If Fianna Fail nuked the country, would you still vote for them ?

thecommietommy

I would and so would 26% of the country according to a poll. So what about the rest of you ?

68 lost souls

Isn't that what they already did and now people are blaming the new guys.

Rasheed

How could we vote if we were nuked?

thecommietommy

Rasheed wrote: »

How could we vote if we were nuked?

Well a few would survive and then vote Fianna Fail regardless

Pherekydes

thecommietommy wrote: »

Well a few would survive and then vote Fianna Fail regardless

Why would only dumb people survive?

ejmaztec

thecommietommy wrote: »

Well a few would survive and then vote Fianna Fail regardless

Zombie mutants supporting FF?

No change there then.:(

Chemical Burn

Wait, they didn't **** us up already?

mikemac1

This would mean lots of construction jobs

FF are great for job creation

michael999999

Bertie would be buried in a hole with all the cash he won on the horses over the years so he would be safe!

Robbing, thieving bastards of a party!

I will never ever vote for them!

Peregrine

thecommietommy wrote: »

Well a few would survive and then vote Fianna Fail regardless

Ah yeah great buncha lads them FFers

:rolleyes:

overshoot

Rasheed wrote: »

How could we vote if we were nuked?

because they would manage to féck it up like everything else

heffoo

Has to be one of the most idiotic questions ever asked

Guffy

Sure their the only party with the balls to do. It.

Lapin

Did you mean to put an 'f' instead of an 'n' in the word 'nuked'?

If so, you're asking this about 80 years too late.

Roger_007

I've come to the conclusion that there is no limit to the utter stupidity of the Irish people. If FF ever get anywhere near government again that's me outta here. I would prefer to live on a mountain top in Outer Mongolia.

omahaid

As long as they fix the road after nuking it they'll get my vote and my sons vote.

Royal Legend

Roger_007 wrote: »

I've come to the conclusion that there is no limit to the utter stupidity of the Irish people. If FF ever get anywhere near government again that's me outta here. I would prefer to live on a mountain top in Outer Mongolia.

When they get in again, I will personally arrange a whip round to buy you a one way ticket

mikemac1

I hope you all have Dick Roche's iodine pill

Royal Legend

Who put that comedic advert in the corner

"Keep Your Promise Enda" about the pro-life debate.

Enda has broken that many promises now, that if he surely is going to make a promise at some stage that inadvertently keeps a promise he made previously.

tim3000

as long as you don't vote for Sinn Fein

tiny timy

if they took out kenny and his minions then I would!

RayM

I have to admit, I don't feel as angry with Fianna Fail as I did two years ago (anger gets tiresome after a while). I'm never going to vote for them (never did, even before they wrecked the economy), but I can understand why the sort of people who always voted for them, but "lent their votes to Fine Gael" in 2011 appear to be supporting them again - switching between the two hardly requires a massive ideological leap.

thecommietommy

RayM wrote: »

I have to admit, I don't feel as angry with Fianna Fail as I did two years ago (anger gets tiresome after a while). I'm never going to vote for them (never did, even before they wrecked the economy), but I can understand why the sort of people who always voted for them, but "lent their votes to Fine Gael" in 2011 appear to be supporting them again - switching between the two hardly requires a massive ideological leap.

Yep, some mind set, " Will I vote Fianna Gael or Fine Fail ".

_Kaiser_

tim3000 wrote: »

as long as you don't vote for Sinn Fein

See this is why politics in this country is a lost cause and why our "democracy" is anything but.

I'm no particular fan of SF myself (or ANY of the current parties - I'm interested in people qualified and experienced enough to get the job done) but I recognize that swinging back and forth between FF and FG every few years (with whatever minor party is making up the numbers in coalition) will never bring the real change this country so badly needs - FFS, they're just 2 sides of the same coin.

