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FG to just do nothing for the next 5 years.

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    #722
    jimmycrackcorm
    Registered Users Posts: 14,330 ✭✭✭✭jimmycrackcorm


    FrancieBrady wrote: »
    The absolute arrogance to hide two key ministers from account during the campaign. I wonder how anyone rationalised voting for Harris and Murphy, when they treated their electorate with such disdain.
    Harris can't be kept off the media since the election.

    I'd love to see a FF / SF coalition with SF getting health and housing ministries.

    On the other hand, not really, because I wasn't into Harry potter movies either.


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    #723
    Yurt2
    Registered Users Posts: 9,381 ✭✭✭Yurt2


    cryptocurrency wrote: »
    FG want to blame others for Brexit and the coming recession. We all know what they are trying to do.

    There's a lot of truth in this. Unlike other small European countries like Finland, we operate on extremely pro-cyclical economic policies that leave us unusually exposed to global shocks.

    The half-hearted way that FG fought this election would hint at them pulling a Bertie and getting out before the worst effects of Brexit and a slowing world economy rattle our fragile economic system.


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    #724
    jimmycrackcorm
    Registered Users Posts: 14,330 ✭✭✭✭jimmycrackcorm


    Yurt! wrote: »
    There's a lot of truth in this. Unlike other small European countries like Finland, we operate on extremely pro-cyclical economic policies that leave us unusually exposed to global shocks.

    The half-hearted way that FG fought this election would hint at them pulling a Bertie and getting out before the worst effects of Brexit and a slowing world economy rattle our fragile economic system.

    What nonsense are you talking about, half hearted? FG have stuck to their central message about a strong economy and that if you want to fix housing and health then you need to be earning money that way.

    There's a huge difference between now and Berties pull out. Rents and house prices have both stabilised on comparison to Bertie lecturing about suicide.


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    #725
    Yurt2
    Registered Users Posts: 9,381 ✭✭✭Yurt2


    jimmycrackcorm wrote: »
    What nonsense are you talking about, half hearted? FG have stuck to their central message about a strong economy and that if you want to fix housing and health then you need to be earning money that way.

    There's a huge difference between now and Berties pull out. Rents and house prices have both stabilised on comparison to Bertie lecturing about suicide.

    FG don't want it. "Preparing for opposition, our mandate is to not enter government negotiations etc etc."


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    #726
    BluePlanet
    Registered Users Posts: 2,346 ✭✭✭BluePlanet


    jimmycrackcorm wrote: »
    A lot of people wanted to give the government a bloody nose , and they did. But they didn't realise that so many wanted to do the same. It's one thing to do that, but another to think of the possibility of a SF minister for justice...
    Yeah can you just imagine when they release records around the Dublin and Monaghan bombings and find that the FG government were complicit in covering up the murder of Irish people on Irish streets?


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    #727
    BarryD2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,732 ✭✭✭BarryD2


    Yurt! wrote: »
    FG don't want it. "Preparing for opposition, our mandate is to not enter government negotiations etc etc."

    Breaking News: FG 'lost' the election.. have to laugh at some people here, always want their cake and to eat it.

    SF can bluster all they want, hold public meetings, blah blah - but they're in no rush to really take responsibility at this time.

    It's a game of chicken, pass the parcel and see who's left holding the baby.


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    #728
    FrancieBrady
    Registered Users Posts: 67,064 ✭✭✭✭FrancieBrady


    BarryD2 wrote: »
    Breaking News: FG 'lost' the election..

    Other posters here will be very cross with you...nobody 'lost' and nobody 'won' the election!! :(:(:D


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    #729
    Jinglejangle69
    Registered Users Posts: 7,247 ✭✭✭Jinglejangle69


    FrancieBrady wrote: »
    Other posters here will be very cross with you...nobody 'lost' and nobody 'won' the election!! :(:(:D

    You have a very understanding boss Francie.

    Like where do you get the time form morning to evening to defend SF non stop!

    I admire you.


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    #730
    blanch152
    Registered Users Posts: 27,248 ✭✭✭✭blanch152


    McMurphy wrote: »
    It's not who breaks the ribbon, but how you get across.

    Didn't John Brady top the poll in Wicklow?


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    Harris didn't get elected until the fifteenth, that's the reality.


