Who do you intend to vote for in the upcoming Irish Presidential election?

Deedsie

Who do you intend to vote for in the upcoming Irish Presidential election?

I know there are plenty of presidential election threads already but I can't find any with a poll! I know there can still be nominations up to the 28th of September. But of the main candidates touted, where is your vote going? I know David Norris is unlikely to get the required nomination but I am putting him in the poll!

Temptamperu

theres no poll

Also i wont be wasting my time voting for a waste of money.

lugha

Deedsie wrote: »

Who do you intend to vote for in the upcoming Irish Presidential election?

I know there are plenty of presidential election threads already but I can't find any with a poll! I know there can still be nominations up to the 28th of September. But of the main candidates touted, where is your vote going? I know David Norris is unlikely to get the required nomination but I am putting him in the poll!

Once again, a promise to David with respect to getting on the balllot is reneged upon! (you forgot the poll)

Riamfada

All we need is Bertie to throw his name in to complete the farce.

Deedsie

Temptamperu wrote: »

theres no poll

Poll up now, it takes a minute after I post the thread to get the poll options typed out and live on the thread!

Plug

Martin McGuinness.

Deedsie

Temptamperu wrote: »

theres no poll

Poll up now, it takes a minute after I post the thread to get the poll options typed out and live on the thread!

PeterIanStaker

I put down Higgins - least worst and best of a very bad lot.

I don't want McGuinness (who I feel will be disproportionally well represented in this poll) or the Archangel Gabriel to get it, and I'm not sure if Norris will re-enter but he'll also do well in this poll methinks.

Deedsie

PeterIanStaker wrote: »

I put down Higgins - least worst and best of a very bad lot.

I don't want McGuinness (who I feel will be disproportionally well represented in this poll) or the Archangel Gabriel to get it, and I'm not sure if Norris will re-enter but he'll also do well in this poll methinks.

Why do you think it will be disproportional? One vote for each Boardsie. Wasn't the general election poll incredibly accurate?

Pherekydes

Another premature poll.

Can't we wait until the field is set, i.e. until the nominations are closed?

Blazer

so Norris+ McGuinness in front? It's true...the majority of Irish people are fúcking morons when it comes to elections.

opinion guy

I was going to not vote but not that mcGuinnes is running I'll have to vote for someone else lest he gets in and I did nothing to stop him

Elmidena

I'll be voting for John Henry Eden, a president I can believe in.








Malcolm

squod

Moar Norris trolls!

stovelid

I'm voting Marty on a vicarious whiff of cordite ticket. My cecks are as wet as Mary Lou's just thinking about his manly never-a-terrorist-honestly aura.

Lord TSC

I'll be honest. I picked Norris. And it's not that I wanted to vote for him. I am sorely tempted to print off a picture of Martin Sheen, bring it with me on the day, superglue it onto my ballot paper and vote for him.

But if the choice is, as it would seem here, between Norris and McGuiness, then I will pick the lesser of the two evils. Tbh, I don't like any of the candidates but I really don't want Sinn Fein to win this.

Blazer

I picked Mary Harris..at least she seems to be doing some good with the special Olympics etc.. just from what I read quickly on a wiki page.

woodoo

Sc@recrow wrote: »

so Norris+ McGuinness in front? It's true...the majority of Irish people are fúcking morons when it comes to elections.

One man one vote.

FetchTheGin

President Atari Jaguar has a nice ring to it.

joshrogan

I'm 18 on the 29th of October so I can't vote .

DrumSteve

I'm going to vote for Michael D Higgins. The sort of person I'd like to represent our country. Always comes across well when i've seen him.

Laisurg

Sc@recrow wrote: »

so Norris+ McGuinness in front? It's true...the majority of Irish people are fúcking morons when it comes to elections.

Well who do you think should be elected oh wise one? tenner bet you'll be voting for Gay Mitchell :pac:

Liam Byrne

PeterIanStaker wrote: »

I put down Higgins - least worst and best of a very bad lot.

