Comments on: Different folks, different strokes https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2009/02/different-folks-different-strokes/ Daphne Caruana Galizia is a journalist working in Malta. Wed, 18 Feb 2009 06:17:05 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Pat https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2009/02/different-folks-different-strokes/#comment-21717 Wed, 18 Feb 2009 06:17:05 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=1667#comment-21717 http://www.timesofmalta.com/blogs/view/20090213/desmond-zammit-marmara/the-real-dom-mintoff

I find it so hilarious (actually a bit sad) that half of Malta hates the man while the other half worships the ground he walks on.

]]> By: Harry Purdie https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2009/02/different-folks-different-strokes/#comment-21716 Mon, 16 Feb 2009 23:40:11 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=1667#comment-21716 Daphne,

‘Different folks’? Politicians? All the same. Mark Twain (again):

“Suppose you were an idiot,
And suppose you were a member of Congress (Parliament),
But I repeat myself.”

]]> By: Sybil https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2009/02/different-folks-different-strokes/#comment-21715 Mon, 16 Feb 2009 23:25:19 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=1667#comment-21715 “Whatever your views of Blair, compare that to the way Dom Mintoff grabbed his Libyan prize money and ran, biex izidhom mal-qamel li ghandu.”

Kollox mieghu ha jiehu nahseb. :)

]]> By: P Shaw https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2009/02/different-folks-different-strokes/#comment-21714 Mon, 16 Feb 2009 23:12:27 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=1667#comment-21714 It’s the difference between a statesman and a “sahta ghall-pajjiz”, whose legacy lives on.

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