Comments on: Franco, whichever way you look at it, it’s over

By: jae

jae — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 08:52:49 +0000

“One of the surest signs of true intelligence is the ability to think ahead and foresee consequences, and then tailor your actions accordingly.”

Words of wisdom. Great article.

I considered Franco Debono an idiot but I could never put my finger on why. Now I understand better.

Debono pushed the political self-destruct button in January. Incredibly, not only does he continue to keep pressing the button but he is merriliy banging away at it.

By: xmun

xmun — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 20:00:07 +0000

“If I were the party leader or secretary-general, I wouldn’t even bother with a mobile phone text message. I would simply ensure that the list of candidates is published without his name on it. ”

Franco will probably blame the printer for omitting his name and make a public statement declaring that this was a mistake and he is a candidate blah, blah blah.

By: Kenneth Cassar

Kenneth Cassar — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 12:48:55 +0000

In reply to narcissus. I think we will. Franco is in the spotlight because parliament provides him with a platform. Remove the platform, and the spoilt brat vanishes into thin air.

By: winwood

winwood — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 11:23:41 +0000

Makes one wonder who is actually leading the opposition, Is it the poodle or the cock? Affarijiet ma jitwemmnux.Jista xi hadd jimmagina fi zmien il krizi ta 1998 lil Fenech Adami jaqsam lejn il bankijiet tal gvern biex jiehu struzzjonijiet minghand Mintoff?

By: narcissus

narcissus — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 11:01:15 +0000

I agree with most of the comments which say that Franco Debono will be history after the next election. But only as a politician.

Narcissists have a habit of reinventing themselves. In what manner he resurfaces we cannot tell but don’t think that you’ve heard the last of him.

One other thing. Narcissists crave attention. Even bad publicity and public derision will suffice to placate their huge ego.

As long as the spolight is on them, they feel good. They can always complain of their immense suffering for the sake of others. Franco Debono is a textbook case.

By: Antoine Vella

Antoine Vella — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 10:39:44 +0000

This might be wishful thinking on my part but I sense that, apart from those who have already decided to vote for the PL, most people must be heartily sick of Franco Debono and must feel some sympathy for the PM.

Last year, a lot of people were saying that they agreed with what Debono wanted but not with the way he was going about it. Now I don’t hear anyone saying that they agree with him.

At the point, therefore, the more Debono postures and blusters, the more likely they will be to support the PN.

By: Jozef

Jozef — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 10:15:59 +0000

The timing of this latest outburst is uncanny. It’s only last week that the PM announced a strategic partnership with Qatar for the supply, bunkering and export of gas.

The system allows for a storage plant which size wouldn’t be in excess of one with a pipeline in place.

Franco hasn’t said anything.

By: Joe Micallef

Joe Micallef — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 07:59:47 +0000

Franco Debono is considered intelligent because he always came first in class. Obviously that takes on a new meaning when you consider that Joseph Muscat came second.

By: John Schembri

John Schembri — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 05:21:58 +0000

Franco thinks that it is some great achievement if he holds his prime minister by the balls. The other thirty-something PN MPs are also in that position but have enough grey matter between their ears and know that it is ungentlemanly to keep everyone on edge.

He looks more like a child with a live grenade in his hand in a crowded boat floating in shark-infested waters.

That’s why everyone is pleading with him not to drop the bomb. (He has already pulled the safety pin.)

By: Francis Saliba MD

Francis Saliba MD — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 04:52:27 +0000

Franco Debono is not even showing enough intelligence to realize that he has been manipulated into acting like a brainless puppet with the strings in the hands of his arch enemy and nemesis, Joseph Muscat, accomplishing nothing useful to anybody, including his narcisistic egoism, apart from possibly accelerating the date of the next election and sealing his own demise as a politician.