Micheál Martin & his Late Late (Electioneering) Thread Sept 21

Welsh Megaman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vvYc6q7-Os

Skid X

Fianna Fail should rebrand to 'The Soldiers of Destiny'

I've never voted for them but that's an excellent nickname which would make a good Movie Franchise title.

It's wasted on them, to be honest.

Atlantic Dawn

What I am looking forward to is the blasphamy and womens place in the constitution votes because the media will have to give some looperised No side full and equal coverage, someone could setup a Monster Raving Loony style party for both and have lots of craic.

Defaulter1831

Fianna Fail have had their troubles but why the love in with Leo and his right wing Blue Shirts. I could never vote for a Blue Shirt. Anathema..

Yer Da sells Avon

I'll be giving my No. 2 to Gavin Duffy.

(by which I mean I'll be sending him a turd in the post)

Atlantic Dawn

Anyone should be able to run for President once they obtain say 5k nominations, it's a joke that it's a closed shop on who can be selected.

Defaulter1831

vladmydad wrote: »

Oh yeh we forgive the failures because there’s an abortion for everyone in the audience.

Looks like it

Skid X

FF need to get out of this confidence agreement where they get no credit for anything good and take all the blame for everything bad.

They can't campaign next time as an alternative new government when they have kept Leo & the Indies in for years.

Hitchens

ah, the Cork Comb-over

Lisha

Ol' Donie wrote: »

Nope. Just Kieran Donaghy so far.

Saw him, he seems a very nice guy.... however I can’t decide what I think if micheal Martin!

vladmydad

Defaulter1831 wrote: »

Fianna Fail have had their troubles but why the love in with Leo and his right wing Blue Shirts. I could never vote for a Blue Shirt. Anathema..

There are no right wing parties in Ireland. All parties are left wing in Ireland, ALL of them. A one politics state.

Aidric

'Polls can get it wrong'. Absolutely agree on that point. But to say FF are rebuilding, LOL. Where is the evidence for this? The old guard conservative is still at its core.

Atlantic Dawn

Public debt is €42k per person in this country, the way some of these clowns go on you would think we were as affluent as Monaco.

Skid X

Sean Gallagher is Fianna Fail to the core, this photo is from an Ogra Fianna Fail Dinner Dance

His Fianna Fail connections lasted longer than his hair

vladmydad

Aidric wrote: »

'Polls can get it wrong'. Absolutely agree on that point. But to say FF are rebuilding, LOL. Where is the evidence for this? The old guard conservative is still at its core.

Conservative lol WHAT! Where ???
Virtue signaling lefties

Defaulter1831

vladmydad wrote: »

There are no right wing parties in Ireland. All parties are left wing in Ireland, ALL of them. A one politics state.

The Blueshirts are. Core support from big farmers etc. Still retained, you see it on the ground.

Does anyone seriously believe the crash wouldn't have happened with them in power...

Hitchens

Where does this mantra "the people don't want an election" come from?

Ol' Donie

Lisha wrote: »

Saw him, he seems a very nice guy.... however I can’t decide what I think if micheal Martin!

I know what you mean.

But whatever way you look at it, he's a better guest than, say, Donal Skeehan.

vladmydad

Defaulter1831 wrote: »

vladmydad wrote: »

There are no right wing parties in Ireland. All parties are left wing in Ireland, ALL of them. A one politics state.

The Blueshirts are. Core support from big farmers etc. Still retained, you see it on the ground.

Does anyone seriously believe the crash wouldn't have happened with them in power...

In what way are they right wing. They raised taxes, more regulations. Highly socially liberal. Pro mass immigration pro EU etc

Atlantic Dawn

Why was it great craic 1916 attacking occupying forces but doing the same in 1980's Northern Ireland was not?

Ally Dick

There's a special place in Hell for Micheal, and his U-turn on abortion

Welsh Megaman

Lisha

Ol' Donie wrote: »

I know what you mean.

But whatever way you look at it, he's a better guest than, say, Donal Skeehan.

Yes!!

MM is a nice guy I think. But in my opinion politics ruins people’s integrity.

super_furry

Not a fan, don't like the man or his party but I think he's doing well here.

EPAndlee

Anyone else not give a sh!te about politics

Lisha

super_furry wrote: »

Not a fan, don't like the man or his party but I think he's doing well here.

