Political Allegiance -an Oxymoron?

Mr. Incognito

This came up on the banking thread.

I can't understand why the fcuk people vote(d) for Finna Fail. They're obviously corrupt and have been rotten for YEARS, (Charlie with his blank cheques, Bertie with his free house and whip arounds)

Is that our culture, sure you might as well be in with the "bouys" as out in the cold. ???!!!

Fair enough developers, vested interests and crooked basids voting for them but the ordinary joe soap, you and me who are getting it in the ass and bailing out these developers. What reason have we to vote for these shower of cnuts. Is it that the opposition, and Enda Kenny are anemic? Are they just the same with a different label.

IS it cus "granda" fought in the war, I mean, Sinn Fein were the original party in this country, most people have the commmon sense to realise that voting TODAY for what happened 100 years ago is ludicrious and Sinn Fein supporters are frankly, nuts.

I mean we have the internet, we read the news and yet we go in and pull the lever time and time again for the likes of the Flynns, and then we're surprised when the country falls apart and the cuts come in the public service and the developers have the taxpayers step in and pick up their tab while they withdraw their funds from Anglo and walk away.

Are we REALLY that stupid? Do we deserve Finna Fail. Are we that removed from reality and that lazy that we don't bother with the manifestos (sure they're all the same lies every four years anyway) and just follow Daddy's vote. Of is solely on local issues (like Jackie Healy Rae in Kerry who gets a lot done (by giving government road contracts to his son for instance)

In Finland, I believe it was, A government minister had to RESIGN because he used State funds to pay for his babysitters cabs. Could you imagine that happening here. As if.

And it's at all levels of government and civil service. Do they just pass everything off and sit back and hope everything doesn't blow up until they get their pensions?

Here's a quote from the times on the Anglo loans:

Fianna Fáil Senator Geraldine Feeney said it was “pathetic” for the regulator to say it had been too busy to investigate the loans. “You were blindfolded, you were sitting on your hands, you had your mouth gagged and you had your ears covered,” she said.

Mr Quigley said he “could not reconcile” the evidence presented to him during his three-week investigation into the affair. Fine Gael TD Leo Varadkar said: “Somebody there is not telling the truth.”

Mr Quigley, Mr Farrell and another member of the authority, John Dunne, who assisted Mr Quigley and attended yesterday’s committee hearing, said they would not resign over the controversy.

“Our report shows there were shortcomings and failings but does not show that the whole authority had failed,” said Mr Dunne. Independent TD Joe Behan replied: “You are divorced from reality.”

For the record I voted Green in the last election. I liked their vision, but they should have the balls to pull out of government right now with all that is going on.

Who do you vote for- why?

Pen1987

I was literally writing a blog post about the exact same thing.

You won't find many confessing to ordaining Bertie for the last term. Most here didn't even own up immediately after the election.

The_Minister

Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos!

bealbocht

There is party called Labour, they are a center left party, that have a stong history of defending equitable rights for workers.

It seems most people have never heard of them.

Any time I hear people talking of an alternative they start talking about some Christian Right party called Fine Gale, run by the turnip king.
But then, turnips have their own thread here on AH.

Does'nt make any sense to me.

For the record , I like turnips... well boiled and mashed with some other root veg,(spuds, carrots, hell even parsnips) and perhaps some cheese and butter.

stovelid

Typical moron public.

The current government were voted in.

Overwhelmingly.

They'd vote Joe Fritzl in if it meant keeping the 'good times' rolling, but the minute the economy - as widely anticipated by anybody with a brain - goes down the toilet, they start a witch-hunt.

Zebra3

bealbocht wrote: »

There is party called Labour, they are a center left party, that have a stong history of defending equitable rights for workers.

It seems most people have never heard of them.

I've heard of them all right.

I remember all their preaching and moral high grounding in '92 and no sooner was the election over and they were in bed with FF and handing out jobs to all their cronies.

And was their TD (minister?) doing up in the Phoeno with all those rent boys?

Labour clean as whistle? :rolleyes:

The people voted for a FF-led government cos they are selfish kunts. And it's back-fired on them now. Tossers.

mad_PADDY!

I voted green but i now regret it.

I now realise they would like to use global warming as an excuse to interfere with peoples lives. for example take the whole bulbs fiasco.

When i voted for them i was somehow under the impression they were a liberal party.I soon learned of my grave mistake.

I don't trust FG any more than I trust FF. They were both created around issues that have long since dissappeared giving them no relevance to the world today. I wonder how long it'll be till we have parties based around beliefs like most other countrys, rather than in-clubs supported by local rivalry and family allegances.

phasers

I've said it before and I'll say it again: people voted for Bertie because he's lovely

Pen1987

Some aul'wan at the door to Tony Gregorey during the last GE while Berite was getting a birra hassle from the aul'tribbers... "ah sure we have to vote for Bertie, he's in trouble"

Says it all really.

themadchef

phasers wrote: »

I've said it before and I'll say it again: people voted for Bertie because he's lovely

If that's the case then FF are truly fooked this time round.

Cowan is far from lovely...... Bertie could charm the knickers off a nun i'd say.. poor old Cowan would be lucky to get laid in a brothel, with a wallet full of €€ and a pocket full of coke.

phasers

themadchef wrote: »

If that's the case then FF are truly fooked this time round.

Cowan is far from lovely...... Bertie could charm the knickers off a nun i'd say.. poor old Cowan would be lucky to get laid in a brothel, with a wallet full of €€ and a pocket full of coke.

He sort of looks like a sad puppy though, maybe people will feel sorry for him...

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