From top: Anne-Marie McNally (centre) canvassing at Super Valu, Lucan with Catherine Murphy (right) and Soc Dem member Michael O’Flanagan before Christmas; Anne-Marie
The author has a ‘civil and polite’ response to those encouraging her to behave ‘more like a candidate should’.
Also: a big hug.
Anne Marie McNally writes:
We’re so used to hearing the common refrain that we need more ‘real’ people in politics, that politicians should be ‘ordinary’ people who are ‘just like us’. We seek people with real life experiences and actual personalities and normal lives. But do we really?
In the past four months months since being declared as an election candidate I’ve noticed an insidious attitude start to emerge about how I should behave, or what might be appropriate for an aspiring politician. From those who are from a more traditional background there’s a fear of social media and how you might be presented online.
Then there are those acquaintances who think like to suggest that you should perhaps forego a social life now that people might be looking! There can be no doubt that this invisible bar is set higher for female candidates than it is for their male counterparts either.
If me being me is somehow abhorrent to what a politician should look and act like then I would never have been selected to run in the first place. What I would find truly abhorrent would be to change who I am, how I act and what I say because I am now seeking election.
That would be dishonest and would go against the very reasons I’m standing for election. It would also do nothing but perpetuate the growing divide between ordinary citizens and our political system. What would be the point?
Growing up in the heart of inner-city working class Dublin I never looked at a politician and thought ‘yeah, he’s just like us’ (let’s be honest, on the scale of probability, they were likely male) to me they were always someone different, someone who preached to or about the likes of me and my neighbours.
Indeed the ‘men in suits’ brigade were a large part of the disenfranchisement of areas like mine within which young men, by and large, felt inferior and young women just felt anonymous in terms of the political establishment.
In hindsight I now recognise the likelihood that at least some of the local area representatives were from similar backgrounds and probably spoke the same as me. Yet in an age before social media and the ability to truly interact with a person, we were forced to rely on the carefully moulded party image of that person spewing out the tired central party line.
Fast forward a couple of decades to the social media age and real engagement with people crying for ‘real people in politics’. Yet many of those same people will tell you to be careful of what you say, what you wear or where you go.
But you can’t have it both ways, if you want me to be careful about what I say then you are complicit in me not ‘keeping it real’. Is this really what you want or do you truly want someone who is comfortable enough in their own skin to say what matters even if they know that many people will disagree?
Personally I’m highly educated with decent social media savvy and a passion for political engagement. I am also working class, opinionated, with a strong Dublin accent and social democratic ideologies that I’ll defend to the death.
I have online banter with people and in some cases heated discussions. I’m never anything but civil and polite- because that is my personality, not because it’s how I ‘should’ act now I’m a candidate. I like to go out with friends. I go to pubs. I socialise. I post pictures on Facebook of nights out. I hug my friends, a lot, and yes, most of my friends are male.
And yes you may have seen a picture on Facebook of me hugging that guy. Then that other guy. Is that OK for an aspiring female politician you ask? But guess what, you’ve got similar pictures on your profile. Why? Because you’re an ‘ordinary’ person with an ordinary life just like me. The’ ordinary’ person you want in politics remember?
I won’t be changing anytime soon and I’ll be a better candidate and hopefully better politician because of it.
Anne-Marie McNally is a political and media strategist working with Catherine Murphy TD and is a candidate for the Social Democrats in the forthcoming General Election. Anne-Marie will be hosting a public meeting next Tuesday at the Spa Hotel, Lucan entitled ‘Stamping Out Corruption‘ with Fintan O’Toole and Catherine Murphy. Follow Anne-Marie on Twitter: @amomcnally
That’s Super Valu Lucan, not Liffey Valley
Thanks Cool Hand Lucan, fixed now. Sorry.
It’s actually Continuity Superquinn.
Tiocfaidh ár low-low prices
That’s like the opposite of what Classic Superquinn was!
