Comments on The Pensive Quill: Moratorium?

So much for sending a big gun south when he intent...

2011-10-25T23:27:15.985+01:00

So much for sending a big gun south when he intentionally left his arsenal back in Derry and marched off to conquer the quasi Republic. His major mistake being he displayed a lack of confidence long before he crossed the imaginary border. The fact that he took a hiatus from his office was a major blunder. If he had resigned to seriously with conviction to pursue and capture the vote in the south he may well have garnished some respect from on the fence voters.

Win or lose the spin of the shins will tout this as a victory and Martin shall be none the worse for wear and won’t be joining the ranks of the unemployed.

The ambitiousness of a compromising party in both the long and short term can only spell disaster for the Island. Napoleon and his failed haste campaign springs to mind PSF with their haste in a failed political strategy will surely meet their winter.

Dixie, I agree with all your points. My post was...

2011-10-25T19:27:28.715+01:00

Dixie,

I agree with all your points. My post was attempting to reflect the thought process behind MMcG's nomination. Mackers and I discussed the meltdown of FF at the last elections and its implications for the party. I said then and posted here that I believed FF was too big a force in society to go down the tubes. It is more than simply a political party with roots that are embedded in Irish political culture.

Yes, it is amazing that after the selfish behavior of the bankers and developers the people favor one of them as their next President. This says more about a people who have showed little or no guts for a fight with those who have destroyed the country economically than it does about Gallagher.

Your last point is something that I have been saying from a long time. The sooner the big lie i.e. that Sinn Fein will achieve reunification via the bourgeois democratic structures in the south, is exposed the better. They will fair no better than FF in this regard.

Who would have thought a South Armagh 'provo&#...

2011-10-25T19:25:16.349+01:00

Who would have thought a South Armagh 'provo' smuggler would be wheeled out by his buddies in SF to sink Gallagher? Does the desire to inflict massive cross-contamination signal a resingnation to defeat by SF?

Very dirty and blatant set-up, vintage provo politics. Well-honed on their own over three+ decades.

MickeyD...only decent candidate...well along with sister Dana.

Irelands cute hoors are alive and well in Gallagher, and if they get the referendum through the TDs will be even more water tight than the bankers next time around. Great to see such forward vision in the Dail.

Anthony, A day is a long time in politics, or so ...

2011-10-25T18:55:55.391+01:00

Anthony,

A day is a long time in politics, or so it seems.

Martin intrexicably linking Gallagher to FF seems to have damaged his campaign at the final hurdle – we will have to wait 48hrs to see if it was fatal. Interesting that being linked to FF could be as damaging as linked to the IRA in the minds of the 'moderate' electorate – shows how toxic the FF brand may be.

Also strange it took a man associated with cross-border commerce of the fuel kind, such a staple of IRA funding over the decades, to throw a spanner into Gallagher’s machine – I’d have thought the danger from this kind of business link would have been more a risk for the shinner not the dragon.

Will be interesting to see which history the southern electorate sees as more toxic - FF or IRA.

Personally I think a decent result for Martin is less of a threat to the future of Ireland than people starting to reacclimatise to the gombeen bastards of FF via Gallagher - the people that really did sell a nation out while in power. I also think McGuinness is now back on course for his best possible outcome – 17+% 1st preference and being in the final 2/3 standing.

But, I'm hoping MHD wins and both FF and SF punch each other out. Maybe then next time there’ll be a credible ULA candidate fronting up a genuine anti-establishment voice…

(though my secular saint always backs lost causes)

Ah but Alec as I pointed out over in ir.net. Galla...

2011-10-25T17:59:07.495+01:00

Ah but Alec as I pointed out over in ir.net. Gallagher is clearly backed by FF and I'm sure the people know this.

Therefore if he wins by the margin it seems he'll win by then it's clear that the voters prefer someone representative of a party which nearly wrecked the country rather than a liar and self-proclaimed peacemaker.

It'll also be an indicator that the southern voter would return to FF when FG/Labour have their turn at fecking things up!

