June 2008 - Cowen is Taoiseach & Bruton is FG leader

[Hibernophile]

The good ship FF has been holed beneath the waterline. Although Captain Bertwash appears to be oblivious to this state of affairs, he will be walking the plank before mid-year. The likelihood is that the skipper will be replaced by first officer Brian Cowen - this move is likely to steady the ship for battle with the opposition fleet, with Captains Kenny and Gilmore vying for supremacy and the right to be recognised as the flagship of the alternative government. This will be far more than a skirmish, with skipper Gilmore on HMS Lab outflanking Kenny on HMS FG at every turn, resulting in a mutiny aboard HMS FG - necessitating the keelhauling of Captain Kenny, quickly followed by the appointment of a new master - Captain Bruton.

[digoutday]

I would def love to see Bruton take the helm @ FG, Kenny is beginning to look to weak when it comes to doing what needs to be done.

[QuizMaster]

Meanwhile, on the PD rowboat, first mate Grealish and Captain Harney are pulling in opposite directions.
Grealish jumps overboard and swims to the HMS FF, where they haul him aboard. He has rocked the PD dinghy so much that it sinks, leaving Capt. Harney clinging on to a bit of flotsam.

Meanwhile it's rub a dub dub four men in a tub.
The banker, the ************************ker, and definitely not the gun and bomb maker.
For some reason they have scuttled their own engines and are somewhat adrift.

[meriwether]

This thread is a pile of ship.

[Podolski]

Meanwhile the captain of SS Economy is looking at them all through his periscope and decides to fire a No.1 torpedo....

[badboy2]

This thread is a pile of ship.

I was wondering if Hibernophile is related to ApparaMuppet.

Is it possible for people to start a threat without resorting to cliches.

A Polish buddy of mine has a theory that everyone should be taught how to read but you should have to pass an intelligence test before being taught how to write.

Just to put the FG leadership into perspective. Badboy backs Kenny. I have called for more ledership changes than Austin and John Deasy combined. If I am supportive of Kenny, I am pretty sure at least 99% of the membership is supportive of the man who save FG and may save Ireland from permnent FF government.

FF are carrying a leader who has no credibility, and no tax clearance certificate. FG have a leader who has delivered in two consecutive elections.

[Archbishop Tree]

The good ship FF has been holed beneath the waterline. Although Captain Bertwash appears to be oblivious to this state of affairs, he will be walking the plank before mid-year. The likelihood is that the skipper will be replaced by first officer Brian Cowen - this move is likely to steady the ship for battle with the opposition fleet, with Captains Kenny and Gilmore vying for supremacy and the right to be recognised as the flagship of the alternative government. This will be far more than a skirmish, with skipper Gilmore on HMS Lab outflanking Kenny on HMS FG at every turn, resulting in a mutiny aboard HMS FG - necessitating the keelhauling of Captain Kenny, quickly followed by the appointment of a new master - Captain Bruton.

What's with the nautical analogies?

[Wolverine]

The good ship FF has been holed beneath the waterline. Although Captain Bertwash appears to be oblivious to this state of affairs, he will be walking the plank before mid-year. The likelihood is that the skipper will be replaced by first officer Brian Cowen - this move is likely to steady the ship for battle with the opposition fleet, with Captains Kenny and Gilmore vying for supremacy and the right to be recognised as the flagship of the alternative government. This will be far more than a skirmish, with skipper Gilmore on HMS Lab outflanking Kenny on HMS FG at every turn, resulting in a mutiny aboard HMS FG - necessitating the keelhauling of Captain Kenny, quickly followed by the appointment of a new master - Captain Bruton.

What's with the nautical analogies?

And what's with the HMS crap?

[QuizMaster]

Have to agree with badboy.
Even if Kenny is not setting the FG world on fire, there would need to be a very good reason for a heave. They've had a string of leaders since FitzGerald and Kenny is the only one to give them a lift. If there was a vacancy right now, I'd say most of them would choose Bruton over Kenny, but that's not the way politics works.

[flyer]

Enda didn't deliver. That's the problem. The election was won and the one thing he had to do in the whole 6 weeks was not screw up in the debate. By the time he came off air he had actually scared people into voting for Fianna Fail because while Ahern may be a crook at least his IQ is in triple figures. I think he'll be gone by the end of the year but I think June is too soon. I can't believe the party will leave Enda be leader through to another general election debate. Richard Bruton is the clear replacement (partly because Enda has purged the party front bench of most rivals replacing them with kids) and I think he will make an excellent Taoiseach.

Ahern is a deadman walking. However I don't think Cowen will push him any time soon. The country is heading into some rocky economic times and Cowen doesn't want to become another Brown and be clinging to power in the face of a series of disasters. Cowen will make his play around 6 months before the election when Ahern has taken the blame for all the ills of the country. It will be a classic FF con job. They'll spin it as though Cowen is the fresh man with the fresh ideas launching a palace coup "for the good of the country".

Anyway is Cowen sure of the leadership? Every time he appears bloated, sweating & red faced on the TV I wonder how he hasn't had a heart attack. The man doesn't look healthy to my eyes.