Referenced repeatedly on spoiled ballots
I felt in the end as if I had no choice. Figuratively, and literally.
You ain’t seen nothing yet.
But there’s a difference between hoping for an event occurring, which is reasonable, and openly being seen to cheer for that event occurring, which can be foolish.
The fact that conservatives cannot even get a mildly conservative person like Maria Steen on the ballot is a shocking indictment of, well, the Irish conservative machine.
What we’re learning here is McDowell’s value system, and there is much to learn indeed.
There’s a reason that, before she dropped out of the race due to ill health, Mairead McGuinness was the overwhelming favourite to win the Aras.
C’mon now Paddy Cosgrave
The problem is a political system full to the brim of people terrified that if the public were given the right to choose, it would not have chosen them.
If you want to spoil your vote, that’s a matter for you but it will not hurt either FF or FG.
Independent Ireland
BREAKING: Maria Steen has conceded and dropped out of Presidential race after securing 18 out of the required 20 nominations.