Same here. Don't particularly want to vote for him and am still hoping that someone decent will enter the race, but time is getting short.

Blazer

Laisurg wrote: »

Well who do you think should be elected oh wise one? tenner bet you'll be voting for Gay Mitchell :pac:

Point proven!!!!;) Post 17

mikemac

Vote Michael D, let the West awake

Morlar

President Martin McGuinness.


Who would you prefer at the 2016 100th year 1916 anniversary commemorations ?

Somone checking his watch, not wanting to be there . . . or Martin McGuinness ?

Kess73

There is not one candidate that I would vote for. It has been farcical to date, and the only thing that it suggests to me is that the role should be scrapped.

mikemac

A shame John Hume is in ill health.

If he ran he's be so far ahead he would win for sure

President Hume

Sooopie

None of them

Guy:Incognito

Morlar wrote: »

President Martin McGuinness.


Who would you prefer at the 2016 100th year 1916 anniversary commemorations ?

Somone checking his watch, not wanting to be there . . . or Martin McGuinness ?

Maybe he'll organise a reenactment and blow a few buildings up.

stargazer 68

Personally I think the money wasted on this election and the job itself could be better spent elsewhere!

Deedsie

Sc@recrow wrote: »

Point proven!!!!;) Post 17

A complete cop out of an answer. You complained about voters voting for McGuinness/Norris.

TwoShedsJackson

Caramel.

Phill Ewinn

Voting MaGuiness. Sure to piss off the bigoted lunatics in the orange order. 2011 folks. Time for an end to that stupid cult.

Guy:Incognito

Phill Ewinn wrote: »

Voting MaGuiness. Sure to piss off the bigoted lunatics in the orange order. 2011 folks. Time for an end to that stupid cult.

So how many years would you be annoyed with me if I murdered your brother or son before we could be mates? You have to move on and get over stuff sure.

ArticHare

I can't believe all this Norris business hasn't put people off voting for him. I'm not saying he doesn't have the right to stand, democratic rights and all that stuff. In the initial stages of the campaign (without being an expert in politics) I thought he'd be a great candidate for president, but everything since has changed my mind. Are there going to be debates? Or will we still know nothing about half the candidates when election day rolls around?

Morlar

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

So how many years would you be annoyed with me if I murdered your brother or son before we could be mates? You have to move on and get over stuff sure.

That's the thing about moving on, it takes both sides to acknowledge the past and get on with it, no one side has a moral monopoly.

mikom

Morlar wrote: »

Who would you prefer at the 2016 100th year 1916 anniversary commemorations ?

Somone checking his watch, not wanting to be there . . . or Martin McGuinness ?

Get with the times man.
They use digital timers now not the old wrist-watches.

Morlar

mikom wrote: »

Get with the times man.
They use digital timers now not the old wrist-watches.

That's about as likely as Norris using his smartphone to googleimage 'boy ass' as the parade marches past.

Guy:Incognito

ArticHare wrote: »

I can't believe all this Norris business hasn't put people off voting for him. I'm not saying he doesn't have the right to stand, democratic rights and all that stuff. In the initial stages of the campaign (without being an expert in politics) I thought he'd be a great candidate for president, but everything since has changed my mind. Are there going to be debates? Or will we still know nothing about half the candidates when election day rolls around?

As this and the last general election are proving, people are willing to forget past indiscretions such as "alleged" involvment in acts such as murdering so I'd say a few weeks is the appropriate timeframe to forget about Norriss' stupdity.

stovelid

Morlar wrote: »

Somone checking his watch, not wanting to be there . . . or Martin McGuinness ?

He's probably had plenty of experience checking timing devices at public gatherings, in fairness.

Guy:Incognito

Morlar wrote: »

That's the thing about moving on, it takes both sides to acknowledge the past and get on with it, no one side has a moral monopoly.

