A post of very little substance

[radegund]

[To anyone unaware: we voted in our general election yesterday.]

My favourite politics geek set off at 8:00 this morning to cycle to the RDS, where he has a ticket to the count courtesy of someone off the Internet. He roused me gently before he went with the MARVELLOUS¹ news that an exit poll shows FF on 41%. (Actually, it's 41.6%, according to Newstalk.)

OH WELL. At least we have PR. It's all about the transfers.

It doesn't seem to matter what they do, does it? We still reward them by showering them with our votes. Well, not we, in this household. And I suspect, not many of youse either. In fact, I don't believe I know any avowed FF voters. Presumably this is because I haven't paid attention, but I'm reasonably sure that nobody in my usual social circles leans that way.

I hate this bit. At least when the count is well under way there's some sense of purpose, action, cheer or disappointment.

Here, have something to distract you. niallm read this little vignette out to me and erisian the night before last, and it made us laugh a lot - if somewhat funereally. An FF canvasser goes beyond the call of duty. (I'm particularly amused by the URL.)

¹ Sarcasm.

Comments

[glitzfrau.livejournal.com]

Harrumph. I think the fact that "brining in abortion" is perceived as the worst calumny possible by both parties in this exchange is a bad portent for the future, no?

[glitzfrau.livejournal.com]

Or "bringing", you know. Whichever!

[radegund.livejournal.com]

Indeed. erisian was mystified that the blogger didn't try "actually, I'm pro-choice" on the canvasser.

But really, the whole thing is just so incoherent that it's hard to say what it portends. I mean, FG, as represented by Pat Rabbitte and Ruairí Quinn, are going to bring back in abortion. That's all voters need to know. It's so very Father Ted. There's something almost ... touching about it, in a way. (You know, if it weren't an attempt to subvert democracy.) I'd love to know if the canvasser was acting on her own initiative or if this was a co-ordinated disinformation drive.

[glitzfrau.livejournal.com]

Almost touching, but not quite, I feel!

Are you home for the whole count? will call over at some point!

[radegund.livejournal.com]

Looks like it - I don't have any plans today. I'll have to get out of the house at some point (even if only as far as the garden), but would love to see you.

[sshi.livejournal.com]

I'm over in your neighbouring archive today myself (am leaving inna minute, honestly) - may call in to say hi on the way back from lunch, or so. It's the corner house, right?

[radegund.livejournal.com]

Hooray! Yes, corner house (red door on P— Avenue) - do please call in :-)

[socmot.livejournal.com]

I've since heard - on that blog perhaps(?), that Pat Carey, for whom the woman said she was canvassing for, denied flat out that she was on his team.

Fuck them anyway. The good members of Choice Ireland are planning a rally with alliances of other pro-choice organisations. We will march / protest regardless of who gets in.

[radegund.livejournal.com]

denied flat out that she was on his team

Interesting. If that's true, I wonder where she got her flyers? Made them herself with Lettraset and a photostat machine?

[thereyougothen.livejournal.com]

i'm just jealous. we never got a single person canvassing us during our election, and we were a seriously marginal constituency.
i was so looking forward to some doorstep entertainment.
oh well, only a couple of years until the UK election...

[daegaer.livejournal.com]

Huh. I only got one lonely Shinner who ran a mile when I said I was pro-choice. (And then seemed to realise this was not the better part of valour and came back to say SF was all for abortion in cases of incest and rape but not on demand, oh God, no. He then resumed fleeing).