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Peter Casey to contest the European elections

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    #1862
    tayto lover
    Registered Users Posts: 51,652 ✭✭✭✭tayto lover


    dxhound2005 wrote: »
    Also hard to credit is people prepared to elect politicians who refuse to sit in parliament. It's not just this country that is a bit mad.

    McElvaney re-elected in Monaghan too.
    More Macarena tonight.


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    #1863
    pinkyeye
    Registered Users Posts: 1,293 ✭✭✭pinkyeye


    GoneHome wrote: »
    He'll do the same for me if he gets elected this time round :p

    Ah you've lost your few bob, wouldn't be counting on that to get you through the week. :D


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    #1864
    tayto lover
    Registered Users Posts: 51,652 ✭✭✭✭tayto lover


    GoneHome wrote: »
    He'll do the same for me if he gets elected this time round :p

    Not much hope I’m afraid, can’t see it.


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    #1865
    SirGerryAdams
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 499 ✭✭SirGerryAdams


    Leo and Simon are licking their lips at these results.

    Watch out, they will try and pull a general election out of Micheal Martin first and if that doesn't work they'll pull the plug themselves.

    The Greens are the only party they can go into coalition without getting criticised, Sinn Fein no, FF no, Labour - won't get enough support, same with soc dems etc.

    But Leo etc. will assume everyone wants climate action so they'll vote the greens hard in the general election.


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    #1866
    dxhound2005
    Registered Users Posts: 20,883 ✭✭✭✭dxhound2005


    tayto lover wrote: »
    McAvinney re-elected in Monaghan too.
    More Macarena tonight.

    McElvaney.


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    #1867
    mgn
    Registered Users Posts: 1,904 ✭✭✭mgn


    pinkyeye wrote: »
    :rolleyes::rolleyes:

    I don't for one second believe he's a millionaire. If he is why is he running for every thing he can throw his hat at? It sure as hell isn't a love for Ireland that's driving him.

    Also, when asked if he'd give his salary away he said he'd pay for his children's education first. If he's a multi-millionaire surely that's already paid for?? :rolleyes:

    He said if he was elected as President he would not take his salary unlike the people's hero Higgins who is treated like some sort of God in the media.
    Who pay for their kids education in advance anyway.


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    #1868
    [Deleted User]
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    SirGerryAdams wrote: »
    But Leo etc. will assume everyone wants climate action so they'll vote the greens hard in the general election.

    If you vote hard, it counts twice.


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    #1869
    blinding
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 7,466 ✭✭✭blinding


    Deleted User wrote: »
    If you vote hard, it counts twice.
    Ya need Beef to Vote Hard !


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    #1870
    GoneHome
    Registered Users Posts: 1,783 ✭✭✭GoneHome


    pinkyeye wrote: »
    Ah you've lost your few bob, wouldn't be counting on that to get you through the week. :D

    Bread and water for the week :D


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    #1871
    pinkyeye
    Registered Users Posts: 1,293 ✭✭✭pinkyeye


    mgn wrote: »
    He said if he was elected as President he would not take his salary unlike the people's hero Higgins who is treated like some sort of God in the media.
    Who pay for their kids education in advance anyway.

    Plenty of people have trusts set up to pay for their childrens education. Particularly so called "millionaires".


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    #1872
    Road-Hog
    Registered Users Posts: 1,412 ✭✭✭Road-Hog


    pinkyeye wrote: »
    Plenty of people have trusts set up to pay for their childrens education. Particularly so called "millionaires".

    Has he a chance of getting a euro seat....?

    No time for the guy in any case.

    C u Next Tuesday in fact.


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    #1873
    Idbatterim
    Registered Users Posts: 17,852 ✭✭✭✭Idbatterim


    I want Casey in the Dail, not bloody europe! I take it that he wont win a seat?


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    #1874
    mgn
    Registered Users Posts: 1,904 ✭✭✭mgn


    Idbatterim wrote: »
    I want Casey in the Dail, not bloody europe! I take it that he wont win a seat?

    No,cant see it.


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    #1875
    Idbatterim
    Registered Users Posts: 17,852 ✭✭✭✭Idbatterim


    mgn wrote: »
    No,cant see it.

    delighted, he can be far better used as a voice amongst the 166 waste of space in the Dail, I can see him doing ludicrous things like standing up for workers in there, totally off the wall stuff :rolleyes:


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    #1876
    mgn
    Registered Users Posts: 1,904 ✭✭✭mgn


    Idbatterim wrote: »
    delighted, he can be far better used as a voice amongst the 166 waste of space in the Dail, I can see him doing ludicrous things like standing up for workers in there, totally off the wall stuff :rolleyes:

    You can't say things like that here.


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    #1877
    dxhound2005
    Registered Users Posts: 20,883 ✭✭✭✭dxhound2005


    Idbatterim wrote: »
    delighted, he can be far better used as a voice amongst the 166 waste of space in the Dail, I can see him doing ludicrous things like standing up for workers in there, totally off the wall stuff :rolleyes:

    Where did you get 166 from?


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    #1878
    Road-Hog
    Registered Users Posts: 1,412 ✭✭✭Road-Hog


    dxhound2005 wrote: »
    Where did you get 166 from?

