Comments on: A vote for Labour is a vote for Fianna Fáil

By: Eoin

Eoin — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 08:53:21 +0000

Has Bock become 20?

By: Stephen Spillane - Election Day reading

Stephen Spillane - Election Day reading — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 06:02:21 +0000

[...] A vote for Labour is a vote for Fianna Fáil – Mulley.net [...]

By: Bock the Robber

Bock the Robber — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 23:27:27 +0000

We’re fucked.

Vote for Labour, you get Fianna Fáil.
Vote Green, you get Fianna Fáil.
Vote Fine Gael, you get Fianna Fáil Lite.

We are fucked. Boned and rolled by the Christian Brothers.

Time to see if Mrs Merkel will take over, or alternatively if the Brits will take us back, though that’s unlikely. Why the fuck would they?

By: Damien Mulley

Damien Mulley — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 22:59:17 +0000

That other Damien isn’t me BTW, fixed that for clarity.

By: Irish Election » Moratorium Evening: Web Roundup

Irish Election » Moratorium Evening: Web Roundup — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 22:16:00 +0000

[...] of voting Damien asserts that a vote for Labour is a vote for Fianna Fail. Unsurprisingly it is a thesis that [...]

By: brianmc

brianmc — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 22:14:53 +0000

To quote you Damien:
“everybody will be open to brokering a deal with each other except maybe Fine Gael and Fine Fail”

So why is a vote for Labour a vote for FF? Surely it’s a vote for Labour, and anybody who will do a deal with Labour, and with whom Labour will do a deal with? Not exclusively FF surely, but including FG, the Greens, potentially independents, perhaps SF at a stretch?

This post doesn’t really achieve anything. As far as I can make out, any vote is a vote for FF, unless it’s a vote for FG, which is essentially the same thing as FF. We all lose, let’s not vote… wut?

By: Vote | Joe Scanlon

Vote | Joe Scanlon — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:15:40 +0000

[...] also have no idea which way to vote tomorrow, but I will [...]

By: Gareth

Gareth — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:13:08 +0000

As others have said it will be difficult to get a single party in power. Following that logic it makes sense to just vote for the party you think should be in power.

As you have said, there is not much to choose between FF and FG, except of the personalities. I simply will not vote for FF due to its conduct over the Ahern debacle. Cowen came out at the time and said that he values loyality (to Ahern in this case). Well what about loyalty to your country and to the people you lead??

I’m undecide on the Greens. On one hand they have gone along with the government rather meekly, which annoyed me. However, when I thought about it, maybe they are right – tow the line and in turn get your green policy implemented. Hmmmm…

By: Elma

Elma — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 12:41:09 +0000

“Michael Egan: A vote for Fine Gael is a vote for not quite Fianna Fail. ”

Given the realities of the situation that one of them will be in any government for the foreseeable future, statements like this are an easy excuse for having perpetual FF (corrupt?) government.

Whether they are the same or not, it’s time the FF stranglehold on both government and administration was broken.

By: ?

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 12:25:06 +0000

Oh what are you talking about Damien you complete space cadet?