PN launches a social media offensive, so DebonoPL gets in on the act

Published: June 2, 2012 at 12:59pm

PN takes to social media and the internet… Joseph must fight back.

Can you believe these people? The communications gurus at DebonoPL’s Mile End HQ have published a photograph of Joseph Muscat with his laptop, and called it:

TWEETING ABOUT A JUST AND FAIR SOCIETY.

Where’s that revolver and great big noose I’d been keeping for emergencies?

(Note to Franco, George Vella and Luciano Busuttil: do not take this literally. Also, it is a reference to topping oneself, not murder.)

Let’s attempt to see how this panned out. Hair, make-up, push back any appointments except those involving Norman Hamilton’s cruise liner launches, bring in the cameras, sit at your desk with your laptop, and pretend to write a one-line tweet.

What does he do when he really works?




26 Comments Comment

  1. Never Again says:

    What does he really do when he works? There isn’t much empirical evidence on which to base a judgement. Ask Alfred Mifsud.

    They’re all bloody useless. Read this:

    http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20120602/local/pl-asks-if-sick-animals-disposed-of-at-incinerator.422418

    Is he really that stupid? That’s what an incinerator’s for, in part.

    Completely bloody useless, can’t be trusted to run a school tuckshop, let alone a country

  2. Anthony says:

    What does he do when he really works?

    He acts as Debono’s piss (or chamber) pot.

  3. Dickens says:

    What did the tweet say? I thought I saw a puddy-cat?

  4. Antoine Vella says:

    Tweeting always reminds me of little birds (with their little bird brains) so it seems particularly suited to a Joseph Muscat communication.

  5. Matt B says:

    Joseph speaks about how there should be a ‘fair society’ and yet there he is, allegedly tweeting… with a MacBook Pro.

    That’s one of the most expensive laptops on the market. I should know, I intend to purchase one by the end of this year. With no thanks to Labour, though, of course.

    • Min Jaf says:

      Tghid iddubbawlu n-number 6 min fuq ix-xoghol?

    • ciccio says:

      If you plan to buy one of those “most expensive laptops on the market,” hurry up before Labour is in government. You would need to carry out a Social Impact Assessment before you buy it.

    • BC says:

      That’s the laptop the majority of University students afford Matt. And yes thanks to the stipend the government gives us, but on the other hand not really so. I can’t see any valid reason why the Leader of Opposition, former MEP, graduate and PM in waiting shouldn’t have one.

      [Daphne – And you complain…nice dictatorship, eh, BC?]

      • La Redoute says:

        Oh no, no reason at all – except that the starving usually have other priorities, like food, for instance.

    • d_riddler says:

      He has to use a Macbook. Macs are known for their ease of use, so effectively, he has no choice. Macs are idiot-proof (with no offence meant to Mac owners).

      Techwise, he is at a disadvantage. Lawrence Gonzi is tech-savvy enough to build his own computers.

      A few months ago he has beaten him to landing an aircraft in a flight simulator during a demonstration (sorry could not find the article). Considering Gonzi is a generation older, and Joseph belongs to the Generation X (the ones who grew up using home computers and the first to play video games), this says something.

    • Paul Bonnici says:

      Dr Muscat was an MEP, and his salary was extremely generous. He can afford more than a MacBook. He probably even claimed it on expenses.

  6. ciccio says:

    Is that “Daphne Caruana Galizia’s Running Commentary” in one of the minimised windows on his laptop screen?

    • Riff Raff says:

      No, ciccio. The look of anticipation gives him away. He’s checking the latest updates on xHamster.

  7. Tom Borg says:

    “Tweeting on a just and fair society”

    Erm, is that Facebook I see in the photo?

    Not that it makes much of a difference but u ejja, come on – haha!

    • ciccio says:

      Facebook? Maybe he is checking the inanities posted by Anglu, Silvio, Luciano, Herr Flick and the others on their Facebook Wall in the previous 24 hours, then.

  8. TROY says:

    Tweety on his laptop: he did, he did, he saw a putty-cat.

  9. FP says:

    Franco, George, Luciano, see what you’ve done now?

    Your ignorance has reduced this blog to simple language with definitions and explanations.

    Daphne, I strongly protest against this dumbing down. Your effort is a waste of time with these people anyway, and worse still takes all the fun away.

  10. Matt B says:

    Actually, the more I see this photo, the more it really bugs me.

    How can Joseph actually say what he’s saying about how people are struggling to make ends meet, how water and electricity bills are incredibly expensive, and how ‘petlor’ is at an all time high, and then have the cheek to be picture with a laptop that costs at least €1,200?

    How can Joseph say that he has a ‘social conscience’ when this picture is the very definition of a ‘dahqa fil-wicc’?

    But no, for Labour supporters, it’s fine that Joseph has such a laptop. Ghandu bzonnu ghax-xoghol, miskin. But they’d be protesting all over the Times of Malta comments boards if Gonzi had one, and claiming how out of touch with reality he is.

  11. ciccio says:

    Daphne, he quoted from St. Francis of Assisi without saying so.

    It was only a matter of time before he began speaking to birds in their own language.

    Tweet.

  12. To Joseph says:

    Dear Joseph and Franco,

    Please note that I do not hate you BUT both of you can be assured that I am not excited about your existence.

  13. Esteve says:

    What does he do when he really works?

    Nobody knows. We’re still waiting for him to start.

  14. Angus Black says:

    What does Joseph do when he’s not tweeting or going to Norman Hamilton’s cruise launches?

    Johrog Lil Dik u jbennen lill-Dawk.

  15. Village says:

    It’s true I don’t like Labour, but most people of this country would agree with me that this guy doesn’t have what it takes to lead the country after 25 years of glorious performance and achievement.

  16. Phili.B says:

    Unbelievable! This is the same twit who used to declare that US submarines were infesting our waters way back in their Golden Years.

    Once this piece is about this illustrious spokesman, one ought to point out that the only topic he hasn’t touched during his career is Silvio Parnis’ fishing pirmli mill-lokijiet.

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