Being an innocent victim kind of gives you a complete majority on the moral front.

stovelid

Phill Ewinn wrote: »

Voting MaGuiness. Sure to piss off the bigoted lunatics in the orange order. 2011 folks.

You would piss them off even more if you voted for McGuinness, the Sinn Fein candidate.

Caraville

I honestly CANNOT understand how so many people would like to vote for either McGuinness or Norris.

You have on one hand, a man who lead a terrorist organisation- and despite the fact that he comes across as an affable sort, has many skeletons in his closet. I know everybody does, and I know we all have to move on from the past- but I would rather move on with someone with less blood literally on their hands. I don't know how people can vote for him knowing what he has been involved in.

And on the other hand, you have a man who was ridiculously politically naive- ok, he speaks well, is passionate, and I do think he puts his heart and soul into his work. But therein lies the problem- thinking with his heart and not his head led to his problems. How he thought that what he did was a good idea or that it was right shows political weakness and I would rather someone who could say "I'm sympathetic to your situation but I'm afraid professionally I can't back you on this" rather than someone who would think that what Norris did was ok. It was naive and silly, and I hold the role of President in higher regard than that.

starlit

I'd vote for someone else to be honest Mary Hannifan be my candidate if she were running. I wouldn't vote for any of the Sinn Fein Crowd though, too much history. Someone new and fresh be better...for a better Ireland?!

MitchKoobski

Norris or Higgins. Always liked Norris as a public figure, seems to be one of the few actually living in the year 2011. That being said, he hasn't been great lately. He needs to impress in the race to get the vote. I'd vote Higgins if it came to it atm simply because he's the only one I like out of the rest. Seems passionate about the role.

But if Dana does indeed enter the race, anyone but Dana.

Wolfe Tone

I'm voting for McGuinness because I think he is by far the most experienced at what the president will be expected to do (foreign trips, meeting heads of state etc.) He has done it all before, met numerous American presidents, people like Nelson Mandela, lots of other heads of state in Europe, he has just returned from a trade mission to the US with Robinson, he has gone all over the world and he knows what he is doing. I think the presidency will be a great office for him to continue his work in breaking down barriers and trying to heal wounds.

Also he will only take the average wage and will give the rest of the cash to the Irish people. Electing him will really stick it to the political establishment who have carved the presidency up amongst themselves like a trophy for so long.

AND the shock of him being elected may polish off a few Sindo hacks.

stovelid

Not really pushed but I'd never not vote so will give it to Higgins.

Morlar

stovelid wrote: »

Not really pushed but I'd never not vote so will give it to Higgins.

Am I the only completely immature person who pictures this every time I read that name ?

http://www.treaclechops.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Higgins.jpg

Wonder if there is some hairy culchie in a souped up escort living in a guest house on his grounds ?

Caraville

stovelid wrote: »

Not really pushed but I'd never not vote so will give it to Higgins.

Yeah I'm the same, none of them inspire a whole lot in me but Higgins would be my choice out of them all. I do admire him as a person and I think he seems very genuine. I heard him and his wife in an interview once and they came across as really lovely people and they would represent our country well with visitors to Ireland or indeed going abroad themselves.

And I also think people are often too quick to dismiss older people when they can still be very capable despite their age. I really hate when people say that they wouldn't vote for Higgins simply because of his age.

stovelid

Wolfe Tone wrote: »

I'm voting for McGuinness because I think he is by far the most experienced at what the president will be expected to do (foreign trips, meeting heads of state etc.) He has done it all before, met numerous American presidents, people like Nelson Mandela, lots of other heads of state in Europe, he has just returned from a trade mission to the US with Robinson, he has gone all over the world and he knows what he is doing. I think the presidency will be a great office for him to continue his work in breaking down barriers and trying to heal wounds.

Also he will only take the average wage and will give the rest of the cash to the Irish people. Electing him will really stick it to the political establishment who have carved the presidency up amongst themselves like a trophy for so long.

AND the shock of him being elected may polish off a few Sindo hacks.

he's in Sinn Fein.

Fixed.