Exactly, I don’t want to like him, but he is very personable here.

LoughNeagh2017

I've no time for this free stater, no friend of the Ulster men (Catholics)

Atlantic Dawn

EPAndlee wrote: »

Anyone else not give a sh!te about politics

Trump makes it interesting

Skid X

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

I like these Fianna Fail Tinder Profiles

"I was on the committee every year except for one year when I couldn't be bothered"

Ya mad yoke, Tubs Senior.

Henryhill2

Skid X wrote: »

Sean Gallagher is Fianna Fail to the core, this photo is from an Ogra Fianna Fail Dinner Dance

His Fianna Fail connections lasted longer than his hair

Public speaking award lol!

Didn't help him the night of the brown envelope fiasco

vladmydad

Ally Dick wrote: »

There's a special place in Hell for Michael, and his U-turn on abortion

And an apologist for vile regimes

Lisha

The ‘Silent Yes’ vote in the referendum was so surprisingly huge.

Defaulter1831

vladmydad wrote: »

In what way are they right wing. They raised taxes, more regulations. Highly socially liberal. Pro mass immigration pro EU etc

Their core support base. They've gone all trendy with Leo catching the younger floating vote. I personally loathe them. In rural Ireland they are supported by people with a lot of land, who still look down on the ordinary worker, small farmer.

The very people who prospered around 1845-52, while their neighbours starved or emigrated. Sucks to the crown.

Atlantic Dawn

The corporatisation of residential property should be made illegal.

Ally Dick

Can't believe how this man is still a potential Taoiseach. He was part of the team that crashed the economy ten years ago. Amazing really

Skid X

Our Graham on Blind Date would have struggled to make young Micheál sound fun. Mad keen on the politics and the teaching.

vladmydad

So now he’s an abortion hero because he flip flopped and went with the populist way. #nointegrity

Hitchens

Ally Dick wrote: »

Can't believe how this man is still a potential Taoiseach. He was part of the team that crashed the economy ten years ago. Amazing really

as the architect of the smoking ban he deserves credit

Atlantic Dawn

The housing crisis has been the best thing to solve teenage pregnancies since the condom was invented.

EPAndlee

Sure the council haven't the time or men for building houses seeing as it take 6 lads to fill in a pot hole and and 6 months to resurface a road

Defaulter1831

Why all the posters of Ogra Fianna Fail as if they were criminals?

Surely Simon Harris should be plastered up too. More people on trolleys than ever.

vladmydad

Defaulter1831 wrote: »

vladmydad wrote: »

In what way are they right wing. They raised taxes, more regulations. Highly socially liberal. Pro mass immigration pro EU etc

Their core support base. They've gone all trendy with Leo catching the younger floating vote. I personally loathe them. In rural Ireland they are supported by people with a lot of land, who still look down on the ordinary worker, small farmer.

The very people who prospered around 1845-52, while their neighbours starved or emigrated. Sucks to the crown.

Yes but my contention is that I wish they or somebody was right wing. It doesn’t matter who’s in power, they all see the world through a globalist lefty lens.

Atlantic Dawn

Brexit will do serious damage to this country if it's a no deal, we shouldn't be hand in hand with the French and Germans over the negotiations.

Ally Dick

Hitchens wrote: »

as the architect of the smoking ban he deserves credit

I have to give him that one alright. That was a good move. He was probably the last decent Health minister

Skid X

vladmydad wrote: »

So now he’s an abortion hero because he flip flopped and went with the populist way. #nointegrity

I think in general we are too quick to criticise people who change their opinion. Its better than sticking with your first declared position because you don't want to say you have listened to evidence and alternative positions and made an informed decision to change.

I don't think it was a populist move, he could have lost a lot of support over that.

Defaulter1831

vladmydad wrote: »

Yes but my contention is that I wish they or somebody was right wing. It doesn’t matter who’s in power, they all see the world through a globalist lefty lens.

True enough. It's the historical origins and support base gets me. I'm no fan of Martin by the way. I agree with you re. integrity.

Say Your Number

I'd forgotten all about his attempt at a Chinese accent

Aidric

Too much safe waffle.

seamie78

This is clearly In preparation for an election, surely rte have a duty to provide balance and all the party leaders should be invited on

Atlantic Dawn

The smoking ban was a great idea to be fair, great that he saw it through.