    It is ironic to see so many Shinnerbots on Twitter promoting the idea of FPTP. They appear to see the British system as the best one because it would have given them an undemocratic majority just like Boris'.

    "British is best" should be the Sinn Fein slogan for a change in the electoral system.

    Turning back to your post, the fact is Fine Gael got more votes than Sinn Fein in Wicklow.


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    #731
    JamesM
    Registered Users Posts: 1,775 ✭✭✭JamesM


    Yurt! wrote: »
    There's a lot of truth in this. Unlike other small European countries like Finland, we operate on extremely pro-cyclical economic policies that leave us unusually exposed to global shocks.

    The half-hearted way that FG fought this election would hint at them pulling a Bertie and getting out before the worst effects of Brexit and a slowing world economy rattle our fragile economic system.

    Sounds like SF are already making excuses for their failure to carry out their promises - if they happen to get into government.


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    #732
    blanch152
    Registered Users Posts: 27,248 ✭✭✭✭blanch152


    JamesM wrote: »
    Sounds like SF are already making excuses for their failure to carry out their promises - if they happen to get into government.


    They are running scared of going into government.

    Off around the country holding rallies of supporters brought from town to town by hired buses rather than actually sitting down and negotiating with other political parties.


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    #733
    road_high
    Registered Users Posts: 19,388 ✭✭✭✭road_high


    blanch152 wrote: »
    They are running scared of going into government.

    Off around the country holding rallies of supporters brought from town to town by hired buses rather than actually sitting down and negotiating with other political parties.

    Shinners don't do Governement. They do ranting and raving behind a megaphone, it's where MLM belongs. Not negiotating a programme fot government. That's for others to do- so she can spend another 5 years on her hole opposing it.


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    #734
    Wanderer78
    Registered Users Posts: 28,856 ✭✭✭✭Wanderer78


    road_high wrote:
    Shinners don't do Governement. They do ranting and raving behind a megaphone, it's where MLM belongs. Not negiotating a programme fot government. That's for others to do- so she can spend another 5 years on her hole opposing it.


    The numbers simply aren't there for a sf government, it ll more than likely be some arrangement between ffg and others


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    #735
    average_runner
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    Can we not just put SF into power, it be funny to watch them.


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    #736
    FrancieBrady
    Registered Users Posts: 67,064 ✭✭✭✭FrancieBrady


    road_high wrote: »
    so she can spend another 5 years on her hole opposing it.

    Leo seems to be mad to do the same.


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    #737
    Wanderer78
    Registered Users Posts: 28,856 ✭✭✭✭Wanderer78


    Wanderer78 wrote:
    The numbers simply aren't there for a sf government, it ll more than likely be some arrangement between ffg and others

    average_runner wrote:
    Can we not just put SF into power, it be funny to watch them.


    ......


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    #738
    Suckit
    Registered Users Posts: 11,215 ✭✭✭✭Suckit


    average_runner wrote: »
    Can we not just put SF into power, it be funny to watch them.


    The last crowd were proper clowns, so they must have been the warm up act.


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    #739
    Granny15
    Registered Users Posts: 1,129 ✭✭✭Granny15


    average_runner wrote: »
    Can we not just put SF into power, it be funny to watch them.

    Oh SF are a laughing stock now. They don't know how to govern?

    The laughing stock is FG and how little they've been elected in the Republic over the past 100 years. Now that's a literal laughing stock


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    #740
    Suckit
    Registered Users Posts: 11,215 ✭✭✭✭Suckit


    Granny15 wrote: »

    Oh SF are a laughing stock now. They don't know how to govern?

    The laughing stock is FG and how little they've been elected in the Republic over the past 100 years. Now that's a literal laughing stock


    They're the 'Big Boys' derp....

    Stealing FF quotes and they are the 'senior hurlers'.... :rolleyes:


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    #741
    James Brown
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,015 ✭✭✭✭James Brown


    Varadkar reminds me of his pal Trump. Anytime ML does anything he's off on one about bullying and intimidating. These are the death throws of an ego maniac as the walls close in on his tenure as caretaker waster overseeing the growth of numerous crises while patting himself on the back for the economy and high employment, like 'everything is awesome' as the song goes.
    Surely Coveney or somebody can step in and save what dignity FG have left?
    They need rid of Harris, Varadkar, Flanagan and Murphy the high profile stooges, and rebuild with mature reasoned politicians.


