Comments on: Saviour Balzan's fantasy: Jeffrey as Russell Crowe in a leather kilt

By: John Schembri

John Schembri — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 03:32:51 +0000

The Nationalists won the election in spite of JPO. Joe Saliba turned a sure defeat into a small victory.

By: Joseph Vassallo

Joseph Vassallo — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 19:21:14 +0000

Saviour Balzan is not the only one who has changed his opinion about Pullicino Orlando. Since he put forward that private member’s bill and later became a leader in the YES campaign, he has become a saint.

We quickly forget. Can you imagine Evarist Bartolo embracing Pullicino Orlando before the 2008 general elections? That is the majority in parliament that will vote in favour and thus introduce divorce to Malta!

By: Joe Micallef

Joe Micallef — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 18:08:58 +0000

In reply to ciccio2011. That's him Ciccio!

By: Neil Dent

Neil Dent — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 16:52:42 +0000

Speaking of high level journalistic sites of the uppermost quality….

http://www.maltastar.com/pages/r1/ms10dart.asp?a=15750

‘Has Cassar closed an eye?’
Yes both of them I expect. Frequently! It’s called blinking.

‘Before the news broke out’
What……..from its dungeon you mean? No wonder maltastar.com can’t manage to find any then.

Excruciating, but funny.

By: ciccio2011

ciccio2011 — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 14:50:50 +0000

I can see the cow dung, but I can’t see Saviour Balzan.

By: chavsRus

chavsRus — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 11:11:20 +0000

I don’t really see your point. Just because he referred to JPO as “Outspoken, fearless and charismatic” does not mean he has become enamoured of him, or is ignoring other, less attractive, qualities.

After all, they are words that could have been fairly applied, say to Hitler and Mussolini, especially in their early years.

And the episode where Sant was stupidly allowed by his aides to stand there – looking sullen under the merciless eyes of the TV cameras – while JPO played the victim could well have been a turning point in the election.