Comments on: Ahern, politics and a black hole theory of government… http://sluggerotoole.com/2007/06/23/ahern-politics-and-a-black-hole-theory-of-government/ Conversation, politics and stray insights Sun, 27 May 2012 00:18:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Wilde Rover http://sluggerotoole.com/2007/06/23/ahern-politics-and-a-black-hole-theory-of-government/comment-page-1/#comment-148188 Wilde Rover Sat, 23 Jun 2007 23:38:27 +0000 #comment-148188 "And, paradoxical as it may seem, Bertie Ahern was never so Fianna Fáil as when he was bringing the Greens into his orbit.” If the fevered politics.ie doomsaying is to be believed Bertie’s great FF moment will be when the prodigal daughter returns to the fold. FF defies classification. Is there any other party in the world with a country and western wing? (and that comment was not meant as an insult to the potential future leader of an Seanad, or his long flowing locks) It would seem that being leader of FF is like being the host at some unruly, complicated wedding, where each disparate wing is vying for attention. Bertie has managed to keep everyone’s drinks topped up, and while his mentor worked the room as a de’Medici prince, he has worked the room as Everyman. His successor is another kettle of fish entirely. He will not be mocked from the sidelines for lack of principle. And the future forecast, expect lots of an Modh Direach followed by brief showers of “Do I feckin stutter?” “And, paradoxical as it may seem, Bertie Ahern was never so Fianna Fáil as when he was bringing the Greens into his orbit.”

If the fevered politics.ie doomsaying is to be believed Bertie’s great FF moment will be when the prodigal daughter returns to the fold.

FF defies classification. Is there any other party in the world with a country and western wing? (and that comment was not meant as an insult to the potential future leader of an Seanad, or his long flowing locks)

It would seem that being leader of FF is like being the host at some unruly, complicated wedding, where each disparate wing is vying for attention. Bertie has managed to keep everyone’s drinks topped up, and while his mentor worked the room as a de’Medici prince, he has worked the room as Everyman.

His successor is another kettle of fish entirely. He will not be mocked from the sidelines for lack of principle.

And the future forecast, expect lots of an Modh Direach followed by brief showers of “Do I feckin stutter?”

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