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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,843 ✭✭✭Arciphel


    ciaran76 wrote: »
    Sorry for the poor quality but someone in work told me about this clip so had to forward it onto here.

    http://youtu.be/JWqFWYIQEmE

    Ahhh classic Vincent - how I laughed!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,843 ✭✭✭Arciphel


    I miss Chuck Norris and the fun we used to have in this thread - Chuck, if you are out there, please come back!

    chuck-norris-fist.jpg


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 441 ✭✭godscop


    Chuck Norris and Athtrasna seem to have left. Its a shame they left just before the big day ;). Good luck to all the candidates. May the best man or woman win.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,427 ✭✭✭Morag


    godscop wrote: »
    Chuck Norris and Athtrasna seem to have left. Its a shame they left just before the big day ;). Good luck to all the candidates. May the best man or woman win.

    Why yes how strange, why it's almost like there was some sort of restriction on people who have been officially campaigning, and it suddenly came into effect so that are officially involved can no longer do so.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 13,420 ✭✭✭✭athtrasna


    godscop wrote: »
    Chuck Norris and Athtrasna seem to have left. Its a shame they left just before the big day ;). Good luck to all the candidates. May the best man or woman win.

    I didn't go anywhere. I just didn't have anything to say about a school nowhere near my area and its enrolment policies
    Sharrow wrote: »
    Why yes how strange, why it's almost like there was some sort of restriction on people who have been officially campaigning, and it suddenly came into effect so that are officially involved can no longer do so.

    I'm not campaigning for any candidate officially or unofficially. What I have said is people are still hurting too much from 17 years of FF in government for McGuinness to have a chance. I have said I don't seem to fit Nulty's canvass demographic. I said I think O'Gorman will get a large middle class vote from people who don't want to add another government TD.

    I also mentioned and will say again that Ruth Coppinger has shown utter contempt and disrespect for my area and as a result I will be vociferously rejecting her and urging others to do likewise.

    Oh and Waterville rarely if ever gets canvassed ;):D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 441 ✭✭godscop


    athtrasna wrote: »
    I didn't go anywhere. I just didn't have anything to say about a school nowhere near my area and its enrolment policies



    I'm not campaigning for any candidate officially or unofficially. What I have said is people are still hurting too much from 17 years of FF in government for McGuinness to have a chance. I have said I don't seem to fit Nulty's canvass demographic. I said I think O'Gorman will get a large middle class vote from people who don't want to add another government TD.

    I also mentioned and will say again that Ruth Coppinger has shown utter contempt and disrespect for my area and as a result I will be vociferously rejecting her and urging others to do likewise.

    Oh and Waterville rarely if ever gets canvassed ;):D
    Does it get cavassed Yes or No ? Who canvassed for this election ?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 13,420 ✭✭✭✭athtrasna


    godscop wrote: »
    Does it get cavassed Yes or No ? Who canvassed for this election ?

    First ever canvassers in 7 years was FG in the GE this year. Have been out a lot and away on hols this month but had "sorry I missed you" card from FG this time. Chuck Norris said FF were in the area this week but I have seen no evidence of that.

    We still apparently don't have enough votes. Not a lot has changed since "Forgotten Waterville" from the Community Voice in 2009 http://www.communityvoice.ie/pages/CV139/CV139n11.htm
    Forgotten Waterville

    Dear Editor,

    For the past five years I have lived in Waterville, moving in before the 2004 local elections. In that time we have had local & European elections twice, a General Election and at least one referendum. Leaflets, we have had plenty of, but where are the would-be politicians, the canvassers, the people who want our votes? Nowhere to be seen!

    I had hoped that these Local & European Elections might bring our first canvassers but no joy. The usual leaflets, including some from the candidates in Mulhuddart who don’t seem to know that their electoral area ends on the opposite side of the Snugborough Road (!), arrived but then again we didn’t even get leaflets from all the Castleknock candidates.

    Having raised this with some of the political types in the area I was told that there weren’t enough registered voters in Waterville to make it worth canvassing. I thought every vote counts? It’s not even as if we’re gated communities or all in large blocks, a very high percentage of the units in Waterville are own-door units be it townhouses, duplexes or ground floor apartments. We are accessible.

    So now, too late for the recent election but in time for the next one, I ask all political parties not to forget the many voters in Waterville. A leaflet in the door is not the same as personal contact, surely we are worth a few hours of your time.

    Yours etc.
    Waterville Voter
    Blanchardstown
    Dublin 15

    (Name and address with Editor)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 13,687 ✭✭✭✭jack presley


    I just drove down Auburn Avenue and some of Eithne Loftus' posters have 'only government candidate' plastered on them. What's this about? Does Nulty not count?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 13,420 ✭✭✭✭athtrasna


    I just drove down Auburn Avenue and some of Eithne Loftus' posters have 'only government candidate' plastered on them. What's this about? Does Nulty not count?

    Nulty has been openly and repeatedly speaking out against this government since before the coalition, therefore it's a fair enough point IMO, especially if he's now trying to get elected as a government candidate


  • Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 13,105 Mod ✭✭✭✭JupiterKid


    Well, I hope Dublin 15 boardsies got out and voted today.

    At the polling station, I noticed that there were two ballot boxes - one for the Presidential vote and referenda, the other for the by-election.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 13,420 ✭✭✭✭athtrasna


    JupiterKid wrote: »
    At the polling station, I noticed that there were two ballot boxes - one for the Presidential vote and referenda, the other for the by-election.

