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Adamspeak

Jackie laughlin · 2007-01-30 01:43:56

Why does Gerry Adams talk of "continuing the struggle" if he means contesting elections?

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#32 09-02-2007 02:43PM

Shutuplaura

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No Worries, I was only joking, no offense intended. But still, struggle is a legitimate term for all politicians - for instance, if Harney talked about the stuggle to reform the health services it wouldn't raise an eyebrow. Also, Adams has a core support which is is leading - much to many older SF supporters reluctance - into new territory. He is probably just trying to reassure them with word from the old Lexicon.

You are dead right about the SF PR machine. Really slick and professional. A friend of mine was an election worker for them in '02 and I got the briefest of glimpses through him of how good they were. Some advisers from the north came down a few days before and they really know what they were about. From what I could see the only other party to have anything near it was FF. Of course it was a worms eye view of one constituancy but I'm guessing it ws the same in many others and at a higher level too.

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