Prohibitively high prices to keep the proles out. Like a Fenian Waitrose. It was awesome, I wanted to move into their bakery section before they started courting the skanger dollar :’o(
God be with the days… was in there over Christmas and it’s a rural-friendly manky-looking, poorly laid out Supervalu(E! Give me a fupping E!)
This is getting beyond a joke now. She must have a hot line to broadsheet. Almost every day her latest utterance is here. She’s full of it on this post, she doesn’t indulge in political debate she blocked me after one very mild exchange on Twitter.
She’s an absolute bell end
The epitome of everything wrong with advocacy style leftist politics in this poohole – whine whine whine and no policy platform worth a damn
Where as you’re contributions of ad hominem attacks and crude language are what? Valuable political discourse?
I agree. Minus the grammar part.
I also deplore that the SocDems have published no policy platform apart from the extensive documents I’ve seen them publish outlining their policy platform.
That’s why Regressa Ireland will get my vote.
A real policy platform. A mid-nineties US Republican policy platform.
*Sigh* If only….
How many user accounts is it you’ve had on here now?
Twenty
“she blocked me after one very mild exchange on Twitter.”
She didn’t block you. You’re still on Twitter I presume.
I find all that block talk about twitter funny… if someone didn’t want to interact with you on the street, would you feel you have a right to keep following them, talking to them?
If they scurried along faster away from you, would you keep on at them?
Get the fupping boat like.. if someone doesn’t want to interact with you, don’t be whinging about it.
Baabara just peeved because she got rejected
I’ve a Facebook friend who once posted a screenshot of his blocking from Mary Lou’s Twitter and he was genuinely proud of it. He really thought he’d struck a blow against SF. I also know for a fact he has severe emotional problems. Consider that when dealing with some people here on BS.
Yeah, he really struck a blow there all right.
Some people just feel entitled to have their particular version of nonsense entertained.
If I got so much as a vibe that I was being antagonised on twitter, I’d get busy blocking.. if a full stop was out of place, I’d be blocking. Mild exchange me ar*e.
Jog on and mild exchange elsewhere, loser.
Dung hill
“Some people just feel entitled to have their particular version of nonsense entertained.”
Pot, kettle, Anne.
Agree. Really irritating.” Personally I’m highly educated ” and “most of my friends are male”. Me, me , me boring, boring . boring.
Her ambition is to die in her own arms.
That is very droll, and I will be using it in future.
No we don’t seek mediocre people with simplistic solutions and the promise of some kind of undeliverable utopia. I dont want an ordinary person, the dáil is full of them. I want a talented, smart, courageous and independent thinker and doer, not someone who wraps themselves up in Fintans anger and plays to the BS mob. No thanks.
“No we don’t seek mediocre people with simplistic solutions and the promise of some kind of undeliverable utopia.”
Well it’s a good thing those people only exist in your head then.
Let’s stamp put corruption!!. lets have equality!! Let the ordinary people speak. Such blather. Lets change the nature of the human being while we’re at it. Oh and world peace. Why can’t we just get along.
Oh, so you’ll be voting for the legalisation of drugs and abortion, supporting investment in the welfare state and opposing all policies motivated by a belief in the intellectually offensive concept of supply side economics, right? Seeing as you don’t believe in utopias or trying to change human nature, right? Good lad.
So what’s wrong with drugs and abortion. I say “drugs and abortion for all”…Boo Boo “ok no drugs or abortion for anybody”..boo boo.
Pardon?
I’m sorry it was a reference from the Simpson’s, but I got distracted while writing and then forgot the reference. So its came out arse ways.
Welfare state is not an investment – it’s a transfer of Exchequer funds designed to lead to some form of social benefit. These magic beans I bought this morning? That’s an investment.
So it’s money being spent on something that will benefit society but it’s not an investment? I don’t understand.
Corruption can be stamped out. All it needs is proper punitive penalties, like complete loss of all pension entitlements.
Saying corruption cannot be stopped just means you’ve given up.
What’s wrong with giving up?
It makes you very irritable and you’ll put on two stone.
“I want a talented, smart, courageous and independent thinker and doer”
You want Catherine Murphy then, to be fair.
