Douche-bag warning: do not watch before retiring for the night

Published: October 10, 2012 at 11:36pm




33 Comments Comment

  1. dm says:

    He should really get over himself.

  2. Harry Purdie says:

    Watched it anyway. Now can’t sleep.

    Agitated arm movement says it all. Red Norm plays him like a puppet.

  3. paul says:

    Franco you are sick.

  4. David S says:

    F**k … I puked.

  5. rc says:

    This is indistinguishable from the famous spoof tapes of Joe Debono Grech and Dun Victor Grech that used to make the rounds when I was in school.

    • Bubu says:

      Those tapes were epic. They were beyond vulgar, but epic nonetheless.

      I believe you can still find their digital incarnations scattered all over the internet.

  6. Matthew says:

    I find it quite peculiar that, although he has an enormous ego, Franco Debono hasn’t really thought out his legacy.

    When Dom Mintoff brought down the government, he had already etched his name in the history books as Malta’s prime minister.

    Although repeatedly exposed as a hypocrite, Jeffrey Pullicino Orlando will go down in history as the man who brought divorce to Malta.

    Even the largely inept Jesmond Mugliett can say that he served as a minister for a while and completed a project or two.

    Franco Debono is the only mutinous (rebellious sounds too rewarding an adjective) MP in living memory who has achieved absolutely nothing while supposedly serving the country.

    He reminds me very much of Mark Chapman, a man who achieved absolutely nothing throughout his life but became notorious for killing someone who the rest of the world loved.

    Then again, like Mark Chapman, Franco Debono might have very well thought about his legacy but, due to his incredibly poor thinking skills, he mistook murder notoriety for admiration and success.

    Franco Debono cannot be accused of murder but he certainly can be accused of an extirpation of sorts.

    Like Mark Chapman, Franco Debono’s only legacy is going to be one of destruction and, like Mark Chapman, he will be reviled by everyone except those whose thinking skills are as poor as his.

    Voting for the budget might be his only saving grace but at this point, his legacy is so far beyond the pale that probably not even that will make a difference.

    Franco is a miserable failure. Were this Form II, he would get Fs written all over his report card (with a particularly big F next to Teamwork), a concerned phone call from the headmaster and a lashing from his mum.

    As things stand, he’s just going to have to get used to being scorned, made fun of and ignored.

  7. Matt says:

    I have no doubt that Dr. Gonzi has been aware of Franco’s irrational behaviour and rightly so, never trusted him.

    When the PN committee, earlier, in effect kicked him out of the party they knew the damage he could do to the party. I think the PN has a plan in effect and will be revealed in the coming weeks.

    Daphne, do you have any thoughts as to why Franco has not crossed the aisle like Baldaccino in the 70s? Or went independent like JPO?

    • H.P. Baxxter says:

      Rubbish. If Dr Gonzi was aware of Franco Debono’s irrational behaviour, why didn’t he lift a finger to stop him from standing for election in 2008?

  8. bookworm says:

    Miskin, he wanted to be nominated on a board, but ended up on a billboard instead.

  9. GALLETTU says:

    I have seen this video lots of times and it confirms that Gonzi was right not to give this guy a post of responsibility in goverment. People who think that they know it all are very dangerous to others and we have lots of examples in history.

  10. A. Charles says:

    I wish that Debono would tell us who his role models are. Maybe somebody he met at Hal Ghaxaq when he was still a young boy.

  11. canon says:

    I believe that PM Lawrence Gonzi is enduring the provocation by Franco Debono with tolerance and calmness. I hope that one day he will tell us all he knows about Franco.

  12. Francis Saliba says:

    Bir-rispett kollu:

    “Self praise is no recommendation”.

    A true genius and “high achiever” would know as much. He would have enough sense not go public with his groaning and moaning about his dismal failure to achieve his obsessive quest of a cabinet post when he is already mired up to his neck fumbling his way out of parliament for good.

    Behaving like a raging bull demolishing the contents of a china shop is no achievement worth boasting about.

  13. NikiB says:

    Is this Franco’s favourite pub?

    http://tinypic.com/r/w2g2op/6

  14. MickeyMouse says:

    You should have herd him this morning while TVAM presenters contacted him with regards his latest St Philip’s issue. He shouted and blurted out to Pierre about anything but this issue.

