The Official After Hours Election Day Thread *Mod Note in OP*

Dionysus

What bad form of Gay Mitchell and Mary Davis to not have the grace or dignity to congratulate Michael D. I'd expect that from Mitchell, but not from Davis. No class or generosity there - and Mitchell doesn't even have the excuse that he's now burdened with a massive debt for his election expenses.

My name is URL

Poor Gay looking awfully downtrodden on the news just now.

Jesus Wept

hondasam wrote: »

http://t.co/SjcubF3u

He has not changed much.

As suspected... even when he was 30, he was 70.

Want to see a 15-25 year old Micky D.

ríomhaire

My name is URL wrote: »

http://www.irishcentral.com/story/roots/the_american_in_ireland/elected-michael-d-higgins---irelands-most-anti-american-president-132787713.html#ixzz1cC9j5B00




Nice headline for an Irish-American news source :rolleyes:

Disliking American foreign policy doesn't make you anti-American

Disleksic

Dionysus wrote: »

There will, however, be a former member of Fianna Fáil-The Republican Party, and the son of an IRA man (who was sentenced to death for his IRA activity), in the Áras for 1916. That should put the smile on the other side of your face.

What really puts a smile on both sides of my face though is the terrible performance of SF in the Dublin West by-election. This gives a far more accurate picture of SF's standing in the Irish Republic than the performance of a "celebrity" candidate in the Presidential election. The SF candidate, Paul Donnelly, finished in a miserable fifth place with just 8.9% of the vote, behind candidates from Labour, Fianna Fail, the Socialist Party and Fine Gael. The only candidates he did better than were a Green Party candidate and a ragbag of Independents. Happy days.

1916 ha ha, check your centuries. I thought SF want everybody to move on.

PK2008

LOL at all the IRA/MMG fanboys

nice_very

PK2008 wrote: »

LOL at all the IRA/MMG fanboys

LOL at all the..... know what? I'm not going to bother

PK2008

nice_very wrote: »

LOL at all the..... know what? I'm not going to bother

LOL

Seanchai

Disleksic wrote: »

What really puts a smile on both sides of my face though is the terrible performance of SF in the Dublin West by-election. This gives a far more accurate picture of SF's standing in the Irish Republic than the performance of a "celebrity" candidate in the Presidential election....

Hmm. Let me guess: you're British? :rolleyes: Oh, and please stop twisting Irish political opinion to suit your prejudices and ignorance. It makes you look bitter.

Disleksic

Seanchai wrote: »

Hmm. Let me guess: you're British? :rolleyes: Oh, and please stop twisting Irish political opinion to suit your prejudices and ignorance. It makes you look bitter.

No, I am Irish. From the Republic of Ireland, duh. Like the failed Presidential candidate McGuinness, you seem to think that everyone who disagrees with SF/IRA is British or West Brit. I am definitely not bitter about the recent election results. On the contrary, I am absolutely delighted with the IRA's poor showing in both the Presidential election and the Dublin West by-election. As an added bonus, Coco the clown's Presidential campaign has educated a whole new generation about the atrocities carried out by the IRA against Jean McConville, Jerry McCabe, Private Patrick Kelly and many, many more. Lots more people now know that the so called protectors of the Catholic population in Northern Ireland actually ended up killing more of them than the British Army and the RUC combined. It's been a great few days for Ireland.

Seanchai

Disleksic wrote: »

No, I am Irish.... Like the failed Presidential candidate McGuinness,you seem to think that everyone who disagrees with SF/IRA is British or West Brit. I am definitely not bitter [haha!] about the recent election results. On the contrary, I am absolutely delighted [haha!] with the IRA's poor showing in both the Presidential election and the Dublin West by-election. As an added bonus, Coco the clown's Presidential campaign has educated a whole new generation about the atrocities carried out by the IRA against Jean McConville, Jerry McCabe, Private Patrick Kelly and many, many more. Lots more people now know that the so called protectors of the Catholic population in Northern Ireland actually ended up killing more of them than the British Army and the RUC combined. It's been a great few days for Ireland.

The delusions.