+1 Million
“Personally I’m highly educated with decent social media savvy and a passion for political engagement. I am also working class, opinionated, with a strong Dublin accent and social democratic ideologies that I’ll defend to the death.
I have online banter with people and in some cases heated discussions. I’m never anything but civil and polite- because that is my personality, not because it’s how I ‘should’ act now I’m a candidate. I like to go out with friends. I go to pubs. I socialise. I post pictures on Facebook of nights out. I hug my friends, a lot, and yes, most of my friends are male.”
So are a lot of the other candidates who enter the competition. Every candidate who takes part in the election is still expected to adhere to a code of ethics laid down by SIPO and by the law as it stands. There is no special exemption because you are a female candidate for the general elections and somehow seeking to perch yourself above others is just nonsensical and egotistical to the point that its laughable.
The Social Democrats are the lefts version of the PD’s , social justice issues are to the left but when it comes to economic policies its more about reform than anything really revolutionary which on the face of it the country needs rather than reforming.
What are you on about? What code of ethics do you think she’s breaking?
I didnt say she did I said she would have to adhere to them
http://www.sipo.gov.ie/en/Codes-of-Conduct/Office-Holders/Code-of-Conduct-for-Office-Holders-.pdf
Fluffy that comment makes no sense in and of itself.
It’s like saying Black is the dark White. The SocDems stand for everything the PD’s didn’t. They’re not populist in any way – they’re arguing *against* reducing taxes and introducing, for the first time ever, actionable accountability measures. That’s revolutionary in it’s own way – revolutionary in the only way that counts – in that it won’t actively frighten off anyone with anything to lose and appeals to all classes, but it is a revolution, from thinking purely short-term in electoral cycle terms to thinking long term, laying foundations, planning for the future. No other party offers that and a way to get there.
Prosperous countries with any middle-class to speak off don’t vote for out and out revolution. The Socialists and the PBP don’t stand a chance outside Dublin and other urban areas, will break up again after the election (United Left Alliance anyone? It’s now three groups) – they’re so similar yet so ideologically dogmatic they won’t even properly merge. Protest alone has a place, but we need so much more to change the country. Protest is reactive, social democracy is proactive.
When are the other parties starting to post their daily thoughts on BS?
I’d like to see PBP or the WP articulate their thoughts on BS
I agree
Lab/FG/FF have the RTE, TV3 and all the newspapers. The SDs pretty much just have this. It’s really baffling how many people are offended by these posts.
Unfortunately the rest dont have anything else! I wouldnt mind the others getting a look in, maybe ask Brid Smith or Seamus Mc Donagh to write some pieces :)
I’ve no problem with other minor parties getting the same treatment as the SDs. BS has no obligation to be neutral here though. They are evidently of a mind, as am I, that the SDs present a new perspective on party politics, one that isn’t about the left/right axis or partisanship, and thus want to give them a platform to spread their message. I would question the motives of people complaining about these posts on a free website.
I think the SD are the left PD’s…
I don’t see how. It’s not full of disaffected members of the major parties.
“I don’t see how. It’s not full of disaffected members of the major parties.”
Was that sarcasm ;)
It wasn’t. Really. Des O’Malley couldn’t get his own way so he started a new party. It was an exercise in petulance. Much like Renua. Catherine Murphy and Stephen Donnelly were independents who are sick of the system. Very different motivation. It’s like equating the St Paddy’s parade with the Love Ulster rally because they were both a crowd of people who walked down O’Connell St.
Fluffy will have no reply for that so will jaunt down to the next post for more vitriol.
up with Vitriol aye fluffs
I’m with Moyest on this one Fluffy, soz and *hugs* :)
Have they asked? It could be as simple as that for them to get on.
@Moyest: Des O’Malley’s motivations for starting the PDs were more complex than a fit of pique, I think, although I agree that his petulance was noteworthy. In the context of GUBU, O’M’s principled stand on the New Ireland Forum and the availability of contraceptives, Des probably felt he ran out of road with ‘The Party’.
