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	Comments on: Franco sees himself as our vanguard against Evil Austin Powers	</title>
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		By: elephant		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[elephant]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Oct 2012 13:20:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Franco can now boast of another supporter &quot; EDDY PRIVITERA&quot;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Franco can now boast of another supporter &#8221; EDDY PRIVITERA&#8221;</p>
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		By: Ken il malti		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ken il malti]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Oct 2012 01:52:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Franco needs a  set of crimson trouser braces with the &quot;it factor&quot;  if he wants to out mojo Austin  Pipi Gatt.

Fat chance if he can find those at the local haberdasher&#039;s shop.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Franco needs a  set of crimson trouser braces with the &#8220;it factor&#8221;  if he wants to out mojo Austin  Pipi Gatt.</p>
<p>Fat chance if he can find those at the local haberdasher&#8217;s shop.</p>
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		By: Edward Caruana Galizia		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Edward Caruana Galizia]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Oct 2012 01:29:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/10/franco-sees-himself-as-our-vanguard-against-evil-austin-powers/#comment-423102&quot;&gt;Jozef&lt;/a&gt;.

What&#039;s worse is he is trying to convince everyone, including himself, that he has supporters.

He doesn&#039;t. 

He just has a bunch of Labourite die-hards who are cheering him on for their own personal aims, i.e. to help put the PN in a bad light, improve Labour&#039;s chances of  getting elected and reinforcing their delusion that we live under a dictatorship.

He gravitates towards them because he knows he is on his own and needs support from somewhere and he doesn&#039;t care where it comes from.

Don&#039;t worry Franco, this is just my opinion.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/10/franco-sees-himself-as-our-vanguard-against-evil-austin-powers/#comment-423102">Jozef</a>.</p>
<p>What&#8217;s worse is he is trying to convince everyone, including himself, that he has supporters.</p>
<p>He doesn&#8217;t. </p>
<p>He just has a bunch of Labourite die-hards who are cheering him on for their own personal aims, i.e. to help put the PN in a bad light, improve Labour&#8217;s chances of  getting elected and reinforcing their delusion that we live under a dictatorship.</p>
<p>He gravitates towards them because he knows he is on his own and needs support from somewhere and he doesn&#8217;t care where it comes from.</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t worry Franco, this is just my opinion.</p>
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		By: Angus Black		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Angus Black]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Oct 2012 00:08:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&quot;...austin gatt will be stronger within the party after next election. there is no one to stand up to him now&quot;.

A very telling statement by our dear Franco:

1.  He admits that he is going, going and soon gone.
2.  If Austin will be strongER after next election, it infers that he is strong now.
3.  Franco thinks that he is stronger than Austin and could have done a better job, then why is Austin still in and Franco is/will be OUT?  The weaker man won?
4.  Austin will not be contesting by his own decision. Franco will not contest because he was kicked out and not permitted to contest under the Nationalist Party banner.
5  &quot;Standing up to him (Austin)&quot; didn&#039;t make one iota of a difference to him, but surely did to you, Franco.

Franco you&#039;re a loser, soon to be interred in the dustbin of Maltese politics.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;&#8230;austin gatt will be stronger within the party after next election. there is no one to stand up to him now&#8221;.</p>
<p>A very telling statement by our dear Franco:</p>
<p>1.  He admits that he is going, going and soon gone.<br />
2.  If Austin will be strongER after next election, it infers that he is strong now.<br />
3.  Franco thinks that he is stronger than Austin and could have done a better job, then why is Austin still in and Franco is/will be OUT?  The weaker man won?<br />
4.  Austin will not be contesting by his own decision. Franco will not contest because he was kicked out and not permitted to contest under the Nationalist Party banner.<br />
5  &#8220;Standing up to him (Austin)&#8221; didn&#8217;t make one iota of a difference to him, but surely did to you, Franco.</p>
<p>Franco you&#8217;re a loser, soon to be interred in the dustbin of Maltese politics.</p>
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		By: ciccio		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[ciccio]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Oct 2012 22:33:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/10/franco-sees-himself-as-our-vanguard-against-evil-austin-powers/#comment-421927&quot;&gt;Alf&lt;/a&gt;.

