Comments on: What Bertie Should’a Done http://www.irishelection.com/2006/10/what-bertie-shoulda-done/ Coverage of Irish Politics, News and Current Affairs Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:23:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Ahern, the Irish Times and the high moral ground.. at Irish Election http://www.irishelection.com/2006/10/what-bertie-shoulda-done/comment-page-1/#comment-2493 Ahern, the Irish Times and the high moral ground.. at Irish Election Wed, 04 Oct 2006 16:53:38 +0000 http://www.irishelection.com/10/what-bertie-shoulda-done/#comment-2493 [...] Frankly I never saw this as a resigning matter for Ahern, and doubt that the probity demanded of him was displayed by all his opponents during the same time period, but lest you think I’m simply slipping into ‘whataboutery’ I hasten to add I’m not. What Ahern did was deeply inappropriate, foolish and should have been brought into the public domain much earlier. Simply put he should, even if we take his line on the manner in which it was paid, have repaid the money much sooner. The manner in which it was handled merely compounded the problem as Wagger has written on Irish Election. In some respects it’s a pity we have no impeachment mechanism, something that will sanction a TD short of resignation - because I feel that such a process would be appropriate. [...] [...] Frankly I never saw this as a resigning matter for Ahern, and doubt that the probity demanded of him was displayed by all his opponents during the same time period, but lest you think I’m simply slipping into ‘whataboutery’ I hasten to add I’m not. What Ahern did was deeply inappropriate, foolish and should have been brought into the public domain much earlier. Simply put he should, even if we take his line on the manner in which it was paid, have repaid the money much sooner. The manner in which it was handled merely compounded the problem as Wagger has written on Irish Election. In some respects it’s a pity we have no impeachment mechanism, something that will sanction a TD short of resignation – because I feel that such a process would be appropriate. [...]

]]> By: Ahern, the Irish Times and the high moral ground.. « The Cedar Lounge Revolution http://www.irishelection.com/2006/10/what-bertie-shoulda-done/comment-page-1/#comment-2492 Ahern, the Irish Times and the high moral ground.. « The Cedar Lounge Revolution Wed, 04 Oct 2006 16:39:51 +0000 http://www.irishelection.com/10/what-bertie-shoulda-done/#comment-2492 [...] Frankly I never saw this as a resigning matter for Ahern, and doubt that the probity demanded of him was displayed by all his opponents during the same time period, but lest you think I’m simply slipping into ‘whataboutery’ I hasten to add I’m not. What Ahern did was deeply inappropriate, foolish and should have been brought into the public domain much earlier. Simply put he should, even if we take his line on the manner in which it was paid, have repaid the money much sooner. The manner in which it was handled merely compounded the problem as Wagger has written on Irish Election. In some respects it’s a pity we have no impeachment mechanism, something that will sanction a TD short of resignation - because I feel that such a process would be appropriate. [...] [...] Frankly I never saw this as a resigning matter for Ahern, and doubt that the probity demanded of him was displayed by all his opponents during the same time period, but lest you think I’m simply slipping into ‘whataboutery’ I hasten to add I’m not. What Ahern did was deeply inappropriate, foolish and should have been brought into the public domain much earlier. Simply put he should, even if we take his line on the manner in which it was paid, have repaid the money much sooner. The manner in which it was handled merely compounded the problem as Wagger has written on Irish Election. In some respects it’s a pity we have no impeachment mechanism, something that will sanction a TD short of resignation – because I feel that such a process would be appropriate. [...]

]]> By: simon http://www.irishelection.com/2006/10/what-bertie-shoulda-done/comment-page-1/#comment-2486 simon Wed, 04 Oct 2006 12:05:50 +0000 http://www.irishelection.com/10/what-bertie-shoulda-done/#comment-2486 <em>Wagger wonders what scandals were called before Nixon sent his men into that hotel.</em> LOL. maybe the "Bertie taking money from 12 friends in 1993 and taking money and a dinner in manchester while he was Minister for Finance" scandal Wagger wonders what scandals were called before Nixon sent his men into that hotel.

LOL. maybe the “Bertie taking money from 12 friends in 1993 and taking money and a dinner in manchester while he was Minister for Finance” scandal

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