Fianna Fail logo's almost invisible on posters

Freiheit

Noticed how a local Fianna Fail (Peter Power) candidates posters has only the tiniest, almost invisible Fianna Fail logo,I assume this is a pattern throughout the nation. Asking one to elect the person and not the party?.

Cakes.

It is the same on Breathnach's here in Dundalk.

gandalf

It's almost like they are embarrassed to be members of the party eh

Mr.Micro

Freiheit wrote: »

Noticed how a local Fianna Fail (Peter Power) candidates posters has only the tiniest, almost invisible Fianna Fail logo,I assume this is a pattern throughout the nation. Asking one to elect the person and not the party?.

Its FF being sly and getting voters to vote for an individual and not be reminded of his/her party. Every trick in the book. Is this the new improved FF party that Martin is on about afraid to indentify itself.

Dubh Geannain

It happened for the Local and European elections too.

Sure it's hardly important what party you represent :rolleyes:

freyners

actually walked towards willie o deas poster, the ff logo wasn't visible until 10 steps away, same for peter power

Dubh Geannain

And if you walk even closer, you might spot the "Sponsored by the IMF" statement

NuMarvel

Conversely, on my way into work this morning, I passed enough Micháel Martin posters to make me wonder if I was in Cork and not Dublin.

Rawr

NuMarvel wrote: »

Conversely, on my way into work this morning, I passed enough Micháel Martin posters to make me wonder if I was in Cork and not Dublin.

I always found it interesting when FF do that. I remember the last general election, where they did something similar.

The posters went along the lines of: 'Vote for Bertie!.......oh....and your local canditate I guess'

Regarding the logo, I just pulled this image from the interweb...

Damn that logo is small...

c_man

Rawr wrote: »

Damn that logo is small...

Not to mention the colour choice.

Flimbos

Rawr wrote: »

Damn that logo is small...

Is that his actual election poster?! Even the FF branding/ colour scheme is gone.

A few years ago, FF reduced the words "The Republican Party" to little more than a line below the party logo. Now the entire logo has shrunk.

The same applies to my local FFer's (Brian Lenihan!) posters.

Duddy

Its proportionate to how small the party will be post election:p

cancercowboy

So I was canvassing in Dublin Central last night and I ran into some Fianna Fáil volunteers. When I say some, I mean 2. They weren't knocking on doors, just dropping leaflets. When they approached me I saw that the girl had a few of our leaflets in her hands. She explained that she found them on the ground, but the were bent up. See, sometimes you can get them all the way in the mailbox on the door.... she was pulling them out. The young man with her, said nothing, and she kept going on and on about Micheál Martin's apology like it just changed everything. She reminded me of Charlie Manson's followers in the documentary of his trial. She wouldn't look directly at you and her head was weaving like Steve Wonder. A total sycophant to be honest.

I am proud to that I support Fine Gael, but if Fine Gael ever ****ed over the country like Fianna Fáil has I'd be the first out in the streets roaring for blood.

I guess this is difference between Fianna Fáil supporters and everyone else, we exercise common sense and objectivity whereas they worship them no matter what.

Political parties aren't football teams. They don't deserve your support unless they prove themselves worthy.

Later I saw the Cyprian Brady leaflet, the Fianna Fáil logo was so small you had to squint to see it. Why are Fianna Fáil supporters so proud of the party when their candidates aren't? the Fine Gael logo is big on all their posters and leaflets.

LordSutch

Freiheit wrote: »

Fianna Fail logo's almost invisible on posters

T'was same in the 2007 general election, & posters raised the same question then . . . .

I think FFs reasoning is that people are voting for their local candidate, so its in Big Print, (with the party logo remaining small)?

Different, but I'm not sure if it will do them any favours?

cancercowboy

LordSutch wrote: »

T'was same in the 2007 general election, & posters raised the same question then . . . .

I think FFs reasoning is that seeing as people are voting for their local candidate, then its the candidate's name should be in Big Print, (with the party logo remaining small)?

Sorry, they have definitely gotten smaller. If they did such a good job as Micheál Martin keeps telling us they did then why are they ashamed of their party name?

jmayo

Rawr wrote: »

I always found it interesting when FF do that. I remember the last general election, where they did something similar.

The posters went along the lines of: 'Vote for Bertie!.......oh....and your local canditate I guess'

Regarding the logo, I just pulled this image from the interweb...

Damn that logo is small...

AFAIK there is a ff poster on here who might be canvassing for mr collins ?
Hie might be able to shed some light on it ?

c_man wrote: »

Not to mention the colour choice.

Yeah how come the green has gone ?

LordSutch wrote: »

T'was same in the 2007 general election, & posters raised the same question then . . . .

I think FFs reasoning is that people are voting for their local candidate, so its in Big Print, (with the party logo remaining small)?

