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  1. 19th May 2009, 03:03 PM #1
    yehbut_nobut
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    Does Cowen want voters to forget National issues for local Elections?

    Taoiseach Brian Cowen has said Fine Gael and Labour want voters to concentrate on national rather than local issues in the June 5th local elections to distract from their performance on councils since 2004.


    Fine Gael and Labour hold the majorities on most of the country’s councils, following a poor performance by Fianna Fáil in 2004 when it lost 80 seats.

    “This is a local election. It should be decided on local issues,” Mr Cowen declared, as he launched Fianna Fáil's manifesto for the council elections.
    Parties trying to 're-write history' - The Irish Times - Tue, May 19, 2009



    T'would be nicer for him voters take his advice. Will they?
    “A healthy social life is found only, when in the mirror of each soul the whole community finds its reflection, and when in the whole community the virtue of each one is living”
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  3. 19th May 2009, 03:06 PM #2
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    My local economy is bolloxed cos of Cowen. Thats the local issue I will be voting on.
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  4. 19th May 2009, 03:15 PM #3
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    Quote Originally Posted by yehbut_nobut View Post
    Will they?
    why would they?
    Think about what they'll do in the future.
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  5. 19th May 2009, 03:16 PM #4
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    In the words of that great tune by Rage Against the Machine, "Cluck you I wont do what ya tell me".
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  6. 19th May 2009, 03:38 PM #5
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    Cowen is like the captain of the Titanic, using a bucket to bail out the water.
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