gmisk wrote: » The comments below that are fun! Does he really not have an Irish passport?!
normanoffside wrote: » Yes I know. That's my point. in the 8 days between tweets he has done a U Turn. Making it up as he goes along.
Deebles McBeebles wrote: » He gave it up after getting his US one, if memory serves.
Yurt! wrote: » Don't see why he would, he's perfectly entitled to be a dual-national. It's also a bit of a rigmarole giving up your Irish nationality (you have to get the permission of the Minister of Foreign Affairs) and then you'd have to renaturalise if you change your mind.
mgn wrote: » There was a full front page in the Sun newspaper with the title ''Irish Scum''one morning.Now that's what i call racist.
mgn wrote: » I see the usual mob using the racist bulls*it to but a man down by people that knows nothing about it. If you were Irish around London in the 80s or 90s you would know what racist really means.No joe Duffy to go crying too or a nice friendly journalist to publish your story on the front page.There was a full front page in the Sun newspaper with the title ''Irish Scum''one morning.Now that's what i call racist.
VinLieger wrote: » He's on video literally admitting to being a racist, how are people still not getting this?
Phoebas wrote: » He couldn't have made himself more clear. He admits to being a racist. And still we have his supporters insisting that he isn't.
Phoebas wrote: » He couldn't have made himself more clear. He admits to being a racist. And still we have his supporters insisting that he isn't. Is the candidate that 'says it as it is' not saying it as it is?
Scoundrel wrote: » He's a total spoofer he hasn't a clue the real danger is when someone far more intelligent and knowledgeable than Casey tries this anti immigrant punch down shtick.
Berserker wrote: » Would depend on the content. If the article related to the subsection of Irish people who engaged in terrorists acts in the UK in the 80s, the title would be appropriate. If it was aimed at Irish people in general then it would be racist. Nothing Peter Casey says is racist. His willingness to bring certain topics to the fore doesn't sit well with certain people and they use the racist label to try and hush him.
Scoundrel wrote: » That's because his supporters are racist morons
Cienciano wrote: » Casey supporters in this thread remind me of Trump supporters. No matter what dumb shhe comes out with, a certain percentage will still support him.
Cienciano wrote: » Casey supporters in this thread remind me of Trump supporters. No matter what dumb shít he comes out with, a certain percentage will still support him.
mgn wrote: » The rest will support the FG/FF/Lab that their families supported for generations regardless who the candidate is.Just like sheep.
robman60 wrote: » I am in fair of tightening immigration, with the biggest issue being the non-execution of deportation notices. That is farcical. However, I think Casey is making the argument terribly. If he were making the argument cogently, I think he'd hit 15% FPV no problem. The issue is, he has touched on the occasional right thing down to his intuition or something, but he lacks the ability to make something approaching a coherent campaign point. I still think he will take 10-12% FPV and if he gets the upper end of that, he will be in the running, especially if it's Smyth who he takes votes from which I think is likely.
robman60 wrote: » Agreed. Find mindless adherence to the party the worst of all. I think some people see it like supporting a football team and they just want their team to win. I believe the electoral history in Ireland used to show that. You'd have a FF or FG voter transferring to labour rather than helping 'the other team' who was far more ideologically in line with the voter.
is_that_so wrote: » Ming & Carthy will get plenty of votes and objectively McGuinness is a pretty good politician and a strong voice on Brexit. Casey is not a victim of the "mindless adherence to party" theory, he's just a truly awful, clueless candidate
robman60 wrote: » My point was more a general one really. Just saying that it was unfair to critique Casey voters specifically when there are huge numbers who just vote on the party label with nothing on the candidate to go off. If you read the posts above mine, you will see what I was referring to. I think 12% would be enough for him as he will get a bit from FF transfer too. If he has enough of a lead, it would be hard to catch. All I'm saying is still an outside shot with Walsh followed by Smith still more likely.
eagle eye wrote: » Have we a troll farm in operation here, some ridiculous anti-Casey stuff going in The video of him saying he is a racist is cut short to try and make it look worse but there is enough there to make you believe that he is not actually admitting to being a racist.
is_that_so wrote: » He's not really and if you want an example go back to 2009 and Ganley. He got over 13% but no terribly useful numbers of transfers. In total he got about 10K. To be safe and to keep ahead of the rest of the pack you need 14-15%. Harkin only got 10% but steadily acquired transfers, about 40K or so, from everyone who was eliminated and pipped Gallagher for the final seat. Which type of Indo do you think Casey is?
