Did we ever have it as good as the era of peak Bertie⌠Nothing appeared impossible, skyâs the limit stuff, heady timesâŚ
To accomplish that level of buoyancy the wheels need to be greased - heavily and frequently. Thatâs the natural order of things. Skimpers and scrapers will cry corruption and old boys club but you have to get on the choo choo at the earliest stop and ride to the end.
SF have form here alright . But then so do plenty others. Leo, MĂcheĂĄl, Bertie, Charlie, Burke, Lawlor, Lowry, Cowan, Lenihan, Coveney, Farrell, Bailey⌠The FFG list is longer than your arm.
The best was when Mary Lou was naming the holders of some dodgy accounts, she listed them all by full name until she said âan S. Barrettâ which caused Sean Barrett to leap to his own defence.
The Ansbacher accounts! It was at the time SF were coming in for heat about Maria Cahill, Kangaroo courts and sweep sweeping the child abuse. I remember it well. Serious senior hurling!
Could he not just be like the rest of them and only mouth off in the safety of parliament?* Iâd feel safer voting SF if I knew they could be as calculating as the FFG crowd.
*Peadar TobĂn. Heâs another fella at it recently.
A SF government wonât last 6 months. First budget they will be fucked. A good shock to ffg is needed to stop all this cronyism and for them to be held to account