"Irish Republic" => British/British unionist/West Brit contempt for the state internationally recognised by its official name, Ireland, and its official description, Republic of Ireland: ✔

"SF/IRA" => West Brit/British unionist bitterness: ✔

"Jean McConville" etc => West Brit/British unionist bitterness: ✔

Interpreting McGuinness's receipt of 265,196 votes

more than Sinn Féin received in the last Presidential election, when it wasn't strong enough to even field a candidate, as failure => Terrible maths skills and Sunday Independent bitterness: ✔

Interpreting Sinn Féin's

increased vote in the Presidential Election of 13.7%, or 265,196 votes, as a "failure" when contrasted with the Sinn Féin vote in the General Election of 2011 of 9.9%, or 220,661 votes => Terrible maths skills and Sunday Independent bitterness: ✔

Interpreting Sinn Féin's

increased vote in the Dublin West by-election of 8.9%, or 3,173 votes, as decline on the 6.9%, or 2.197 votes, the party achieved there in the 2011 General Election => Terrible maths skills and Sunday Independent bitterness: ✔

Disleksic

Seanchai wrote: »

The delusions.

• "Irish Republic" => British/British unionist/West Brit contempt for the state internationally recognised by its official name, Ireland, and its official description, Republic of Ireland: ✔

• "SF/IRA" => West Brit/British unionist bitterness: ✔

• "Jean McConville" etc => West Brit/British unionist bitterness: ✔

• Interpreting McGuinness's receipt of 265,196 votes more than Sinn Féin received in the last Presidential election, when it wasn't strong enough to even field a candidate, as failure => Terrible maths skills and Sunday Independent bitterness: ✔

• Interpreting Sinn Féin's increased vote in the Presidential Election of 13.7%, or 265,196 votes, as a "failure" when contrasted with the Sinn Féin vote in the General Election of 2011 of 9.9%, or 220,661 votes => Terrible maths skills and Sunday Independent bitterness: ✔

• Interpreting Sinn Féin's increased vote in the Dublin West by-election of 8.9%, or 3,173 votes, as decline on the 6.9%, or 2.197 votes, the party achieved there in the 2011 General Election => Terrible maths skills and Sunday Independent bitterness: ✔

Calling everybody who disagrees with you a West Brit. Check

Lying about leaving the IRA in 1974. Check

Referring to this country as "down here" or "the 26 counties". Check

Being in an organisation which killed more Catholics than the British Army and the RUC combined. Check

Becoming apoplectic with rage when questioned about the torture and murders which were perpetrated by your organisation. Check

Looking like a clown without his make-up on. Check

Have the hard neck to present your inevitable failure as a success. Check

Congratulations Martin, you have passed the test and will be the IRA's Presidential candidate.

My name is URL

Anyone watching the inauguration? Feck sake

Morlar

My name is URL wrote: »

Anyone watching the inauguration? Feck sake

Why ? is mickey D sitting on a giant platform/baywatch style lifeguard tower ?

FetchTheGin

F'sake, the amount of religious spiel involved is sickening.

My name is URL

FetchTheGin wrote: »

F'sake, the amount of religious spiel involved is sickening.

Post number 666

Mr.Crinklewood

Georgie Burgess has popped in. He seems to be behind the main lecturn to the right.

FetchTheGin

My name is URL wrote: »

Post number 666

A coincidence I assure you...

*polishes pitchfork* :pac:

steelcityblues

Why are humanists afraid to call themselves atheists?

SEPT 23 1989

It sounds like something out of The Lord of the Rings on the radio:D

Morlar

Watching it now, so we have had christian, coptic christian, jewish, islamic and now a representative of the humanist association of Ireland. When the jedi representative shows up I am tuning out.

dark crystal

FetchTheGin wrote: »

F'sake, the amount of religious spiel involved is sickening.

Absolutely. All the singing is a pain in the @rse too.

Biggins

Jeasus.... just tuned in. Who died?
Sounds like a buckin' funeral! Good fcuks!

Biggins

steelcityblues wrote: »

Why are humanists afraid to call themselves atheists?

One is an ideology/belief, the other is an organisation - just as Christians are in the Catholic Organisation.

steelcityblues

Hurry it up Enda.

Mr.Crinklewood

steelcityblues wrote: »

Why are humanists afraid to call themselves atheists?

Afraid of what God will do to them.

steelcityblues

Mr.Crinklewood wrote: »

Afraid of what God will do to them.

They shouldn't worry about it while they are alive.

My name is URL

The synchronised sign language is a nice touch

steelcityblues

'Ireland we can be proud of'.

I see no evidence of that since 2008.

Fluorescence

I loved Mickey D's speech. Enda's was uninspired and the rest of the ceremony was overly pompous, I thought.