However I do think the sooner PSF get into government the sooner we'll see the end to them down there. When the people really see them for what they are....

Tomorrow it will be all over bar the shouting. It ...

2011-10-25T15:46:28.187+01:00

Tomorrow it will be all over bar the shouting. It looks like MMcG will come in a respectable third based on the latest opinion polls. Never in the contest to win the objectives set by Sinn Fein will be relatively achieved. The party's decision to nominate and candidate for the Presidential elections was the natural out workings of the strategy to grow the party north and south. The party's efforts to make itself more relevant to the people in the south will also have been enhanced by this move.

No doubt Sinn Fein factored in FF's recent electoral meltdown and are deliberately targeting it's voter base. Given the historical trajectory of both parties SF sees itself as a natural home for many FF voters. It is hoped that FF's losses will be SF's gains in the future.

When the votes are counted SF will not be disappointed by its performance overall. It will be the case of a good hob done and onward and upward.

2nd attempt at posting this, RE; Jims Seomra Stair...

2011-10-25T09:22:17.332+01:00

2nd attempt at posting this, RE; Jims Seomra Staire an Lorgain this mans work and collection is a must see and you can get a taste of it by going to http://www.guardian.co.uk/interactive/2011/aug/30/irish-rep-museum/audio slide show,

I'm on a roll tonight Mackers...Or should that...

2011-10-24T23:42:53.723+01:00

I'm on a roll tonight Mackers...Or should that be a rant?

Regardless....

Connolly saw McGuinness and Adams coming, years before they were even born...

"The problem was not how to defeat a nation in arms battling for all that makes life worth living, but how to fool a nation without arms into becoming the accomplice of its oppressor. And the strategic move in question is already being hailed as a great landmark of national progress.

Yes, ruling by fooling, is a great British art – with great Irish fools to practice on."

James Connolly 1914

AM- The kid done good tonight- And still a few m...

2011-10-24T23:39:12.306+01:00

AM-

The kid done good tonight-

And still a few more days to put the boot in more- it aint over yet-

Mackers in my day McGuinness usually got others to...

2011-10-24T23:22:34.619+01:00

Mackers in my day McGuinness usually got others to damage people, if you know what I mean?

And funnily enough it was usually people who asked awkward questions.

"By labelling as murderers many of those who ...

2011-10-24T23:18:59.199+01:00

"By labelling as murderers many of those who were his colleagues and military subordinates, he casts a shadow of criminality over the IRA campaign he directed. For what else is murder but criminality?"

Mackers

There was a PSF money making do, £30 a head; on in the Guildhall on Saturday night. Supposedly for the Derry Graves, but sure how much money does it take to tend graves anyway?

One of those branded by McGuinness as a 'murderer' Bik attended, as did the self-proclaimed peacemaker, Saint Martin, himself.

I ask you, are ideals and self respect sold so readily by some that they could even stand in the same room as someone who did what Thatcher failed to do and still call himself a Republican?

Michaelhenry, McGuinness damaged Gallagher on ton...

2011-10-24T23:06:26.128+01:00

Michaelhenry,

McGuinness damaged Gallagher on tonight's debate but I doubt if it will add to his own chances.

Michaelhenry, just a viewpoint. Your man might ye...

2011-10-24T21:20:56.330+01:00

Michaelhenry,

just a viewpoint. Your man might yet win it but I doubt it very much. I think Larry is right when he says the matter will always raise its head down here. Whoever goes out canvassing tonight deserves to win it!

AM- The Election is not over yet [ well it is on ...

2011-10-24T21:02:21.062+01:00

AM-

The Election is not over yet
[ well it is on a few islands ]
Another few days left and the joker of the pack pat kenny to play tonight-

Attitude to deaths of free tate personel is always...

2011-10-24T20:30:49.824+01:00

Attitude to deaths of free tate personel is always a litmus test for a nordy down here. It always raises its head.

Campaign dead in the water now. My wife has instructed me to vote Mickeybhoy...'D' Higgins that is. That's my vote sorted then.