04.27.07
Careys make the Chronicle
Donohue’s Election Drift in the Meath Chronicle has a little dig at the Careys. (The link is wrong, but I’ll leave it here just in case they fix it.)
Donohue remarks on the fun it must be at meal time in our house given that the esteemed Cllr pater nominated Peter Higgins, my sister Mary nominated Geraghty, while I devoted myself to complaining about Higgins on the blog. He quotes my father’s line at the convention about the lack of parental control, which was worth quoting.
Anyways, now that its all blown over and three candidates are in the field, I felt a bit shitty about being negative about Higgins. The thing is he is a perfectly decent chap, but I wanted the field left open for Geraghty and was pissed off that he wouldn’t stand back. In any event, from what I hear, it’ll all turn out right in the end. Higgins and Geraghty will compete for every single vote going. Higgins will be starting off with the die-hard respectable FGers but Geraghty will pull in non-FG working class votes – which are badly needed. The only question is which one will be ahead when it comes to elimination time. SF transfers going to Geraghty could be crucial and I’m not sure with 3 candidates going that English will have a surplus to help Higgins.
So its all to play for BUT the bottom line is, Meath West has a good chance of bringing in 2 seats and it could be a good “straw in the wind” constituency. If FG get 2, then FG are having a good day or more to the point, Johnny Brady is out and FF are having a really bad day.
In the meantime Noel Dempsey has just started a big outdoor campaign. HUGE poster up in Enfield. Dempsey’s alright though. He put that Marine/Fisheries bill through last year despite massive complaints from FF backbenchers (and FG shameful opposition) but it was the right thing to do. I guess Brady will be hoping ND will get a huge surplus and transfer on the 1st count putting Brady ahead of the two FGers.
What fun. So relieved there’s no electronic voting. Imagine missing all the crack of the count?
Darren Mac an PhrÃora said,
April 27, 2007 at 9:04 pm
Speaking of FG, I will be speaking on Ráidió na Gaeltachta tomorow on behalf on the Dublin West
Darren Mac an PhrÃora said,
April 27, 2007 at 9:06 pm
of the Dublin West branch.
I also translated- along with an ex-teacher of mine- our 14 pt. contract into Irish.
31%- bring on the election and let them live in the ground….
gerry said,
April 28, 2007 at 8:50 am
not to be funny but is there a working class vote in meath? surely it’s a peasant vote? any working class voters are likely to be displaces dubs and therefore not likely to vote for a meath star. or is there a large industrial/urban base in navan i’ve missed out on?
Sarah said,
April 28, 2007 at 9:28 pm
Each town has its coterie
And bigger ones like Athboy and Navan would have their share of council estates with football loving votes. Oh, and I hear he (GG) is big with the women too. You know I still don’t know how to vote. Labour aren’t in the running in MW so its all about the FG vote. But in which order? Morally, English is entitled to the No. 1 but GG might be struggling and need all the ones he can get. I guess we’ll have to see what the last minute polls are saying and re-assess tactics then.
Anyone in any other constituency wondering about voting strategy? I’m really curious about Dun Laoighre Rathdown. I think FG made a big mistake there not getting a woman on the ticket. My liberal anti-FF friends don’t know what to do. Fiona O’Malley is a good person in the wrong party. Ciaran Cuffe is also decent but the Greens aren’t sound on the coalition yet. Eamon Gilmore is an obvious choice, but I doubt many of the bourgeois women will go for him. Mary Hanafin will of course top the poll. I sincerely hope anyone considering voting for her will ask her what her problem with ABA is.
I was talking to one woman in DL-R recently who was saying why should she vote against the government, because they have everything they want. I said, but your child’s not autistic. Don’t think about your child, remember the autistic child and ask Mary Hanafin why she’s against ABA. We’ll see….