After Hours Presidential Election Poll

FrancieBrady · 23-10-2018 06:15PM

dudara wrote: »

The reason why I am discounting Sean Gallagher as a candidate is that I haven't seen him do anything for the past 7 years since his first punt at the Presidency. He didn't stand for local elections or for general elections. We didn't hear anything (IIRC) during the same sex marriage or 8th amendment referendums. To me, it just looks like he simply re-emerged for a second shot. If he is serious about having an impact, I would have expected something from him in the past 7 years.

I'm hoping tonight's debate will be interesting. We have a real lack of polls and a lot of turmoil, so it will be interesting to see how the candidates perform.

I see Gallagher has had to chew his 'principles' for fear of missing out on a last debate. Funny.

haley79 · 23-10-2018 06:16PM

Coillte_Bhoy wrote: »

Hopefully thats exactly what he will be, the semi articulate buffoon that he is

all criticism is self criticism, psychology 101

LiamoSail · 23-10-2018 06:19PM

FrancieBrady wrote: »

I voted five times in that poll. :rolleyes::rolleyes:

So Casey is in fact further ahead than the pole suggests?

FrancieBrady · 23-10-2018 06:21PM

LiamoSail wrote: »

So Casey is in fact further ahead than the pole suggests?

Yeh, yeh he is! :rolleyes:

4068ac1elhodqr · 23-10-2018 06:30PM

One large bookie now has Casey as 2nd fav @29 (28/1).
It's turning into a 2-horse race (old horse and the new blood).

haley79 · 23-10-2018 06:35PM

dudara wrote: »

The reason why I am discounting Sean Gallagher as a candidate is that I haven't seen him do anything for the past 7 years since his first punt at the Presidency. He didn't stand for local elections or for general elections. We didn't hear anything (IIRC) during the same sex marriage or 8th amendment referendums. To me, it just looks like he simply re-emerged for a second shot. If he is serious about having an impact, I would have expected something from him in the past 7 years.

I'm hoping tonight's debate will be interesting. We have a real lack of polls and a lot of turmoil, so it will be interesting to see how the candidates perform.

If Peter Casey hadn't emerged as a candidate it would be between Michal D and Gallagher
but sean is aggrieved from twittergate the last time and i believe he will put some hard questions to michael d
and to be honest i hope it descends into a sh1tshow and mudslinging contest
or a brawl on live tv

haley79 · 23-10-2018 06:39PM

Kamden Fit Worker wrote: »

One large bookie now has Casey as 2nd fav @29 (28/1).
It's turning into a 2-horse race (old horse and the new blood).

i'm feeling fairly confident about my tenner on casey to win at 100/1
roll on friday

Conservative · 23-10-2018 06:41PM

Atlantis50 wrote: »

scooby77 wrote: »

And down to 9/4 in betting without Michael D....he was at 12/1 in that as recently as Saturday (threw on a sneaky €5 then).
Some money going on him...

Wow, down to 9/4 now. Good thing I got in at 16/1 last Thursday

Well done!! That's surely a winning bet at this stage.

Atoms for Peace · 23-10-2018 06:49PM

It will be great fun if Gallagher starts throwing some serious dirt at Higgins, which he surely must have after seven years of brooding. I can see MDH getting fierce ratty if he does.

4068ac1elhodqr · 23-10-2018 06:49PM

haley79 wrote: »

i'm feeling fairly confident about my tenner on casey to win at 100/1
roll on friday

Somewhat also (80/1), but if they offer a pre-event cash out (even at half these odds), would be worth consideration too.

Fair to say any early value has left the building now. And the W/O markets won't allow a line selection (risk reduction) as part of an acca.

Who knows what the final result will be once the hoards of average bingo-mass-tea-soapopera voters will swing, once they get bussed in to polling stations. I.e. "That wee man, he seems like a nice chap".

Beechwoodspark · 23-10-2018 06:52PM

Atoms for Peace wrote: »

It will be great fun if Gallagher starts throwing some serious dirt at Higgins, which he surely must have after seven years of brooding. I can see MDH getting fierce ratty if he does.

It’s now or never for Gallagher. He’s gone down the smiley smiley harmless route so far and it’s gotten him sweet fa so tonight’s the night if he wants to push it.

haley79 · 23-10-2018 06:54PM

Atoms for Peace wrote: »

It will be great fun if Gallagher starts throwing some serious dirt at Higgins, which he surely must have after seven years of brooding. I can see MDH getting fierce ratty if he does.

i reckon sean has the ammo to unleash at higgins but why should he now when hes an also-ran

suicide_circus · 23-10-2018 06:54PM

The man was a ginger all along!!

Beechwoodspark · 23-10-2018 06:57PM

Coillte_Bhoy wrote: »

Hopefully thats exactly what he will be, the semi articulate buffoon that he is

A multi millionaire “buffoon”...

paw patrol · 23-10-2018 06:58PM

haley79 wrote: »

i reckon sean has the ammo to unleash at higgins but why should he now when hes an also-ran

Probably forgotten about by election day or give Higgins time to recover or spin on it.
sweet revenge, KO at the final furlong.
who knows? also who knows if he has anything.
I hope so.

