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Anyone else sick of ad hominin attacks in Irish politics?

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  • #52
    EURATS
    Registered Users Posts: 528 ✭✭✭EURATS


    Iwasfrozen wrote: »
    That you base your opinion of the most politically powerful man in the country on a childish proverb is frankly scary.

    Anyway by that definition we can condemn all of SF as they keep the company of numerous terrorists.

    That individual got in as a punishment vote for Fianna Fáil. Certainly not on his merits.
    As for SF...u and those like u..already tar them all with the same brush while choosing to ignore your own bed buddies pasts.


  • #53
    Iwasfrozen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,250 ✭✭✭✭Iwasfrozen


    EURATS wrote: »
    That individual got in as a punishment vote for Fianna Fáil. Certainly not on his merits.
    As for SF...u and those like u..already tar them all with the same brush while choosing to ignore your own bed buddies pasts.
    Tar them with the same brush? As you say yourself.

    "Show me their company and I'll tell you what they are"

    Not that I even do consider them all murdering scumbags. It's just that voting for the good ones, like Mary Lou or Pearse helps the murdering scumbags too.


  • #54
    EURATS
    Registered Users Posts: 528 ✭✭✭EURATS


    Iwasfrozen wrote: »
    Tar them with the same brush? As you say yourself.

    "Show me their company and I'll tell you what they are"

    Not that I even do consider them all murdering scumbags. It's just that voting for the good ones helps the murdering scumbags too.


    Eh....yeah. Still frozen. Slán anois.


  • #55
    Iwasfrozen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,250 ✭✭✭✭Iwasfrozen


    EURATS wrote: »
    Eh....yeah. Still frozen. Slán anois.
    Very original. :rolleyes:


  • #56
    Son Of A Vidic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,370 ✭✭✭✭Son Of A Vidic


    Galwayguy35 wrote: »
    Enda uses this tactic because without his advisors prompting him he ofton finds himself unable to answer the hard questions.

    It was no accident that he kept a somewhat low profile during the election.

    Indeed and I would even suggest that 'low profile' is probably even an understatement.


  • #57
    darkhorse
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,274 ✭✭✭darkhorse


    Godge wrote: »
    If Enda Kenny stands up in the Dail every day and reminds us of the murderers in Sinn Fein and the economy-wreckers in FF, then he is doing the country a favour.

    Would it be also your opinion that opposition party TDs and independent TDs should stand up in the Dail every day and remind us of all the past indiscretions by any members of the government, even if those indiscretions included racist comments? Do you also think that they would be doing the country a favour?


  • #58
    raymon
    Registered Users Posts: 2,774 ✭✭✭raymon


    darkhorse wrote: »
    Would it be also your opinion that opposition party TDs and independent TDs should stand up in the Dail every day and remind us of all the past indiscretions by any members of the government, even if those indiscretions included racist comments? Do you also think that they would be doing the country a favour?

    I think a distinction should be made between personal and party traits.

    For example ( using your fictitious example ), if a party policy was to be racist and they are complaining about racist policies then that should be mentioned in a debate on racism

    Another fictitious example would be if a party had a policy of taking money from developers and putting it into their wifes bank accounts then they should be reminded of this if complaining about legislation against this type of thing

    In every case it should be relevant to the debate.


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