So who will you be voting for?

not1but4

With 4 seats up for grabs who will you be voting for in the next general election?

Fianna Fáil
Sean Gallagher seems to be the highlight, of the group while others want to go such as Declan Breathnach and Sean Bellew. Argus says there is four looking for the nomination.

Sinn Féin
Gerry Adams who IMO will top the polls but will the run two candidates?

Fine Gael
I read in the Demo today they want to run three candidates one each for South, Mid and North Louth. Fergus O'Dowd being the candidate for South and will more then likely get back in. TBH I say they would be lucky to get a second seat.

Labour
Gerald Nash is going forward for his party.

Green
I'd say Mark Dearey will put his name forward.

Independent
Anyone heard who is going forward?

Other
Will Peter Short go again? I really do feel for this guy he has gone for so many elections and never got in.


So I think Adams, O'Dowd, FF candidate and FG/Labour/Greens trying to get the last seat.

Gerry.L

Sinn Fein all the way... as usual of course

Yeh I cant see Peter getting in. Hes not really cut out for politics at all. Hes just too laid back. And in fairness to the man the only time you ever really hear about him is come the elections when his poster is everywhere.

event

there are 5 seats this year afaik, it was changed since the last one

one is already filled by seamus kirk.

one will be one by the shinners
one will be one by fergus o dowd
one will be won by ged nash
one will be one by ff, id say it'll be liam reilly

i dont think gerry adams will top the poll

Joey the lips

A public poll..... How daft...

Atomic Pineapple

Joey the lips wrote: »

A public poll..... How daft...

Yes possibly better off making the result of the poll private?

not1but4

Joey the lips wrote: »

A public poll..... How daft...

draffodx wrote: »

Yes possibly better off making the result of the poll private?

Dont know why I made it public, sending a PM to the mods now.

Mr Magnolia

Done.

mattock

Thomas Clare Independent is getting my vote, done so much community work and opposed all the big developers and never put in for any expenses during his term as councilor, he was also shafted by FF.

Wolfe Tone

Gerry will be getting my vote. The mind boggles that people will still vote FF.

greenart

Joey the lips wrote: »

A public poll..... How daft...

its only a poll not the actual voting why should the result be private?

furiousox

Can you add a 'don't intend to vote' option to the poll?

charlemont

If i were in Co Louth , it would be Gerry getting my vote..

event

can people state the reasons why they are voting for certain candidates in instead of just saying names?

makes it a bit more interesting

whelan1

why vote for gerry adams , he hasnt a clue on local issues?

Wolfe Tone

whelan1 wrote: »

why vote for gerry adams , he hasnt a clue on local issues?

We have CCs for local issues ffs

whelan1

why are you voting for gerry adams ffs

redzerdrog

if imelda munster also ran for sinn fein she would get a lot of support in the south of the county imo

Oasis_Dublin

Fine Gael. I can't vote for FF and I need to vote for something different in order to hold the FF party accountable in whatever little way that I can. I would not vote for Labour because, even though Gilmore is a far more impressive public speaker than Kenny, that is all he is; a rhetoric merchant. They also have Joan Burton who is far worse than Kenny in my opinion. I would gladly vote for the Sinners but they are genuinely non-existent in my constituency. As such, unless something changes in SF circles, I would say FG will be getting my vote.

I'm still yet to talk to any candidates thought.

ingen

remember folks the broadband situation in drogheda is dire, I wonder what percentage of the town can get near the 24mb DSL speeds that eircom ****e on about that they say is available in Drogheda..


remember to metion to any TD's that call to your door, about the dire DSL broadband situation, and the lack of real competition.......in the area.


why can a housing estate in east meath get 24mb broadband and a town the size of drogheda left with piss poor DSL speeds!

so dont forget to mention to them when they call looking for vote!

Wertz

Adam's move to be included on the electoral register and therefore be a candidate in Dáil elections has failed at the first hurdle, after the address he used to register was rejected as being his residence due to lack of supporting evidence.
Maybe Morgan shouldn't have been as quick to get back to the old fishing...

Mervyn Crawford

Adam's unprincipled move to stand in Louth expresses the cynicism at the heart of Sinn Fein.

Idealist youth long, long ago gave up on the militant nationalism.

Sinn Fein are peopled by carreerists and their lackeys. Are voted for by default and through inertia.

SF are pulling a fast one with regard to the bail-out and economic crisis.

Populist demands for 'IMF out' are no different than Kenny's and Gilmour's posturing on the budget.

Fundamentally all the Dail parties are the same. They have all put forward programmes to repay the gambling debts of the billionaires.

Whatsmore, the antics of Boyd-Barret (SWP- People Before Profit, etc etc) and Higgins (Socialist party) in sowing mortally dangerous illusions in pressure politics ('people power') add more distractions to the mix.

The world capitalist system is in the process of breaking down.

The political establishment do the bidding of their masters in money-pots of the world. Sinn Fein want to be part of the top table in that establishment.

The only way for Irish people to move is through mass independent organisation. Both political and defence. As apart of a worldwide movement to end the capitalist system.

Dail machinations will solve nothing.

10green bottles

Wertz wrote: »

Adam's move to be included on the electoral register and therefore be a candidate in Dáil elections has failed at the first hurdle, after the address he used to register was rejected as being his residence due to lack of supporting evidence.
Maybe Morgan shouldn't have been as quick to get back to the old fishing...

