The Faces of the No Campaign

[michaelo]

I wonder if Generation Yes has permission to use the image of Homer Simpson in their political video?

Are they implying that Homer Simpson is on the yes side?

[Illustro]

The 860,000 people who voted against the Treaty do not support the likes of Coir, Eirigi or Joe Higgins

Correct. And yet 99.9% of the Yes campaigns media time over the next 4 weeks will be used to attack these groups whilst delivering meaningless feel-good statements about Europe and the Treaty. Go figure.

[Trampas]

The No to Lisbon fanatics.

A collection of Trotsyite lunatics, extreme nationalists committed to uniting Ireland by force who are trying to pass themselves off as pacifists opposed to military alliances and right wing religious crazies who want to jail women for having abortions, imprison people in failed marriages and return Ireland to da good ole days of Catholic theocracy.

Although a NO campaigner last year I do not fall into any of those categories; far from them in fact. But shure have another go.

[USER1234]

Correct. And yet 99.9% of the Yes campaigns media time over the next 4 weeks will be used to attack these groups whilst delivering meaningless feel-good statements about Europe and the Treaty. Go figure.

A lot of people do support those groups, so saying 99.9% dont is untrue, and these groups put themself up front in the No campaign, which puts them in the line of fire!!!!!!

[brotherlouis]

I wonder if Generation Yes has permission to use the image of Homer Simpson in their political video?

Are they implying that Homer Simpson is on the yes side?

Well you have Ned Flanders on the Coir Side

[He3]

Note to Generation Yes readers.

The faces of the No side are beside you on the bus, in the supermarket, at the social wefare office, and at the park on Sunday.

They are just like you.

Except that mostly they try to avoid demonising people who hold a different opinion on how the country should be governed.

No they dont you dont read the media or this website or youd know they do demonising people who hold a different opinion on how the country should be governed

862,415 people voted No last year. I stand over what I said in my post addressed to Generation Yes.

[Duth Ealla]

Just saw their site. They are adressed as 39 Lower Leeson Street.

A quick google search shows that others listed at that address are a Dentist, Accountant and it seems like Angels Lap dacncing club is 38/39.

So these plucky students, voice of a generation, who have raised about 2.8k in funding are sharing real estate with a dentist, an accountant and a harem of lap dancers.

Where does the funding come from for these floozies.

[blackcastle86]

Although a NO campaigner last year I do not fall into any of those categories; far from them in fact. But shure have another go.

If you let your eyes wander over my other posts you will see that I was refering to the NO to Lisbon campaign groups.

I have already said that the majority of the voters who opposed the Treaty do not share the political philosophy of the NO campaign.

The majority of NO voters are FF, FG and Labour supporters who went against their party position.

They did so because they simply did not understand what the Treaty was for or what it was all about.

The latest polls demonstrate that while the NO vote will likely be lower and the YES vote has held, the undecideds are in the majority.

If the YES vote campaigner thinks they will make an impact by attacking the NO camp they will find they will be still out of touch with the majority who are simply bewildered by the Treaty and have no interest in Coir, SF, Eirigi or Higgins.

[Illustro]

A lot of people do support those groups, so saying 99.9% dont is untrue, and these groups put themself up front in the No campaign, which puts them in the line of fire!!!!!!

Poor comprehension.

I didn't say that 99.9% of No voters don't support these groups. I said 99.9% of the Yes campaigns energies and time is put into attacking them.

The Yes campaign appear to think that if they can manage to win a slanging match against these groups in the media; they'll win.

The problem is that most No voters could care less about these groups. If the government ignore them and fail to engage them whilst spending their entire campaign willy waving in the media; it'll be to their detriment.

That incidently is an opinion i've heard from friends of mine who are voting Yes. They wish they could amputate themselves from the government and the media witchhunts.

[Dáiler]

Typical smear-tactics by the yes side. They play the man not the ball, and pick on tiny fringe elements of the no side to make generalised smears. It underlines that the yes camp have nothing to say about a treaty many of them haven't even read, so they have to resort to smears instead. It will fail.

If all the groups mentioned are the Fringe who then are the main body of the No Campaign ?