At least SF and a few of the others in there are at least objecting to the current status quo - but of course we Irish don't like change so anyone who stands out is simply shouted down or smeared in the media (witness the case of Clare Daly's recent skirmish with "the law" being made public before the facts were actually known - no co-incidence I'm sure that she was one of those who pushed on the penalty points scandal!)

But by all means, keep voting the same gombeen teachers, lawyers and publicans in folks based on nothing more than "my daddy voted for them"/"they fixed the road"/they got my planning application approved".. but then don't whinge when you're left scraping for pennies each month to keep our "betters" in the lifestyle they've become accustomed to at OUR expense!

kingcobra

I think you meant to say "If Fianna Fail TD's were naked the country, would you still vote for them?"



I don't think they've any female TD's.......so no

thecommietommy

Roger_007 wrote: »

I've come to the conclusion that there is no limit to the utter stupidity of the Irish people. If FF ever get anywhere near government again that's me outta here. I would prefer to live on a mountain top in Outer Mongolia.

Cann't say I blame you. As someone once said on a radio talk show, if you have ambition or gumption, get out. Don't waste your lives.

Einhard

It's depressing how many people would vote FF again so soon after they brought our country to its knees. These people probably think of themselves as patriots, as people proud of their nation, but they're anything but. If a parent was as irresponsible towards a child as Irish voters tend to be towards their country, then the child would be taken into care and the parent imprisoned for gorss negligence. Still, though, sure didn't that FF fella down the road get Mary her passport, so he's got my vote...

bnt

Pherekydes wrote: »

Why would only dumb people survive?

The problem is not that they'd survive, the problem is that they'd vote.

Streng Verboten

Nuke'm from orbit, it's the only way to be sure.

dttq

If Fianna Fail broke into everybody's house tomorrow - stole their jewellery, televisions and just about everything else in everybody's houses. Then proceeded to spray paint everybody's car along with slitting their tyres. Then proceeded to burn down the local hospital and schools......................the people who vote for them, would STILL vote for them.

Dyr

Rasheed wrote: »

How could we vote if we were nuked?

Because fianna failers are cockarocheez

Royal Legend

Kaiser2000 wrote: »

See this is why politics in this country is a lost cause and why our "democracy" is anything but.

I'm no particular fan of SF myself (or ANY of the current parties - I'm interested in people qualified and experienced enough to get the job done) but I recognize that swinging back and forth between FF and FG every few years (with whatever minor party is making up the numbers in coalition) will never bring the real change this country so badly needs - FFS, they're just 2 sides of the same coin.

At least SF and a few of the others in there are at least objecting to the current status quo - but of course we Irish don't like change so anyone who stands out is simply shouted down or smeared in the media (witness the case of Clare Daly's recent skirmish with "the law" being made public before the facts were actually known - no co-incidence I'm sure that she was one of those who pushed on the penalty points scandal!)

But by all means, keep voting the same gombeen teachers, lawyers and publicans in folks based on nothing more than "my daddy voted for them"/"they fixed the road"/they got my planning application approved".. but then don't whinge when you're left scraping for pennies each month to keep our "betters" in the lifestyle they've become accustomed to at OUR expense!

But thats the problem, there is no one else to vote for, the PD's tried, possibly the right party at the wrong time. I never voted for them, but looking back, O'Malley was proven correct on a good few things, especially the corruption in Fianna Fail. They seemed to have a good moral standpoint, something that is totally missing at present. they made a big mistake going into coalition as did the greens. McDowell was a prick but a clever man with a good moral code, Harney too although an ex FF, was a clever woman who tried to stick out her Health ministry, but met the power of the HSE and the bureaucrats and FF were more than happy for her to take the sh1T fromeveryone, I still believe that she is 10 times the health minister that reilly is. The greens however are a bit like the socialists, pie in the sky politics, too set on an unrealistic agenda. Its a pity about the greens too as they had some members with moral dignity as well.

harry Bailey esq

if you were running for election,they'd vote for you...

galwayrush

FF did nuke the country economically , yet over a quarter of people would still vote for them.

