Presidential Election 2025

No contradictions at all. I have said clearly that I vote Green, that does not make me in agreement with everything the party says or does, that does not make me an activist. Neither does it make me a blind follower the way I see others on here blindly following Sinn Fein for example.

Quite simply, as I have explained before, the biggest crisis is climate change, and none of the other parties take it seriously enough. However, voting Green in a general election does not mean I have to follow their lead in a Presidential election.

At the moment I am voting Gavin, but that is open to change, I could vote Humphreys, but I believe that it is time we recognised the type of public service that Gavin has given this country, something which operates below the radar.

There should be a misogyny equivalent of Godwin's Law for posters like yourself and others who falsely bring misogyny accusations into a debate.

Being a woman doesn't prevent Connolly from being an idiot.

We have few choices to defend this country:

(1) Build defence forces capable of defending this country as a neutral state without needing NATO, this will cost far far more than being in NATO. It is the reason countries like Sweden have joined NATO.

(2) Line up with our EU colleagues to build a common European defence force.

(3) Join NATO

Of course we could default back to the current position and be a vassal State for the UK, relying on them for our defence.

That isn't what I did. I said that Connolly did not look and sound like a President compared to say Robinson or McAleese. There is nothing misogynist about that.

Blanch's Law: Where a poster introduces accusations of misogyny to distract from their feeble argument.

Mick Wallace does not look and sound like a President either, am I misandrist now as well?

I expect certain sartorial standards from a President, an element of charisma and presence, Connolly does not have those. Mary Robinson and Mary McAleese did. Maria Steen does, which would have made her a dangerous candidate from that point of view. There is nothing at all misogynist in pointing this out.

Nope

The Irish Times is fairly right wing economically, always looking after the interests of capital. It used to be fairly liberal socially, but even that has been drifting rightward in recent years.

The Toryeograph is what it is.