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Thread: Can i ask why anybody would vote Sinn Fein?

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    Can i ask why anybody would vote Sinn Fein?

    To put it bluntly, Can someone please inform me why they would vote for sinn fein??? (Im looking for honest policy reasons here by the way, not a oppertunity to have a rant about FF etc...)

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    In the South. SF and Kathy Sinnott are the only Anti-Lisbon Candidates. So they are getting my 1 & 2 (Sinnott first).

    I refuse to give any preference to any party who is telling me I voted the "Wrong way" last year.

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    When canvassing, I met one woman who said she was voting SF because the local councillor got her a speeded up appointment re. her single parent's allowance.
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    Theres already a thread on this..., anyway , to put it bluntly, why not?
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    I voted SF no1 in ireland south europe vote on the basis that they are the only party against the lisbon treaty
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    Quote Originally Posted by Collegebhoy View Post
    Theres already a thread on this..., anyway , to put it bluntly, why not?
    Its not really answering my question tho is it?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tony_1975 View Post
    In the South. SF and Kathy Sinnott are the only Anti-Lisbon Candidates. So they are getting my 1 & 2 (Sinnott first).

    I refuse to give any preference to any party who is telling me I voted the "Wrong way" last year.
    Quote Originally Posted by jdckelly View Post
    I voted SF no1 in ireland south europe vote on the basis that they are the only party against the lisbon treaty
    So why not libertas first? All are anti-lisbon? If anything, libertas should be your first pref. if its anti-lisbon as they were, as much as it kills me to say, the true driving force behind the anti-lisbon campaigns??


    Im just curious as to why, and based on what policies people would vote for them?

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    Quote Originally Posted by BenMicheal View Post
    So why not libertas first? All are anti-lisbon? If anything, libertas should be your first pref. if its anti-lisbon as they were, as much as it kills me to say, the true driving force behind the anti-lisbon campaigns??


    Im just curious as to why, and based on what policies people would vote for them?
    There's no Libertas candidate in the South, unfortunately. I don't know why.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tony_1975 View Post
    There's no Libertas candidate in the South, unfortunately. I don't know why.
    Kathy Sinnot does them grand here.

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    They want a united Ireland

    Anti-Lisbon

    Apparent image of being hard workers (like they're the only public reps who work hard is the way they spin it)

    Seen as non-establishment

    Members are usually from the working class i.e. one of their own nonsense.

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