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Would you vote for Conor McGregor if he entered politics?

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    #242
    Frank Bullitt
    Registered Users Posts: 11,305 ✭✭✭✭Frank Bullitt


    ah-no-****-off-conor-v0-k4a9pbigog4c1.png

    Good lord...he couldn't run a bloody bath if he tried.



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    #243
    ejmaztec
    Registered Users Posts: 23,997 ✭✭✭✭ejmaztec


    Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha.


    Nope. 😕



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    #244
    PopePalpatine
    Registered Users Posts: 11,851 ✭✭✭✭PopePalpatine


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121458448#Comment_121458448

    Your link's broken, try this:

    https://i.imgur.com/qisHZDq.png

    I have to give Danny Healy-Rae credit for his response to another of that clown's Xcretions:

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    #245
    amdublin
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 20,650 CMod ✭✭✭✭amdublin


    No. He is a thug. All he has shown, in the last two weeks or so, is that he has a skill for riling up gurrier thickos



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    #246
    AndrewJRenko
    Registered Users Posts: 28,596 ✭✭✭✭AndrewJRenko


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121459362#Comment_121459362

    "There'd be votes every week".

    Just what we need, a President who has zero clue about the Constitution.



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    #247
    Frank Bullitt
    Registered Users Posts: 11,305 ✭✭✭✭Frank Bullitt


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121459372#Comment_121459372

    This just all speaks of a clown who wants attention, We are worse for giving it to him.



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    #248
    10000maniacs
    Registered Users Posts: 4,818 ✭✭✭10000maniacs


    The guy is thicker than Trump. That takes a lot of doing.



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    #249
    Bobson Dugnutt
    Registered Users Posts: 1,463 ✭✭✭Bobson Dugnutt


    I've heard that his new stout is like Porterhouse Plain. He bought the Porterhouse Brewery. Plain was a lovely pint of stout, so it would have been nice to get some alternative to Guinness or Beamish in pubs. Won't be giving a penny to the scumbag though.



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    #250
    Bobson Dugnutt
    Registered Users Posts: 1,463 ✭✭✭Bobson Dugnutt


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121459372#Comment_121459372

    Obviously not aware that The President needs the permission of Government to even leave the country. Council of State need to be informed as well.



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    #251
    hoodie6029
    Registered Users Posts: 3,536 ✭✭✭hoodie6029


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121459748#Comment_121459748

    But as the old saying goes ‘A pint of plain is your only man’

    The road to Hell is paved with good intentions.



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    #252
    Annasopra
    Registered Users Posts: 40,991 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    Apparently he has hired political advisers who worked in UK with ties to Brexit, Conservative European Research Group etc..

    It's already noticeable. His tweets are actually knowledgeable.

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



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    #253
    Collie D
    Registered Users Posts: 11,319 ✭✭✭✭Collie D


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121459952#Comment_121459952

    Don’t suppose he would need permission to re-enter the country?



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    #254
    AndrewJRenko
    Registered Users Posts: 28,596 ✭✭✭✭AndrewJRenko


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121460313#Comment_121460313

    Hope he's vetted before they let him back in.



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    #255
    Tony EH
    Registered Users Posts: 19,011 ✭✭✭✭Tony EH


    Anyone voting for this piece of shite if he entered politics needs to be sectioned.



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    #256
    hoodie6029
    Registered Users Posts: 3,536 ✭✭✭hoodie6029


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121460136#Comment_121460136

    Politicians’ power is limited but what these ultra-conservative groups aim to do across the world is to put someone in power for long enough to change the heads of the civil service, judges etc. Positions that can be held for decades and frustrate any real change in a society. Hungary and the UK gutted their civil services.

    Given how tightly controlled politics is here, the best mcgregor could hope for is to become an independent TD and end up shouting from the sidelines like Paul Murphy, RBB or Mattie McGrath. He’ll never get nominated for President. Look at Dana’s attempt in 2004. Every council slammed the door on her. G O’D, the same.

    The road to Hell is paved with good intentions.



