Fine Gael Canidate for Ashbourne

mcgrailg

After reading the "MAG bikers are voters" sticky i have decided to be more proactive about my vote when the canidates call to my door.Well last night Fine Gael called. I pointed to my bike as asked him what his canidate's policy about biker's safety on the road, and his reply was "get more of YOU people of the road". I said excuse me and at this point he tried to back track but i said no thank you and closed the door.

I was shocked these people really do think little of us, i dont know who i am voting for as yet but i know who i wont be voting for !

Garibaldi

I'd love to ask my local candidates the same question, but they seem to prefer running in, throwing a stack of pamphlets through the letterbox, and getting out of there as fast as they can. I should just cut a slot in the recycle bin and leave it at the front door.

Or maybe just a pit filled with pungi sticks at the end of the drive to catch the fuggers on the way in.

Of course, there's always the chance that you're affiliated with FF...

As a matter of interest, did you get the cretin's name? I'm just going to drop FG a line and ask them what their policy actually is, if they even have an official one.

mcgrailg

i cant actually remember her name as soon as i heard that i threw the flyer in the bin, but i will check the posters later and post it. Believe me im not affilated with any party im the typical slacker but this time i have decided to ask questions on the bike safety issue

Garibaldi

First it's a "his reply", then it's a "her name". Tut, tut, tut. The CSI crew would have you in the slammer in no time.

AidoCQS

I find that unbelievable too, what was on your bike a gun turret?

I am also sensitive about political skulduggery so I checked your other posts and there is not a political comment anywhere so I am going to have to believe you, but it’s just a hard to believe situation. I have a friend who canvases with his brother - IT IS HARD WORK - I cannot believe they would so it just to p.o. people

mcgrailg

The canidate was a she, but there was a volunteer going around canvassing for her, while i respect this is not the direct opinion of the canidate they must be of the same political thinking to volunteer,I am not trying to politically sabotage anyone as believe me i think they are all as bad as each other i am mearly stating what was said to me. My girlfriend was there at the time as well and she could not believe it either

Garibaldi

Well, on the one hand, if the candidate said they stood for honesty, it sure sounds like an honest reply.

Sorry for any offence to AidoCQS, but I've never seen anything in this country to convince me that politicians and their cronies are anything other than self-serving, lying ****. Regardless of party. At least we know the real thinking of FG in Meath, in this case. They're obviously not too bothered about the opinion/vote of such a small minority.

murphaph

Garibaldi wrote:

Well, on the one hand, if the candidate said they stood for honesty, it sure sounds like an honest reply.

Sorry for any offence to AidoCQS, but I've never seen anything in this country to convince me that politicians and their cronies are anything other than self-serving, lying ****. Regardless of party. At least we know the real thinking of FG in Meath, in this case. They're obviously not too bothered about the opinion/vote of such a small minority.

Agreed, so what can we do? I am a MAG member and that's as much as have time for but if every single bike owner was a member and we all bloc voted for a party that would commit to improving conditions for bikers then perhaps they's take notice. It's just a possibility.

mcgrailg

thats the thing we are not that much of a minority anymore

AidoCQS

Garibaldi wrote:

Well, on the one hand, if the candidate said they stood for honesty, it sure sounds like an honest reply.

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Thats funny. I love people who look at the positive.

B.T.W. nobody offended me either way on any of the above, I think you misread me, I was analysing the situation at yer mans front door (which I still find shocking), not speaking from a party political point of view. I dont hold any view either way. I think to vote party lines is undemocratic, you should vote people and their politics, not party's.

By the the way, like the Catholics in NI, this bike riding minority is going to keep increasing & increasing as we approach PEAK OIL

Think of me in the not so distant future when bikers make up a large majority of road users, simply because bikes use less fuel.