Strangest places you've seen political posters

AdMMM

Is anyone really surprised?

Jonybgud

Oh that's funny, and the chainlink was put up to keep something in...:eek:

Wolfe Tone

But its a fence

AdMMM

Well that's a metal bar at the front.

dlofnep

*yawn*

Lame.

mike65

Free the South Kilkenny One!

jonnyfingers

From Facebook:



One of these spends time with a load of clowns, in the country's biggest Circus. The other.... is a camel!

jonnyfingers

And I saw someone post this picture on boards a few days ago and the likeness is uncanny!

STIG83

^ Brilliant!!

Gardner

hahaha like the cullinane pic!

we wont discuss his actual criminal record on boards.ie

dayshah

Gardner wrote: »

hahaha like the cullinane pic!

we wont discuss his actual criminal record on boards.ie

If he had a criminal record it would be public information. So how about either saying what it is or stop libelling someone in the run up to an election.

By the way AdMMM, its a pole and fence, not bars.

(I'm not particularly a SF supporter, but it think everyone deserves to be treated fairly in this election and on the basis of their actual record, not stuff people insinuate on boards.ie)

AdMMM

I know that the election is serious business and that there's a lot of vested interest on here but I wasn't seriously suggesting that David cullinane had a criminal record. I just found it to be very bizarre placement on behalf of SF. Similarly, FF posted pictures of their new leader outside the graveyard on the Cork Rd which is a big no no in my books.

Analysing the marketing message of all politcal parties in Waterford this election forms the basis of my college project and from the subliminal advertising of the workers party to the shocking pictures chosen by SF, it makes me wonder if the people making these decisions have any clue whatsoever!

Gardner

dayshah wrote: »

If he had a criminal record it would be public information. So how about either saying what it is or stop libelling someone in the run up to an election.

By the way AdMMM, its a pole and fence, not bars.

(I'm not particularly a SF supporter, but it think everyone deserves to be treated fairly in this election and on the basis of their actual record, not stuff people insinuate on boards.ie)

sorry dayshah personal joke there. sorry if it offended you or your sf buds


actually is there a way we can see all our politican records?

id say it would be very interesting especially the sinn fein lads

BlaasForRafa

AdMMM wrote: »

Similarly, FF posted pictures of their new leader outside the graveyard on the Cork Rd which is a big no no in my books.

I know that FF need the "grey vote" but thats going a bit too far!

dayshah

Gardner wrote: »

sorry dayshah personal joke there. sorry if it offended you or your sf buds


actually is there a way we can see all our politican records?

id say it would be very interesting especially the sinn fein lads

If anyone has a criminal record its public information. I never heard of David Cullinane being convicted of anything. Other Sinn Féin people like Martin Ferris were convicted of things. Sinn Féin never denied these things.

I think it would be interesting if a basic file on all candidates was presented. It could have things like if they live in the constituency, criminal records, any special financial interest (eg if they own loads of AIB shares, not that its a crime), voting record on city council, that sort of thing.

wellboy76

I know Dav, afaik he does not have any kind of a record, he is actually a nice lad. You are probably assuming he has because of the party he is representing.

Not as if he ever went on bombing runs or taxiing cop killers out of jail like Ferris was

Funfair

wellboy76 wrote: »

Not as if he ever went on bombing runs or taxiing cop killers out of jail like Ferris was

Huh you mean he didn't do anything for the "cause" feck that I'm not voting for him :mad:

:D

goat2

AdMMM wrote: »

Is anyone really surprised?

thought came to mind...
every man will stand, behind the man, behind the wire,

Funfair

goat2 wrote: »

thought came to mind...
every man will stand, behind the man, behind the wire,

Excellent!!

dlofnep

AdMMM wrote: »

I know that the election is serious business and that there's a lot of vested interest on here but I wasn't seriously suggesting that David cullinane had a criminal record. I just found it to be very bizarre placement on behalf of SF. Similarly, FF posted pictures of their new leader outside the graveyard on the Cork Rd which is a big no no in my books.