Different, but I'm not sure if it will do them any favours?

No it was not.
It was small for last locals and euros but not this small.

Derfil

Clearly embarrassed and rightly so of the party they represent.

Lawrence1895

I didn't see any FF posters in Dublin 5 (Artane/Beaumont) yet. Just the ULA and Richard Bruton (looks a bit rough imho) all over the place

JohnMc1

Just saw the ones being put up for John McGuiness here today. I don't think his posters have the FF logo at all. Then again they were being put up pretty high.

BlaasForRafa

Rawr wrote: »

I always found it interesting when FF do that. I remember the last general election, where they did something similar.

The posters went along the lines of: 'Vote for Bertie!.......oh....and your local canditate I guess'

Regarding the logo, I just pulled this image from the interweb...

Damn that logo is small...

That colour scheme is one I'd more readily associate with Fine Gael tbh. Perhaps he's trying to fool people into thinking he's not in FF at all

steelcityblues

All of the party logos still have to be put on the ballot paper, right?

That will at least bring some people to their senses.

Dubh Geannain

The blue is just a representation of out new European Overlords. Republican Party my foot.

The orange colour is from the torch carrying lynch mob behind him.

Edit: +1 SCB

Zonda999

IMHO, any FF'er who doesnt have a green colour scheme on the poster is embarassed to be a FF'er. This has been done before in any case, Brian Crowleys posters a couple of years ago went with a blue colour scheme with a tiny fianna fail logo in the corner

Jayd0g

Rawr wrote: »

I always found it interesting when FF do that. I remember the last general election, where they did something similar.

The posters went along the lines of: 'Vote for Bertie!.......oh....and your local canditate I guess'

Regarding the logo, I just pulled this image from the interweb...

Damn that logo is small...

Hmm... he appears to be a bit misleading with this choice of colour and small logo. Yet he's quoted in the Irish Times today accusing FG of "Shielding Kenny"

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/0202/breaking48.html

Fine Gael has today been accused of attempting to shield its leader Enda Kenny from hard and detailed questioning by the media.
Fianna Fáil defence spokesman Niall Collins said it appeared Fine Gael staff had arranged a “premature exit” for its party leader from a press conference earlier today.

Mr Kenny was almost 20 minutes late arriving at the launch of party’s election campaign at its headquarters in Dublin this morning.

Following a speech and some questions, Mr Kenny’s press officer then said the party leader had to leave in order to meet commitments in his schedule for the day, which included a trip to Cavan.

A number of journalists were unhappy with this and said they had more questions they wished to put to Mr Kenny. His press officer apologised and insisted there would opportunities to put questions to Mr Kenny in the future.

Mr Collins said Fine Gael must believe that providing sound-bytes will be sufficient in the run-up to the election. “I can assure them that this is not, and will not be the case,” he said.

"The Irish electorate deserve to see those who aspire to the office of Taoiseach being put through their paces regarding their policies and their plans for economic recovery… He will not be able to spend the next 3 weeks running away."
Fine Gael has today been accused of attempting to shield its leader Enda Kenny from hard and detailed questioning by the media.
Fianna Fáil defence spokesman Niall Collins said it appeared Fine Gael staff had arranged a “premature exit” for its party leader from a press conference earlier today.

Mr Kenny was almost 20 minutes late arriving at the launch of party’s election campaign at its headquarters in Dublin this morning.

Following a speech and some questions, Mr Kenny’s press officer then said the party leader had to leave in order to meet commitments in his schedule for the day, which included a trip to Cavan.

A number of journalists were unhappy with this and said they had more questions they wished to put to Mr Kenny. His press officer apologised and insisted there would opportunities to put questions to Mr Kenny in the future.

Mr Collins said Fine Gael must believe that providing sound-bytes will be sufficient in the run-up to the election. “I can assure them that this is not, and will not be the case,” he said.

"The Irish electorate deserve to see those who aspire to the office of Taoiseach being put through their paces regarding their policies and their plans for economic recovery… He will not be able to spend the next 3 weeks running away."
Fine Gael has today been accused of attempting to shield its leader Enda Kenny from hard and detailed questioning by the media.
Fianna Fáil defence spokesman Niall Collins said it appeared Fine Gael staff had arranged a “premature exit” for its party leader from a press conference earlier today.

Mr Kenny was almost 20 minutes late arriving at the launch of party’s election campaign at its headquarters in Dublin this morning.

Following a speech and some questions, Mr Kenny’s press officer then said the party leader had to leave in order to meet commitments in his schedule for the day, which included a trip to Cavan.

A number of journalists were unhappy with this and said they had more questions they wished to put to Mr Kenny. His press officer apologised and insisted there would opportunities to put questions to Mr Kenny in the future.

