what a fuckin pisser of an election result... any party with any ideals cancelled out, whether it's labour or greens or pds or monster ravin loony party people too fuckin afraid to lose the party they 'really' support even they though they don't know why ... what do fianna fail or fine gael stand for? an easy job for the newly qualified collegeboy with guaranteed pay for promotin policy, workin in spin, canvassin, etc etc etc if ye just toe the line... yes sir yes sir yes sir... no one with no real ideals joins ff/fg tribe and if they do they lose them when they join cos ye gotta toe the line boys (and it is boys - they're the only two parties with feck all women in them cos they won't take risks unlike socialists,pds,sinn fein etc etc...) ... so the pressure is on the two parties to perform and anyone with any sort of link to either of them feels they have to defend them for some insane link to them or feeling they belong to this tribe (even tho they might have gone a bit wild and voted labour last time) ... so they battle down their hatches and vote for their man even though they don't know why and don't know what they stand for and we end up with a ridiculous result of two parties made up of college grads dyin to get a job in politics even if it means sellin their soul they just want the fame the power the attention... a thiarcais ceard ata a'tarlu???

and as for the failure and corruption and incompetence of some of those people (not all of them) who've been voted in (sorry waterford but who the fuck in their right minds votes in  martin cullen??) - thats another rant for another day

and as for the laziness and ridiculousness of the situation where disadvantaged area turnout is so bloody low, so that the people are diggin their own holes cos they've been failed in education so they don't realise they are sacrificin their votes so people like mactool have been gettin in and fuckin them over ... again, another rant ar la eile