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ULSU Elections 2014 (Voting Thursday March 13) #VoteUL

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    #62
    goldencrisp62
    Closed Accounts Posts: 114 ✭✭goldencrisp62


    bolger has gone viral boys, video has three thousand hits! hope he wins and sticks two fingers up to the canoe club!


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    #63
    Jester252
    Registered Users Posts: 5,533 ✭✭✭Jester252


    jonny_bravo wrote: »
    You like your stereotypes Jester eh?

    There stereotypes for a reason besides I didn't bring in stereotypes.


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    #64
    Jester252
    Registered Users Posts: 5,533 ✭✭✭Jester252


    goldencrisp62 wrote: »
    bolger has gone viral boys, video has three thousand hits! hope he wins and sticks two fingers up to the canoe club!

    and still not posted on his Facebook page. The wolf of the students union he is not. More like the layabout of the students union.


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    #65
    goldencrisp62
    Closed Accounts Posts: 114 ✭✭goldencrisp62


    it is on his fb page

    5k views. the kid's on a winner.

    nother must be soiling himself.


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    #66
    jonny_bravo
    Registered Users Posts: 26 ✭jonny_bravo


    Jester252 wrote: »
    Thankfully Mr GAA is not a big voter.

    Not a stereotypical comment no? Maybe its time the trend has been broken...


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    #67
    Jester252
    Registered Users Posts: 5,533 ✭✭✭Jester252


    goldencrisp62 wrote: »
    it is on his fb page

    5k views. the kid's on a winner.

    nother must be soiling himself.

    It's not. He hasn't posted it at all and to further prove that the he's not the man for the job, he has only posted his manifesto which is lacking


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    #68
    jonny_bravo
    Registered Users Posts: 26 ✭jonny_bravo


    Does he need to post it when its already going viral?


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    #69
    Jester252
    Registered Users Posts: 5,533 ✭✭✭Jester252


    jonny_bravo wrote: »
    Not a stereotypical comment no? Maybe its time the trend has been broken...

    Did I say it wasn't? Care to read the post that it was responding to?


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    #70
    Jester252
    Registered Users Posts: 5,533 ✭✭✭Jester252


    jonny_bravo wrote: »
    Does he need to post it when its already going viral?

    On his campaign page

    yes
    seen as the video has no link to the page and not to mention the fact he can't keep his name straight.


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    #71
    jonny_bravo
    Registered Users Posts: 26 ✭jonny_bravo


    So you think Nother and Bogue are doing a better job to reach "Mr GAA" which is probably the predominant population of UL seeing as its Ireland's leading sporting college?

    It obviously states in his manifesto that he is trying to reach the greater population of UL by targeting those who are not currently involved... So it seems he is sticking to his word in targeting that audience for the moment

    I am neither for or against but I feel his work has been effective to date whether he does/doesnt hand around sweets and annoy people when they try to get to their classes


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    #72
    phish
    Registered Users Posts: 240 ✭✭phish


    Jester252 wrote: »
    On his campaign page

    yes
    seen as the video has no link to the page and not to mention the fact he can't keep his name straight.

    Heard it's not posted as it didn't pass ERB.


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    #73
    Jester252
    Registered Users Posts: 5,533 ✭✭✭Jester252


    jonny_bravo wrote: »
    So you think Nother and Bogue are doing a better job to reach "Mr GAA" which is probably the predominant population of UL seeing as its Ireland's leading sporting college?

    It obviously states in his manifesto that he is trying to reach the greater population of UL by targeting those who are not currently involved... So it seems he is sticking to his word in targeting that audience for the moment

    I am neither for or against but I feel his work has been effective to date whether he does/doesnt hand around sweets and annoy people when they try to get to their classes

    That tactic hasn't worked for anyone before. The SU is happy if 4,000 students vote. Out of 11,000 undergrad and 1,000s of postgrads its a small percentage. The ones who do vote are connected to the SU and C&S. Just look back over the years of the SU and you'll see that the officers where connected to the SU before they got elected.


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    #74
    jonny_bravo
    Registered Users Posts: 26 ✭jonny_bravo


    phish wrote: »
    Heard it's not posted as it didn't pass ERB.
    If it didnt pass ERB why were sabbatical members including current president Emma Porter and Paddy Rockett watching it in the courtyard today? Why was is it even issued/released then?

    Thats nonsense, he showed the video on the campus grounds and nothing was said...of course its passed!


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    #75
    Jester252
    Registered Users Posts: 5,533 ✭✭✭Jester252


    phish wrote: »
    Heard it's not posted as it didn't pass ERB.

    Well that is him fecked. Seen as he was out campaigning with the video


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    #76
    Ginge Young
    Registered Users Posts: 271 ✭✭Ginge Young


    Jester252 wrote: »
    Well that is him fecked. Seen as he was out campaigning with the video

    The video was passed by the ERB as far as I have been led to believe. That is why it was posted first accidentally, and then taken down until it was approved.


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    #77
    phish
    Registered Users Posts: 240 ✭✭phish


    jonny_bravo wrote: »
    If it didnt pass ERB why were sabbatical members including current president Emma Porter and Paddy Rockett watching it in the courtyard today? Why was is it even issued/released then?