Mr Collins said Fine Gael must believe that providing sound-bytes will be sufficient in the run-up to the election. “I can assure them that this is not, and will not be the case,” he said.

"The Irish electorate deserve to see those who aspire to the office of Taoiseach being put through their paces regarding their policies and their plans for economic recovery… He will not be able to spend the next 3 weeks running away."
Fine Gael has today been accused of attempting to shield its leader Enda Kenny from hard and detailed questioning by the media.
Fianna Fáil defence spokesman Niall Collins said it appeared Fine Gael staff had arranged a “premature exit” for its party leader from a press conference earlier today.

Mr Kenny was almost 20 minutes late arriving at the launch of party’s election campaign at its headquarters in Dublin this morning.

Following a speech and some questions, Mr Kenny’s press officer then said the party leader had to leave in order to meet commitments in his schedule for the day, which included a trip to Cavan.

A number of journalists were unhappy with this and said they had more questions they wished to put to Mr Kenny. His press officer apologised and insisted there would opportunities to put questions to Mr Kenny in the future.

Mr Collins said Fine Gael must believe that providing sound-bytes will be sufficient in the run-up to the election. “I can assure them that this is not, and will not be the case,” he said.

"The Irish electorate deserve to see those who aspire to the office of Taoiseach being put through their paces regarding their policies and their plans for economic recovery… He will not be able to spend the next 3 weeks running away."

Fine Gael has today been accused of attempting to shield its leader Enda Kenny from hard and detailed questioning by the media.
Fianna Fáil defence spokesman Niall Collins said it appeared Fine Gael staff had arranged a “premature exit” for its party leader from a press conference earlier today.

Mr Kenny was almost 20 minutes late arriving at the launch of party’s election campaign at its headquarters in Dublin this morning.

Following a speech and some questions, Mr Kenny’s press officer then said the party leader had to leave in order to meet commitments in his schedule for the day, which included a trip to Cavan.

A number of journalists were unhappy with this and said they had more questions they wished to put to Mr Kenny. His press officer apologised and insisted there would opportunities to put questions to Mr Kenny in the future.

Mr Collins said Fine Gael must believe that providing sound-bytes will be sufficient in the run-up to the election. “I can assure them that this is not, and will not be the case,” he said.

"The Irish electorate deserve to see those who aspire to the office of Taoiseach being put through their paces regarding their policies and their plans for economic recovery… He will not be able to spend the next 3 weeks running away."

gandalf

Yep saw a few posters up today in Dublin South and yes the logo is absolutely tiny. It is definitely smaller than last time which I didn't think was possible.

Pretty obvious they are worried that a big FF logo will taint them. Also Michael Martins picture reminds me of this character from my childhood television viewing except Grandpa has more credibility

Canvasser

ah lads i don't know why ye're blathering on about logos - no-one cares. some of the blueshirt candidates here in galway don't have FG exactly plastered on theirs either. the reds in labour are the only ones who seem to their party logo plastered over their posters, god knows why. at the end of the day what the public are worried about is the credibility of the actual people themselves and their individual achievements.

freyners

Canvasser wrote:

ah lads i don't know why ye're blathering on about logos - no-one cares. some of the blueshirt candidates here in galway don't have FG exactly plastered on theirs either. the reds in labour are the only ones who seem to their party logo plastered over their posters, god knows why.

Canvasser for who i wonder:rolleyes:

from all the fg/labour/sf posters i have seen have the logo displayed so they can be seen, unlike ff

at the end of the day what the public are worried about is the credibility of the actual people themselves and their individual achievements

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also total bull aswell, what most of whom ive talked with are interested in their party so they no what there voting for, voting for an ff/fg/labour/monster raving loony party candidate means your voting for their parties policies, so the logo telling us that is very important

CoalBucket

Is it illegal to write on election posters ?

Freiheit

Wow I like that!....:)

Really striking the contrast between Fianna Fail candidates and those of Labour, Fine Gael, United Left and everyone else.

Theyr'e hoping to take advantage of the the eyesight of the nation now as only someone with very good vision and standing very close can now distinguish their candidates....as for the republican party bit, you'd need a telescope.

The Fianna Fail brand is an electoral disability, theyr'e attemtping to hide it and hoping nobody will notice.

Monty Burnz

cancercowboy wrote: »

When they approached me I saw that the girl had a few of our leaflets in her hands. She explained that she found them on the ground, but the were bent up. See, sometimes you can get them all the way in the mailbox on the door.... she was pulling them out.

That's the Fianna Failure way. High standards of ethics run right through the organisation from top to bottom.

freyners

CoalBucket wrote: »

Is it illegal to write on election posters ?

unfortunately yes or else my can of green spray paint and i would be correcting all them posters