Comments on The Pensive Quill: Miriam & Martin

the race has gone a bit flat lately,mcguinness liv...

2011-10-22T18:41:13.891+01:00

the race has gone a bit flat lately,mcguinness livened it up but gone bit flat again.

cant believe gallagher in front.. WTF???????????

‘he allowed himself to be hoist on his own petard....

2011-10-20T15:52:57.360+01:00

‘he allowed himself to be hoist on his own petard. ‘

W Shakespeare - Hamlet

To be blown up with his own bomb

You’re beginning to sound like Eoghain Harris………

On the same TG4 prog. he ducked (wouldn't answ...

2011-10-20T11:55:20.789+01:00

On the same TG4 prog. he ducked (wouldn't answer) the ONH question AGAIN!

On the TG4 prog. Sean Gallagher (in reference to &...

2011-10-20T11:48:54.678+01:00

On the TG4 prog. Sean Gallagher (in reference to "The Soldiers Song") being too militaristic, said he thought it should be revised, to which Marty retorted: "so you're a revisionist now", whether he was half "joking" or not,(which I don't think he was) coming from MMcG, words fail me.

Tiarna, I am not sure you are wrong at all. Impon...

2011-10-20T11:47:14.313+01:00

Tiarna,

I am not sure you are wrong at all. Impongo2 might agree entirely with what he/she cites or might just think it is a piece worth reading. I just don't know. I think your interpretation is plausible. In any event there might be a copyright issue so I have suggested to him a change of tack.

just discussing your posts there with a friend who...

2011-10-20T11:41:57.332+01:00

just discussing your posts there with a friend who says there might be a copyright problem. I am not sure on it given that you always cite the source. Just to ensure that the issue does not come back to bite us could you in future post some relevant lines and then post the link?

Also it seems that some people think you wrote the thing rather than the person you cite.

Hope you are ok with this suggestion.

Am Impongo copied verbatim and without comment th...

2011-10-20T11:36:50.679+01:00

Am

Impongo copied verbatim and without comment that I thought the intention was that what was written by Gail White represented what Impongo2 intended?

If I read that wrong then my appologies.

T.

Tiarna, Impongo2 was citing Gail Walker from the ...

2011-10-20T11:17:50.935+01:00

Tiarna,

Impongo2 was citing Gail Walker from the Belfast Telegraph

Impongo2 You Wrote: "McGuinness' expo...

2011-10-20T10:50:10.449+01:00
Impongo2

You Wrote: "McGuinness' exposure does leave us with one small niggling conundrum: if he's not Presidential material down there, why is he deputy First Minister material up here?"

There is no 'conundrum' the electorate as off yet have neither confirmed nor rejected McG 'down there' whereas he has been democratically elected 'up here'. Your confusion seems to originate with your inability to understand political mandates and the right for candidates to stand for election whom we may not like or agree with. The appropriate word is democracy and not 'conundrum'.
T.

Tain Bo, Nuala and Belfast Bookworm, RJ will not ...

2011-10-20T08:35:30.321+01:00
Tain Bo, Nuala and Belfast Bookworm,

RJ will not be coming back to you on your comments as he is dropped. The fetish with labelling Miriam O Callaghan a 'bitch' is not something this blog will facilitate. He is free to set up his own blog and indulge in the fetish there. It won't be happening here.

Ruairi Joseph, It is not what the man said rather...

2011-10-19T22:40:37.457+01:00
Ruairi Joseph,

It is not what the man said rather what he refuses to say.

Martin is on RTE saying Sean has been up to his ne...

2011-10-19T21:27:59.130+01:00
Martin is on RTE saying Sean has been up to his neck in Fianna Fail until recently and should be questioned about that. It is a fair point but at the same time undermines his own case that he should not be questioned about his past. I suppose it is a tacit acknowledgement by him that the past is always hanging there regardless of what we wish for

Dave, I know him very well, having been in the ja...