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    #257
    VinLieger
    Registered Users Posts: 17,763 ✭✭✭✭VinLieger


    It is hilarious how many foreign idiots are cheering about him running for president due to them not understanding how our nomination system works as well as just assuming its a similar role to the US system. However its equally sad how many irish people seem to be under the same ignorant delusions.



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    #258
    hoodie6029
    Registered Users Posts: 3,536 ✭✭✭hoodie6029


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121461238#Comment_121461238

    The Presidency was created as a retirement home by Dev for himself.

    The road to Hell is paved with good intentions.



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    #259
    downthemiddle
    Registered Users Posts: 2,928 ✭✭✭downthemiddle


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121461252#Comment_121461252

    Sometimes, when you read something ridiculously stupid, it takes a minute to process just how stupid it is.



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    #260
    Annasopra
    Registered Users Posts: 40,991 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121461100#Comment_121461100

    Absolutely. Hungary, Poland, UK, US, Russia all engaging in this in last decade to various degrees- undermining civil service, undermining independent judiciary, undermining media, undermining human rights

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



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    #261
    hoodie6029
    Registered Users Posts: 3,536 ✭✭✭hoodie6029


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121461300#Comment_121461300

    oh lighten up, you’ll live longer you miserab….

    The road to Hell is paved with good intentions.



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    #262
    yourdeadwright
    Registered Users Posts: 20,631 ✭✭✭✭yourdeadwright


    I myself wouldn't but lets be real everyone in government currently are bent or incompetent & sometime both ,



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    #263
    Hoboo
    Registered Users Posts: 3,527 ✭✭✭Hoboo


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121460136#Comment_121460136

    How will he get on the ballot?



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    #264
    VinLieger
    Registered Users Posts: 17,763 ✭✭✭✭VinLieger


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121461964#Comment_121461964

    He wont, they are just taking his money hes cus a moron.



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    #265
    Homelander
    Registered Users Posts: 4,372 ✭✭✭Homelander


    If he actually managed to get on the ballot, I could see people voting for him. Firstly, the kind who would genuinely would believe him to be a great president, and then secondly, those who'd vote for him as a protest vote.

    Would I personally vote for him, absolutely not.



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    #266
    AndrewJRenko
    Registered Users Posts: 28,596 ✭✭✭✭AndrewJRenko


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121461940#Comment_121461940

    We get the politicians we deserve. They're the ones we vote for.

    Post edited by AndrewJRenko on


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    #267
    Deebles McBeebles
    Registered Users Posts: 5,754 ✭✭✭Deebles McBeebles


    I can just imagine all the American McGregor fans on social media, frothing at the mouth. Conor, he's the one to MIGA. Bear in mind, these are the same lads who think they are Irish themselves because a great grandfather once drank a pint of Guinness in England.



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    #268
    Working class heroes
    Registered Users Posts: 3,512 ✭✭✭Working class heroes


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121461940#Comment_121461940

    Everyone?

    Racism is now hiding behind the cloak of Community activism.



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    #269
    Glencarraig
    Registered Users Posts: 1,447 ✭✭✭Glencarraig


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121455791#Comment_121455791

    It's about the only thing he could win, not a chance in hell of him winning a "fight"



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    #270
    Annasopra
    Registered Users Posts: 40,991 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121461964#Comment_121461964

    He hasn't a hope

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



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    #271
    dublincc2
    Registered Users Posts: 373 ✭✭dublincc2


    From Twitter posts it looks like the potential candidates suggested are:

    Conor McGregor

    Bertie Ahern

    Gerry Adams

    Enda Kenny

    Peter Casey

    Paul McGrath

    Kevin Sharkey


    Now that obviously isn’t a definitive candidate list as we are so far out but those are the names that have come up.

    McGregor and McGrath are wildcards but popular people, the latter probably more respected. I would give McGregor my vote.

    Ahern and Kenny are the establishment candidates, same goes possibly to Adams.

    I’d vote for either McGregor, McGrath, Sharkey or Casey. They are the only candidates of any consequence.



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