Analysing the marketing message of all politcal parties in Waterford this election forms the basis of my college project and from the subliminal advertising of the workers party to the shocking pictures chosen by SF, it makes me wonder if the people making these decisions have any clue whatsoever!

Firstly - your thread title could have thrown people off who were casually browsing boards. And then when you make an immature comment like "Is anyone really surprised?" in response to David behind bars - you show your true character.

David is spot on, and works hard on behalf of his constituents. He has never been a trouble-maker, and has worked hard to end anti-social problems in Waterford, including the long-standing traveller conflict.

You should apologise for your comments and original thread title. If we made similar comments to any Fine Gael politician, the thread would be frozen, and the poster banned - without hesitation. I'd like to see a little bit of consistency on here.

Tired of this bollocks.

AdMMM

I hate to be pedantic, but I chose to insert ":p" to imply that it was a joke! Maybe you're visiting using a browser like Mosaic and couldn't see the emoticon, or maybe you've disabled images to speed up scouring the internet looking for anything that could be remotely contrived of being negative towards SF. In any case, for some bizarre reason, I feel the need to elaborate. It was a sarcastic reference to the history of the party, with the keyword being "history". Bear in mind that I was only making a sarcastic reference to the past as someone who quite frankly doesn't care about their history.

dlofnep

I understand it may have been in jest - But David deserves the same respect as any other candidate, and doesn't deserve to have his persona tarnished online. Regardless of the history of the party - no member of Sinn Féin deserves to be pre-judged. I am a long-time supporter of Sinn Féin - and I am tired of preconceived notions towards me, or anyone else belonging to SF for that matter. If you have a gripe with a single member for their past, that is fine and you're entitled to it - But don't make jokes like that, especially with the elections around the corner. It is uncalled for.

You could make jokes about his uncanny resemblence of Harry Potter (And we do too!) - But don't make jokes about criminality. It's not on, and I'd expect more from you.

AdMMM

I agree with what you're saying and apologise if it did come across as misleading but I would have hoped it would have been understood to be a joke when they saw a picture.

dlofnep

Grand, no worries. I just want to make sure that David has a fair and honest chance in this election.

chelloveks

like the little targets they put in the urinals...then we could all have a go whizzing on them like they all do to us every day the greedy bstrds!

nkay1985

AdMMM wrote: »

Analysing the marketing message of all politcal parties in Waterford this election forms the basis of my college project and from the subliminal advertising of the workers party to the shocking pictures chosen by SF, it makes me wonder if the people making these decisions have any clue whatsoever!

Brushing aside everything else, I find this interesting. Subliminal advertising from the Workers' Party? What's that about?

And by shocking pictures, do you mean the ones of David that they picked or something else?

AdMMM

Workers Party are recycling the posters they used in the campaign to Save Sean Garland, so whenever it's raining, the poster of Joe Tobin becomes see through and we can see the text "SAVE SEAN GARLAND" .

As for Sinn Féin, the photo they chose of David is very bad and looks like it was taken just as someone told a bad joke. The fact that they are also recycling posters from as far back as 2002 also does nothing for David because the 9 years have not been very kind to him in any way, shape or form. Had the colour scheme remained the same throughout, then it wouldn't be so bad but the layout, design and colours varies from poster to poster (some junctions even have posters from different periods!) which means the message being delivered is inconsistent. Finally, the last thing I picked up on from the SF posters is the colour scheme. He's wearing a black suit top and the background is orange/amber i.e. the Kilkenny colours. Knowing the issue that was made of this in the local elections, he should have exercised a bit more caution by either wearing a different coloured suit (the easy option) or asking to deviate from the standardised SF design theme, as several candidates up here in Dublin have (the hard way).

dlofnep talked of wanting a fair and honest chance for David when contesting this election but the best chance of this happening is to get the fundamentals right internally. The apparent failure in this regard (honestly, it looks as if some of the decisions for election literature and posters were made when looking at the bottom of a 12th pint of Guinness) will be what deprives David of a fair chance to be elected and at the end of the day, should he not be elected, he should look inwards for reasons of failure rather than blaming any external factors which shouldn't be a factor if the internal fundamentals were sound.

nkay1985

I agree that the decision to use older posters is a strange one. Don't think the picture for the current one if the worst to be honest but the head and shoulders shot on the roundabout at the start of the Outer Ring Road is bad: he looks oddly proportioned or something.
I haven't had his literature in the door yet so can't comment on that.

