Should he resign?

[ríomhaire]

There was a TD (member of parliment) and former minister in Ireland who was caught drink driving. He was the head of a campain against drink driving. Acording to polls most people think he should resign, I think it is a pile of crap and he should get on with his work.

 

[jimbo118]

resign, hes a prat tbh.

 

[ríomhaire]

resign, hes a prat tbh.

What politician isn't?

 

[Some_God]

I said yes... cuz I'm a swing voter. :O

 

[jimbo118]

What politician isn't?

yeah but hes an alco with alot of personal probs, i dont think he should resign for alot of the reasons people say, i think he should go coz he isnt really fit to do his job, he needs to get some help honestly so thats why i want him to resign, hes also only 'sorry' coz he got caught, i'm pretty sure(and from what i've read) he's done it before.ie drink n drive. he coulda killed someone.

 

[CptStern]

meh, bush didnt resign over iraq, this is small potatoes in comparison

 

[Absinthe]

Some one that has unprotected sex with prostitutes shouldn't be leading campaigns advocating safe sex or abstinence.

In that same vein, a drunk driver shouldn't be leading a campaign against drunk driving.

It's not just about hypocrisy. He's putting the lives of others in severe danger and he's harming the legitimacy of his campaign. He should resign, especially since he doesn't seem to follow his own advice.

 

[Feath]

meh, bush didnt resign over iraq, this is small potatoes in comparison

Or it's a completely different thing, perhaps?

 

[Tr0n]

meh, bush didnt resign over iraq, this is small potatoes in comparison

Why do you always gotta bring bush into something?You have a hard on for him?

 

[jonbob]

Was he caught before or after the campaign?

 

[Cole]

CptStern, you are so Anti-American. Just get over yourself. What we did in Iraq is yet to be decided good or bad, you do relize it could go both ways. You do relize that we want to help stop terroism. We want places like Libya or Syria to look up to Iraq and idle it and evntually try and become it's own variation of it. We want the rest of the middle east/north africa to look up to Iraq. Thus we want Iraq to become a democracy.


Anyway this is quite diffrent.
I say resign, I mean he is the head of the anti-drinking & driving committy...how the hell is someone gonna say drinking and driving is bad then go out and do it and have people listen to him?

 

[Feath]

Is this campaign something going through Parliament or something on the side?

I mean, is he trying to get more laws passed on drink driving, or is he just going around saying it's bad in general?

 

[righttolife]

Why do you always gotta bring bush into something?You have a hard on for him?

Careful! You could be banned!

 

[jonbob]

A lot of the fuss over Bush/Blair resigning after Iraq is not over whether the country is better off now or not - it probably is but that's not the point. The point is that the invasion was not authorised by the UN, and so many people see as illegal under international law. If this is found to be so, there are soldiers, generals and such that are liable to be tried as war criminals. It would also mean that in addition to the media blackout of injured/dead soldiers, the US govt would be facing a great number of lawsuits from bereaved relatives and injured soldiers themselves.

Hindsight may be 20/20 when it comes to iraqi NBC weaponry (or rather the total lack thereof), but there is compelling evidence to show that the so-called 'Coalition of the Willing' went to war without due cause and knew it at the time.

Now for the controversial opinion: The US seems to respect international law only when it bloody well suits them. Go to war and topple an oppressive regime but withhold basic human rights for people improsined without formal charges or a trial at Guantanamo Bay, instigate a new regime outside your borders but topple a democratically elected one just because its leader doesn't shirk from expressing his distaste with US foreign policy.

(Rant over, take this all with a pinch of salt like any other editorial. Unlike many other media I actually mark my editorials as such instead of passing them off as fact)

As for the Irish guy, if he was caught before starting the campaign then perhaps he's doing it because of his conviction. Of course if he wasn't then he should cast out like the damn hippocrite he is.

 

[righttolife]

Due cause? Hussein had twelve years to comply and refused to do so. He violate "no fly" zones daily, and he killed thousands of Kurds. Oh yeah, AND he was funneling money to Al Qaeda.

Nope. No threat there.

 

[Feath]

Could you guys do me a favour? Keep it on topic. This is about an Irish Politician, not about Bush/Blair. We've discussed this issue many, many times. It's not 2003 anymore.

 

[Some_God]

So the other day I was watching TV and Bush came on...

 

[righttolife]

Could you guys do me a favour? Keep it on topic. This is about an Irish Politician, not about Bush/Blair. We've discussed this issue many, many times. It's not 2003 anymore.

You are correct and I apologize. No I dont think the guy should resign. At least he has experience reguarding the issue.

 

[Cole]

Look Hussein was a bad person. We thought he had Weapons of Mass Destruction, other goverments all across the world thought the exact same thing we did.
Though in the end, either way... Saddam did need to be stopped. Someone has to act against these terroists and terroists supporters. I mean what if your capital blew up and no one did anything about it. What would that tell the terroists and there supporters?

Terroists attacked us, now rather than just attacking those who did attack us, we have decided to take the next move before they take theres. We have decided to start becoming aggresive with the countries that support terroists so they will have less places to hide.
Of course it is impossible to kill all terroists, but that is not the point. The point is to minimize the amount there are.


Edit: Sorry feath just seen your post.

Anyways I gave my opinon about this guy before. How are people going to listen about not Drunk Driving when the person who heads the group is doing it. He will be taken less seriously.

 

[Absinthe]

Good job, you ****s.

 

[KoreBolteR]

unsure or undecided, i need to know more about the whole situation, i hate barging in and making a decision on something i dont know anything about.. rofl

 

[oldagerocker]

I dont know anything about this but a guy who'se supposedly against drink driving and then does it himself... its so embarrasing, he should resign.

 

[jimbo118]

Is this campaign something going through Parliament or something on the side?

I mean, is he trying to get more laws passed on drink driving, or is he just going around saying it's bad in general?

hes the head of the campaign against drink-driving, trying to promote responsibility so its pretty hypocritical what he did, he associated people who did it with the worst kinds of society etc.

 

[baxter]

Of course he should resign. I hate drink drivers, dislike hypocritical politicians, combined the two and for some strange reason I shrug my shoulders and laugh.

 

[mortiz]

meh, bush didnt resign over iraq, this is small potatoes in comparison

eeek, don't mention potatoes to the Irish, you'll never hear the end of it!

 

[ComradeBadger]

What politician isn't?

Boris Johnson

 

[CptStern]

eeek, don't mention potatoes to the Irish, you'll never hear the end of it!

oops forgot about that .."when I was a boy we didnt have potatoes, no sireee"

 

[baxter]

Boris Johnson

He's priceless

 

[Razor]

Boris Johnson

There is a great politician, if he was to run for prime minister, i would definately vote for him.

The American's have Arnie, we have Boris. :thumbs: