Peter Casey believes Travellers should not be recognised as an ethnic minority

q85dw7osi4lebg · 24-10-2018 10:07PM

FrancieBrady wrote: »

Wait a minute, is there a sense of reality creeping in now with the 'if he gets 20%, yada yada' posts?

If 'everyone' knows what he is saying and 'the whole country secretly agrees with him' etc etc then 20% of the vote is an out and out abject failure. :rolleyes:

Poor Francie forgot to put money on Casey winning without MDH

24-10-2018 10:07PM

One thing I am curious about, how many people have switched from Higgins to Casey? It seems a lot of those shouting the loudest for Casey, here at least, are people who clearly dislike Higgins and wouldn't have voted for him anyway.. so I'm wondering how to reassess the last official polls done to account for this

24-10-2018 10:08PM

I can’t wait for Friday. It’s going to be a right suck into the travellers who carry on like animals. Can’t fcuking wait. Ethnic minority my hoop.

sonic85 · 24-10-2018 10:08PM

elperello wrote: »

The jet, the jet, the jet

It's becoming a poisoned chalice that airplane.

We buy it. Maintain it. Update it. Crew it.

Then if anyone uses it they are "held to account".

I'd have no problem with the government jet being used to fly abroad but using it to travel within the country is pure and utter bollocks. That trip to Belfast was simply a joke and even the trip to Kerry could've been made in one of those lovely comfy Beemers that cost the country an arm and a leg to buy.

The overall spending of that office is fairly outrageous TBH - for something that has no real influence. It would be no harm if it was reigned in a bit

Philosophy Zombie · 24-10-2018 10:08PM

Travelers will never darken my door to rob my house.The idea of that happening or anyone else chancing their luck is hilarious.

They are human. Sometimes they get scared.

deaddonkey15 · 24-10-2018 10:09PM

riffmongous wrote: »

One thing I am curious about, how many people have switched from Higgins to Casey? It seems a lot of those shouting the loudest for Casey, here at least, are people who clearly dislike Higgins and wouldn't have voted for him anyway.. so I'm wondering how to reassess the last official polls done to account for this

I've switched from Higgins to Casey.

FrancieBrady · 24-10-2018 10:09PM

Yet another one of Casey's 'promises' shot out of the water. Easy targets in fairness.

https://twitter.com/DearbhailDibs/status/1055135014562738176

24-10-2018 10:10PM

eeepaulo wrote: »

He does, he looks like the chancer who runs onto the pitch trying to get into the team photo.

Casey #1

All show and no substance then. You described it well there.

24-10-2018 10:10PM

FrancieBrady wrote: »

Yet another one of Casey's 'promises' shot out of the water. Easy targets in fairness.

https://twitter.com/DearbhailDibs/status/1055135014562738176

Not true. He can resign at any point he likes. Any president or politician can. Try harder.

freshpopcorn · 24-10-2018 10:12PM

riffmongous wrote: »

One thing I am curious about, how many people have switched from Higgins to Casey? It seems a lot of those shouting the loudest for Casey, here at least, are people who clearly dislike Higgins and wouldn't have voted for him anyway.. so I'm wondering how to reassess the last official polls done to account for this

I do think some people have. They were only voting for him because he was the best of a bad lot.
I know a man and he's be from a Labour family and he's have always went on about how great Michael D is and he says he's voting for Casey.

WillieMason · 24-10-2018 10:12PM

is it true Frog Wards son has call out Peter Casey????

WillieMason · 24-10-2018 10:13PM

freshpopcorn wrote: »

I do think some people have. They were only voting for him because he was the best of a bad lot.
I know a man and he's be from a Labour family and he's have always went on about how great Michael D is and he says he's voting for Casey.

Michael D is very sneaky

Sheep breeder · 24-10-2018 10:13PM

haley79 wrote: »

i was in the mart today and i got the feelling a lot of farmers will be voting for PETER CASEY

Us farmers can’t vote for Casey as we don’t live in Dublin and don’t exist in the media eyes

Calhoun · 24-10-2018 10:14PM

riffmongous wrote: »

One thing I am curious about, how many people have switched from Higgins to Casey? It seems a lot of those shouting the loudest for Casey, here at least, are people who clearly dislike Higgins and wouldn't have voted for him anyway.. so I'm wondering how to reassess the last official polls done to account for this

Originally I was going to vote for Higgins, I think allot of the comments regarding hotel stay, his unvouched expenses and doing the job for free showed a lack of respect for the position.

However the attacks on Casey by media and leader of the government of the day but also the near insistence that a job which is merely a figure head role should have a qualification like a politicians retirement position has put me off voting for Higgins.

freshpopcorn · 24-10-2018 10:14PM

FrancieBrady wrote: »

Yet another one of Casey's 'promises' shot out of the water. Easy targets in fairness.

https://twitter.com/DearbhailDibs/status/1055135014562738176

Chances are we'll have a referendum on something in the next few years and least Casey might get this idea out their.
I even think we're due local election next year and it could happen then.

tabby aspreme · 24-10-2018 10:15PM

Did Mary Robinson not shorten her term, I would think P Casey means that he would retire at a time , so as to have a presidential election coincide with local elections

24-10-2018 10:15PM

freshpopcorn wrote: »

I do think some people have. They were only voting for him because he was the best of a bad lot.
I know a man and he's be from a Labour family and he's have always went on about how great Michael D is and he says he's voting for Casey.

