Dublin West General Election 2011 [Mod note post #218]

Morag · 24-02-2011 2:42pm

ronan45 wrote: »

Hi All, just got a printed hand written note from leo varadkar lol yes a printed one. Just wondering why is he urging me to vote him number 2 and kieran dennison number 1????

I got that in the door, found it damn hard to try and read so gave up on it.

chucknorris · 24-02-2011 3:31pm

Now that 2pm has come and gone.

Best of luck to all candidates, regardless of party or position.

For anyone to put them selves out to the electorate and have their face's plastered all over the area they live is not easy. I couldn't do it.

GET OUT AND VOTE - NO MATTER WHO OR WHAT YOU FOLLOW, JUST VOTE

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 24-02-2011 3:44pm

Does this moratorium mean that they can't be standing outside the polling stations tomorrow?

Morag · 24-02-2011 3:48pm

Dude the moratorium doedn't apply to this site.

chucknorris · 24-02-2011 3:57pm

Sharrow wrote: »

Dude the moratorium doedn't apply to this site.

Dudess

The Waltzing Consumer · 24-02-2011 10:09pm

chucknorris wrote: »

Dudess

Chucknorris is a girl?

Arciphel · 24-02-2011 10:18pm

Chucknorris is a girl, the best twist in the election campaign so far, up there with the ending of The Sixth Sense

Looking forward to all the tallys coming in over the weekend, i'd say twitter is going to explode!

chucknorris · 24-02-2011 11:37pm

IM ALL MAN

I was referring to another person.....ps: Higgins seems to be getting a good boost where I've heard people talk...

hotmail.com · 25-02-2011 1:46am

Can someone objectively tell me what Dennison is like? How right wing is he? Has he expressed any controversial comments etc...

Anything on him would be great (non FGers respond please).

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 25-02-2011 2:25am

hotmail.com wrote: »

Can someone objectively tell me what Dennison is like? How right wing is he? Has he expressed any controversial comments etc...

Anything on him would be great (non FGers respond please).

I couldn't tell you anything about FG or it's candidates because not a one came a knocking on my door. We had FF twice, Socialists, Labor and SF, but nobody or nothing from FG. That's not a great way to win votes.

chucknorris · 25-02-2011 9:01am

I tihnk the letter Varadkar sent in the Insight (a leaflet that goes to council estates in D15) will do him no favors.

It's a hand written letter asking people in council estates effectively to vote Dennison 1 and Varadkar 2 -

That will P off a lot of people, no one likes to be told what to do.

Interesting to see how it impacts varadkar, clearly he is confident of topping the poll from the clonsilla/castleknock/roselawn areas.

Godge · 25-02-2011 11:30am

chucknorris wrote: »

I tihnk the letter Varadkar sent in the Insight (a leaflet that goes to council estates in D15) will do him no favors.

It's a hand written letter asking people in council estates effectively to vote Dennison 1 and Varadkar 2 -

That will P off a lot of people, no one likes to be told what to do.

Interesting to see how it impacts varadkar, clearly he is confident of topping the poll from the clonsilla/castleknock/roselawn areas.

I know a number of people who have decided to follow that instruction including myself. It is the best hope of keeping FF out of a seat which would be a good result for the country given the way they have destroyed it.

It may mean that Varadkar does not top the poll but that FG take two seats.

Chardee MacDennis · 25-02-2011 11:35am

chucknorris wrote: »

I tihnk the letter Varadkar sent in the Insight (a leaflet that goes to council estates in D15) will do him no favors.

It's a hand written letter asking people in council estates effectively to vote Dennison 1 and Varadkar 2 -

That will P off a lot of people, no one likes to be told what to do.

Interesting to see how it impacts varadkar, clearly he is confident of topping the poll from the clonsilla/castleknock/roselawn areas.

got an email from him yesterday after i asked him a few questions, in fairness to him he is the only td from DW that has responded to any of my emails. unfortunately not going to vote for FG as they are a 'christian party'

. Really still not sure how to vote in this :eek: will be a last minute decision...

Chardee MacDennis · 25-02-2011 11:39am

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

Do you really thing the developers give a **** about who is voted in or out? None of the parties likely to be in power have mentioned holding the people responsible for the debt to account. Or making the bankers pay back their bonuses. Voting out FF sends a message that we're mad at FF now that it's all come crashing down, but were quite happy to leave them in power while we were all living the high life, even though all this development and bank stuff has been going on since at least 2003.

and lets not forget the opposition parties who massively failed at their responsibilities - they called for more spending the whole way through the good times and never brought up any of the issues they do today. Opposition doesnt just mean taking the opposite view point. All our politicians failed us and i dont believe any of FG,L,FF,GP deserve our vote...

ThisRegard · 25-02-2011 11:56am

chucknorris wrote: »

It's a hand written letter asking people in council estates effectively to vote Dennison 1 and Varadkar 2 -

That will P off a lot of people, no one likes to be told what to do.