But I wonder would you echo the sentiments you expressed about David's campaign in relation to John's. The posters look very poor IMO. There's some weird shading effect around the photo and he just doesn't look professional in the photo. And as for campaign literature, I have his in front of me. There's not one word about policy or the platform he's standing on. There are also many errors in punctuation and sentence construction, which give it a very unprofessional feel. I'm sure he's not alone in that regard but his is the only literature I have here so can't comment on the others.

On the overall subject of posters this time around I think Joe Tobin's ones are by far the poorest. Next in line are Jody Power's with that awful choice of background colour. I'd go Halligan next, then Cullinane, followed by the FG ones with Labour looking the best in my opinion. I can't comment on the others as I haven't seen any. What does everyone else think?

AdMMM

I actually think the Fianna Fail posters are among the best.

Up in Dublin for the night so don't want to spend the whole time typing out my thoughts on the campaign, but will get back to it tomorrow

dayshah

AdMMM wrote: »

Finally, the last thing I picked up on from the SF posters is the colour scheme. He's wearing a black suit top and the background is orange/amber i.e. the Kilkenny colours.

I think for Waterford they should use a blue background (maybe make use of the Starry Plough?) and he should have worn a white linen suit and panama hat like the man from Del Monte.

He could have a positive campaign with 'David says YES to bondholder burning' and he could carry a pineapple around with him.

Its subliminal, who can say no to the man from Del Monte?

nkay1985

AdMMM wrote: »

I actually think the Fianna Fail posters are among the best.

Up in Dublin for the night so don't want to spend the whole time typing out my thoughts on the campaign, but will get back to it tomorrow

No bother lad.

dayshah wrote: »

I think for Waterford they should use a blue background (maybe make use of the Starry Plough?) and he should have worn a white linen suit and panama hat like the man from Del Monte.

He could have a positive campaign with 'David says YES to bondholder burning' and he could carry a pineapple around with him.

Its subliminal, who can say no to the man from Del Monte?

Genius. No idea how you haven't been hired as a campaign manager dayshah!

Sully

I don't see a problem with the design of FGs, Labours, Greens or Halligans. Nice designs. SFs posters are fine apart from the point Adam makes. FFs a tad boring, very simple and not eye catching. Joes are tiny and I don't think they are making an impact because there awkward to see (A4) and its not a great design. The photo looks like he had a lot of weight on his shoulders.

Overall - most candidates have flooded the town with posters. In some areas you see with the same poster twice or three times beside each other. Then you come across a row of say 5 polls and its the same face on each and everyone. The worst is Fianna Fail out the Dunmore road. Halligan was fine but now has posters up in most places and duplicating.

I think FG are low key with posters for a main party. Hardly any Deasy, and not as many Coffee when compared to other main parties.

New guy Declan Waters is "Non Party" rather then being an "Independent". Barley any of his posters up. I counted one in Tramore and one in Waterford.

nkay1985

Sully wrote: »

I think FG are low key with posters for a main party. Hardly any Deasy, and not as many Coffee when compared to other main parties.

I guess they figure they have the two seats sewn up so there's no need to spend loads of money on posters. THey just need enough so that people know there are two candidates and a bit of name recognition. It seems the only way FG won't get two seats in Waterford is due to something major and a few more posters wouldn't stop that effect were it to happen.

Sully

nkay1985 wrote: »

I guess they figure they have the two seats sewn up so there's no need to spend loads of money on posters. THey just need enough so that people know there are two candidates and a bit of name recognition. It seems the only way FG won't get two seats in Waterford is due to something major and a few more posters wouldn't stop that effect were it to happen.

Not taking it for granted though. Working every day, all day canvassing etc. so locally its not taken for granted.

jonnyfingers

Say what you want about dodgy election posters. But a Fianna Gael valentines e-card? http://finegael2011.com/valentine.asp

Not sure what they're trying to achieve with it to be honest....

