After Hours Presidential Election Poll

suicide_circus · 24-10-2018 12:48PM

dav3 wrote: »

Still looks like a handful of people out there deciding to vote for casey and voting no in the blasphemy referendum because they want to 'stick it to the man'.

What brave Irish heros they are. Bualadh bos.

I'll vote Casey to stick to the man and yes in the referendum because it's the right thing to do.

Wheeliebin30 · 24-10-2018 12:50PM

dav3 wrote: »

Still looks like a handful of people out there deciding to vote for casey and voting no in the blasphemy referendum because they want to 'stick it to the man'.

What brave Irish heros they are. Bualadh bos.

Why do people vote for opposition parties like Sinn Fein so?

When they know they can’t inplement amything???

Come on enlighten me.

dav3 · 24-10-2018 12:52PM

suicide_circus wrote: »

I'll vote Casey to stick to the man and yes in the referendum because it's the right thing to do.

Just the one 'protest vote'? Not really 'sticking to the man'.

suicide_circus · 24-10-2018 12:52PM

Wheeliebin30 wrote: »

Why do people vote for opposition parties like Sinn Fein so?

When they know they can’t inplement amything???

Come on enlighten me.

when you stick it to the man by voting left it's good.

when you stick it to the man by voting right it's bad.

that is literally the logic at play.

McMurphy · 24-10-2018 12:52PM

dav3 wrote: »

Still looks like a handful of people out there deciding to vote for casey and voting no in the blasphemy referendum because they want to 'stick it to the man'.

What brave Irish heros they are. Bualadh bos.

Voting for Casey here as a protest vote.

Voting yes in the referendum.

You're not very good at this prediction craic dav3.

Any examples of Casey being a racist yet?

dav3 · 24-10-2018 12:52PM

Wheeliebin30 wrote: »

Why do people vote for opposition parties like Sinn Fein so?

When they know they can’t inplement amything???

Come on enlighten me.

No idea. You should ask them.

suicide_circus · 24-10-2018 12:53PM

dav3 wrote: »

Just the one 'protest vote'? Not really 'sticking to the man'.

how should I vote? please tell me

AudreyHepburn · 24-10-2018 12:53PM

suicide_circus wrote: »

I'll vote Casey to stick to the man and yes in the referendum because it's the right thing to do.

But what’s the point. He’s unlikely to be elected and I really don’t think the government will see it as the earth shattering event people are trying to make it out to be.

Zubeneschamali · 24-10-2018 12:54PM

Wheeliebin30 wrote: »

Why do people vote for opposition parties like Sinn Fein so?

When they know they can’t inplement amything???

You vote for the politicians with the policies you agree with.

You don't vote for completely mad stuff just to annoy the establishment, since when everyone does that, you wind up with Brexit.

(Which Casey thinks is a great idea, by the way - he wants us to leave the Euro).

suicide_circus · 24-10-2018 12:56PM

AudreyHepburn wrote: »

But what’s the point. He’s unlikely to be elected and I really don’t think the government will see it as the earth shattering event people are trying to make it out to be.

as I said it's the first time I have had the opportunity to vote for someone espousing views that are contrary to the "acceptable" left leaning narrative of this country. I am taking that opportunity.

LiamoSail · 24-10-2018 12:56PM

MrMusician18 wrote: »

I can't say I've ever heard of an employee going away with their employer to work, at their own expense, during their own free time.

Seems strange imo.

It's 2018. If MDH can't type or use the internet, it's time to retire

suicide_circus · 24-10-2018 12:57PM

Zubeneschamali wrote: »

You vote for the politicians with the policies you agree with.

You don't vote for completely mad stuff just to annoy the establishment, since when everyone does that, you wind up with Brexit.

(Which Casey thinks is a great idea, by the way - he wants us to leave the Euro).

I'll say it again, this is a protest vote without the fallout potential of a brexit or a trump as the role is purely ceremonial.

PokeHerKing · 24-10-2018 12:58PM

Zubeneschamali wrote:

(Which Casey thinks is a great idea, by the way - he wants us to leave the Euro).

If I were to only vote for the candidates I agreed with 100% of the time on every subject I'd never vote!

elperello · 24-10-2018 12:59PM

stratowide wrote: »

Normally at these elections you'd have official polls coming out continually..The suspicious part of me is smelling a rat here.

Are the media trying to hide something..hmmm

I think they just got caught out expecting last week would be dull and didn't bother shelling out to commission a poll.

I don't think they would try to suppress a poll. It would be almost impossible anyway. At the end of the day poll commissioners have only one end in mind, their own profits.

AudreyHepburn · 24-10-2018 12:59PM

suicide_circus wrote: »

as I said it's the first time I have had the opportunity to vote for someone espousing views that are contrary to the "acceptable" left leaning narrative of this country. I am taking that opportunity.

I ask again why? What do you honestly hope to achieve.

It’s not going to rock the boat as much you think it will and Casey isn’t some Messiah who will sweep in and make everything right.

You’re wasting a vote that people fought hard for you to have.

98q76e12hrflnk · 24-10-2018 01:00PM

AudreyHepburn wrote: »

I ask again why? What do you honestly hope to achieve.

It’s not going to rock the boat as much you think it will and Casey isn’t some Messiah who will sweep in and make everything right.

You’re wasting a vote that people fought hard for you to have.

In your opinion.

McMurphy · 24-10-2018 01:01PM

AudreyHepburn wrote: »

But what’s the point. He’s unlikely to be elected and I really don’t think the government will see it as the earth shattering event people are trying to make it out to be.