Grayson

Rasheed wrote: »

How could we vote if we were nuked?

Voting machines

iDave

A scandal regarding Bertie Ahern breaks and in the following weeks he actually has higher ratings in the opinion polls because of it.
In the wake of this, is FFs resurgence really that surprising?

space_man

this country is dysfunctional on so many levels.
some of the TDs who secure the biggest votes have been caught doing dodgy things, yet they get voted in time after time.
and then we wonder when things go badly wrong .........?

i know of one woman who recently waved goodbye to her son as he had to emigrate to Australia.
she was bereft and spent weeks on facebook telling everybody how upset she was, (replete with pics of tears at the departure lounge).
i know her family and they are fanatical FFers. they would NEVER consider voting the other way, and have told me as much. (not that i need to be told tbh)
i tried getting her to join up the dots but she wouldn't hear of it.
she would rather see her only son emigrate to the other side of the planet ..............?

Azure_sky

"Yeah but man, it's either Fianna Fail or the commies or the facists, like ya know?"

johnty56

Maybe if some charges were brought against those in the wrong, instead of endless tribunals, if a few of them were locked up, people might have to wake up and smell the coffee.
As a previous poster said, if the Irish populace really are stupid enough to vote them in again next time around I will be upping sticks and getting out of here. There is no way I would raise my kids in a country with such a stupid voting public. It might be infectious.

space_man

johnty56 wrote: »

Maybe if some charges were brought against those in the wrong, instead of endless tribunals, if a few of them were locked up, people might have to wake up and smell the coffee.
As a previous poster said, if the Irish populace really are stupid enough to vote them in again next time around I will be upping sticks and getting out of here. There is no way I would raise my kids in a country with such a stupid voting public. It might be infectious.

whatever about being infectious, you can you can bet your bottom €uro the same mistakes are just waiting to be repeated, and an electorate with such a short-term memory is just waiting to be fleeced all over again.

endacl

Rasheed wrote: »

How could we vote if we were nuked?

Lead lined voting machines.

Son Of A Vidic

michael999999 wrote: »

Robbing, thieving bastards of a party!

I will never ever vote for them!

Which one, FF or FG? Both are the same if you ask me, they just rob us in different ways.

Azure_sky

People complain a lot about dysfunctional political parties. I believe the root cause goes far further than that. The comprehension of reality, and thus the respective will of the electorate, is dysfunctional. Perhaps if people spent less time watching American Idol, Tallafornia and Take me out Ireland, and more time reading Locke, Hume, Dawkins and Rand these parasitic clowns wouldn't get voted in from the outset.

Aquarius34

space_man wrote: »

this country is dysfunctional on so many levels.
some of the TDs who secure the biggest votes have been caught doing dodgy things, yet they get voted in time after time.
and then we wonder when things go badly wrong .........?

i know of one woman who recently waved goodbye to her son as he had to emigrate to Australia.
she was bereft and spent weeks on facebook telling everybody how upset she was, (replete with pics of tears at the departure lounge).
i know her family and they are fanatical FFers. they would NEVER consider voting the other way, and have told me as much. (not that i need to be told tbh)
i tried getting her to join up the dots but she wouldn't hear of it.
she would rather see her only son emigrate to the other side of the planet ..............?

Are you only starting to realise that the penny has already dropped?


Voting is an illusion of choice.

Mal-Adjusted

Rasheed wrote: »

How could we vote if we were nuked?

Because FG had to build fall out shelters from the last time FF nuked us

Dyr

Mal-Adjusted wrote: »

Because FG had to build fall out shelters from the last time FF nuked us

Only so they could stick a shelter tax on them

hooradiation

thecommietommy wrote: »

I would and so would 26% of the country according to a poll. So what about the rest of you ?

So, in order for FF to get back into power we'd need to turn all of Ireland into a nightmare hellscape where the living envy the dead?

I like this plan.

Steve O

Absolutely. Without Fianna Fail I wouldn't have gotten my super power.