Interesting take on Declan Ganley

[Geekzilla]

Cedar Lounge Revolution has an interesting analysis of how things might fare for Declan Ganley given recent events:
Social conservatism as a political platform might not be what it was a week ago. The Cedar Lounge Revolution

[Captain Con O'Sullivan]

Ta for that link Geekzilla. An interesting article alright and the blog comments underneath interesting as well.

I'm fairly convinced that Ganley is a US neocon in fact if not in label. Religious or ostensibly so for election purposes like so many US neocons, anti-European Federalists as that plays well with his bosses in the States and anti-union because obviously unions are a plaything of the devil etc etc.

Its when he moves from a narrow anti-Federalism agenda to try to engage in wider issues that he starts to automatically paint himself into the old Ireland of people like Michael Woods and Dermot Ahern etc and paradoxically starts to narrow his own appeal to a changing electorate.

I'm fairly certain he's going to have limited appeal to all except those concerned about the European/sovereignty debate. I'd be amazed if Libertas is even still around in ten years time. Its a single issue party trying to become a broad church and appealing to a narrowing spectrum of people as it goes...

[Andrew49]

Ta for that link Geekzilla. An interesting article alright and the blog comments underneath interesting as well.

I'm fairly convinced that Ganley is a US neocon in fact if not in label. Religious or ostensibly so for election purposes like so many US neocons, anti-European Federalists as that plays well with his bosses in the States and anti-union because obviously unions are a plaything of the devil etc etc.

Its when he moves from a narrow anti-Federalism agenda to try to engage in wider issues that he starts to automatically paint himself into the old Ireland of people like Michael Woods and Dermot Ahern etc and paradoxically starts to narrow his own appeal to a changing electorate.

I'm fairly certain he's going to have limited appeal to all except those concerned about the European/sovereignty debate. I'd be amazed if Libertas is even still around in ten years time. Its a single issue party trying to become a broad church and appealing to a narrowing spectrum of people as it goes...

Ganley is a very hard man to warm to ... it looked like he might shake up politics here and in the EU but he's been rumbled after only a few appearances on radio and TV here. I watched him on the VB show on TV3 one night and found him very arrogant and not a little strident, I can deal with an arrogant politician but the strident ones are a little dangerous!

[MM FF]

he needs a tasteful wig

[Andrew49]

he needs a tasteful wig

[MM FF]

well it would make him more cuddley

[cactusflower]

WorldbyStorm's most interesting point was the possible impact of the Ryan report on the soft catholic" politcals. I suppose Sinnott would be on the rightward end of that spectrum and there are some a good bit futher to the left.
I've wondered if the Ryan report would affect Ganley, but tbh I don't see it having a big effect. I think the people who vote for him will be driven by a belief that he can do something about jobs. The hardline conservative right Catholics won't be moved by Ryan.

There is a persistent habit here in Ireland on looking at Ganley through an Irish prism. I think he patently has very strong neoconservative links and he maintains a home in Washington. I also think that far more attention should be given to the grubby fascist-leaning and xenophobic parties to which he has allied himself across Europe.

Racism is the strongest card that governments have to deflect the anger people have about the economic collapse. Ganley has attempted to position himself at the head of a pan eurupean racist movement. The applause in the Rome convention for the Spanish party head's "White Europe not Black Europe" remark was a litmus test. His positioning in Ireland has masked the real character of the project.

It is a complement to the people of this country that Ganley has rightly perceived overt racism as a vote loser here.

[blacbloc]

The most complelling reason Ganley has given for people not to vote for him is his calling for a European Army as reported in yesterday's Sunday Business Post.

He calls Ireland's neutrality 'immoral'. This is the most overt expression of his agenda I've seen. The bizarre thing is, the Lisbon Treaty is so manifestly headed in the direction of increased and unified militarisation, he would be better off voting for the wretched thing than against it!

[cactusflower]

Ganley employs more US and UK "former" top military personnel than anyone else I know of. He would be finely attuned to the current NATO view of European militarisation.

Sarkozy is bringing France back in to NATO and we have a change of government in the US.

[Captain Con O'Sullivan]

We've lost more people as a percentage of population than any other nation I can think of, fighting other people's wars. Declan Ganley needs a bloody history lesson.

I believe we lost a quarter of a million over two world wars even though in one of them we were 'benevolently neutral'.

40% of those who fought at Trafalgar were Irish.

How many Irishmen fought in the Spanish Civil War?

The Irish Regiment (Guards?) at Waterloo gave not an inch to Napoleon's cavalry and artillery fire all day long until the Prussians under Blucher joined the battle. If they had folded Waterloo would have been lost.

How many Irishmen fought and died in the American Civil War? Regiments-full.

We had 9 million native people in 1839. We now have under 4 million native. We still haven't recovered from the effects of colonial laissez faire holocaust/famine (call it what you will).

Declan Ganley should shut his uneducated little gob.