Sinn Féin do alreeady (through their undercover honeypot operation, ‘Project Mercille’)
Bodger?
Ahem
Free from influence and bias?
Independent ‘cept for John Moynes
Was it?
Ger’ouv’it
This ‘wan
That ye can’t seem ta’ stop yerselves wi’
Had better win a seat
Otherwise ye’ve made yerselves useless
(BTW She’s a dreamer, too full of her own whimsical daydreams. Besides she refers to her prospective voters as Ordinary, that’s a FOWY right there)
Since when the ‘ordinary’ had become derogatory? It ain’t a deficiency. Neither it’s an indicator of arrested creativity.
I don’t like politicians referring to ordinary people. We’re citizens.
This
Kinda
Panti does the same
” ordinary people”
The basis for my conflict with this lazy generalisation of ” Ordinary People ” is that I’ve yet ta’ meet one
In my experience there is no such thing as an ordinary Paddy
Saint Paul thinks it’s just an expression and you’re being a bit pedantic duck
Yeah?
Well is should be more than just an expression
In my experience everyone on the planet is somewhat unhinged in their own particular way. Everyone is “a bit mental”.
And to be honest, when you start viewing everyone around you as ‘a bit mental’ the world makes a bit more sense and less stressful.
Excerpt from ‘The Clampers School of Life Un-Clamping’.
If this idiots waffling annoys you so much I say BS should post it every day
Fair enough
My day doesn’t rely on whether this place want to plese me
Or if any of the contributors plus 1 me or not
But if this girl doesn’t win a seat
Broadsheet have rendered themselves useless
And that would be very sad
In fairness, Broadsheet have never claimed to be free from bias; their editorial policy is something along the lines of ‘leftish populism/contrarianism’, so the Social Democrats should be right in their wheelhouse.
Leftie poopulism you mean?
As opposed to what? There is a lot of vertigo going on.
Bodger did
Yesterday
In the GE16 call up
Did he really? Well, I suppose you can be not publicly supporting any party, while still having an editorial bias in a certain direction.
Saint Paul thinks Bodger is a hermaphrodite
‘just sayin’
Good woman, keep it real and feck the begrudgers. I like the cut of these Soc Dems.
you don’t all have to read it. I think she makes some valid and interesting points.
Saint Paul likes you
go in peace my child
+1
I find her honesty very refreshing. Beats stupid christmas cards.
Quite happy to read about what these candidates are all about and what their proposals consist of rather than have their mugshots tied to every pole. The Irish political landscape has changed; it’s important to keep up with who are the main players and what they plan to do with their manadate, if they get one. I mean, look at the 5 years we’ve just had in terms of broken promises?
+2
FFS enough – why don’t you put a Soc Dem logo on the top of broadsheet.ie and be done with it……
If you don’t like it read the Daily star or some other rag
But it is rubbish I will agree
i bet you can’t wait for dan boyle’s next piece then?
Terse
“Growing up in the heart of inner-city working class Dublin I never looked at a politician and thought ‘yeah, he’s just like us’ (let’s be honest, on the scale of probability, they were likely male) to me they were always someone different, someone who preached to or about the likes of me and my neighbours.”
So Tony Gregory never came across her path then?
How old is she?
Dublin Central has had an interesting bunch of women candidates over the years. Mary Freehill, Alice Gen, Joan Burton, Olga Bennet, Niamh Nic Mhathuna (!), Linda Kavanagh
I think, like me, Anne-Marie was either not born or a toddler when Tony had his term in the spotlight.
I hope Anne Marie learns from this. Proving your “ordinary” credentials with pubs and hugs and banter just makes you one of the crowd. To be elected you need to stand out. With perhaps an original thought? Or a better achievement than mastering social media.. And this latest attention seeking foray on BS doesn’t have seem to have worked out judging by the mobs indifference to your “authentic” accent.
Ooooh…this.
“I hope Anne Marie learns from this.”
LOL! What? Learns from this? So a couple of faceless nobodies on the internet called her names and she should “learn” from that? There really are people who think their random posts on the internet are actually important.
