Irish Times Unimpressed With Declan Ganley's Canvassing Skills.

[Horses]

Declan Ganley according to a laughably biased article in The Irish Times today was out and about in Ballinasloe doing some rubbish canvasing where every one ignored him apart from some religious nutters and racists.

Some quotes

Nearby, brother Seán’s attempt to offer literature to another woman is rebuffed sternly. “I’m pro-Lisbon,” she says with a frown. “Well, we are pro-Europe,” says Seán politely. “Well, I’m pro-Lisbon,” the woman replies, and moves on, staring straight ahead.

However, there is support, too. The parish shop on Main Street has a poster in its window advertising Libertas’s Sunday night public meeting in the town, alongside the Child of Prague, rosary beads and holy water bottles and a notification about the upcoming Our Lady of Clonfert Novena.

Ganley is approached by a Dundalk man, livid, he says, about Bulgarians and Romanians living off Irish social welfare: “Our own government lied to us,” he says passionately.

full article: Ganley mix of reserve and reason has some success on a quiet day - The Irish Times - Mon, May 25, 2009

[constitutionus]

jaysus im impressed.

they actually found someone who brought up lisbon !

ya have to laugh at the IT. the poor souls actualy think we'll buy this shyte off them

[jmcc]

Who gives a f*ck what the Irish Times thinks now. They abandoned any respectable journalistic objectivity with Madam's blatent campaigning for Lisbon 1.

Regards...jmcc

[OMahonyMunster]

The Economist is also very funny, esp Cookiemonsters comments at the bottom
Declan Ganley, demagogue or dilettante? | Charlemagne's notebook | Economist.com

A lot of his hardcore supporters on the trail are conservative Catholics, who volunteer that their top issue is abortion.

It was all very friendly, and some extremely polite women supporters with purple sweaters, Virgin Mary brooches and Libertas t-shirts came out to say hello. But the normal business of retail politics was almost ignored: no shopping centres, commuters at a railway station, or even places with crowds.

“Hands up who knows a single one of them,” he said.

To his visible surprise, a tiny old man with a tweed jacket and snowy white hair meekly raised his hand. “There’s that lady Catherine Day, who is the secretary general of the commission, and she was on the radio,” said the old man, correctly identifying the most senior non-political functionary at the commission. “And she was saying these bureaucrats do have to travel around Europe bending ears to get things done.”

Cookie then tries to off set how stupid the leader was made look by posting comments longer than the article, including the embarrasing note to self

(attach pictures, get them from Phillip, get a few, one with plenty of young canvassers in it, also a couple from Galway yesterday evening).

Astro turf anyone

[OMahonyMunster]

Who gives a f*ck what the Irish Times thinks now. They abandoned any respectable journalistic objectivity with Madam's blatent campaigning for Lisbon 1.

Regards...jmcc

Funny how the Economist has the same angle then

[mccafferty cat]

"Charlamagne" also commented that he had spent a lot of time shadowing candidates, but that he had never seen a party leader "fart around and waste so much time" as Ganley seemed to do.

These sentiments were endorsed by a journo at the SPB a few weeks back, who made the same observation.

So do Libbatass hacks think that the Economist, the SBP and the Irish Times are ALL telling lies? All a Bilderberg conspiracy, ey?

[goosebump]

Nearby, brother Seán’s attempt to offer literature to another woman is rebuffed sternly. “I’m pro-Lisbon,” she says with a frown. “Well, we are pro-Europe,” says Seán politely. “Well, I’m pro-Lisbon,” the woman replies, and moves on, staring straight ahead.

That's brilliant. The Government should hire that woman to head up their PR campaign on Lisbon II. She put Libertas in their place far better than anyone from FF/FG/Lab did.

[EoinMn]

The Economist is also very funny
Declan Ganley, demagogue or dilettante? | Charlemagne's notebook | Economist.com

"I have never spent more time watching a party leader fart around to less effect."

I've met Ganley on Shop Street in Galway. I had to shame him into buying a €2 flower I was selling for charity. So he came across as someone who isn't a natural canvasser.

[goosebump]

At least Ganley didn't rise to the bait re. immigration.

Its one of the only positive things about the man ie that he sticks up for free movement of persons.

[turdsl]

Ganley Is an amazing man,He has the Irish Times in a tailspin and the whole country interested in what he has to say,