Prime Time debate drinking game

[DCon]

A shot of your favourite spirit or 4 fingers of beer every time a candidate says the following..

Gallagher - Entrepeneur
Mitchell - Business
Dana - Constitution
Norris - Seanad
Higgins - Experience
McGuinness - Peace
Davis - Special Olympics

[C. Flower]

A shot of your favourite spirit or 4 fingers of beer every time a candidate says the following..

Gallagher - Entrepeneur
Mitchell - Business
Dana - Constitution
Norris - Seanad
Higgins - Experience
McGuinness - Peace
Davis - Special Olympics

I'm ready! :D

[Baron von Biffo]

CF will need to alert the HSE to an imminent rush of alcohol poisoning cases all across the country.

[Baron von Biffo]

BTW will there be a 'third debate' thread?

[Griska]

McGuinness: Ian Paisley/Peter Robinson.
Mitchell: CIE, humble/hard upbringing.

Half a bottle of drain cleaner for each of the above.

[Victor Meldrew]

Considering Gallagher managed to use the "E" word 15 times in 10 mins on the Late Late debate, this could get very messy, very quickly.

Prepare to sleep on the sofa folks...

[Baron von Biffo]

First major question - Will Michael D be boxing clever tonight?

[Baron von Biffo]

2011 had much more potential to test a presidents use of Article 13.2

[Baron von Biffo]

Davis has a granite neck. She's claiming a lot of knowledge of Article 26 despite being caught out as utterly clueless on it earlier in the campaign.

[Griska]

Mary Davis on the front foot early.
She's asked to come up with a hypothetical situation and responds by pointing out to Miriam that she's talking about a hypothetical situ............

Jesus.

[Baron von Biffo]

McGuinness thinks Article 26 is a mechanism for resolving disputes between the president and the government. :eek:

[TotalMayhem]

Prime Time debate drinking game

After trying the non-alcoholic placebos all afternoon (to no avail, mind you) count me in.

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[Baron von Biffo]

Dana thinks bills are referred if the president thinks they're not in tune with the will of the people. :eek:

[Andrew49]

Oh dear god, they're talking about god. God doesn't have a vote.

[Baron von Biffo]

The oath as it is now excludes atheists from the presidency unless they're also hypocrites.

[DCon]

Oh dear god, they're talking about god. God doesn't have a vote.

A former Taoiseach in Drumcondra may dispute that

[C. Flower]

Dana delivered well. I may not last the debate to the end.

O'Callaghan is acting as though she is putting her teenage kids through grinds.

"And do you all agree on this?"

[DCon]

Bonus shot for McGuinness telling Miriam she asked a stupid question!

[Baron von Biffo]

Norris optimistically looking for SF No.2s :)

[Baron von Biffo]

McGuinness has reached boiling point :)

[Baron von Biffo]

Gallagher owes us a grand.

[Andrew49]

Dana and McGuinness seem to be the only non-Establishment candidates!

We never got to ask the participants of the Civil War on the killings they took part in or supported. In 20 years time McGuinness will be regarded as a respected statesman ... Dana will be remembered for winning the Eurovision.

Norris looks diminished, he's lively enough but .....

[C. Flower]

Bonus shot for McGuinness telling Miriam she asked a stupid question!

She has asked several.

[Baron von Biffo]

Gallagher wont alienate the FF vote.

[Baron von Biffo]

Shameless grab for the FF vote by Mitchell :D

[Andrew49]

Mitchell appeals to Fianna Fail voters ... by stating he's the only candidate with no association with Fianna Fail!

hic-cup

[Dr. FIVE]

Mitchell = slime

Gallagher = FF

[Griska]

Seriously. My feelings about Labour have been aired here numerous times, but I have to say that Higgins is the only person there who even comes close to appearing like the real deal.

There was a little uncomfortable silence when Miriam asked them to get dirty and negative with each other:D

[Baron von Biffo]

It started well with questions about the actual powers of the presidency rather than the woolly headed sh!te that's gone on up to now. Alas it's become a shambles at this stage as O'Callaghan adopts Mary Wilson's style of 'Shut up and listen to me when I'm interviewing you.'

RTE should be using Sean O'Rourke or Rachael English for things like this.

[Baron von Biffo]

Dana got the nod from some Yank clerical officer before taking an oath to renounce her allegiance to Ireland. It's ok then.

[TotalMayhem]

Dana got the nod from some Yank clerical officer before taking an oath to renounce her allegiance to Ireland. It's ok then.

The words are antiquated... does that include the "so help me God" bit? :D

[C. Flower]

I'm getting the impression that Miriam thinks she is much better than any of the candidates and maybe should have stood after all.

