Comments on: Labour has a leader's wife, and it doesn't know what to do with her

By: Antimony

Antimony — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 09:44:40 +0000

Ah! So it seems that Mrs. Gonzi is NOT the chairperson of Puttinu Cares Children’s Cancer Foundation after all but the chairperson of another (similarly called, I must admit) foundation: The HSBC Cares for Children Fund!

http://www.timesofmalta.com./articles/view/20081115/local/puttinu-cares-to-pay-euro-350-000-in-bank-interest

[Daphne – Yes, and the one is run by the other.]

By: Corinne Vella

Corinne Vella — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 22:26:04 +0000

Ray Borg: Donations to the fund can be made at any time.

By: Ray Borg

Ray Borg — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 21:51:32 +0000

NO COMMENT

“I was especially proud to be Maltese when I saw that both Kate Gonzi and Michelle Muscat were in the delegation that was present at the ceremony. Archbishop Paul Cremona celebrated Mass during the inauguration.

Norman Hamilton and his indefatigable Bla Agenda team were there too. At the end of this month, a special edition of his magazine programme will be broadcast and viewers will be able to donate money towards this worthy cause”.

TANYA CILIA “HOME THOUGHTS”…………..THE SUNDAY TIMES OF MALTA, November 9th page 35

[Daphne – And your point is what exactly?]

By: Michael A. Vella

Michael A. Vella — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 20:56:24 +0000

David S. “Malta’s first lady” is the wise of the head of state, not the wife of the prime minister. The prime minister’s wife is just that.

By: Michael A. Vella

Michael A. Vella — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 20:52:23 +0000

J. Grima: ““Kuntenta li wasalt s’hawn” is a perfectly honest remark considering the situation!”

But also very telling. “Joseph [tieghi?]kien haqqu li jilhaq” would have been more apt.

Perhaps we could be looking to the day when the media will report “Ir-ragel ta’Michelle gie mahtur Prim Ministru”. Shades of the Clintons rather than the Obamas that Joe Muscat and his better half purport to emulate.

By: Michael A. Vella

Michael A. Vella — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 20:44:25 +0000

“(Michelle is) spending a lot of money on being badly dressed -”

Or, as Dolly Parton once put it, “I have spent a huge fortune in making myself look cheap”

By: Michael A. Vella

Michael A. Vella — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 20:41:16 +0000

...but she’s {Michelle Muscat] being pushed around poor woman.”

Poor woman? Michelle? Pushed around? What about that news clip somewhere that had quoted her saying “Ferhana hafna li wasalt sa hawn” – Not “li waslana” or even “li wasalli [Joseph]” (as her mother-in-law would undoubtedly have said), but “Li [jien] wasalt sa hawn”.

Maybe we are looking to the day when news media will report “Ir-ragel ta’ Michelle gie mahtur Prim Ministru”. Shades of Bill Clinton, rather than of Barack Obama.

By: P Shaw

P Shaw — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 19:24:27 +0000

I can’t believe all this freaking show is taking place in Malta. It’s worse than a nightmare. Within merely six months, the silly show has turned into an erratic obsession..and we have four and a half years to go.

So far these two are trying to outshine each other. I am sure that in a couple of years we’ll see images and footage of the twins thrown around (first walk, first words, first day at school etc).

By: Bob The Builder

Bob The Builder — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 16:29:02 +0000

@david s – i agree. I suspect she wears the trousers.

By: david s

david s — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 14:12:40 +0000

@ J Grima A perfectly honest remark would be if she was content that HER HUSBAND Joseph emerged the winner in the MLP leadership race . But her comment was that she was content for HERSELF -“Kuntenta li wasalt s’hawn”. Perhaps Joseph may not have even contested were it not for Michelle’s ambition to be Malta’s first lady …with the result that we have a leader of the opposition (and perhaps pm) who is clearly out of his depth !