Malta’s internet Gossip Column today reminded me of those Top Trump Horror Cards that we used to play at school. You know, the ones with Dracula, Frankenstein and Werewolf.
J’accuse had pointed out that the nationalist campaign and the (master)minds behind seemed to have no other ammunition than fear and taste to get people to vote for the pick’n’mix crew they presented at the polls (who I confirmed are busy fighting an internecine battle that might have explosive consequences in the near future… ah the pleasures of a scoop).
Well it seems that two men nicknamed “the whore” and “the pussycat” have played into nationalist expectations and provided the juicy bits of news that Gossip Columns direly need. So it seems that people who stayed at home are being repaid for their insolence in not going out in droves to votes for Tedesco Triccas and Co by the return of the monsters of 1980. All we need now is “Run Rabbit Run” played on TVM sometime tomorrow.
Of course we will still be waiting to hear a bit more about candidate expenses, Stefano Mallia’s jolly email and more…. but that’s after we have got our kicks hearing about the owl and the pussycat.
Meanwhile I weas lucky enough to witness a 95 year old lady just ahead of me in the short queue at the polling booth. She was being lovingly instructed as to who to vote for..
-Ghidilhom li trid tivvota ghal Roberta
– Min?
-Roberta
-ehe ok
It’s sad. Whether they are dragged to vote for red, blue or green candidates it is never nice to see old people who very evidently haven’t the slightest clue of whatis going on being dragged to the booth for the sake of our ridiculous fanaticism.
J’accuse signs out here. The next missive will be from Luxembourg, probably tomorrow morning after the flight chartered for my ‘convenience’ at 6am takes me to the land forgotten by the sun.
8 replies on “DCG: Fear Factor 80s”
Hey, Mr Vitriolic.
you really have it in for this Roberta don’t you? do i detect a certain sense of bitterness here? i wonder why your blob always seems to target this particular female? pitiful, to say the least. well, …..
Jacques, not to be pedantic, but dont confuse “il-qaħba” (the Whore) with “Il-Qaħbu” (the pimp).
Mort tivvota, jew?
:o)
p).
Ivvutajt, jew?
;)
daqs kemm ilhu jghid, kif ha jivvota :P sakemm ma nteffax jixxemmex.
I like Bobby, but voted my Unu to Norman Lowell.
Yesterday was an OUTSTANDING VICTORY for Norman Lowell, whose messege that “BEWARE OF THE INVASION OF MALTA BY ILLEGAL IMIGRANTS”, which was treated as a joke and worst,is now the MAIN TOP ISSUE in this Election.
Malta First and Foremost !
Regards to all and wish Rene a safe flight to and from Luxembourg.
Jo
Jien smajt li raw lil Daphne f’carcade tal-Labour. Qed ixejjer bandiera kbira bil-kliem “Will write ‘Tasteful Campaign Adverts For You”……Ghiduli intkom…
@ “Joseph Agius” – What persecution mania for RMTT? Had I said Busuttil and Co would you have returned to this page defending the greenmobile driving candidate?
@Bono – Wpuldn’t a pimp be a “qahhab” (accent imkarkar fuq it-tieni “a”? Qahbu at most is male whore no?
@Sully – I’m quite sure the Taste campaign had a part in this downfall but I’m also sure that we are at the dawn of another phase of Labour disillusionment.
@RJ : ixxemmixxt… hafna… 2 tijiem nixxemmex, 2 tigijiet u votazzjoni… Dan l-avviz gentilment offrut lilkom millisponsors taghna: votanti li jikkonfermaw partiti li jappoggjaw uzu ta’ fondi pubblici biex jissussiddjaw Charter Flight. J’accuse jirringrazzjahom minn qalbu.
Re translation: isn’t pimp rufjan?
Re substance: “Labour condemns any provocation or reaction without any reservations, and believes steps should be taken.” (http://www.maltatoday.com.mt/2009/06/07/t2.html) Except it is a condemnation with reservation – Labour pretends that there is moral equivalence between the actions of il-Qahbu and Brownrigg*. Much like there is no moral equivalence between the actions of the church in the 60s and those of MLP in the 80s, but Muscat acts like there is. His apologies for Labour’s past are empty, and his control over Mintoffian elements is tenuous. I’m not impressed by DCG’s Fear Factor card, but nor does Muscat’s all-things-to-all-people trump card impress me much.
* and if this is the Mr Brownrigg that I actually know (former teacher), there is nothing threatening about the elderly man, except his over-enthusiasm.
There ya go again. I’ll be proven right dontcha worry