Career in politics

7sr2z3fely84g5

Say If a position became available in the dail,and you had a chance of taking it,would you take it?,would you enjoy the meetings,making speechs in the dail and your visits from your constituency to your office?..

Biggins

Yes.
Next question.

(P.S. It shouldn't be considered a career - it should be considered as a vocation.)

4zn76tysfajdxp

I would, autocracy is very appealing to me.

galwayrush

Biggins wrote: »

Yes.
Next question.

(P.S. It shouldn't be considered a career - it should be considered as a vocation.)

Pity is wasn't in recent years.

WoollyRedHat

I would, just so I could go in and say " **** you deputies, **** you" in honour of Paul Gogarty, before walking out of the Dail Chamber

General General

I'd prefer to be in the Senate.

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaavvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvyyyyyyyyyyyyyy.

Kojak

Mustafa Yellow Suburb wrote: »

Say If a position became available in the dail,and you had a chance of taking it,would you take it?,would you enjoy the meetings,making speechs in the dail and your visits from your constituency to your office?..

You mean eating big dinners, claiming for mileage for travelling from your house in West Cork while you actually live in Dublin and working 3 day weeks.

Sure who wouldn't want that....

7sr2z3fely84g5

Kojak wrote: »

You mean eating big dinners, claiming for mileage for travelling from your house in West Cork while you actually live in Dublin and working 3 day weeks.

Yes that's the one,and claim to be "shocked" in dail about some primetime/news program then have an "investigation" until it forgotten about...

Biggins

galwayrush wrote: »

Pity is wasn't in recent years.

True.
Politics should NEVER be entered into as a career.
I'm highly hesitant of anyone that says they are in it for a career.

mikemac

No.

If I spent all my time working on legislation and national issues my voters will dump me for a hard working lad two towns over
If I show up at a funeral some will say I'm only showing my face but if I don't show up my rural voters will take it as a sleight to the family.

If I spent all my time working on my voters I'll be called a super councillor

If I succeed in getting funding for my area, I'll be called a gombeen

I enjoy my evenings relaxing, I don't want to be called to every two bit NIMBY residents meeting bitching about stupid issues but know if I don't go I'll be "away in Dublin and forgot who put me there"

I'm far too thin skinned to do it

Badgermonkey

Only if I could speak through Willie O'Dea, sat on my knee as a bizarre political ventriloquism act.

Chuck Stone

No.

I lean towards anarchism so I would be a total fake if I became a politician.

cosanostra

Or in other words who's after Brian Lenihans job?

Badgermonkey

Chuck Stone wrote: »

No.

I lean towards anarchism so I would be a total fake if I became a politician.

Perhaps adopt the earnest perma-frown sported by R. Boyd-Barrett.

flyingoutside

Just keep drinking pints of Bass and they'll make you taoiseach

PeterIanStaker

I wouldn't be able to have a career in politics.

My fadder an' his fadder befooir him, godrestem, weren't TD's, so I'd have no chance of getting in.

Amhran Nua

mikemac wrote: »

If I spent all my time working on legislation and national issues my voters will dump me for a hard working lad two towns over
If I show up at a funeral some will say I'm only showing my face but if I don't show up my rural voters will take it as a sleight to the family.

... and welcome to parish pump Ireland.

mikemac

PeterIanStaker wrote: »

I wouldn't be able to have a career in politics.

My fadder an' his fadder befooir him, godrestem, weren't TD's, so I'd have no chance of getting in.

Do with Haughey did and marry into a political family

7sr2z3fely84g5

PeterIanStaker wrote: »

I wouldn't be able to have a career in politics.

My fadder an' his fadder befooir him, godrestem, weren't TD's, so I'd have no chance of getting in.

Doesnt matter how corrupt you get,as long you done something for your county you still top the polls!..

I think I'd get too depressed at how little I could really change

PK2008

Nah I prefer to complain about about other peoples efforts to shape society rather than actually make an effort myself

flyingoutside

PK2008 wrote: »

Nah I prefer to complain about about other peoples efforts to shape society rather than actually make an effort myself

You're perfect for the job

PeterIanStaker

mikemac wrote: »

Do with Haughey did and marry into a political family

Does Christina Hendricks come from a political family? http://dc-cdn.virtacore.com/2011/03/chrisftin.jpg

My name is URL

I'd sooner have my eyes scooped out with a mellon baller

whydoibother?

The only reason to do it is a genuine desire to change things. There's no other reason really. There are easier ways of making better money. Other jobs have better job security, less invasion of privacy etc. I personally wouldn't have the patience to wait around until I had sufficient power to change things. It would take years before I was senior enough, if it ever happened.

Fluorescence

Nope. I wouldn't have an adequate knowledge of issues to feel comfortable making decisions for an entire nation.

PeterIanStaker

fluorescence wrote: »

Nope. I wouldn't have an adequate knowledge of issues to feel comfortable making decisions for an entire nation.

That has never stopped politicians in this country in the past. "We've turned a corner" anyone?

pajunior

Biggins wrote: »

True.
Politics should NEVER be entered into as a career.
I'm highly hesitant of anyone that says they are in it for a career.

Bill Cliton was 100% a career politician and never had any problem saying as much. Many would consider him one of the better presidents of recent times.

Richard Hillman

Its pretty easy to get in. Look at somebody like Richard Boyd Barrett. All you have to do is protest at literally everything and oppose everything the government do. Like Boyd-Barrett, you dont even need policies. All you have to do is use buzzwords, promise the world to the uneducated and then blame "The Man" for him not being able to do it.

whydoibother?

Richard Hillman wrote: »

Its pretty easy to get in. Look at somebody like Richard Boyd Barrett. All you have to do is protest at literally everything and oppose everything the government do. Like Boyd-Barrett, you dont even need policies. All you have to do is use buzzwords, promise the world to the uneducated and then blame "The Man" for him not being able to do it.

I think that tactic of protesting at everything was particularly effective in the most recent election because candidates could capitalize on the public anger. I think that's why we ended up with so many "characters" this time. While I'm not crazy about Boyd-Barretts politics, there's worse than him. I cannot believe we elected Luke "The Ming" Flanagan for example, and there are others.