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If Enda stood aside

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    #92
    Cathal Sheerin
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    Enda is the man for the job. I'm confident of that.


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    #93
    johnnyskeleton
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    senordingdong wrote: »
    So your dislike of him is based completely on his appearance?

    And you can tell he will succumb to cronyism, just by looking at him?

    I would lose alot of respect for FG is Enda was pushed aside.

    Not his physical appearance, but his actions and statements to date all suggest someone who is not concerned with the best interests of the country and is only concerned with feathering his own nest.


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    #94
    senordingdong
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    johnnyskeleton wrote: »
    Not his physical appearance, but his actions and statements to date all suggest someone who is not concerned with the best interests of the country and is only concerned with feathering his own nest.

    He doesn't seem that way to me.

    He seems to be presenting better proposals, while opposing the current ones.
    All what the opposition should be doing.


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    johnnyskeleton
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    senordingdong wrote: »
    He doesn't seem that way to me.

    He seems to be presenting better proposals, while opposing the current ones.
    All what the opposition should be doing.

    He supported the bank guarantee and only started to criticise NAMA when it became clear that it was politically unpopular.

    He has talked a lot about the broad level of cuts, but he hasn't made actual proposals about the level of cuts to e.g. welfare, public sector pay etc.

    Instead, his alternative proposals are basically that they will magic 105k jobs out of "somewhere" and magically make cuts without specifying where those cuts will be made.

    Given the massive unpopularity of FF, it is a true testament to Kenny that the main opposition party can't get above 35% of the polls.


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    #96
    senordingdong
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    johnnyskeleton wrote: »
    He supported the bank guarantee and only started to criticise NAMA when it became clear that it was politically unpopular.

    He has talked a lot about the broad level of cuts, but he hasn't made actual proposals about the level of cuts to e.g. welfare, public sector pay etc.

    Instead, his alternative proposals are basically that they will magic 105k jobs out of "somewhere" and magically make cuts without specifying where those cuts will be made.

    Given the massive unpopularity of FF, it is a true testament to Kenny that the main opposition party can't get above 35% of the polls.

    They did, when they presented their alternative budget in December.
    They spoke of cutting the numbers of TDs, the Seanad, the Garda escort etc...


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    syklops
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    johnnyskeleton wrote: »

    He has talked a lot about the broad level of cuts, but he hasn't made actual proposals about the level of cuts to e.g. welfare, public sector pay etc.

    Instead, his alternative proposals are basically that they will magic 105k jobs out of "somewhere" and magically make cuts without specifying where those cuts will be made.


    Given the massive unpopularity of FF, it is a true testament to Kenny that the main opposition party can't get above 35% of the polls.[/QUOTE]

    Of course he isn't going to make actual proposals this close to an election, that would be madness! One, because any of his good ideas could be stolen by FF and or another party.

    And Two, because the next party in Power is going to have to make some whopping cuts. Cuts that will make Cowen's 2010 budget look like a picnic. He is hardly going to stand up and say "vote for me and my party and you will be more miserable!".
    johnnyskeleton wrote: »
    Given the massive unpopularity of FF, it is a true testament to Kenny that the main opposition party can't get above 35% of the polls.

    You've been listening to too much RTE mate. 35% is pretty damn good. Its over 10% more than the next most popular party. If FG are so bad, you would expect less of a gap between them and the horse coming in second. If there was an election tomorrow, FG would win and not by a nose either.

    You have to remember that Ireland in some ways has a lot more in the way of Political choice than some countries. In the US it is Democrat or Republican, and thats it. In Ireland there is FF, FG, Labour, Sinn Fein, plus all the independents. They all take up part of the 100% possible electorate.


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