Its not the huge factor that you are making it to be :rolleyes:

10green bottles

Mervyn Crawford wrote: »

Adam's unprincipled move to stand in Louth expresses the cynicism at the heart of Sinn Fein.

Idealist youth long, long ago gave up on the militant nationalism.

Sinn Fein are peopled by carreerists and their lackeys. Are voted for by default and through inertia.

SF are pulling a fast one with regard to the bail-out and economic crisis.

Populist demands for 'IMF out' are no different than Kenny's and Gilmour's posturing on the budget.

Fundamentally all the Dail parties are the same. They have all put forward programmes to repay the gambling debts of the billionaires.

Whatsmore, the antics of Boyd-Barret (SWP- People Before Profit, etc etc) and Higgins (Socialist party) in sowing mortally dangerous illusions in pressure politics ('people power') add more distractions to the mix.

The world capitalist system is in the process of breaking down.

The political establishment do the bidding of their masters in money-pots of the world. Sinn Fein want to be part of the top table in that establishment.

The only way for Irish people to move is through mass independent organisation. Both political and defence. As apart of a worldwide movement to end the capitalist system.

Dail machinations will solve nothing.

Idealist youths are the backbone of SF support and are backed up by oul cronies like me(45)
SF TD'S do not take their full salaries and/or expences from Dail Eireann.
Your argument is fully tilted against SF, and therefore regardless of what you say you have an agenda from the start against SF which renders your spiel null and void!!

10green bottles

whelan1 wrote: »

why are you voting for gerry adams ffs

Have you heard of this new democracy thing?? Catching on it is they reckon !!.!!

mattock

Well I do not want to be governed or led by ex-terrorists and I am sure the rest of the country dont.

10green bottles

mattock wrote: »

Well I do not want to be governed or led by ex-terrorists and I am sure the rest of the country dont.

And i sure dont want to be governed by the IMF for the next f*c*kn 20 years.Is Jacky Healy rae a terrorist of some sort do you reckon??Or Micky Lowry??
The people will decide who leads them,i only express my opinion.

Mervyn Crawford

10greenbottles:

A political view which is against SF and against nationalism is not 'an agenda'. It is a democratic act. You claim to be for democracy.

Adams and the other SF representatives engage in stunts with regard to their 'salary, and/or expenses', they claim.

The salient issue however, is not their personal income; but their position on those who exploit the 'Irish people'.
Morgan, and now Doherty's, Recovery Plan says it all in the title. It implies, and sets out a return to a recovered capitalist economic system.

SF are striking a left pose, as they have done on previous occasions, merely to try and keep a hold of working people who are actually moving to the left in search of a real answer to the world economic crisis.

Thee main lie that SF try to foist on Iirsh workers is that there can be an Irish soloution to this crisis - a la FF of the 1930s! And the removal of the border will release a tidal wave of economic bounty all on its own! Never mind that all the rest of the world is on the point of implosion. And that all the capitalist rulers, including the Irish, are secretly planning mass repression of political opposition to their rule. The only route open to the capitalist rulers is fascism and war. The few mebers in SF who have still to learn the lesson that Gerry Adams and the SF apparatus are cynics of the highest order will learn very quick;y that SF are no friends of the Irish workers; but are loyal servants of the real rulers of this country.

10green bottles

Mervyn,i think you are trying to start some sort of an argument here that dosn't exsist just to put your point across and to score points off SF.

Political stunts are one thing,isnt the country the way it is because of them? but the truth is that higher elected SF representatives only recieve a percentage of their salaries.That is a fact and you can do with it what you want.

SF arent "suddenly" striking a leftist pose,when where they never left??

The rest of your statement makes no sense,blah blah capitalist rulers,blah blah fascism and war,1930's FF etc..YAWN........Tis 2010 man,no one gives a **** about that these days.

Biggins

whelan1 wrote: »

why vote for gerry adams , he hasnt a clue on local issues?

...And that shows just how little you actual know about Gerry!

To restate something I said in another thread:

Actually, Mr Adams spends a LOT of time around Drogheda and its regions, even to Cloughterhead to aid local staff there, Danny Churchill and Ruth Tuite. Mr Adams been around this part of Louth for years.
He's a regular on the streets of Drogheda sometimes.

....And I can say that as a definite non-Sinn Fein fan.

He's always down in Drogheda. Has been for years and years (has friends/relatives/etc) there.

http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056089139&highlight=gerry+adams

The man knows very well, local issues and is a regular face in talking to our local political heads down this direction. Its been that way for years.

Wertz

10green bottles wrote: »

Its not the huge factor that you are making it to be :rolleyes:

Hold on a minute...I'm just letting people know that Adams had an initial problem with his candidacy, in case they missed it on the news. I never said it was a major problem...I like to have a bit of craic on here...my jibe about Morgan was my bit for this thread.
SF voters get very butt hurt on these forums at the slightest criticism...and I say that as someone who voted SF in the past.

Gerry.L

Wertz wrote: »

Hold on a minute...I'm just letting people know that Adams had an initial problem with his candidacy, in case they missed it on the news. I never said it was a major problem...I like to have a bit of craic on here...my jibe about Morgan was my bit for this thread.
SF voters get very butt hurt on these forums at the slightest criticism...and I say that as someone who voted SF in the past.

He just said it wasnt a big issue.... your the only one that got "butt hurt"