How bloody arrogant Muscat is – “this is a once-in-a-lifetime chance to vote for me and it might never come again””
Short, overweight, round-shouldered, soft-waisted, knock-kneed, big-bottomed and pigeon-toed – and really bla grazzja. Imbasta all those power scenes, lifting weights at the Spinach Gym.
Lou Bondi has just asked Muscat why young people should vote to make him prime minister. His response was that this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be part of something big and that the chance might never come again.
What a gentleman’s appendage (ghax dan huwa a family blog).
Aside from the fact that anyone who is 18 to 30 now has another half-century of life ahead, full of politics, chances and elections, exactly why does Muscat equate the chance to vote for him with a ‘once in a lifetime’ opportunity?
He keeps talking about this election making history. I think the reason is that he wants to find something to rival and equal the vote on EU membership. Imagine that: electing Joseph is like voting for EU membership – a major milestone in Maltese history.
I think he’s a little confused, projecting his own desires and feelings onto the rest of us. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for HIM to become prime minister, but it is not a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for us to do anything.
Except vote him out, that is.
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How about a chance in a lifetime to change the Malta Labour Party? One more electoral defeat might just do the trick.
Nail on the head Baxxter. This is precisely it.
No, Baxxter, I don’t think it will yet (do the trick, that is). The stranglehold Mintoff had on the the Labour Party since ousting Boffa is still there.
The attitude, envy, opportunism, double-talk, intolerance and general ineptitude at doing politics are still embedded in the party. So, my take is that even if Labour suffers another defeat, they will still find it hard to learn their lesson.
When Joe Micallef Stafrace broke off with Mintoff and resigned from Minister during Mintoff’s first tenure in the early 70s, he used to refer to him (Mintoff) as “dak li jahseb li x-xemx telghet meta tela’ hu”.
Mintoff begat KMB and Labour went literally “to the dogs”. Alfred Sant invented himself with a New Labour tag. He may have controlled the violence but his political stances remained equally negative and retrograde – EU Membership.
One can say that Sant begat Joseph, but this one presents himself now (on the eve of the elections) as completely new to his predecessors.
Any reference to the working class and associated ‘red’ connotations (including the colour itself) has been removed from party officialdom.
On the contrary he talks more of the middle-class and dreams of creating a ‘new’ one, though he never explained what he means by that.
Fortunately for us and the electorate he could not hide his admiration of Mintoff and his golden years. He even made it a point to be surrounded by many of the same people from that era.
Even now, he might possibly have very few choices who to appoint as ministers from the ‘new crop’, so he can always turn to the old (fossilised) guard.
Labour has committed too many strategic mistakes and these will continue to bear heavily on its conscience (or psyche if you like) for quite some time still, before coming out clean.
Bloody hell. Is there no hope then? Will we still be dreading Maltese elections in 2064?
Muscat keeps insisting that we need a change in direction.
But if you change direction when you reach the top, the only way is down.
http://www1.internationalliving.com/qofl2011/
A gentleman’s appendage? Daphne you are too kind. I do not see the gentleman.
Actually, it is his own once in a lifetime (his own life time) opportunity to become Malta’s youngest prime minister or prime minister at all.
His latest thing about the deal with the FNKK seems to have cost him quite a few votes thankfully. Lets hope its enough to keep him and his MLP in opposition where they belong.
He’s been trying to emulate Eddie Fenech Adami the whole time.
Everything thing he has done has been done already in 1987.
When Bondi asked both to confirm whether telling the truth in politics is impossible, Joseph actually said ‘le, xi drabi jew ohra jkun hemm bzonnha’.
The PM was adamant to the contrary.
Bondi then specified that both leaders had 15 seconds spare time before answering.
It was incredible.
Jozef, it is terrible but not incredible if you follow where Joseph has absorbed his new-truthing from. It’s frightening.
Quick, joseph, quick! A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity has just come up in Venezuela. Would you go make history down there?
Let’s all chip in and get him a one-way ticket. The Latinos’ll love him. Short, round, blond, loud and promising a bright neverland. With pushy trophy wife too.
He’s just a salesman, grabbing this once in a lifetime opportunity because if not he will be taking over his father’s fireworks business instead.
Bit-Taljan jghidu TROPPO NEGATO IL RAGAZZO. Translated. Wisq HMAR it-tifel.
The Labour billboard with Joseph’s face on it tells us to ‘unite for change’. But what he really wants is for us to unite to grant his wish for power.