I must say their online material has been awful.

nkay1985

Sully wrote: »

Not taking it for granted though. Working every day, all day canvassing etc. so locally its not taken for granted.

Ah yeah you still have to put in the work on the ground.

Sully

jonnyfingers wrote: »

Say what you want about dodgy election posters. But a Fianna Gael valentines e-card? http://finegael2011.com/valentine.asp

Not sure what they're trying to achieve with it to be honest....

I must say their online material has been awful.

I don't think the Valentines Day thing was to be taken serious... Its just a bit of a joke. Nobody is going to consider voting FG because of a valentines card! Its incredibly cheesy and stupid that I have to laugh.

I found their online campaign very good tbh. Cant really complain much!

Daysha

I found this on Twitter a while back and just had to share. It's not necessarily a Waterford location and it was probably planted there by whoever took the photo, but still...:)

Marchandire

I was driving back into town yesterday on the Dublin road. Every single lamp-post on the road through sally Park to the bridge had a Micheál Martin on it.

Freaked me out, it was like driving through a tunnel of Micheáls.

I started hearing this music in my head:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRhPM2wMzH8

Sully

Same in Tramore, went up late enough. Were doing it in the rain. Every post along main stretch. Stupid really.

BlaasForRafa

AdMMM wrote: »

I agree with what you're saying and apologise if it did come across as misleading but I would have hoped it would have been understood to be a joke when they saw a picture.

You shouldn't feel the need to apologise, its just a typical republican sense of humour failure and outrage for outrages sake.

BlaasForRafa

AdMMM wrote: »

I actually think the Fianna Fail posters are among the best.

Except for they have kenneallys fat head on them.

shinzon

Marchandire wrote: »

I was driving back into town yesterday on the Dublin road. Every single lamp-post on the road through sally Park to the bridge had a Micheál Martin on it.

Freaked me out, it was like driving through a tunnel of Micheáls.

I started hearing this music in my head:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRhPM2wMzH8

Tom Baker for Taoiseach, now theres a vote getter

Shin

wfman

Sully wrote: »

I don't see a problem with the design of FGs, Labours, Greens or Halligans. Nice designs. SFs posters are fine apart from the point Adam makes. FFs a tad boring, very simple and not eye catching. Joes are tiny and I don't think they are making an impact because there awkward to see (A4) and its not a great design. The photo looks like he had a lot of weight on his shoulders.
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Joe tobins posters are terrible.He has a good few up but i think he would of been better off putting up less poster of better quality.He looks a bit like Lillian on shameless just without the glasses.:p

dlofnep

Not every party has the funds of the larger parties to spend on posters. I think it's important to keep that in mind.

Sully

dlofnep wrote: »

Not every party has the funds of the larger parties to spend on posters. I think it's important to keep that in mind.

Indeed but I don't think they are a crucial part of the campaign. If you are going to waste money on posters that are terrible, your better spending the money elsewhere on the campaign.

wfman

dlofnep wrote: »

Not every party has the funds of the larger parties to spend on posters. I think it's important to keep that in mind.

i understand that that you have to work within your budget.
Would 50 quality posters around the city be better then 300 terrible posters?

sparkling sea

Can anyone explain why Brendan Kennelly appears to have a nipple sticking out of the side of his head in his poster instead of an ear - its really weird - I cant beleive the used this picture - I nearly crashed the car with the laughing when I saw it.

No wonder its mostly Micheal Martin posters !

dlofnep

Saw a few of his poster's outside the college were vandalised today. Something along the lines of "Damage done, more to do.."

jayboi

I think he should of went with:

'Vote Finna Fail'
'We all make mistakes'

or maybe

'Vote Finna Fail'
'We'll do better this time we promise'

dlofnep

Which party has 300 posters up? Alot of posters are re-used from the last election campaign. The funds simply aren't there. It's clear that Fine Gael and Labour are rolling in the money for this current campaign. Fine Gael moreso, evident by their Google Ads campaign, along with their posters.