2011-10-19T21:10:45.050+01:00
Dave,

I know him very well, having been in the jail with him, visited him in Dublin on a few occasions post release and then worked for him. Clongriffen is a problem for different reasons. I don’t know who built that.

impongo2 Gail,when you look at who Martyboy and hi...

2011-10-19T21:09:06.047+01:00
impongo2 Gail,when you look at who Martyboy and his cronies are in partnership with here in norn iorn you might just realise just what a con job the brits aided and abetted by those liars and carpetbaggers in both the psf /dup have managed to pull of.neither of those two parties and a good few others could survive a proper investigation of their activities in our recent past.

I doubt the bad man said anything that would incri...

2011-10-19T20:26:43.628+01:00
I doubt the bad man said anything that would incriminate him, probably how he said it was what left Miriam quaking in her boots.

Surprised he's dropped in the polls though. All the little Michael Henry's of ogra must have got repetitive strain injury in their fingers from clicking all those online poll buttons.

By Gail Walker Wednesday, 19 October 2011 Lon...

2011-10-19T19:53:02.046+01:00
By Gail Walker

Wednesday, 19 October 2011

Long runs the Provo fox ... It seems that Sinn Fein's 'daring' move in running Martin McGuinness in the Irish presidential election is coming seriously unstuck. Now that the prospect of a former IRA leader, once dedicated to overthrowing the Republic, becoming president has become vaguely real, the media is waking up and asking some rather pointed questions about Machine Gun Marty's 'now you see it, now you don't' past.

And he doesn't like it - not one little bit.

Since Miriam O'Callaghan's close questioning of him on the RTE leadership debate, McGuinness has been bleating about being treated unfairly because the other candidates were asked if he was suitable to hold the office of President. Apparently, if it had been a round robin type of thing when everyone was asked about everyone else's suitability things would have been just dandy.

Except of course none of the other candidates - regardless of their political positions - stands accused of heading a murderous organisation which killed almost 1,700 people in the Troubles. No other candidate has been accused of being involved in the murder of members of the Gardai. No other candidate took an oath - which he has still not taken back - about overthrowing the state.

Surely questions of legitimate interest? But not according to Mr McGuinness.

Indeed, so outraged were his sensitivities, he demanded a private meeting with Miriam O'Callaghan immediately after the debate.

Some might say that was indicative of an overweening sense of entitlement, others that it was sinister.

Recent polls show that many have had a long, hard look at McGuinness and aren't quite so impressed as they once were.

McGuinness' exposure does leave us with one small niggling conundrum: if he's not Presidential material down there, why is he deputy First Minister material up here?

Read more:

http://www.belfastte...l#ixzz1bFpLmZfw

Ruairi Joseph, troll elsewhere or set up your own...

2011-10-19T14:43:27.939+01:00
Ruairi Joseph,

troll elsewhere or set up your own blog.

Ruairi Joseph, bet the bad man did not say what h...

2011-10-19T14:37:17.992+01:00
Ruairi Joseph,
bet the bad man did not say what he would like to have said.
He was not too slow in applying the 'murder' label to other volunteers, yet when it was turned on him, he got more than a tad upset.
He is even a better liar than Adams and I doubt anyone thought that was possible.

How can spoofer Gallagher be elected president ? ...

2011-10-19T11:05:41.296+01:00
How can spoofer Gallagher be elected president ? He relied on govt grants throughout his so called business career.Sounds and looks like Muttley from Wacky races.Anthony, how well did/do you know Tom Mc Feely ? Clongriffin in Dublin 13 is one hell of a mess.

Wonder what the bad man said.

2011-10-18T22:55:58.720+01:00
Wonder what the bad man said.

Sharp as ever Anthony ,and if I was Mariam I would...

2011-10-18T22:12:14.376+01:00
Sharp as ever Anthony ,and if I was Mariam I wouldnt go out alone for a while,better still stay away from lonely beaches,Martyboy would say he had a soft spot for Mariam, and yip you got it a bog in Monaghan.