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    #742
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    Granny15 wrote: »


    Oh SF are a laughing stock now. They don't know how to govern?

    The laughing stock is FG and how little they've been elected in the Republic over the past 100 years. Now that's a literal laughing stock

    Imagine standing in the corner of Coppers, slagging some lad because he's only been with 8 women in his life, while the other fella has been with 17 in the same timespan, and you yourself have never gotten the shift. That's what that post reads like.


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    #743
    Mortelaro
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,431 ✭✭✭Mortelaro


    Bowie wrote: »
    Varadkar reminds me of his pal Trump. Anytime ML does anything he's off on one about bullying and intimidating. These are the death throws of an ego maniac as the walls close in on his tenure as caretaker waster overseeing the growth of numerous crises while patting himself on the back for the economy and high employment, like 'everything is awesome' as the song goes.
    Surely Coveney or somebody can step in and save what dignity FG have left?
    They need rid of Harris, Varadkar, Flanagan and Murphy the high profile stooges, and rebuild with mature reasoned politicians.

    Does writing that kind of hate filled illogical garbage give one a hard on?
    I must try it
    Save a fortune in viagra for an aul lad like me


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    #744
    Suckit
    Registered Users Posts: 11,215 ✭✭✭✭Suckit


    Mortelaro wrote: »
    Does writing that kind of hate filled illogical garbage give one a hard on?
    I must try it
    Save a fortune in viagra for an aul lad like me
    The aul lad part is probably why you still vote FG.

    You have had years to help find fault with the country, done nothing and now contest people looking for a change.
    Not sure if it's cowardice or greasy palms, but it has to be one of them that is keeping you there.

    Edited - It could also be blind politics.


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    #745
    Mortelaro
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,431 ✭✭✭Mortelaro


    Suckit wrote: »
    The aul lad part is probably why you still vote FG.

    You have had years to help find fault with the country, done nothing and now contest people looking for a change.
    Not sure if it's cowardice or greasy palms, but it has to be one of them that is keeping you there.

    Edited - It could also be blind politics.

    This is amusing because I only voted for FG for the first time in feb :D


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    #746
    Suckit
    Registered Users Posts: 11,215 ✭✭✭✭Suckit


    Mortelaro wrote: »
    This is amusing because I only voted for FG for the first time in December:D


    December?


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    #747
    Suckit
    Registered Users Posts: 11,215 ✭✭✭✭Suckit


    Hmmm...


    Giving you the benefit. Why TF would an aul lad change his vote after a hundred years to vote for FG this year?
    What did Labour or FF do this time to make you change your vote?
    Or did you never vote before?
    Or did you just realise your previous votes never came to amount to anything?


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    #748
    Mortelaro
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,431 ✭✭✭Mortelaro


    Suckit wrote: »
    December?

    Feb,silly phone
    Must say you clicked reply quick
    My auld fingers copped that in about 30 seconds


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    #749
    Suckit
    Registered Users Posts: 11,215 ✭✭✭✭Suckit


    Mortelaro wrote: »
    Feb,silly phone
    Must say you clicked reply quick
    My auld fingers copped that in about 30 seconds
    You were probably thinking of the in house voting.


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    #750
    Mortelaro
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,431 ✭✭✭Mortelaro


    Suckit wrote: »
    Hmmm...


    Giving you the benefit. Why TF would an aul lad change his vote after a hundred years to vote for FG this year?
    What did Labour or FF do this time to make you change your vote?
    Or did you never vote before?
    Or did you just realise your previous votes never came to amount to anything?

    Ah I just wanted a party that would do nothing for 5 years only complain
    Didn't want that void left empty this time
    I usually vote for Charlie Keddy
    Prior to that Jim Tallon


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    #751
    James Brown
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,015 ✭✭✭✭James Brown


    Mortelaro wrote: »
    This is amusing because I only voted for FG for the first time in feb :D

    Fair dues. If I may ask why not in 2011 when most of us did? I mean you wait until the disappointment of Kenny and the less than blazing trail of Varadkar, the numerous crises and ineptitude and then decide FG are the way to go?
    Also as a floating voter, why do you find it so difficult, or seem to anyway, that others might be like minded and have voted for parties they are not tied to in this election? Every post out of you is pretty bitter and on the attack, with a smidgen of whataboutery. Odd for a first time FG voter is all.


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