Comments on: Fianna Fail Continue Online Outreach

By: Concubhar Ó Liatháin

Concubhar Ó Liatháin — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 07:20:07 +0000

Mairtín’s right to say that the huge swing against Fianna Fáil is out of proportion. In a way, however, it’s disproportionality is to be expected as, during the good years, FF claimed all the credit for the Tiger economy. That too was disproportionate because those good days came as a result of the global situation being so good. Fianna Fáíl are reaping what they sowed.

By: Martin MC Cathraigh

Martin MC Cathraigh — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 00:26:21 +0000

It Seems now days if Fianna Fail wanted their offices painted people will say leonardo de vincies relation is coming over to do it. Myself being non Party is seriously thinking of voting FF in the next election from where i used to vote independents and workers party. Sitting back and studing the form of other political parties some of them should join the monster raving looney party in the uk they listing to a deputy leader Quoting a poem about cromwell on national tv because she couldnt think of some thing to say herself ( Oliver Cromwell) what part of the island are we on. I also think some of the opposition Parties Would seriously want to seek some professinol help.

The above question the online outreach i think its a great idea we can blog them i like it its uneducated crittisisers with the isims eg (SOCIALISIMS COMMUNISIM) is what i be worried about when i looked up the word isims in the dictionary i started to wonder and study the form people should try it we all have to live on this island together next door down the road where ever and not endure it. Any idea that means reaching out to people is a good idea no matter where it comes from who did it dont mean nothing maybe if the independents and opposition parties and the people with the isims took a leaf out of obama like FF did then they might being down the right road as the person above said it cant be bought and thats cheaper than any website.

By: Concubhar Ó Liatháin

Concubhar Ó Liatháin — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 10:46:15 +0000

It’s not so long ago that Brian Lenihan stood up in the Dáíl to urge us all not to spend money in Newry doing our daily shopping as it was ‘unpatriotic’. Yet today, his own party, Fianna Fáil, has hired a leading US firm to build the party’s new website . This is the firm that President Barack Obama hired to manage his web campaign on his way to the White House and, perhaps, Fianna Fáil, having more money than sense, feel that this is the way to get some of the Obama magic working on their flagging poll fortunes.

The reality is that the FF website, though slick, is a bog standard website. There’s nothing exceptional about it. It could have been designed far more cost effectively at home in Ireland, with all due respect to Blue State Digital. I have no doubt there are numerous web design companies in Ireland who would have designed a web site at least as good without expending all those airmiles. As for the Obama magic, it can’t be bought. And if Fianna Fáíl think it can, we’re in more trouble than we know.

By: Dan Sullivan

Dan Sullivan — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 14:57:39 +0000

FF have dipped their toe into this water before. I seem to recall Shane Cassell’s, for the Meath by-election had a campaign blog on his site shanecassells.com (odd that though he is still a cllr that the site is gone), which turned out to be not his own work and was really just a diary of his day and the usual, voters are lovely, a nice woman in Moate said to me kind of thing.

Personally, I would have though podcasting for rural candidates would be great draw, so long as they were short and to the point. “En dis aray, we will bring jobs to every house and milk to every calf” kind of thing. Imagine a weekly Jackie-Healy Rae fireside chat, it could be huge!