[Baron von Biffo]

Dana doesn't know how the constitution is amended.

[Baron von Biffo]

i'm getting the impression that miriam thinks she is much better than any of the candidates and maybe should have stood after all.

Love it. :D

[Baron von Biffo]

Oh hell. Norris is taking what's left of his dignity and shredding it.

[Baron von Biffo]

My leader loves me - Mitchell.

[DCon]

I'm getting the impression that Miriam thinks she is much better than any of the candidates and maybe should have stood after all.

Could she take the pay cut?

About time Noonan brought in a 90% tax on all RTE salaries over 100K

[Baron von Biffo]

She's going to asked Mitchell for a few bars of the Horst Wessel song next

[TotalMayhem]

Mitchell is president of a "thing" called...

[Baron von Biffo]

Davis would turn her Council of State into a collection of tokens.

[DCon]

Are "worked in" and "went on a junket to" interchangable?

[Andrew49]

Look at me and who's like me, says Mitchell

[Baron von Biffo]

Mitchell scored against Davis there - 'Mary if you don't think it's political, you don't understand it.'

[Andrew49]

If Mitchell says " I have a five point plan for the Presidency' he'd garner some great headlines in the papers - as it is I think the only place we'll see him is in the Obituary sections.

[Baron von Biffo]

McGuinness doesn't understand that the president can't do anything about jobs.

[Andrew49]

Mitchell scored against Davis there - 'Mary if you don't think it's political, you don't understand it.'

If Dana said the the Presidency is political, Gay would tell her it's only a ceremonial role!

[Baron von Biffo]

If Mitchell says " I have a five point plan for the Presidency' he'd garner some great headlines in the papers - as it is I think the only place we'll see him is in the Obituary sections.

He could turn out to be the Enola Gay who nukes FG.

[DCon]

McGuinness doesn't understand that the president can't do anything about jobs.

he can form a Presidential task force super quango though. Appoint Gallagher as the Entrepeneur expert, Mitchell as the Experience expert, Davis as the sole board member..

[Baron von Biffo]

he can form a Presidential task force super quango though

Not if Gump and the gang say no.

[Baron von Biffo]

Dana reading a speech now!

[Baron von Biffo]

This is just insanity.

[Baron von Biffo]

Barking mad.

[Dr. FIVE]

Dramatic Look - YouTube

[DCon]

Dana reading a speech now!

how was it just brought to her attention?

[Andrew49]

He could turn out to be the Enola Gay who nukes FG.

Unless FG and Mitchell can come up with a photo of Michael D in flagrante delicto with one of the other candidates and a small furry Scotswoman the Presidency is Michael Ds ... with McGuinness and Gallagher well ahead of Mitchell.

[DCon]

A shot of your favourite spirit or 4 fingers of beer every time a candidate says the following..

Gallagher - Entrepeneur
Mitchell - Business
Dana - Constitution
Norris - Seanad
Higgins - Experience
McGuinness - Peace
Davis - Special Olympics

the closing speeches are drinking game Gold

[Baron von Biffo]

Is McGuinness contractually obliged to name check Peter Robinson every 50 words?

[C. Flower]

Davis was in 1000s of countries.

None of the Above has done well.

[C. Flower]

Is McGuinness contractually obliged to name check Peter Robinson every 50 words?

And Tony Blair.

Worrying that he thinks this is a recommendation.

[C. Flower]

Davis "I don't want to talk about myself because I'm not that type of person."


*you just did*

[Baron von Biffo]

Seriously. My feelings about Labour have been aired here numerous times, but I have to say that Higgins is the only person there who even comes close to appearing like the real deal.

Agreed. Very much despite rather than because of his membership of Blue Labour.

[Griska]

I doubt very much that Mary Robinson had this kind of thing in mind when she invented the office of the President of Ireland in 1990.
Is that it with the debates?
I mean how many times can seven people get together and say nothing?

[TotalMayhem]

I mean how many times can seven people get together and say nothing?

Barbie didn't give them much chance to say something (not that VinB was much better).

[PaddyJoe]

Thejournal.ie has the full text of Dana's statement on PT:
http://www.thejournal.ie/full-text-of-dana-rosemary-scallons-statement-on-prime-time-252710-Oct2011/?utm_source=shortlink

[Ah Well]

What crap - glad I intentionally missed it - 2 more weeks of this **** to go unfortunately

What a sad state of affairs - drawing a line thru the Ballot Paper gets more appealing by the min (and presently holds sway) :rolleyes:

[BARNEYKX]

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