Bertie would make ideal president – for some

THERE has been much talk recently that Bertie Ahern would be our ideal next president.

I could not agree more. He is the perfect figurehead for a nation of bloodsucking bankers, dodgy developers, corrupt politicians and avaricious lawyers. This self-proclaimed socialist is still costing the people of this country well into six figures annually even in semi-retirement .

I suppose, as president, he could do with another €250,000 to add to that. If that wasn’t enough he could also do a bit on the side for the newspapers.

He was once known as the Teflon Taoiseach when he should have been known as “Flypaper” because money, even out of the betting office, stuck to him. It wasn’t because he wanted any of it, you must understand; it was because people just kept forcing it on him.

As assistants to him we could have two vice-presidents, ‘Johnny Cash’ O’Donoghue and the ‘Minister for Misery’, Mary Harney. They would undertake the more boring jobs like going to Australia for the horse racing or America for the Super Bowl. This would let Bertie free to study the horses and follow Manchester Utd.

Yes, all things considered they would be the perfect representatives for a country where no one is responsible for anything and rich and powerful crooks walk free while a man who stole a €5 hat from a superstore goes to jail.

Bring on the election.

Denis Leahy

Farranferris Ave

Farranree

Cork