    That's because the Presidential Election & Referendum counts are taking place at Dublin Castle and the Bye-Election count is at CityWest (AFAIK)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,047 ✭✭✭Hilly Bill


    The amount of junk mail the candidates posted through the letterboxes was unreal. One flyer or whatever would have done not one every few . Such as big waste of money so i didnt vote for the culprits. Nulty's posters was all over the school car park gates in Mountview and the other main candidates had posters on every lamp post, far too much in the area.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,633 ✭✭✭chucknorris


    Arciphel wrote: »
    Chuck Norris has been very quiet of late, I wonder what is going on in the FF camp at the moment? Maybe he didn't like that Independent news article saying that the FF sages thought that McGuinness had no hope of winning the Dublin West seat....

    I was busy postering, leafleting, campaigning and working toward the first preference count of 7750 :D

    I do not always have the time to give you lot a run for your money :)

    CHUCK NORRIS WAS RIGHT - Didn't David do well and only 25 years of age.

    WE HAVEN'T GONE AWAY YOU KNOW - oh wait, that's a SF line :P


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,571 ✭✭✭daymobrew


    Did David have to take time off teaching for the campaign?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 27,833 ✭✭✭✭ThisRegard


    CHUCK NORRIS WAS RIGHT - Didn't David do well and only 25 years of age.
    The winner wasn't much older.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,633 ✭✭✭chucknorris


    ThisRegard wrote: »
    The winner wasn't much older.

    Yes he was, the winner as 29 going on 30.
    The 2nd place battler is 25 going on 26 in July of next year.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 18,056 ✭✭✭✭BostonB


    5 yrs is nothing? :confused:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,044 ✭✭✭Gaspode


    Chuck, the only thing worse than a bad loser is a bad winner (or runner-up as the case may be).
    Please follow the charter for the forum


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,729 ✭✭✭Pride Fighter


    Hilly Bill wrote: »
    The amount of junk mail the candidates posted through the letterboxes was unreal. One flyer or whatever would have done not one every few . Such as big waste of money so i didnt vote for the culprits. Nulty's posters was all over the school car park gates in Mountview and the other main candidates had posters on every lamp post, far too much in the area.

    It is not junk mail, it is a political message and elections only happen every couple of years. It's usually people that have those signs that moan about politicians not being in touch. Junk mail would be the likes of take away menus and clothes collections not political leaflets.



    Yes he was, the winner as 29 going on 30.
    The 2nd place battler is 25 going on 26 in July of next year.

    Patrick Nulty is 28 going on 29 and is a policy analyst for a housing and homeless charity. As a result he'll have policy and legislative experience, the last thing the Dail needs is another teacher.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 13,420 ✭✭✭✭athtrasna


    It is not junk mail, it is a political message and elections only happen every couple of years. It's usually people that have those signs that moan about politicians not being in touch. Junk mail would be the likes of take away menus and clothes collections not political leaflets.

    I think there's a couple of issues there.

    Litir Um Thoghachain - this is sent to everyone on the electoral register, one from each candidate. With 7 Presidential Candidates and 13 Bye-Election Candidates, that's 20 addressed items to each voter..which is a lot

    Other Party literature - in my opinion that is only junk mail when it only comes at election time. Certainly Labour and FG send regular updates during the year. It really winds me up when politicians only think we're worth contacting at election time.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 18,056 ✭✭✭✭BostonB


    It is not junk mail, it is a political message and elections only happen every couple of years. It's usually people that have those signs that moan about politicians not being in touch. Junk mail would be the likes of take away menus and clothes collections not political leaflets. ...

    Not sure I agree most the ones I saw were full of generic soundbites rather anything of substance. Ditto their websites.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 23,862 ✭✭✭✭January


    athtrasna wrote: »
    I think there's a couple of issues there.

    Litir Um Thoghachain - this is sent to everyone on the electoral register, one from each candidate. With 7 Presidential Candidates and 13 Bye-Election Candidates, that's 20 addressed items to each voter..which is a lot

    Other Party literature - in my opinion that is only junk mail when it only comes at election time. Certainly Labour and FG send regular updates during the year. It really winds me up when politicians only think we're worth contacting at election time.

    I didn't get anything from any of the Independent candidates for the Bye-election.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,381 ✭✭✭oblivious


    January wrote: »
    I didn't get anything from any of the Independent candidates for the Bye-election.

    i would be surprised if a few have never been to Dublin 15;)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,633 ✭✭✭chucknorris



    Patrick Nulty is 28 going on 29 and is a policy analyst for a housing and homeless charity. As a result he'll have policy and legislative experience, the last thing the Dail needs is another teacher.


    That's a fantastic response. As a result of his legislative experience, how will he vote for water charges and the upcoming budget?

    Let me remind you before you say FF this and FF that, Patrick Nulty said on drivetime RTE that he will always vote with Labour. It is on Youtube if I am not mistaken.

    Patrick Nulty is screwed now no matter what way you look at it.

    Joan Burton is absolutley devastated - he is a loose canon and he may blame it on FF - but what the hell is he going to do? First challenge is wealth tax that he wants instead of water charges. What will happen? F**K ALL.

    He is f*****d


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,044 ✭✭✭Gaspode


    election is no longer 'upcoming'. Thread closed.


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