Joseph – he makes babies cry

Published: February 27, 2013 at 4:01pm

Go to the video in the link below, of a timesofmalta.com report on Joseph Muscat’s visit to Hamrun, and the “enthusiastic welcome” he received (from 20 or 30 random people so obviously rounded up by the partit).

There’s a scene in which one woman hands Muscat her toddler. IT IS SO VERY TELLING. Muscat, the father of twins who are still really young, behaves like a man who has never held a child before. He holds the child backwards, doesn’t even bother looking down at her, still less looking her in the face and talking to her, and carries on looking straight ahead and grinning at his admirers, as though he has been handed a box. The child howls hysterically in fear and panic and instead of looking down at her and saying something soothing, or cracking a joke, he hands the ‘box’ back to its owner.

Weird.




52 Comments Comment

    • Tracy says:

      enthusistic?!

    • Min Jaf says:

      There was only a small cluster of people, not a crowd, and the street was not “closed for traffic”, vehicles were moving regularly along the street as is clear in the video.

      The constant pro-Labour bias in The Times reporting is sickening, the more so in light of the arson attack on Strickland House under a Labour government and that the ministers then in Mintoff’s cabinet are now once again set to be back in power should the PL be voted into government.

  1. manum says:

    That poor girl was petrified.

  2. attent01 says:

    The Times found it imperative to headline the news as an”enthusiastic welcome for Joseph Muscat”.

  3. Roy says:

    Rachel Tua sure does have impressive remora-like qualities. She seems to be well in.

  4. Jozef says:

    To be fair, he nearly got a flying kick in his jewels.

  5. canon says:

    So far we know that Joseph Muscat doesn’t have a way with babies and animals.

  6. Kevin Zammit says:

    Notice the lack of the human touch! He cannot show emotions with a kid, what is he going to do with the electorate when Malta runs into trouble? But then again, Malta will get the prime minister that it deserves!

  7. Jozef says:

    Maltatoday seems uneasy with investigations carried out through established channels.

    According to them it was either for the PM to investigate or keep himself in the picture.

    Spoilt their scoop, no telephone calls or memos to speak of.

    Imagine if he did.

    http://www.maltatoday.com.mt/en/newsdetails/news/national/Oil-trader-invoices-were-taken-to-PM-in-2011-no-denial-from-Gonzi-20130226

  8. Big Daddy says:

    Ah, but according to the Kasco Times, it was an “enthusistic (sic.) welcome” and the road had to be closed to traffic! Tal-biki!

  9. L.Gatt says:

    That was all meant biex “johdilha wahda mat-tifla!” Aren’t these people meant to be starving under a Nationalist government? They are all obese.

  10. Futur Imcajpar says:

    He’ll be making all of us cry very soon.

  11. Esteve says:

    Beautiful metaphor for what is going to happen on 10th March.

  12. kram says:

    What biased reporting.

    “Raptorous welcome”, when it looked that the crowd was organised. I do not go around carrying a PN flag so that if by any chance I encounter Lawrence Gonzi doing the rounds I start waving the flag.

    And the report says the street had to be closed when it was clear that cars and buses were still going along.

    • Jozef says:

      I cannot understand why everyone still expect The Times to have a sense of proportion.

      It’s not as if the space hasn’t been taken up already.

  13. Eugenio says:

    The small little girl was the only one with a right reaction afraid of the socialist

  14. Adam says:

    He will soon be making all of us cry.

  15. H.P. Baxxter says:

    This one’s well into the incoherent babbling stage:

    http://www.francodebono.com/2013/02/27/sibtijiet-flimkien/

  16. Randolph Peresso says:

    A very good opinion piece by Austin Bencini. The main argument is that “we have no idea of what socialist ideas Muscat has in plan for us, should he win…and fairness dictates we be made privy of Muscat’s socialist vision of our economy before deciding on how to vote.”

    http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20130227/opinion/Dangers-of-blind-protest-vote.459412

  17. WhoamI? says:

    Joseph, he makes adults cry.

  18. TROY says:

    If the electorate goes barmy and votes in a Labour government, Joseph will make us all cry.

  19. TROY says:

    L-unika zaghzugh/a fil-filmat hija dik il-povra tifla, ghax il-bqija qishom hargu minn Has-Serh.

  20. Eddy Privitera says:

    M’ghandekx kuragg turih il-kumment li bghattlek , hux ????

    Daqstant ghandek kuragg ?

    [Daphne – Oh do please eff off, Eddy. Unlike you, I am not a retired person. I do not sit on this machine waiting to upload your comments as they come in. Go on, buzz off.]

  21. Cportelli says:

    The part when he’s seen carrying the baby speaks volumes about the man’s character – he didn’t even look at its face – how shocking.

  22. JS says:

    Check out this video. If you like it please share.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsLTr3QH2Qk

    JS

  23. Joe Micallef says:

    Was watching TVM program before the news in which according to MLP candidate Alex Sciberras and AD Mario Mallia, the dry-docks are a strategic industry for Malta.

    At this rate I wouldn’t be surprised that we exhume Kappar as a strategic industry.

  24. francesco says:

    Daphne! How did you hack TOM’s video?

    How did you manage to insert the screaming sheep at the very end of this clip?

  25. Joe Azzopardi says:

    Which babies, Belgian ones?

  26. AZ says:

    Non Hamrun residents would not have noticed that the supposedly spontaneous welcome was held in front of the Saint Gaetan band club, a veritable hub of Labour support in the town.

    It probably gathers more Labour supporters than the Labour Party club of the locality. They must have probably waited for hours inside the club for the great leader to deign Hamrun with his presence.

  27. TinaB says:

    In two week’s time he will make all of us cry.

    Joseph Muscat comes across as someone who has no emotions – his body language says it all.

  28. birzebbugia says:

    Tajba Kevin, dak ilu gol-kaxxa ghal dawn l-ahhar 25 sena u fadallu 5 ohra miskin.

  29. TROY says:

    Joseph – he makes babies.

    [Daphne – Actually he doesn’t. He told us so himself repeatedly.]

  30. carmel says:

    Dear Daphne, very soon Dr. Muscat is going to make you cry too.

    [Daphne – How so, Carmel?]

  31. ciccio says:

    What I find intriguing in Joseph’s encounters with his fans chanting “Taghna Lkoll,” “Joseph, Joseph”, and the classic “Viva l-Labour, Viva l-Labour,” is how he avoids any inter-personal contact with them.

    He comes across as if he despises them, does not enjoy their presence, and rushes through to get away from them as quickly as he can. You can almost read his expression saying “Who the hell is this marmalja?”

  32. francesco says:

    Daphne! How did you hack TOM’s video?!

    How did you manage to insert the screaming sheep at the very end of this clip?

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