Election 2011 Offical Thread.

[muppet]

Cowen not running!

http://twitter.com/#!/who_to_follow/search/votewhelan

[Maguire01]

Cowen not running!

http://twitter.com/#!/who_to_follow/search/votewhelan

Right on the ball there muppet!

[muppet]

Cowen not running!

http://twitter.com/#!/who_to_follow/search/votewhelan

Right on the ball there muppet!

Got it from p.ie.

[Denn Forever]

Brian Cowen has announced on Midlands Radio 103 that he is not running in Laois Offaly.

Cowen not running!

http://twitter.com/#!/who_to_follow/search/votewhelan

Good man AZ

[muppet]

Brian Cowen has announced on Midlands Radio 103 that he is not running in Laois Offaly.

Cowen not running!

http://twitter.com/#!/who_to_follow/search/votewhelan

Good man AZ

Ah feck it. That'll might be the only time Midland Radio beats (bates?) Twitter.

[sammymaguire]

What would happen if the Irish people came out in their masses and voted people who might actually make a difference and change things for the better?? Possibly the Independents out there who dont want to vote FF, FG or Labour and who want rid of the chroneys in Irish politics, the guys who are in there for all the trappings of a TD and the big pension to follow?? If the Indo's made up the majority, who would be the Taoiseach?

[muppet]

What would happen if the Irish people came out in their masses and voted people who might actually make a difference and change things for the better?? Possibly the Independents out there who dont want to vote FF, FG or Labour and who want rid of the chroneys in Irish politics, the guys who are in there for all the trappings of a TD and the big pension to follow?? If the Indo's made up the majority, who would be the Taoiseach?

Michael Healy-Rae.

[sammymaguire]

Sad thing is I can't tell if you are being serious or taking the Mick. Sure no-one can understand that blathering idiot.... Suppose that didn't stop the last man getting the job 

[Maguire01]

What would happen if the Irish people came out in their masses and voted people who might actually make a difference and change things for the better?? Possibly the Independents out there who dont want to vote FF, FG or Labour and who want rid of the chroneys in Irish politics, the guys who are in there for all the trappings of a TD and the big pension to follow?? If the Indo's made up the majority, who would be the Taoiseach?

Independents? It would be worse than the current situation. They'd all be spending their time sorting the roads and medical cards for the own constituencies whilst the country continues to fly down the plan.

[sammymaguire]

Here is the man for you! www.mcguirk.eu

[Orangemac]

Can't believe it, O'Toole, Dunphy et al were all set to save the country but "ah sorry lads the elections too early, I have too many things on this month to be running for government."

Maybe its not that important to them after all 

While this seems disappointing at 1st glance,if they couldn't organise this then they proably shouldn't be in power.

A simple step would be for Enda Kenny instead of abolishing the Seanad, actually appointing 11 intelligent independent people who could represent the country in the Seanad even if it meant legislation was voted against.

Has this happened something like once in the last 60 years?

[Bogball XV]

Can't believe it, O'Toole, Dunphy et al were all set to save the country but "ah sorry lads the elections too early, I have too many things on this month to be running for government."

Maybe its not that important to them after all 

While this seems disappointing at 1st glance,if they couldn't organise this then they proably shouldn't be in power.

A simple step would be for Enda Kenny instead of abolishing the Seanad, actually appointing 11 intelligent independent people who could represent the country in the Seanad even if it meant legislation was voted against.

Has this happened something like once in the last 60 years?

the problem with the seanad wasn't that it existed or that it cost too much (it didn't really), it was how it was made up.  Senators are voted on by county councillors, very few voted by the universities (anachronistic to say the least) and the balance were taoiseach's appointees, in other words rewards by Ahern et al to people he knew or wanted to keep quiet (Ivor Callelly for example, why was he a taoiseach's choice I wonder?).  Of course the wonderfully moral greens, who whilst anti corruption etc were more than happy to have Bertie appoint Dan Boyle and some other lady (De Burca?) as a reward for the joining their coalition too.  So Enda will appoint 11 other people (12 I think), but they will be unlikely to be intelligent and they will most certainly not be independent.

[Maguire01]

Here is the man for you! www.mcguirk.eu

Have never heard of him. But as I won't have a vote, it makes no difference.

Had a quick look at the website though and the idea that an independent, or even a group of independents, could "Renegotiate the IMF/EU bailout" seems a bit far fetched.

Also, unless I missed it, I can't see any  real 'bio' on the site. What are his credentials?

[Bogball XV]

What would happen if the Irish people came out in their masses and voted people who might actually make a difference and change things for the better?? Possibly the Independents out there who dont want to vote FF, FG or Labour and who want rid of the chroneys in Irish politics, the guys who are in there for all the trappings of a TD and the big pension to follow?? If the Indo's made up the majority, who would be the Taoiseach?

Independents? It would be worse than the current situation. They'd all be spending their time sorting the roads and medical cards for the own constituencies whilst the country continues to fly down the plan.

that depends on the quality of the independent and what that person's aims are, if it's simply to be re-elected then you're right, but, I don't see how that is in any worse than what we will have should any of our current parties take power.

I will not vote for an established party, I may not vote at all, but I'd love to see people of the calibre of Paul Somerville get elected, someone who understands finance at a level above most of us.  I wouldn't want Dunphy or O'Toole there tbh, what expertise would they have to negotiate with the IMF?  The two of them, whilst entertaining, talk an awful amount of shite. 

[Hardy]

Brian Cowen has announced on Midlands Radio 103 that he is not running in Laois Offaly.

Cowen not running!

http://twitter.com/#!/who_to_follow/search/votewhelan

Good man AZ

Ah feck it. That'll might be the only time Midland Radio beats (bates?) Twitter.

Sure Twitter were going for the five-in-a-row.