The Crazy Promises have begun

[rockofcashel]

Seeing as we are coming up to election time, I thought it might be fun to begin a thread like this.

As everyone knows, when in election mode, politicians, candidates and parties sometimes lose the run of themselves, and promise some, well .. crazy things.

Last time out we had Eircom shareholder refunds, and taxi driver compensations.

So what will it be this time.

To start with, can I advance a promise from the Labour Party, and one of my own rivals in the race.

In todays South Tipp Today, a smiling Phil Prendergast is pictured on an ad with the caption

"Today, people are lying on hospital trolleys in A&E departments,

Tommorow, If you decide to vote Labour, we will end the hospital waiting lists"

So, there you go. Labour, or maybe just Phil (SuperPhil ?), is going to end the A&E waiting lists in 24 hours.

Wow...

I'm not so sure about The Day After... probably end world hunger .. I'll wait for next weeks paper.

So politicos, keep an eye out for the promises, and share the fun with the rest of us

[merle haggard]

something tells me this is a thread that will run and run

If they elect me every last one of the feckers are dead men walking and thats a promise

[CrockerJarman]

Yeah it's a bit like "Make Partition History".

One march promised to do that.

Didn't it?

[hiding behind a poster]

Tommorow, If you decide to vote Labour, we will end the hospital waiting lists[/b]"

No they won't. Coz we'll have ended them first. I know, because Enda said so.

[BarryW]

So, there you go. Labour, or maybe just Phil (SuperPhil ?), is going to end the A&E waiting lists in 24 hours

Take all political soundbytes that literally, do you? If everything you said was taken literally, it could prove pretty embarassing.

Perhaps you should get off this site and out canvassing? That might have more of an impact on Phil Prendergast

[MikeW]

N, they didn't say they would stop people waiting, they just said they would stop keeping a list. Easily done in 24 hrs. Rip rip, bin. Easy.

[BarryW]

N, they didn't say they would stop people waiting, they just said they would stop keeping a list

Micheal Martin already did this

[rockofcashel]

So, there you go. Labour, or maybe just Phil (SuperPhil ?), is going to end the A&E waiting lists in 24 hours

Take all political soundbytes that literally, do you? If everything you said was taken literally, it could prove pretty embarassing.

Perhaps you should get off this site and out canvassing? That might have more of an impact on Phil Prendergast

Perhaps you might get a sense of humour, and stop being an annoying prat.

Will you make that promise ?

[Catalpa]

Today Asylum Seekers are arriving here by the hundreds every month of year.

But from next year we will send them home once they have failed tp prove their case...

It's bound to be popular with the voters...

[rockofcashel]

something tells me this is a thread that will run and run

If they elect me every last one of the feckers are dead men walking and thats a promise

An interesting concept Merle.. liquidate the opposition