Saint Paul thinks Anne Marie is very interested in the opinions of faceless nobodies on here
She keeps preaching to them at any rate
Boom!
I don’t think the delusional commenters with insanely inflated egos who think their comments on a message board are making a difference in the real world are the only people who read BS, to be fair.
Very little name-calling on this thread; more considered criticism of the vacuity of some of Anne Marie’s contributions to date.
“She’s an absolute bell end”
“To be elected you need to stand out. With perhaps an original thought?”
“No we don’t seek mediocre people with simplistic solutions and the promise of some kind of undeliverable utopia.”
“This is getting beyond a joke now. She must have a hot line to broadsheet.”
“Me, me , me boring, boring . boring.”
Considered criticism.
mostly from one commenter, in fairness.
“Me, me , me boring, boring . boring.” Repetition does not negate considered criticism. Ranting does though and you are a master of the megaphone , Moyest.
Actually Scottser, those 5 quotes were from *4* different people.
““Me, me , me boring, boring . boring.” Repetition does not negate considered criticism. Ranting does though and you are a master of the megaphone , Moyest.”
Yeah cause ‘me me me, boring boring boring’ isn’t a rant. I mean, I get that you don’t want to admit that you’re a vacuous shill but that is some crazy levels of self delusion right there. Holy crap, like.
i’d venture moyest that those comments came from one or two people with a few different usernames. BS is funny like that.
@ Moyest
only one insult there (‘bell end’). And the criticisms were of the candidate’s policies/statements, not anything personal or anything.
Politicians’ public utterances are fair game for criticism – and rightly so.
Sorry buddy, but saying she must have a direct line to Broadsheet, calling her an mediocre person who believes in utopia, and saying ‘boring boring boring’ is not considered. It’s all just reactionary whining from idiots. That you think is considered is very embarrassing for you.
“There really are people who think their random posts on the internet are actually important.”
Pot, kettle, Moyest.
I had a knock on my door during local elections.
Candidate was wearing a tracksuit and a baseball cap the wrong way around. He didn’t get my vote.
I’m looking for competence, integrity, and a get it sorted attitude.
I don’t want ordinary.
What a shame, Cllr. Timmy Mallett would have been great craic.
A backwards baseball cap, C’mon that didn’t happen.
He was actually meeting your spouse, you assumed and he went with it.
– the ‘below par’ is now ‘ordinary’ and old ‘ordinary’ is the new exceptional. Makes sense. Like ‘excellent’ about trivial deeds, out of politeness and good will.
[didn’t mean to hound you, just interested in your dislike of the word, thanks]
“Vacuous”, “shill” ,” crazy”, “self delusion” … that just about sums you up Moyest.
Thanks, mate. Good to know you’re being wound up.
Ahh Moyest don’t take it personally. Am just repeating what your mother says about you when you are not listening.
Unfair – you left out hysterical
and pantomime villain
Tony has form, He is here daily shouting SD down.
One really must wonder what Tony is afraid of ? Social media not working out as ‘Prone’ would expect. Lets keep the candidates under wraps until the last minute just start with the pictures the pole pictures more pictures on the poles…
Everyone, relatable and ordinary are two different things.
BTW
If there’s slots going
I wouldn’t mind hearing from Shane Ross, Roisin Shortfall, Sean O’Fearill, and Pearse O’Doherty on two questions
What will they do about the nurses;
And their general opinions on levying Bank Deposits >100k
Ta
What a sloppy , laborious, monotonous post. SD have been given the opportunity to make an impression on their electorate and they use it for self-gratification. The post reflects very poor judgement on the part of a political candidate .
My take on this seems to be different to most, it seems.
I would much rather be represented by somebody who is more like me, than by somebody who who looks upon my peers & I with utter contempt (as do the current crew, when challenged or when they get caught out on anything).
I also took from AM’s piece, that in the age of social media, she doesn’t have to pretend to be something/ someone she is not, in order to meet any code of ethics, as she has nothing to hide & is unlikely to make any faux pas when speaking her mind online or elsewhere (again this cannot be said for most of the current crew).
