
Originally Posted by
Andrew49
You must be a young fellow Newsy. Fianna Fail actually think they're doing a great job - and think that they've always been doing a great job. Back bone doesn't come into it - you don't need a back bone to take from the poor, the low-waged, the blind, the sick - all that's required is a brass neck. The same kind of brass neck that was de rigueur in the world of the bankers and developers. If you asked or pleaded with the FF frontbench to 'have a heart' they'd laugh in your face.
I remember the 80s - apparently it was worse then - statistically maybe but the misery then was actually less than now! Today I detect more anger and from surprising sources. Yesterday when I was picking up my son from school I was chatting with an old friend - and he hasn't a political bone in his body (his own description) - and he was praising the 'paint your harney' incident.
When I say 'he hasn't a political bone in his body', I mean he's voted Fianna Fail all his life as he never had time for 'ideology' so never took any notice of any of the other parties or their policies. But now it's different, his business is suffering - he works in the private health area - and he's angry. I think he thought he bought FF's loyalty with his vote ever GE and local election - now he knows different.
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