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brownswiss

Anyone but gallagher ?

I enjoyed the posts on the election. There seemed to be a strong anti corruption/ff bias on the board....

Did it influence anyone or could most of the posters see through sg/ff from the start...

The pro V anti MMG was quite bitter and little understanding of either points of view...

I am very much against sf but if my family had been treated like the Catholics in the North were treated by the unionists my thinking might be quite different...
I think what has damaged sf ( besides the murders ) is the involvement in crime...

Normal thinking people waited with baited breath when we got the peace process thinking " what now for the redundant freedom fighters "

Zubeneschamali

brownswiss wrote: »

Did it influence anyone or could most of the posters see through sg/ff from the start...

I never saw RTE's Dragon's Den, and knew nothing whatever about Gallagher at the start of the campaign. I posted here that I'd be giving Gallagher my #3, after Davis (to encourage independents) and Higgins, who I expected to win.

Boards.ie certainly helped open my eyes about Gallagher, but Frontline would have done it for me regardless.

nesf

Strong anti-FF bias and a very nasty pro vs anti SF debate are the order of the day on the Politics forum for many years now. Most of the FF supporters from a few years back no longer post on the forum, or if they do they don't openly support FF anymore (and may have stopped supporting them for all I know).

bleg

I'd decided to vote MDH since his candidacy was announced. I'd be considered as a floating voter I suppose. There wasn't anybody that came close to him for me.

Liam Byrne

Zubeneschamali wrote: »

I never saw RTE's Dragon's Den, and knew nothing whatever about Gallagher at the start of the campaign.

Same here.

I didn't change my #1, but an early possible #2 ended up being dumped completely once I realised who he was really representing and the extent of his lies....

bye-bye Seanie! :P

anymore

The two main Norris threads were closed long before the election - was there a hint of political bais there ? A fear perhaps of too much focus on the negative side of Mr Norris. Cant say if I have ever before on any site seen the threads which have attrcted most posts and views actaully being closed down long before the relevant election !

nesf

anymore wrote: »

The two main Norris threads were closed long before the election - was there a hint of political bais there ? A fear perhaps of too much focus on the negative side of Mr Norris. Cant say if I have ever before on any site seen the threads which have attrcted most posts and views actaully being closed down long before the relevant election !

The pro and anti Norris sides couldn't behave in those threads, thus why they were locked. It was a sign of how little Norris mattered in this campaign that there weren't more threads and more discussion about him after the locks. We locked a load of McGuinness threads but it didn't stop the continued discussion of the man etc.

anymore

I thought of posting some Norris threads but didnt see the point. I can't see how the behaviour of posters on the Norris threads differed very much from the general standard of behaviour on the political section. maybe I should review the threads to be fair.

nesf

anymore wrote: »

I thought of posting some Norris threads but didnt see the point. I can't see how the behaviour of posters on the Norris threads differed very much from the general standard of behaviour on the political section. maybe I should review the threads to be fair.

The closest thing trouble-wise to the Norris threads were the McGuinness threads which had a lot of them locked.

KELTICKNIGHTT

Liam Byrne wrote: »

Same here.

I didn't change my #1, but an early possible #2 ended up being dumped completely once I realised who he was really representing and the extent of his lies....

bye-bye Seanie! :P

your a higgins supporter ,why would you vote otherwise

Lemlin

brownswiss wrote: »

Anyone but gallagher ?

I enjoyed the posts on the election. There seemed to be a strong anti corruption/ff bias on the board....

Did it influence anyone or could most of the posters see through sg/ff from the start...

The pro V anti MMG was quite bitter and little understanding of either points of view...

I am very much against sf but if my family had been treated like the Catholics in the North were treated by the unionists my thinking might be quite different...
I think what has damaged sf ( besides the murders ) is the involvement in crime...

Normal thinking people waited with baited breath when we got the peace process thinking " what now for the redundant freedom fighters "

What shocked me most about Boards was the high amount of support Norris received. Even in the post election poll, he was in 2nd or 3rd last time I checked.

People would complain about Gallagher yet have no problem with Norris' chequered past? That's why I find most surprising.