I posted a link yesterday pointing to a report on an incident a few years ago, where FG’s current leader told a racist joke using the N word. (Here it is again: http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/fg-leader-storm-after-nigger-joke-26243837.html ) That was an example of our current leader being himself. He is a prime example of somebody who has had to learn not to be himself (he hasn’t ever managed it) to meet what is expected of a politician in Ireland.
I think AM’s point is that she would not have to pretend, as she most likely in her ordinary life would not behave in such a way, & is therefore unlikely to do so as a politician.
I don’t find being ‘normal’ or ‘nice’ a very compelling case for being elected, personally. I’d rather vote for someone who is very competent at their job; I couldn’t really give a fig if they would be pleasant to be around with or not.
I don’t get the relevance of your point? Where do I or anybody mention anybody being pleasant to be around, or anybody being incompetent for that matter?
As a btw: it is perfectly possible to be competent at your job, and not being a gaff prone arrogant hateful idiot.
I would much rather be represented by somebody who is more like me
AM’s post seems to be mainly about her being an everyday-type of person; I’m just not sure that means she will make an effective politician.
He wants not so nice, lacking in empathy, psychopaths to run the country, as long as they’re competent. He’s just saying like.
Aye. I can’t work out if this desire to keep power with the right wing elites and away from the people like McNally is born out of a lack of self confidence or genuine disdain for ordinary folks.
So, senior civil servants then. Well, have I got news for you…
I think Ann Marie is a very credible candidate, I’d vote for her if she was in my area.
“And yes you may have seen a picture on Facebook of me hugging that guy. Then that other guy.”
Ah go way, you’re a roaring hoooer Anne Marie, admit it.
she was probably just showing a couple of eastern european guys to a decent city-centre pub..
miaooooowww :)
‘I have online banter with people and in some cases heated discussions. I’m never anything but civil and polite because that is my personality’
In reply to ANNE above I couldn’t care less about someone blocking me on Twitter but she lies. She doesn’t have online ‘banter’ she blocks anyone who disagrees with her not necessarily politely either! Democracy how are you
Wait, so you think democracy means people have to pay attention to trolls on their personal Twitter account? Can you post yours please? I’d like to have some fun in the name of democracy. You entitled clown.
“She doesn’t have online ‘banter’ she blocks anyone who disagrees with her ”
Have you access to her blocked list? It could just be you.
” not necessarily politely either”
How’d you mean, does she tell you widdle off first?
Or did she just block you without saying goodbye, all the best, thanking you kindly for your contribution, you’re now being blocked from twittering me?
Thank you for your continued interest folks!
Many apparently missed the point that you can lead a ‘normal’ life and still be capable, competent and an excellent politician without having to buy into the trend of creating a persona. Who you are should be good enough and that’s why you are running in the first place so don’t change to fit the image of what a traditional politician should be. Everybody should be personable, bright, articulate, capable and willing to serve – they should not have to pretend to be those things by being some wooden character afraid to anger people or say the wrong thing.
And for the 2nd time Barbara, I only block people who have been abusive beyond what is considered acceptable and it is generally on the topic of Repealing the 8th.
And that comment about being a whore….well I guess the attitude this entire piece is about is really not all that insidious is it…sigh
Have a nice (polite) day y’all!!
Just messing with the hoooer comment Anne-Marie.
Gotcha Anne – and yep you clearly understood the piece so! cheers!
