Another target segment: l-ifissati tal-klieb
Joseph Muscat cancelled his meeting with women’s organisations because he’s too busy. As far as I can make out, the meeting with homosexuals, bisexuals (I mean, why?), and transsexuals is still on, though quite frankly he doesn’t have to leave the office for that.
Not to be disparaging or anything, but there’s absolutely nothing to boast about in moving from absolute dominance by heterosexual men to absolute dominance by homosexual men, with women of both persuasions bringing up the rear as bridesmaids, or dotted about looking pretty.
Now they’ve noticed another special interest group, so up goes a picture on Joseph’s Facebook wall: ‘taking a break with a friend’.
Like hell. I’ve kept dogs all my adult life, and I can tell immediately whether somebody is used to them, likes them, or not. People for whom dogs are part of life do not sit back away from the dog, hand in pocket, holding a ball out of reach to tease it.They go straight for the dog’s head, neck or chin, and give it a good scratch or muss. If they really like them, they squat down to their level, as you do with small children.
I believe there’s a woman on one of Labour’s current crop of billboards showing how it’s done.
Muscat’s behaviour in this picture screams out: I AM AWKWARD AROUND DOGS AND DON’T REALLY LIKE THEM, BUT ISN’T THIS WHAT YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO DO WITH THEM?
Barack Obama gets it completely right.
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I’m confused Daphne. I see two dogs in the picture.
I see one dog and one underdog.
Joey goes dogging.
He’d be on the receiving end.
Check out this screen capture from Joseph Muscat’s facebook profile:
http://s2.postimage.org/ad2grqzix/dogmuscat.jpg
It’s the same dog.
But he needs his left hand to protect the crown jewels
I always forget to wear my suit and (blue) tie when playing with my dog.
Or get the dog to sit next to him for the snapshot.
The dog doesn’t ask questions.
It is evident from his body language that, as you have noticed, Joseph isn’t a doggy person.
Besides staying clear of the dog itself his hand is lifted so as not to have any contact whatsoever with it, seeing that the dog is attracted to the ball.
He looks positively repelled by the dog actually. Probably terrified of it.
He supposedly plays with the dog but without removing his jacket and tie.
Joseph hasn’t got his hand in his pocket. That hand is guarding the family jewels. The dog hasn’t been fed. Mejjet bil-guh, bhal poplu taht Gonzi.
Another shameless attempt at copying Obama’s image: http://romanianpress.ro/?p=4869.
The United States have their first African American president, and sadly, Malta will have soon their first redhead (what’s left of it anyway) prime minister.
Daphne, you wouldn’t expect Joseph to try and do an Obama with the dog. Mur ara l-qalziet kif ikun se jixpakkalu.
Poor dog
Spot on, Daphne.
Joseph is seen posing for a picture with a dog, thus the ball in hand for attention.
Barack Obama on the other hand has gone down to the dog’s level, hence a true dog lover.
Nice try, Joseph, but not convincing.
Muscat is guarding his family jewels ..
Yeah, like he just happened to come across a dog with a ball (no rude jokes here, Ciccio and Baxxter).
Balls are not the issue here.
The last item of the Mintoff persona is in place. Il-mexxej mal-kelb tieghu Qalbieni. Imma dan naghtuh isem iktar “prowgressif”. Per ezempju Metrosekxwal, jew semplicement “Metro”. U mhemmx klieb tal-kacca. Irridu razza Slimiza, fotogenik, tajba ghal mixi fuq il-Front. Kelb hajkless. Sorry, mittelkless.
Issa lahaq l-apici tal-artificjalità.
Haqq ghax-xjaten! Mela ahjar gab King Charles Spaniel biex jinghogob ma dawk li jriduwwwwa.
Labour is trying to convince us that Joseph’s got a pair of balls.
In fact, he’s got one ball in his hand and the other on the floor.
Thank you for obliging.
Can someone please tell Joseph Muscat to stop trying to imitate Barack Obama?
Mr Obama does what he does because he is culturally aware, he’s cool, he’s good looking and he’s got some very brainy individuals working for him. He is also a natural and has a knack for getting his image perfectly right.
Joseph Muscat has none of these assets.
Watching Muscat trying to imitate Obama is tiring and ultimately, just sad.