Cowen gone this week

**BonnieShels** · 20/01/2011, 10:27 PM

Vinnie is slaughtering Boyle! It's delicious... and he hasn't even gotten to Kebab Lenihan yet!

**Mr A** · 21/01/2011, 1:45 PM

Got to love Willie O'Dea. You know if he still had a ministry he'd be out there fighting Cowen's corner, but since he lost it he's putting the boot in. And the same goes for that Kitt guy from Galway that used to be whip- their complaints just sound like sour grapes. Numpties.

**BonnieShels** · 21/01/2011, 4:43 PM

Originally Posted by BonnieShels

Vinnie is slaughtering Boyle! It's delicious... and he hasn't even gotten to Kebab Lenihan yet!

Little did we know...

**Real ale Madrid** · 22/01/2011, 12:45 PM

Well 5 days after this thread was opened it looks like the OP was correct after all. Cowan to resign as FF leader in 15 mins. Press conference called.

**BonnieShels** · 22/01/2011, 3:01 PM

Yep. God will this Government ever end. Resigning as FF leader, not Taoiseach.

**Spudulika** · 22/01/2011, 6:13 PM

Dodge, I'll accept a beer instead of humble pie please :-)

Legally the man can't resign as Taoiseach until the President kicks him out, or some such.

I think, for the sake of his own health, this is the best thing that could happen to him. He's a heart attack waiting to happen and the gombeen men in FF love having him as the Irish Yeltsin. Here's hoping he gets out of politics altogether.

edit: Conor Lenihan will offer his hand as candidate if there is nobody else "fulsome" running. Lovely :-) So now it's the brothers Lenihan and slimy Martin - of the 3 I'd pick Conor. At least he works, has a brain and follows sports.

**Real ale Madrid** · 22/01/2011, 6:50 PM

Don't forget Eamonn O'Cuiv. Not that he'll win, but he will run.

Edit: Mary Hanafin has thrown her hat into the ring now also.

**BonnieShels** · 23/01/2011, 3:26 AM

Originally Posted by Real ale Madrid

Don't forget Eamonn O'Cuiv. Not that he'll win, but he will run.

Edit: Mary Hanafin has thrown her hat into the ring now also.

She's thrown her ring on to the hat you mean. Yellow scaly cow.

**culloty82** · 23/01/2011, 7:13 AM

I, for one, welcome the candidacy of Eamon O'Cuiv - only a leader more tribal, parochial and incompetent than Cowen can complete the task of consigning FF to the dustbin of history, and so I sincerely hope Dev �g is successful on Wednesday.

**Lionel Ritchie** · 24/01/2011, 12:25 PM

I have to admit I'm loving it. I feel it's entirely in keeping with the overall character of Fianna Fail that they can't see or even look beyond the end of their own selfish snout. Replacing Cowen before an election effectively hobbles their next leader rather than letting biffo tip his toes and let the next Gom at least have a clean slate after the election ...and for what? -to save two, three maybe four seats from the bounce this new leader might give them. Whoever "wins" will be getting told 'you got your answer from the electorate in Spring 2011' for years to come. I do so hope it's Hanafin. I do, I do, I do. She mightn't even retain her seat.

**Eminence Grise** · 24/01/2011, 12:32 PM

So, the younger generation of FF TDs bottled it and failed to put forward a challenger for the leadership.

That’s a pity: I was looking forward to a sort of Soldiers of Destiny’s Child leader (well, the Ff***ers have already made off with the rest of the booty...)

Now, to misquote the SAS motto: Who Cares Who Wins?

**Eminence Grise** · 26/01/2011, 2:08 PM

Bye-bye Biffo, hello Micheal Martin.... Newstalk just announced the January winner of the 2011 Poisoned Chalice Award...

**culloty82** · 26/01/2011, 2:41 PM

Reported breakdown of the first count:

Martin 32
O'Cuiv 15
Lenihan 14
Hanafin 10

Expect Lenihan to be the next FF retiree.

**Eminence Grise** · 26/01/2011, 2:52 PM

The wags are already saying that Lenihan had carefully estimated his support, but was out by a few billion...

**Mr A** · 26/01/2011, 3:04 PM

Originally Posted by Eminence Grise

The wags are already saying that Lenihan had carefully estimated his support, but was out by a few billion...

I don't accept that. I don't accept that for a second.

**Macy** · 26/01/2011, 3:04 PM

Surprised Lenihan's votes broke so much towards Martin. Thought they'd be the biffo block and stay country and western. I'd expect Lenihan to suddenly get some medical advice in the coming days...