PD's (4 Viewers)

[Pantone247]

Has to be said McDowell made a great job of controlling last nights debate, anything he said, especially any Zingers he had, he generally managed to say twice in a row very loudly... fighting like a cornered rat...

I think the presenter should've taken him down a couple of times, but he didn't and McDowell defintely won on air-time and shouting down his opponents. Trevor Sargent looked agitated and fustrated (AND had his notes plainly biro-ed on his hand!) Gerry Adams had one thing about Human Rights that he said again and again and Pat Rabbite, while he was hilarious... he's wry looks and cheeky eyebrows would win my vote alone, just didn't get his points across and looked flakey...

Yeah anyhow, good telly

 

[taubstumm]

i'm not making my mind up about this until i hear mitchum's opinion on it all

 

[Pantone247]

i'm not making my mind up about this until i hear mitchum's opinion on it all

I remember when you used to wait to hear my opionion... *sob*

 

[japeo]

why does everybody pick on mitchum? he seems like a nice enough fella to me.

 

[magicbastarder]

Has to be said McDowell made a great job of controlling last nights debate

given his legal background, he should be able to sleepwalk a debate like that.

 

[egg_]

given his legal background, he should be able to sleepwalk a debate like that.

Exactly
The other guys just don't have the training. I think televised debates are daft, you may as well stick the candidates in a boxing ring for all the relevance debating skills have to competence when in government. The Greens in particular are divils, you'd think they'd have realised by now that they need some serious preparation for media appearances, plenty of sparring as it were, but no, they just send on their man and hope his warm heart shines through

 

[taubstumm]

Exactly
The other guys just don't have the training. I think televised debates are daft, you may as well stick the candidates in a boxing ring for all the relevance debating skills have to competence when in government. The Greens in particular are divils, you'd think they'd have realised by now that they need some serious preparation for media appearances, plenty of sparring as it were, but no, they just send on their man and hope his warm heart shines through

too many hippies in party h.q.

why does everybody pick on mitchum? he seems like a nice enough fella to me.

ah, he's pretty up-his-own-arse pretentious; which is fine, there are plenty of others on thumped who are similar; but he combines it with a real dose of vindictive nastiness for no reason other than that he appears to want to be a spiteful prick. each to their own, i suppose.

 

[magicbastarder]

The Greens in particular are divils, you'd think they'd have realised by now that they need some serious preparation for media appearances, plenty of sparring as it were, but no, they just send on their man and hope his warm heart shines through

sure they only grudgingly appointed a leader a few years ago.

 

[Yurn!]

why does everybody pick on mitchum? he seems like a nice enough fella to me.

Ah he's aaaaaaaaaaaaalright. Makes the day more interesting anyway.

 

[classic seanc]

you may as well stick the candidates in a boxing ring

!bing

 

[egg_]

sure they only grudgingly appointed a leader a few years ago.

Hey, I was all for them not having a leader. Who needs a leader? What they need is a hatchet man, y'know, someone who can take on the likes of Bertie and McDowell and Gerry Adams in a debate and win. Doesn't have to be their leader

 

[egg_]

too many hippies in party h.q.

What the greens need is a split, separate out the hippies from the bleeding-hearts

 

[egg_]

Ooh reading that other thread it seems lots of people thought the non-McDowell faction did better than you gave them credit for Pantone. I didn't watch the debate, of course, was too far over to the left to see the screen

 

[ratmonkey]

I think the presenter should've taken him down a couple of times, but he didn't and McDowell defintely won on air-time and shouting down his opponents.

John Bowman should be the only person allowed near this sort of thing; Miriam O'Callaghan had Willie O'Dea and some FG guy and she couldn't control them either.

 

[Pantone247]

Ooh reading that other thread it seems lots of people thought the non-McDowell faction did better than you gave them credit for Pantone.

Pantone calls it like he sees it...

 

[Fitzer]

the pds are cunts, fuck michael mcdowell anyway,baldy prick

 

[bren_at_xfm]

Any time the door-bell rings out my I way, I sprint to the door hoping its
Mr McBowel so I can kick him in the nuts... alas Mr McBowel hasnt called in yet...
Hope I'm wearing me toe-caps if he ever does!!

 

[magnetize]

Has to be said McDowell made a great job of controlling last nights debate, anything he said, especially any Zingers he had, he generally managed to say twice in a row very loudly... fighting like a cornered rat...

I think the presenter should've taken him down a couple of times, but he didn't and McDowell defintely won on air-time and shouting down his opponents. Trevor Sargent looked agitated and fustrated (AND had his notes plainly biro-ed on his hand!) Gerry Adams had one thing about Human Rights that he said again and again and Pat Rabbite, while he was hilarious... he's wry looks and cheeky eyebrows would win my vote alone, just didn't get his points across and looked flakey...

Yeah anyhow, good telly

i dont agree.
granted my abject hatred of mcdowell could my judgement but i thought that he came accross very badly. dragged it down to mudslinging at every point and didnt get across any of the pds policies or stances hardly at all - but thats been their campaign so far anyway.
mcdowells got nothing to lose at this stage, the pds are rightly fucked.

in order of how they performed imho :
adams>mcdowell>seargeant>rabitt

 

[RSJ]

I thought mcdowell was shite, he kept coming back to points already covered as if he'd only just thought of something good to say, and when they asked him for things he'd actually do (especially with the immigration issue which he completely failed to answer on), all he could do was sling mud. He was like a drowning animal standing on other's heads to get air. All he came across as was bitter and angry, and who would vote for that?

 

[nlgbbbblth]

hopefully McDowell's performance was the last sting of the dying wasp.