Comments on: Green Party Backs McDowell

By: Is there Irish for Principles? at Irish Election

Is there Irish for Principles? at Irish Election — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 22:05:15 +0000

[...] Pat Rabbitte said on Questions and Answers wants to get into to government at any cost. Emm looks like it is not just the Greens that are Machiavellian. This seems to be indicative of the whole Irish political system where power is more important then policy. What are we actually voting for? So the question is do we have any space for principles in this country.? Why do we not have people standing by what they believe and not being a bunch of Groucho Marx’s and saying “Those are my principles. If you don’t like them I have others.” [...]

By: Simon

Simon — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 18:42:05 +0000

The one that says you don’t support what you don’t agree with. Surely he would rather a more liberal rather then a more conservative PD’s to emerge

By: Joe Momma

Joe Momma — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 18:38:14 +0000

“How Machiavellian of you Mr Gormley. Sod principles the end justifies the means I guess. “
What principle says that you can’t hope for the downfall of a government you oppose?

By: Keith Gaughan

Keith Gaughan — Sat, 09 Sep 2006 05:43:13 +0000

Machiavellian is right! I’d say the Greens are rubbing their hands, waiting for the PDs to completely implode.