Zubeneschamali · 23-10-2018 07:00PM

MrMusician18 wrote: »

It depends, if some people were to be believed, his support level is still on 2% so there would be little point in going after him.

Attacking Casey (even with his feeble level of support) will help them with the self-righteous PC voter, who would otherwise be stuck voting for MichaelD.

Beechwoodspark · 23-10-2018 07:01PM

paw patrol wrote: »

Probably forgotten about by election day or give Higgins time to recover or spin on it.
sweet revenge, KO at the final furlong.
who knows? also who knows if he has anything.
I hope so.

It’s last chance saloon tonight. Now or never

weldoninhio · 23-10-2018 07:05PM

Coillte_Bhoy wrote: »

Hopefully thats exactly what he will be, the semi articulate buffoon that he is

Semi-articulate, self made millionaire, buffoon that he is. Making millions must be right handy.

haley79 · 23-10-2018 07:07PM

the debate is on rte 1 at 9:35

not sure who the moderator will be

BoneIdol · 23-10-2018 07:11PM

Patser wrote: »

But Casey's approach, his speaking plainly and his attacks on Higgins have generated all the interest over the last week. If the others really want to make an impact they have to have a lot more presence and substance than last week.

Yeah, where people think he's a complete knob and the others will do well to hammer him if they want any good will from the public.

haley79 · 23-10-2018 07:25PM

weldoninhio wrote: »

Semi-articulate, self made millionaire, buffoon that he is. Making millions must be right handy.

if you sit on your communist arse for seven years in the aras writing bolshevik poetry you will make a nice cool 3.5 million euro

unless your peter casey who will not take the salary nor the unvouched annual 317,000 euro expenses

humberklog · 23-10-2018 07:58PM

haley79 wrote: »

he just has to be himself

Think so? I find him very flappy and sort of all over the place and his diction is odd.

I hope he has a few drags off a spliff and chills the f out.

Fann Linn · 23-10-2018 08:00PM

haley79 wrote: »

the debate is on rte 1 at 9:35

not sure who the moderator will be

Beasty!

Berserker · 23-10-2018 08:01PM

Atoms for Peace wrote: »

It will be great fun if Gallagher starts throwing some serious dirt at Higgins, which he surely must have after seven years of brooding. I can see MDH getting fierce ratty if he does.

I'm not sure if he's got enough to rattle him, much as I'd love to see it. MD is a old pro and they are well used to dodging punches. Recall VB, who was a proper interviewer to be fair, trying to get at M. Martin and he couldn't lay a glove on him. Think it'd be something similar with MD and SG.

haley79 · 23-10-2018 08:15PM

debate in 76 minutes

dudara · 23-10-2018 08:17PM

haley79 wrote: »

if you sit on your communist arse for seven years in the aras writing bolshevik poetry you will make a nice cool 3.5 million euro

unless your peter casey who will not take the salary nor the unvouched annual 317,000 euro expenses

Honest question here as I don’t know the answer, can a president (or TD etc) legally not take a salary? The whole point of paying them is to disincentivise bribery etc. I would have thought it was mandated? If they wanted to give it to charity afterwards, then fine

weldoninhio · 23-10-2018 08:19PM

dudara wrote: »

Honest question here as I don’t know the answer, can a president (or TD etc) legally not take a salary? The whole point of paying them is to disincentivise bribery etc. I would have thought it was mandated? If they wanted to give it to charity afterwards, then fine

As far as I remember he said he’ll take it, but redistribute it to local county councils.

FrancieBrady · 23-10-2018 08:22PM

dudara wrote: »

Honest question here as I don’t know the answer, can a president (or TD etc) legally not take a salary? The whole point of paying them is to disincentivise bribery etc. I would have thought it was mandated? If they wanted to give it to charity afterwards, then fine

Yes, I think they have to take it first, and return it or give it away.

haley79 · 23-10-2018 08:24PM

i hope they have the debate on rte radio aswell for the people who are stuck out driving

Grayson · 23-10-2018 08:26PM

Vincent Vega wrote: »

What's with these weird little videos about Michael D appearing on Casey's twitter?

https://twitter.com/CaseyPeterJ/status/1054271429401890816
And the American lad narrating them.
Is he just trying to tap into the American reality tv politics MIGA feel of his supporter base, with their parroting talk of liberals, snowflakes, NPCs and silent majorities? Or could it be possible that he has received support in his campaign from American interests?

I'd say Trump would much rather sit down with Casey than Higgins, and you'd have to wonder if the cancellation of his planned trip here might have been done with that possibility in mind.

I just watched those video's on his twitter feed. there's blatent lies in them and yeah, what is up with an american narrating them?

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