I think it's a 2 horse race.

What might be the banana skin for MDH will be that a lot of his (unquestioning) supporters might think hes a cert to be allowed to march along the halls of the big gaff in the park for another 7 years, and so not bother their asses voting.

The protest voters (myself included) may not have been initially bothered about voting anyway, but after the establishment first tried to deny us that opportunity, then tried influencing us to vote for who they think should be kept on, are now making it their business to do so.

As others have said, it's the perfect opportunity to exercise a protest vote, sending home a message that we don't like to be manipulated, and even if the vote comes to fruition, unlike trump or Brexit, this has no real possibility of backfiring as Casey will have no real powers anyway.

The people have arisen it seems.

Over a week of non stop trying to demonize the man hasn't worked, he's still the hot topic of conversation.

AudreyHepburn · 24-10-2018 01:01PM

suicide_circus wrote: »

I'll say it again, this is a protest vote without the fallout potential of a brexit or a trump as the role is purely ceremonial.

But if people are willing to protest vote in something that doesn’t have a huge fallout what’s to stop them doing it in something that does?

We’ve seen how badly that worked with Brexit and Trump.

Protest votes are dangerous.

suicide_circus · 24-10-2018 01:01PM

AudreyHepburn wrote: »

I ask again why? What do you honestly hope to achieve.

It’s not going to rock the boat as much you think it will and Casey isn’t some Messiah who will sweep in and make everything right.

You’re wasting a vote that people fought hard for you to have.

a vote you don't agree with is a wasted vote?

in that case a vote for anyone but MDH is a wasted vote.

do you understand how democracy works?

suicide_circus · 24-10-2018 01:03PM

AudreyHepburn wrote: »

Protest votes are dangerous.

theyve found a way to avoid such dangers in North Korea

PokeHerKing · 24-10-2018 01:03PM

suicide_circus wrote:

a vote you don't agree with is a wasted vote?

suicide_circus wrote:

in that case a vote for anyone but MDH is a wasted vote.

suicide_circus wrote:

do you understand how democracy works?

That IS how the Looney left view democracy

McMurphy · 24-10-2018 01:04PM

AudreyHepburn wrote: »

You’re wasting a vote that people fought hard for you to have.

The irony here is that some people fought hard to try and deny us that vote until the shinners placed a spanner in their works.

There's a smell of fear and desperation accumulating in the air now.

AudreyHepburn · 24-10-2018 01:04PM

suicide_circus wrote: »

a vote you don't agree with is a wasted vote?

in that case a vote for anyone but MDH is a wasted vote.

do you understand how democracy works?

No. A protest vote is a wasted vote. A spoiled vote is a wasted vote.

A vote I disagree with is just a vote.

AudreyHepburn · 24-10-2018 01:05PM

suicide_circus wrote: »

theyve found a way to avoid such dangers in North Korea

They’re brainwashed there. They couldn’t protest if they wanted to.

Bad analogy.

ThunbergsAreGo · 24-10-2018 01:06PM

Johnny Dogs wrote: »

I think it's a 2 horse race.

What might be the banana skin for MDH will be that a lot of his (unquestioning) supporters might think hes a cert to be allowed to march along the halls of the big gaff in the park for another 7 years, and so not bother their asses voting.

The protest voters (myself included) may not have been initially bothered about voting anyway, but after the establishment first tried to deny us that opportunity, then tried influencing us to vote for who they think should be kept on, are now making it their business to do so.

As others have said, it's the perfect opportunity to exercise a protest vote, sending home a message that we don't like to be manipulated, and even if the vote comes to fruition, unlike trump or Brexit, this has no real possibility of backfiring as Casey will have no real powers anyway.

The people have arisen it seems.

Over a week of non stop trying to demonize the man hasn't worked, he's still the hot topic of conversation.

It is clearly a one horse race. It is such a certainty that Michael Higgins will win.

AudreyHepburn · 24-10-2018 01:06PM

PokeHerKing wrote: »

That IS how the Looney left view democracy

I’m not loony or extreme left thanks.

I just know a foolish decision when I see one.

scotchy · 24-10-2018 01:08PM

Listening to the RTE radio news. You wouldn't know we were having an election in 2 days time.

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tom1ie · 24-10-2018 01:10PM

AudreyHepburn wrote: »

I ask again why? What do you honestly hope to achieve.

It’s not going to rock the boat as much you think it will and Casey isn’t some Messiah who will sweep in and make everything right.

You’re wasting a vote that people fought hard for you to have.

Nope. Poster is exercising their democratic right.
Wasting a vote would be not turning up or spoiling that vote.
You seem confused.

elperello · 24-10-2018 01:10PM

Johnny Dogs wrote: »

The irony here is that some people fought hard to try and deny us that vote until the shinners placed a spanner in their works.

There's a smell of fear and desperation accumulating in the air now.

Fear has been proven to be a strong motivational factor.:)

BailMeOut · 24-10-2018 01:14PM

King of Kings wrote: »

he clearly stated that his irish companies pay tax here

he also said due to his green card he must pay tax in US. is he lying???

Does Peter Casey have a USA green card?

If he does then he will lose it if he leaves USA for more than 6 months unless he has a special 're-entry permit'.

Yes if a green card holder you need to declare and pay tax on your worldwide income but you still need to also pay tax where you are resident however we have a double tax treaty with USA so pay in USA and the difference in Ireland is Ireland is higher.

I wonder can Peter Casey even vote for himself?

After Hours Presidential Election Poll

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