    Thats nonsense, he showed the video on the campus grounds and nothing was said...of course its passed!

    Sorry didn't see it in the courtyard today, I admit I heard it on Monday so maybe it was passed since.


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    #78
    jonny_bravo
    Registered Users Posts: 26 ✭jonny_bravo


    Jester252 wrote: »
    That tactic hasn't worked for anyone before. The SU is happy if 4,000 students vote. Out of 11,000 undergrad and 1,000s of postgrads its a small percentage. The ones who do vote are connected to the SU and C&S. Just look back over the years of the SU and you'll see that the officers where connected to the SU before they got elected.

    So you mean to tell me the majority vote of UL are either people directly connected with the SU and C&S? And the remainder are postgrads?

    When I "look back over the years" all I can see is the same predominant group of people being re-elected and recycling votes year after year...You are right to say that those who are elected have a history with the SU prior to being elected but atleast Bolger is trying to change from the norm and step outside, what sounds like, your comfort zone?


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    #79
    marblepaper
    Closed Accounts Posts: 35 ✭marblepaper


    I take back my statement of the candidate list being lifeless and boring.
    Tommy Bulger will pull in a large amount of votes. The vast majority of people on boards are interested in the SU elections. The vast majority of UL students however, are not. "Yer man from the video" will become well known. The GAA pint drinker demographic is a lot more powerful than you think.
    Saw Bogue today, does not come across as the lowbrow pop psychology version of Sylvia Plath I had in my head. She needs to go out on the lash with a gang of rowdy lads to secure their vote. The informed voters I think will already have her as their #1. . .


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    #80
    Jester252
    Registered Users Posts: 5,533 ✭✭✭Jester252


    jonny_bravo wrote: »
    So you mean to tell me the majority vote of UL are either people directly connected with the SU and C&S? And the remainder are postgrads?

    When I "look back over the years" all I can see is the same predominant group of people being re-elected and recycling votes year after year...You are right to say that those who are elected have a history with the SU prior to being elected but atleast Bolger is trying to change from the norm and step outside, what sounds like, your comfort zone?

    No the majority of voters are involved in the SU

    But ever year you have a Bolger who runs on the fact that he is an outsider. How many outsides have made it in?


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    #81
    marblepaper
    Closed Accounts Posts: 35 ✭marblepaper


    Jester252 wrote: »
    No the majority of voters are involved in the SU

    But ever year you have a Bolger who runs on the fact that he is an outsider. How many outsides have made it in?

    Technically he is not an outsider. He was First Year Rep in Class Reps Council. I bet more than half of UL don't even know what that is.


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    #82
    imakefilms
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    The video DID pass the ERB. Not sure why he hasn't posted it to his page though.


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    #83
    Polar Ice
    Registered Users Posts: 857 ✭✭✭Polar Ice


    imakefilms wrote: »
    The video DID pass the ERB. Not sure why he hasn't posted it to his page though.

    Cause he's organised ;)


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    #84
    jonny_bravo
    Registered Users Posts: 26 ✭jonny_bravo


    Jester252 wrote: »
    No the majority of voters are involved in the SU

    But ever year you have a Bolger who runs on the fact that he is an outsider. How many outsides have made it in?

    To be quite honest Im not in an informed position to answer that question but he has been recognized in the SU as first year class rep back in 2010/11, and has ran events such as the First Year ball and the Fall ball which gave him a lot of popularity and recognition within and outside the SU


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    #85
    Jester252
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    marblepaper wrote: »
    Technically he is not an outsider. He was First Year Rep in Class Reps Council. I bet more than half of UL don't even know what that is.

    and he didn't leave a good impression with the SU


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    #86
    jonny_bravo
    Registered Users Posts: 26 ✭jonny_bravo


    Jester252 wrote: »
    and he didn't leave a good impression with the SU

    And you would know how?


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    #87
    djnr8
    Registered Users Posts: 114 ✭✭djnr8


    I think Bolger reminds a few people of Boland that ran 2 years ago and pulled in a massive amount of votes when the majority of people considered him a joke. Bolger is like Boland 2.0, I think he's gonna surprise quite a few people


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    #88
    marblepaper
    Closed Accounts Posts: 35 ✭marblepaper


    Jester252 wrote: »
    and he didn't leave a good impression with the SU

    Which is not that many people, the SU are a minority group realistically.


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    #89
    Jester252
    Registered Users Posts: 5,533 ✭✭✭Jester252


    jonny_bravo wrote: »
    And you would know how?

    I hear whispers


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    #90
    Jester252
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    marblepaper wrote: »
    Which is not that many people, the SU are a minority group realistically.

    But they're the group that votes.


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    #91
    Polar Ice
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    djnr8 wrote: »
    I think Bolger reminds a few people of Boland

    "Boland for better condoms"

    There are similarities between the two (Empowerment/Motivate), but the way they're campaigning is completely different. Boland's campaign was rather low key that year and then he drew in an unexpectedly large number of votes.
    Bolger's campaign is much more prominent and out there


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