It's a pity we didn't have an AH poll beforehand to compare to even.

FrancieBrady · 24-10-2018 10:15PM

Elaina Gigantic RuleMGS wrote: »

Not true. He can resign at any point he likes. Any president or politician can. Try harder.

So, he resigns early, with no guarantee when the new election costing millions will be, and will only, at best coincide with one round of local elections, to 'save the country money'.

I will let work out for yourself how ineffably badly thought out that is.

haley79 · 24-10-2018 10:16PM

Sheep breeder wrote: »

Us farmers can’t vote for Casey as we don’t live in Dublin and don’t exist in the media eyes

i don't know about you but i will be voting twice

elperello · 24-10-2018 10:16PM

Elaina Gigantic RuleMGS wrote: »

Not true. He can resign at any point he likes. Any president or politician can. Try harder.

I'd say stall the ball there.
That woman is a qualified lawyer so she just might know what she's talking about.

Philosophy Zombie · 24-10-2018 10:18PM

Need Traveler insurance?:The trick is not to be a pussy.

freshpopcorn · 24-10-2018 10:18PM

riffmongous wrote: »

It's a pity we didn't have an AH poll beforehand to compare to even.

I do think Michael D would have lead the poll and Casey would have being bottom. Casey was very unpopular before he made his comment.

24-10-2018 10:18PM

FrancieBrady wrote: »

So, he resigns early, with no guarantee when the new election costing millions will be, and will only, at best coincide with one round of local elections, to 'save the country money'.

I will let work out for yourself how ineffably badly thought out that is.

Are you being intentionally stupid? What do you think if he resigns one day he’ll just lock up Leinster house and take off his president badge?

Or maybe he will announce his resignation and allow the government ample time to schedule the next election. You’re such a MDH fanboy it’s actually putting me into a bad mood. Fcuk off with that.

SafeSurfer · 24-10-2018 10:20PM

FrancieBrady wrote: »

If MDH was going to incite an incoherent with rage rabble (which he wouldn't do to begin with) I would bet he would at least find out the basic detail.
How did Casey get 'enraged' about the unfairness if he didn't know what the unfairness was.

He, like the two other Dragon's, is a snake oil shyster, laughing at the fun he was having lobbing grenades to the applause of the easily fooled.

The “easily fooled” says the guy who rated his candidate as best performer in a debate he didn’t even attend.
Is there any criticism of MDH you will entertain?

FrancieBrady · 24-10-2018 10:21PM

Elaina Gigantic RuleMGS wrote: »

Are you being intentionally stupid? What do you think if he resigns one day he’ll just lock up Leinster house and take off his president badge?

Or maybe he will announce his resignation and allow the government ample time to schedule the next election. You’re such a MDH fanboy it’s actually putting me into a bad mood. Fcuk off with that.

Could you try that again and be coherent?

24-10-2018 10:21PM

SafeSurfer wrote: »

Is there any criticism of MDH you will entertain?

That’s blasphemy to a fanboy.

elperello · 24-10-2018 10:22PM

sonic85 wrote: »

I'd have no problem with the government jet being used to fly abroad but using it to travel within the country is pure and utter bollocks. That trip to Belfast was simply a joke and even the trip to Kerry could've been made in one of those lovely comfy Beemers that cost the country an arm and a leg to buy.

The overall spending of that office is fairly outrageous TBH - for something that has no real influence. It would be no harm if it was reigned in a bit

I think a look at the spending is no harm at all. There should be more transparency.

On the plane.
You have a crew there paid for and they have to keep their hours up. They also need to train new pilots. That plane sometimes takes off from Baldonnel and just goes on training flights. The actual cost of the flight to Belfast is quite low and gives the crew some real operational experience.

McMurphy · 24-10-2018 10:22PM

elperello wrote: »

I'd say stall the ball there.
That woman is a qualified lawyer so she just might know what she's talking about.

Like Miriam:pac:

All joking aside, I don't think there's anything necessarily stopping a president resigning, indeed I think I heard cooper and Yates discuss something along the lines of Higgins doing so, should he get back in, and his expenses (which he'll only publish then) expose him as yet another leech with no respect to monetary value.

Yates said, if it happened, at the very least Higgins term would be "sullied".

FrancieBrady · 24-10-2018 10:23PM

SafeSurfer wrote: »

The “easily fooled” says the guy who rated his candidate as best performer in a debate he didn’t even attend.
Is there any criticism of MDH you will entertain?

If you think that debate harmed Higgins one iota well go ahead. I think he won by virtue of no harm to his position being done.

I haven't canvassed for Higgins on here or defended the jet thing etc.

I have merely said he is the best of the candidates. There would be better than MDH if they stood, they aren't.

*and no I am not going down rabbit holes naming who I think would be better.
I haven't voted for Higgins before either btw.

McMurphy · 24-10-2018 10:24PM

elperello wrote: »

I think a look at the spending is no harm at all. There should be more transparency.

On the plane.
You have a crew there paid for and they have to keep their hours up. They also need to train new pilots. That plane sometimes takes off from Baldonnel and just goes on training flights. The actual cost of the flight to Belfast is quite low and gives the crew some real operational experience.

All the less of a reason to lie about it.

Peter Casey believes Travellers should not be recognised as an ethnic minority

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