As opposed to virtually every other parties posters with the slogan "Vote #1"

Can't see how it's going to piss people off bar a minority which probably weren't going to vote for them anyway.

athtrasna · 25-02-2011 12:08pm

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

Does this moratorium mean that they can't be standing outside the polling stations tomorrow?

By law no political activity/gathering/canvassing/posters can be in place on the grounds or within 50m of the entrance to the grounds from half an hour before polling starts to half an hour after it finished.

Pity Joan Burton, Patrick Nulty, Joe Higgins and David McGuinness seem to blatantly disregard that law. Their posters all in place as I cast my vote :mad:

chucknorris · 25-02-2011 12:44pm

athtrasna wrote: »

By law no political activity/gathering/canvassing/posters can be in place on the grounds or within 50m of the entrance to the grounds from half an hour before polling starts to half an hour after it finished.

Pity Joan Burton, Patrick Nulty, Joe Higgins and David McGuinness seem to blatantly disregard that law. Their posters all in place as I cast my vote :mad:

It wasn't going to change your mind now was it - in fact it probably reinforced your view :pac:

athtrasna · 25-02-2011 1:32pm

chucknorris wrote: »

It wasn't going to change your mind now was it - in fact it probably reinforced your view :pac:

Quite probably! The frustrating thing is that this happens EVERY election/referendum and the presiding officer/gardai do nothing about it. I'm sure they see me and think "it's that one moaning about the posters again"!

chucknorris · 25-02-2011 1:50pm

athtrasna wrote: »

Quite probably! The frustrating thing is that this happens EVERY election/referendum and the presiding officer/gardai do nothing about it. I'm sure they see me and think "it's that one moaning about the posters again"!

Their all at it. In fact FG were up a day before the government was dissolved.
No one is more innocent than the other.

Diddler1977 · 25-02-2011 2:08pm

athtrasna wrote: »

By law no political activity/gathering/canvassing/posters can be in place on the grounds or within 50m of the entrance to the grounds from half an hour before polling starts to half an hour after it finished.

Pity Joan Burton, Patrick Nulty, Joe Higgins and David McGuinness seem to blatantly disregard that law. Their posters all in place as I cast my vote :mad:

I used to love going to the polling station with my parents years ago when I was a young one. Do you remember all the canvassing going on and being handed a long strip of stickers? They were great!

chucknorris · 25-02-2011 2:10pm

Diddler1977 wrote: »

I used to love going to the polling station with my parents years ago when I was a young one. Do you remember all the canvassing going on and being handed a long strip of stickers? They were great!

Diddler do you remember the PD ones??? They were rectangular. And that beat the circular.

Lived for the stickers.

Timulus Package · 25-02-2011 2:27pm

athtrasna wrote: »

By law no political activity/gathering/canvassing/posters can be in place on the grounds or within 50m of the entrance to the grounds from half an hour before polling starts to half an hour after it finished.

Pity Joan Burton, Patrick Nulty, Joe Higgins and David McGuinness seem to blatantly disregard that law. Their posters all in place as I cast my vote :mad:

I seen people putting up special Nulty ones outside a polling station last night. Seen a man putting up Lenihans posters lastnight too although that wasn't outside a polling station. Surprised Lenihan was still putting up posters.

athtrasna · 25-02-2011 3:24pm

chucknorris wrote: »

Their all at it. In fact FG were up a day before the government was dissolved.
No one is more innocent than the other.

According to Fingal Co. Co. once they were not up more than 30 days before polling day they don't consider them to be illegal if erected before the election is called.

chucknorris · 25-02-2011 3:37pm

athtrasna wrote: »

According to Fingal Co. Co. once they were not up more than 30 days before polling day they don't consider them to be illegal if erected before the election is called.

The in that case why didn't ANY party put them up a week in advance?

PS: The new Facebook counter on the elections is on 61,000 votes. Impressive.

athtrasna · 25-02-2011 3:40pm

They only said that in an email when I complained about posters being put up on the Monday night.

chucknorris · 25-02-2011 4:00pm

athtrasna wrote: »

They only said that in an email when I complained about posters being put up on the Monday night.

Worth remembering for the future

Diddler1977 · 25-02-2011 4:19pm

chucknorris wrote: »

Diddler do you remember the PD ones??? They were rectangular. And that beat the circular.

Lived for the stickers.

Ha ha! Don't remember those ones - only every got the gaudy circular ones..... Ah so nostalgic!

You used to see kids with them stuck to their cheeks!

oblivious · 25-02-2011 4:38pm

Diddler1977 wrote: »

!

You used to see kids with them stuck to their cheeks!

Ah yes

Morag · 25-02-2011 4:57pm

Came back from voting to find Joe Higgins on my neighbours doorstep, first candidate I have seen out on the road.

Mental Mickey · 25-02-2011 4:58pm

Sharrow wrote: »

Came back from voting to find Joe Higgins on my neighbours doorstep, first candidate I have seen out on the road.

Good oul Joe - better late than never.

Dublin West General Election 2011 [Mod note post #218]

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