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  1. 2nd April 2008, 12:28 PM #1
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    FG's Barry Walsh calls for a General Election

    Cowen unfit to be Taoiseach. Only removal of FF will restore trust in political life

    Young Fine Gael (YFG) has today demanded that a General Election be held this summer, following the May 6th departure date named by Bertie Ahern. Speaking this morning, YFG President Barry Walsh said:

    Quote Originally Posted by Barry Walsh
    "At the election last year, voters were conned into supporting Bertie Ahern as Taoiseach on the basis that, in the words of Richard Nixon, he was 'not a crook', and would serve a full term. Yet, barely a year later, Mr. Ahern is set to exit stage-left, mired in controversy.
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  3. 2nd April 2008, 12:29 PM #2
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    Quote Originally Posted by Barry Walsh
    Brian Cowen's unwavering support for Mr. Ahern at all times, aided by his FF colleagues in Cabinet, has made him unfit to be Taoiseach. Their loyalty to the Fianna Fail party, above the institutions and offices of State, has soaked them all in the slime of Mr. Ahern's sleaze. As Charles Peguy, the French poet, once said: "He who does not bellow the truth when he knows the truth makes himself the accomplice of liars".

    Following Mr. Ahern's departure, the people of Ireland deserve a chance to deliver a verdict on his accomplices in this affair. Only a General Election can draw a line under the Ahern era, and it is our belief that trust in public life can only be restored by the removal of Fianna Fáil from office."
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  4. 2nd April 2008, 12:31 PM #3
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    In the interests of democracy there should be a general election in June.

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  5. 2nd April 2008, 12:32 PM #4
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    They would be better off letting FF wallow in the mess they have made.
    A champion of the people emerges with the age-old and appealing promise of "something for nothing" - to be financed through every-increasing taxes. Supply and demand are thrown out of gear - the overhead goes up; the effective use of human energy goes down; the standard of living is lowered because money cannot buy wealth that is not produced.

    WEAVER, HENRY GRADY,
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  6. 2nd April 2008, 12:32 PM #5
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    Well thats just stupid. The public DO NOT want that. If this is 2009 maybe.. not now. The election was less than a year ago.
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  7. 2nd April 2008, 12:33 PM #6
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    Why would Barry and FG want to lose an election again so soon, havent they suffered enough already.
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  8. 2nd April 2008, 12:33 PM #7
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    They are wasting their breath cos it ain't gonna happen any time soon - more's the pity.
    One of the moderators on here really wrecks my head with his/her power mad ego
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  9. 2nd April 2008, 12:35 PM #8
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    Please let Enda say on RTE1 now that he wants a general election. He will get electorally destroyed. The country doesn't need or want an election and the country is not REQUIRED to have an election.
    Those who think they know it all upset those of us that do.........
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  10. 2nd April 2008, 12:35 PM #9
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    FF needs to be punished, lets have a vote.

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  11. 2nd April 2008, 12:35 PM #10
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    Just a small point david thats "YFG's Barry Walsh", not FG's
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