Ihobb isemmi wiehed jismu GRECO.  Anke fil-Mozzjoni 330 semmieh.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/10/franco-sees-himself-as-our-vanguard-against-evil-austin-powers/#comment-421927">Alf</a>.</p>
<p>Ihobb isemmi wiehed jismu GRECO.  Anke fil-Mozzjoni 330 semmieh.</p>
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		By: H.P. Baxxter		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[H.P. Baxxter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Oct 2012 18:31:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/10/franco-sees-himself-as-our-vanguard-against-evil-austin-powers/#comment-423090&quot;&gt;Reuben Scicluna&lt;/a&gt;.

Anti-Byzantine racism alert.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/10/franco-sees-himself-as-our-vanguard-against-evil-austin-powers/#comment-423090">Reuben Scicluna</a>.</p>
<p>Anti-Byzantine racism alert.</p>
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		By: Jozef		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jozef]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Oct 2012 16:42:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/10/franco-sees-himself-as-our-vanguard-against-evil-austin-powers/#comment-421942&quot;&gt;Edward Caruana Galizia&lt;/a&gt;.

Anyone noticed how he gave up on his reforms, seeing that they&#039;ve been taken up and subjected to a debate beyond his wishful thinking? 

The man isn&#039;t capable of discernment, the translation of principles into law or the organisation of concepts into method. 

No wonder he feels hard done by as soon as someone picks up his ideas to take them to the next step. Merit, in his mind, is the coalescence of influence on a common understandable idea. 

Politics, in his book, is about intellectual property.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/10/franco-sees-himself-as-our-vanguard-against-evil-austin-powers/#comment-421942">Edward Caruana Galizia</a>.</p>
<p>Anyone noticed how he gave up on his reforms, seeing that they&#8217;ve been taken up and subjected to a debate beyond his wishful thinking? </p>
<p>The man isn&#8217;t capable of discernment, the translation of principles into law or the organisation of concepts into method. </p>
<p>No wonder he feels hard done by as soon as someone picks up his ideas to take them to the next step. Merit, in his mind, is the coalescence of influence on a common understandable idea. </p>
<p>Politics, in his book, is about intellectual property.</p>
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		By: Reuben Scicluna		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Reuben Scicluna]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Oct 2012 16:29:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/10/franco-sees-himself-as-our-vanguard-against-evil-austin-powers/#comment-421927&quot;&gt;Alf&lt;/a&gt;.

Homophobic comment alert]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/10/franco-sees-himself-as-our-vanguard-against-evil-austin-powers/#comment-421927">Alf</a>.</p>
<p>Homophobic comment alert</p>
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		By: Toyger		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Toyger]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Oct 2012 12:08:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/10/franco-sees-himself-as-our-vanguard-against-evil-austin-powers/#comment-421942&quot;&gt;Edward Caruana Galizia&lt;/a&gt;.

Best comment I&#039;ve read...be careful not to get sued by him because he takes offence mightily.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/10/franco-sees-himself-as-our-vanguard-against-evil-austin-powers/#comment-421942">Edward Caruana Galizia</a>.</p>
<p>Best comment I&#8217;ve read&#8230;be careful not to get sued by him because he takes offence mightily.</p>
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		By: Tinnat		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tinnat]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Oct 2012 11:05:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/10/franco-sees-himself-as-our-vanguard-against-evil-austin-powers/#comment-421942&quot;&gt;Edward Caruana Galizia&lt;/a&gt;.

Perfect.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/10/franco-sees-himself-as-our-vanguard-against-evil-austin-powers/#comment-421942">Edward Caruana Galizia</a>.</p>
<p>Perfect.</p>
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