    159 seats in dail is ‘their’ not


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    #1879
    Idbatterim
    Registered Users Posts: 17,852 ✭✭✭✭Idbatterim


    Road-Hog wrote: »
    159 seats in dail is ‘their’ not

    159 in that case!


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    #1880
    dxhound2005
    Registered Users Posts: 20,883 ✭✭✭✭dxhound2005


    Road-Hog wrote: »
    159 seats in dail is ‘their’ not

    There is not.


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    #1881
    Blueshoe
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    nice_guy80 wrote: »
    2003.
    That's 16 years ago.

    He was in the greens back then too.
    Pure conman


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    #1882
    Thelonious Monk
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    Idbatterim wrote: »
    159 in that case!

    Does the Ceann Comhairle count as a seat Shane?


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    #1883
    Larbre34
    Registered Users Posts: 23,949 ✭✭✭✭Larbre34


    Casey would be doing well to win a seat in a Dáil election either. His approach and communication is poxy, 'hi I'm m a big noise in Murica and was on the telly, want to harass some travellers with me? His nearest existing template is Michael Lowry and Lowry has a 40 year history and a Tipperary mafia behind him. Casey would need that to crack the FF FG and SF organisations in Donegal (even Thomas Pringle is SF diaspora), and he's starting from nowhere.

    He could carefully choose another rural territory where a big dog in the centre right may be retiring, but nowhere springs to mind.


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    #1884
    Larbre34
    Registered Users Posts: 23,949 ✭✭✭✭Larbre34


    Thelonious Monk wrote: »
    Does the Ceann Comhairle count as a seat Shane?

    Its 158 including An CC


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    #1885
    dxhound2005
    Registered Users Posts: 20,883 ✭✭✭✭dxhound2005


    Larbre34 wrote: »
    Casey would be doing well to win a seat in a Dáil election either. His approach and communication is poxy, 'hi I'm m a big noise in Murica and was on the telly, want to harass some travellers with me? His nearest existing template is Michael Lowry and Lowry has a 40 year history and a Tipperary mafia behind him. Casey would need that to crack the FF FG and SF organisations in Donegal (even Thomas Pringle is SF diaspora), and he's starting from nowhere.

    He could carefully choose another rural territory where a big dog in the centre right may be retiring, but nowhere springs to mind.

    He could have a go at Sligo Leitrim. Which takes in part of Donegal and half of Cavan. Currently two FF, one FG and one SF. They are mostly simple folk who are easily led:)


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    #1886
    MrMusician18
    Registered Users Posts: 7,307 ✭✭✭MrMusician18


    Larbre34 wrote: »
    Casey would be doing well to win a seat in a Dáil election either. His approach and communication is poxy, 'hi I'm m a big noise in Murica and was on the telly, want to harass some travellers with me? His nearest existing template is Michael Lowry and Lowry has a 40 year history and a Tipperary mafia behind him. Casey would need that to crack the FF FG and SF organisations in Donegal (even Thomas Pringle is SF diaspora), and he's starting from nowhere.

    He could carefully choose another rural territory where a big dog in the centre right may be retiring, but nowhere springs to mind.

    He'd get elected to the Dail in either Roscommon south Leitrim or Longford Westmeath.


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    #1887
    listermint
    Registered Users Posts: 33,857 ✭✭✭✭listermint


    Idbatterim wrote: »
    delighted, he can be far better used as a voice amongst the 166 waste of space in the Dail, I can see him doing ludicrous things like standing up for workers in there, totally off the wall stuff :rolleyes:

    Thank god your in a minority of people.

    Always amazing what sort of fringe lunatic shams people are willing to back.

    I could literally parrot two populist things to you and you'd follow me down the street


    Excellent stuff.


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    #1888
    h2005
    Registered Users Posts: 1,384 ✭✭✭h2005


    Idbatterim wrote: »
    delighted, he can be far better used as a voice amongst the 166 waste of space in the Dail, I can see him doing ludicrous things like standing up for workers in there, totally off the wall stuff :rolleyes:

    Has he ever mentioned workers rights? Struggling to see him as a champion of workers


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    #1889
    eagle eye
    Registered Users Posts: 37,965 ✭✭✭✭eagle eye


    listermint wrote:
    Thank god your in a minority of people.
    You don't seem to understand that it's not about the candidate, it's about sending a message to the government because they aren't listening to the electorate. The more stupid the guy is the better so they get the message that it's about the message and not the candidate.


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    #1890
    listermint
    Registered Users Posts: 33,857 ✭✭✭✭listermint


    eagle eye wrote: »
    You don't seem to understand that it's not about the candidate, it's about sending a message to the government because they aren't listening to the electorate. The more stupid the guy is the better so they get the message that it's about the message and not the candidate.

    No that's idiotic.

    You want to send a message the talk to your councillor talk to your TD talk to your minister.

    You don't send a message by sending a random gom off for a nice pension. You send nothing with that.


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    #1891
    FrancieBrady
    Registered Users Posts: 68,129 ✭✭✭✭FrancieBrady


    eagle eye wrote: »
    You don't seem to understand that it's not about the candidate, it's about sending a message to the government because they aren't listening to the electorate. The more stupid the guy is the better so they get the message that it's about the message and not the candidate.

    If the 'guy' can't get himself elected, are we allowed to take that as a 'message' as well?
    This is his 3rd time attempting to be elected to something.


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