    Ma nafx jien – qisu ghandu breakdown idoqq l-iSkotti.

    • maryanne says:

      He was very rude. At one point he told Pierre Portelli: “u dawn ir-rapporti qeghdin biex ikun hawn xi wiehed bhalek u joqghod jikkwothom.”

      Talking with such rudeness to your host, excellent.

  15. Joe Azzopardi says:

    What a peacock.

  16. Toninu says:

    Woke up, watched this and … wish I’m still asleep.

  17. Vanni says:

    Jekk tahsbu li f’dak il-filmat qabez kull limitu, aqraw din …

    http://www.francodebono.com/2012/10/11/would-you-follow-austin-gatt-again-to-tal-barrani/

    1. Franco fl-1986 kellu tnax il-sena biss – u ma nahsibx li ghandu il-kredenzjali biex isemmi dak iz-zmien.
    2. Bl-agir tieghu ser jghati il-poter lil dawk in-nies li kienu fil-poter dawk iz-zminijiet.
    3. Tal-Barrani ma kienetx glieda ghal Austin Gatt, imma ghal Malta
    4. Jghid illi “Mintoff was no saint, but Austin Gatt was no saint either. . . .” Jekk jahseb li hu qed ipingi ruhu bhala Santa Marija Goretti sejjer zbaljat bl-ikrah.

    Li hu inkwetanti hu illi sa ftit xhur ohra, ser ikun hemm fil-parlament l-istess nies li kellom il-poter fl-1986, bl-istess mentalita’, u minghajr il-Partit Nazzjonalista ta’ l-1986 fl-opposizzjoni.

    …. sakemm Santa Marija Goretti (dik il-vera) ma’ tintervjenix.

    • Jozef says:

      Tal-misthija.

      Dan qed jghid li baqa’ jghid Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici biex jiggustifika dik il-hnizrija.

      Mela sewwa, hu jista’ jiddandan bid-demokrazija u kemm jiflah jiggieled ghaliha, u ahna ma’ nistghux. Ara vera karfa, ghax dik il-kelma, velenuz u xieref.

      Jien nixtieq nkun naf Austin Gatt x’qed jistenna biex itellghu quddiem parlament biex dan l-ilsien hazin jirrispondi ta’ malafama minn dik l-ghamla, ma’ naghmlux b’xi mod li qed nahsbuha li nistghu nidhru arroganti? Hu mhux hekk jaghmel?

      • Jozef says:

        Il-partit wasal f’posizzjoni li jekk mhux se jqabbez lil dan l-individwu il’ barra se jispicca jmeri il-principji tieghu stess.

        Jekk is-segretarju generali mhux se jitkellem u jikkundanna dan it-tghawwig, se jpaxxi lil dawk kollha li jridu jkissru il-partit.

        Jekk il-partit mhux se jiehu d-distanza minn wiehed li se jtella’ gurnalisti u cittadini privati ghax lissnu kelma quddiem il-parlament biex minghalih jintimidhom, se tiftiehem li m’ghnadux problema biha.

        Ghax issa xbajt.

  18. Rita Camilleri says:

    My day’s ruined now..

  19. just me says:

    What about me? What about me? What about me?

    Everyone is so sick and tired of this selfish guy. Franco why don’t you do us all a favour? Just vanish into thin air.

  20. Chris Mifsud says:

    All he talks about is himself. What a bitter person.

  21. W Curls says:

    The way Francotalks about himself breaks my heart – tifel bieżel, bata, kwalitajiet, ta’ talent kbir.

    Miskien ħaqqu izjed ta! Ejja Gonzi, hi, tieħ xi haġa jew laħqu x’imkien ħalli jkollu izjed biex jiftaħar!

    Jahasra. Zarma minn hemm, Franco.

  22. NAZZBELT says:

    Mummy’s boy, u il-media tal-Labour il laghqa tieghu.

  23. Adrian says:

    This person is sick. He only wants to hold on to power and yet he is a chicken.

  24. a. attard says:

    Has it ever crossed Franco’s mind that self-praise is no recommendation?

  25. Piet says:

    My word, the guy is so full of himself I’m surprised he hasn’t spontaneously burst yet.

  26. L.Gatt says:

    I love that he says “topmarks” and not top marks.

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