for lefties too stubborn to quit
This is interesting and entertaining……. a documentary following Charlie O’Connor and Conor Lenihan during their election campaign. Gives an idea of the abuse they got, the disenchantment with Fianna Fail and other bits of the campaign.
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ahh thats after givin me a little chuckle. They got some roastin. Deserervadly, would have lovin to see this
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I was surprised to hear Conor Lenihan give voters abuse after getting abuse from them. Didn’t reflect well on him at all.
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‘surprised’? Really? 😉
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John O’Donoghue did it in Kerry.
And, although not quite the same, Dick Roche showed the same attitude when he was asked why he thought he would pull ahead after a recount.
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They don’t seem to do dignified, do they, Tomboktu?
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I have changed my mind about the remarks by Conor Lenihan at end of the programme. Initially, I thought he showed a better sense of proportion than some others on losing his seat. But when I re-ran it in my mind afterwards, I thought saying losing his seat wasn’t as bad as the death of relatives of a friend his, was hubris.
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Lenihan was threatened with a screwdriver? A *screwdriver*?
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Yeah he almost got skewered…
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“Lenihan was threatened with a screwdriver? A *screwdriver*?”
Well, I, for one, don’t keep a switchblade by the front door for when canvassers come calling.
😮
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I did once menace a Conservative canvasser with a soda siphon.
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Not the candidate?
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