I couldn't even bring myself to give the man a preference after his radio interview and the letters he wrote. Not ot mention the disability claims he has been making while working. Say what you want but there's no way that sort of an action can be warranted.

Zubeneschamali

Lemlin wrote: »

What shocked me most about Boards was the high amount of support Norris received.

He was my #1 from the time he got on the ballot. The only real independent in the race in this reality.

nesf

Lemlin wrote: »

What shocked me most about Boards was the high amount of support Norris received. Even in the post election poll, he was in 2nd or 3rd last time I checked.

Um, boards.ie's demographic is slightly left wing and under 35. i.e. exactly where more of Norris' support was coming from. Norris was always facing the problem of the over 40s vote and that due to the nature of this site, won't be well represented here.

biko

What is this thread about? The title doesn't give anything away.

Zubeneschamali

biko wrote: »

The title doesn't give anything away.

The OP isn't very clear, either, but I think the thread is about:

Did boards.ie influence anyones vote?

Lemlin

Zubeneschamali wrote: »

He was my #1 from the time he got on the ballot. The only real independent in the race in this reality.

And you'd have no problem with any of the revelations that came to light during the course of the campaign?

Zubeneschamali

Lemlin wrote: »

And you'd have no problem with any of the revelations that came to light during the course of the campaign?

Which one? The revelation that Helen Lucy Burke is a dirty old woman, that Norris unwisely wrote letters to support his pervy boyfriend, or that Trinity apparently put a gay man on disability for catching a strange kind of hepatitis in the 80s?

Anyhow, no, none of those bother me in the slightest. I expect Norris to continue to shine in public life for some years to come.

problemchimp

Boards.ie didn't influence my vote but I really enjoyed reading everyones opinions and having the odd row. I got to like some people here and also despise some, but overall a very balanced pile of opinions. See you in 7 years (or maybe sooner if Michael D pops his clogs midway).

jonniebgood1

Zubeneschamali wrote: »

Did boards.ie influence anyones vote?

Not really- It did give quite alot of creedance however to doubts over whether democracy is really the best way of electing our representatives. And no, I don't suggest a better way!

Ozymandius2011

Zubeneschamali wrote: »

I never saw RTE's Dragon's Den, and knew nothing whatever about Gallagher at the start of the campaign. I posted here that I'd be giving Gallagher my #3, after Davis (to encourage independents) and Higgins, who I expected to win.

Boards.ie certainly helped open my eyes about Gallagher, but Frontline would have done it for me regardless.

Do you not think it was very unprofessional of Pat Kenny to quote what a fake twitter page was saying as fact?

Liam Byrne

KELTICKNIGHTT wrote: »

Liam Byrne wrote: »

Same here.

I didn't change my #1, but an early possible #2 ended up being dumped completely once I realised who he was really representing and the extent of his lies....

bye-bye Seanie! :P

your a higgins supporter ,why would you vote otherwise

Define "Higgins supporter"

I viewed him as the best of a bad lot by a mile, so who else would you think I would support ?

thebman

Ozymandius2011 wrote: »

Do you not think it was very unprofessional of Pat Kenny to quote what a fake twitter page was saying as fact?

It was most likely his producer to be fair. Doubt Kenny was using Internet Explorer and hosting a TV program at the same time.

I don't think there was an ABSG vote around anyway. I certainly wasn't, I was anyone but the bad candidates and that left Higgins.

blahfckingblah

I have to say I'm glad at the way this election has gone, my number 1 has done himself proud with a stronger than expected vote (Martin McGuinness), my number 2 is certain to snatch the presidency and my number 3 (Norris) done well considering. Boards was a bad place for me during the run up to the election seemed i couldnt post but be attacked.

Ozymandius2011

thebman wrote: »

It was most likely his producer to be fair. Doubt Kenny was using Internet Explorer and hosting a TV program at the same time.

I don't think there was an ABSG vote around anyway. I certainly wasn't, I was anyone but the bad candidates and that left Higgins.

Who got an easy ride from the media. Perhaps had he not you would have considered him a bad candidate too?

Remember Higgins sat at the Cabinet that introduced the tax-amnesty. He should have been probed more about that.VB was the only one that did so.

It's a funny old world when VB is as impartial as the media gets.