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Thread: 10 Most Hated Politicians in History of State?

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    1. Bertie Ahern
    2. Charles Haughey
    3. Dick Roche
    4. Mary Hearney
    5. Mary Coughlan
    6. John O'Donoghue
    7. Micheal Noonan
    8. Willy O'Dea
    9. Bev Cooper Flynn
    10. Padriag Flynn

    How many of the above where and are first across the post? Sad state of affairs

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    Quote Originally Posted by disgruntledcitizen View Post
    arn't these thread's utter utterly pointless ?
    Not quite.

    They distract the pond life and allow the rest of talk about actual politics.
    A demagogue is someone who will preach doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots.

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    Quote Originally Posted by hellhathno View Post
    Barry Desmond is a good man. The bald one is the worst, he and his neocon campaign cost the NO side the Lisbon treaty
    There is nothing good about Desmond. He was an utter waster as a TD, and part of the neo-Fascist Cosgrave administration. Since then he has enriched himself doing God knows what.

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    Quote Originally Posted by factual View Post
    I don't thik six county politicians are to be included in the list as the title is about the state.
    how very partitionist of you, do not northern irish politicians warrant the right to be deemed as bad as their southern brethren ? surely such exclusion and gerrymandering are a direct contradiction to SF's Ireland of equals mantra ?

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    John O'Donoghue! How has his name not come up!

    The biggest pimp this country has ever known. Then the arrogant "you can't touch me" smile. The refusal to resign. The expectation to run in the next election.

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    10. Mary Harney
    09. John O'Donaghue
    08. Mary Lou McDonald
    07. Gerry Adams
    06. Pádraig Flynn
    05. Eamonn DeValera
    04. Mary White
    03. Brian Cowen
    02. Bertie Ahern
    01. Charles Haughey

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    The Flynns, the Haugheys, the Paisleys, the Robinsons, the Lenihans/ORourkes, the Ferrises, the Develeras.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ShayGuevara View Post
    John O'Donoghue! How has his name not come up!

    The biggest pimp this country has ever known. Then the arrogant "you can't touch me" smile. The refusal to resign. The expectation to run in the next election.
    He was a dreadful Minister for Justice. It was during his chaotic administration that our refugee & asylum system broke down, and the massive influx of "asylum seekers" (sic) arrived to settle Ireland. The results of O'Donoghue's venality and incompetence willl last for countless generations.

    We now see, as we had seen with B Aherne, that these people have not the slightest concern for Ireland or its people, they are gangsters and frauds.
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    P.White MMPC mentioned Conor Lenihan, the polymath and genius who dozed off during a radio interview. Hated? While this local TD is paid a large and undeserved salary, bemusement, amusement, contempt are more what comes to mind with him. Some of the others mentioned are just harmless idiots, an example of people who gain office through family connections and whatnot.

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    In no particular order...

    1. Dev
    2. Kevin O'Higgins
    3. PB Ahern
    4. CJ Haughey
    5. Liam Cosgrave
    6. Conor Cruise O'Brien
    7. Jack Lynch
    8. P Flynn
    9. R Burke
    10. M Harney

    Honourable mentions must go to Gormless, McCreevy, Cock Roche, Classy Bev, Nora Owen, Oliver J Flanagan, Tom Parlon, Frank Fahey, Martin Cullen, Herr Gruppenfuhrer McBowel and Richie Ryan
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