got re-elcted, so the spin works. So he’s a clever bastard on top of everything else, unless of course the opposition didn’t put up enough of a fighting campaign because most of them knew they would get their comfortable seats back in the Dáil anyway. Wouldn’t that be strange.
I heard the German media carried exactly the same hagiographical account of Bertie’s achievements, which suggests to me that they were publishing a press release from the FF press office.
They think we operate according to normal rational principles. Jesus.