Comments on: Arani, ma, kemm ilhaqt

By: eve

eve — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 06:55:12 +0000

The rising star of Maltese politics:

http://www.kullhadd.com/?task=2&sectid=&articleid=11589

Hlewwa ta’ qalb guaranteed!

Should we open a beatification cause in her lifetime?

By: eve

eve — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 06:48:42 +0000

What’s more the clever Nats got Gowzeff to take Gejsin along with him to the PN’s Dar Centrali. Qed jiblaghha s-sunnara bl-intelligenza kollha li jiftahar li ghandu.

By: Peanut

Peanut — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 04:56:43 +0000

JOSEPH AND HIS MULTI COLOURED DREAM COAT

That lovely striped tie and joseph’s teatrini on stage brought images of the musical. Joseph’s love for everyone and sickly sweetness was joke to watch. I thought I was following one of those American GOD channels.

By: Daphne Caruana Galizia

Daphne Caruana Galizia — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:40:14 +0000

@Ganni Borg – amazing! You got it in one! Yes, that’s our point. Joseph Muscat has got us worried, but not for the reasons you imagine. We’re worried that he’s just another Labour leader who means trouble, who’ll make a rotten hash of things, and who doesn’t have what it takes. READ OUR LIPS: people who vote Nationalist tend to do so on the basis of rational choice, not blind loyalty. The average PN voter isn’t concerned with power for the party but with stability and a peaceful and prosperous life. We don’t care who gives it to us and we don’t trust the Labour Party to do it, because the Labour party is the sort of party that….puts somebody like Joseph Muscat at the helm.

By: Sybil

Sybil — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:29:46 +0000

Amanda Mallia Monday, 9 June 2236hrs
“He looks more like a smarmy smart-Alec to me! And what’s it with the rainbow tie?”

How Kitch can one get! He looked like a over-eager, used-car salesman to me. Would you buy a car from him ayway?
:)

By: Ganni Borg

Ganni Borg — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 23:16:36 +0000

Looks like Muscat has really got you worried.

By: trever

trever — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 22:25:51 +0000

So the ‘Made in Brussels’ boy decided to tell a little story of this hero who made it to the top, even though he came from a ‘lowly’ family. And guess who the hero in the story was? Himself ! Very modest indeed. Right at that point he reminded me of good ‘ol Dom who was always keen to tell stories to the crowd infront of him and the crowd was always awed by his eloquency and skills. But that was 30 years ago and people are not that gullible these times.
This is not a matter of giving the lad a chance. This is a matter that the way he’s acting and communicating is leaving many people with a bad taste. It’s him who publicly wanted to thank the Labour party for providing free hospital services to his parents, that he went to university (well, we all know who had the key to decide who studies at university and who is to be refused the opportunity), it’s him that chose to hark about his children etc. Well, maybe when his twins grow, he will also find the time to tell them that if it was for him they would only have a Maltese passport rather than an EU one. That they would have had to present a valid passport to enter other EU nations, that attending university in other EU nations would have been too much of an expense for the vast majority of Maltese families.
After all, as far as I know, this ‘Made in Brussels’ lad has had nothing more or less than Gonzi himself. Our PM also comes from a modest family. The only difference is that Gonzi decided to enter politics out of his determination to stop the silly, dangerous and suicidal path Malta was going through during the church-schools debacle. At that same moment in time, Joseph was only 10 years old and was probably oblivious to the harm Labour was to democracy in Malta. He may adore Mintoff as much as he wants but with people who suffered under Mintoff no amount of apologies will ever suffice.
@Peter Muscat: If the lost sheep include Joe Grima, Wistin etc, may you get them all back. Too bad Lorry can’t join the queue too. In the meantime however, what we are witnessing is Debono Grech’s departure, Herrera who lost interest in running for deputy leader and two leadership contestants who went public and declared there’s no way they will ever work the Jason. These are the facts. Are you sure this is the earthquake Joseph keeps referring to?

By: Daphne Caruana Galizia

Daphne Caruana Galizia — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 21:38:44 +0000

@Uncle Fester – yes, we agree on the fact that Muscat is going to fill Sant’s shoes as well as Gonzi filled Fenech Adami’s. But I suspect that we don’t have quite the same meaning in mind.

By: Albert Farrugia

Albert Farrugia — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 21:38:37 +0000

@Matthew
…well…John Dalli didn’t become Prime Minister…why dont you ask him why? LOL

[Moderator – What’s your point?]

By: Daphne Caruana Galizia

Daphne Caruana Galizia — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 21:28:54 +0000

@Caphenni – I never said that Joseph Muscat was dirty and unkempt. And maybe you don’t notice these fine distinctions, but I do: Gonzi cleverly got Muscat to call on him at his PN ‘home’, rather than the other way round – a power-play chess-move, and Muscat didn’t even notice (no experience, you see). And no, this isn’t because he is the prime minister. Lawrence Gonzi received Joseph Muscat in his role as party leader, not as prime minister – one party leader meeting another, which means that they could have met at either ‘home’. Ordinarily, the first such meeting would be between the prime minister (as distinct from the party leader) and the leader of the opposition, at the prime minister’s office in Castille (because the leader of the opposition goes to the pm, and not the other way round). But because Muscat is not leader of the opposition, the meeting was downgraded to one between party leaders, in the not quite so salubrious surroundings of the party ‘home’. And so…..no television cameras filming the fancy trot up the Castille stairs and the formal meeting in the ambassadors’ room on those gilt chairs placed on either side of the fajjarplejs.