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My oh my, aren't you looking through red tinted glasses. Most people would share the credit for the Celtic tiger between successive governments since the late 80's when Fianna Fail implemented most of the economic policies that Fine Gael tried to bring in (stopped by tricky Dickey if I remember correctly, though I was only a nipper at the time), but you would give absolutely no credit to Charley McCreevey. That sounds like sower grapes and typifies what I don't like about the Labour party; you insist on portraying a black and white view of politics in this country. I have read and agreed with many of your posts on AAM and you are doing yourself a disservice by not using the discerning intellect which you clearly have to give a balanced view of the man.My oh my, aren't we all looking back through rose-tinted (or possibly FF green tinted) glasses when remembering McCreevy's career
It was Quinn and Bruton, not Rabbitte and it was a continuation of earlier policies by other governments.it was Richard Bruton/Ruari Quinn/Pat Rabitte who brought in the 12.5% corporation tax rate that spurred on so much economic development in the latter half of the 90's & beyond. Chazza inherited a booming economy - he didn't create it.
That's a very small minded thing to say, does no one who you don't like have any ethics or morals? Why can't you just not like their views but give them credit for the good things they do or has the country functioned in a moral vacuum for the last six years?The man who took the high moral ground in the Haughey ere has demonstrated the morality of a slug in his later decisions. Clearly his major problem with Haughey what simply that Haughey was in power and McCreevy wasn't.
The problem is that many people did just that for Dick Spring (the spring tide) and the perception is that he let people down. I think he did what he had to do in the real world but he just set the bar to high for himself.To paraphrase a current self-help book, 'feel the fear & vote for someone except FF anyway' - you actually might look back with pride in a few years time.
Again, that comment is beneath you. It's the sort of thing trotted out by people without the intellect to do better, you can do much better.To paraphrase Phoenix, the only real problem with sending Chazza to Europe is the language problem, but hopefully it's not too late for him to develop a good grasp of English soon.
so are you saying that's the full extent of what he had done for the last six years, not one good bit?Don't hammer me for lack of balance when you read through the McCreevy love-fest above.
Fair point, so ignoring my cheap shot about the former Mr. AIB, stop taking cheap shots!Don't hammer me for taking cheap shots when you feel the need to mention Ruari's brothers wealth/Ferrari's as somehow relevant.
But you are not arguing the merits or otherwise of his move to Brussels! You are having a go at a man with no attempt at balance.Don't hammer me for focusing on McCreevy instead of the alternatives when the title of the thread is 'McCreevy to Brussels - good or bad'.
This post will be deleted if not edited immediately, that sounds great! But so do all the parties promotional literature. The problem is none of them can deliver because they can really do very little to change society. Social engineering takes a long time. FG trotted out the same message in the 80's and made an even bigger balls of things that the FF government they replaced.But if anyone does want to consider the alternatives, have a read of this.
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