Anne Marie, I’ve never once had any interest in politics, I was too young and never cared. Now though over the last number of years, I’ve learnt the hard way how important politics are and just how much Ireland has been let down. We’ve been made redundant, watched our salaries get chopped in half just in order to get back into work, public transport is a joke and rarely on scheduled time. I pay a fortune to ensure my child is looked after. I watch friends and family who have mental disorders get ignored. I see people, human beings, sleeping in the streets when a few doors down from my estate there are empty houses…. I could go on. We all saw it. We’ve all experienced this. Most have survived it. I don’t care what you’re like. If I’m honest. I really don’t, I don’t care what anyone within the party is like sociably. What I care about is HOW you all plan to scrape Ireland back into a secure and wholesome country? There’s a lot of talk from the SocDems which has piqued my interest and makes me want to consider ye, but it’s all talk. You’re all saying similar things. What will YOU do if you win this on your first day? What will ye as a group do? I don’t think many people “missed the point” entirely, I think many people are bored of hearing talk. I want outrage! I want you to be outraged for me when I have to pay an extra hour to my childminder because the train was late again. I want you to be outraged when I go to hospital with a heart condition and have to wait for four hours to see a doctor. I want outrage when the taxes are put up along with the cost of food. I want absolute gut wrenching outrage when I and my family are homeless and there is no one to turn to, despite paying my taxes and being a good citizen. I want outrage at what people are going through, not a dear diary entry.
Love it Smitty. Dear Diary entry . It is on a par with Holly Carpenter in the Indo.
Brilliant post Smitty.
“I want outrage at what people are going through, not a dear diary entry.”
So, because you’ve read this one post from her, you’re able to deduce that she’s *not* outraged by poor social infrastructure? What?
Not at all Moyest, what I’m saying is that I don’t think anyone actually cares what they’re like sociably, what we want is action. Not just words. Is she outraged at the situation? I don’t know. But I want to know. that’s the point. I went to their website, it’s as boring as any other parties, there’s nothing to make them stand out out except that a lot of the talking is coming from their corner. this is my vote we’re talking about. I want to do the right thing and get this country up there where it belongs. How do I know that SocDems is where my vote should go? That’s all.
“Not just words.”
This is what I mean. Why do you think this post means she ‘just has words’. Is she not allowed to voice her opinion? Does voicing her opinion mean she’s not doing anything?
“Is she outraged at the situation? I don’t know. But I want to know.”
Seriously, is this post the only thing of hers that you’ve actually read?
“How do I know that SocDems is where my vote should go?”
It is, isn’t it. Why do you expect her to sell herself to you? That’s what FF/FG does. They pander. If you want to know if you should vote for the SDs, DO YOUR OWN WORK AND RESEARCH THEM. Stop expecting people to spoonfeed you everything. That’s what children and people with entitlement complexes do.
outrage gets you nowhere – as scottser’s gran used to say, the only thing you get from putting your foot down is a sore foot. trust me, an outraged politician is as good as chocolate sunglasses.
you want a politician who knows the law, where it fails, whom it fails and how to fix it. you want an honest politician who will not waver in their beliefs and will drive a consistent agenda and not play a populist card or make unrealistic promises. you want a politician to put the interests of others before themselves.
Smutty wants action. Smutty wants outrage. Smutty wants answers.
Smutty wants you to do the right thing and get this country up there where it belongs.
Smutty would you give it a lash yourself.
Smutty gets my vote.
You really are getting Moyest with Excitement now aren’t you? Tay?
Look I’m doing my research, I’m in the ongoing process of it and I’m getting very little back. I don’t expect her or anyone to spoon feed me at all, what I do want is to understand them and to get more information back. Like everyone voicing their opinions, I voiced mine. You don’t like it, clearly. That’s OK. But don’t be getting all stressed out, g’wan and have a tay, you’ll feel better.
“Look I’m doing my research, I’m in the ongoing process of it and I’m getting very little back.”
You’re getting little research back? What are expecting to happen when you read something? Do you expect it to talk back to you?
“I don’t expect her or anyone to spoon feed me at all”
And yet here you are literally asking for someone to give you reasons to do something.
“Like everyone voicing their opinions, I voiced mine.”
That ‘I have a right to my opinion’ line is a common tactic from people with nothing to say. Just FYI. Troll better next time, lad.
Smutty, I don’t see how you can you expect Anne-Marie to engage with you, considering the bitchiness.
If you’ve done your research, or even been awake over the last year, you’ll know that Catherine Murphy showed more character and grit than than any other politician in the country in 2015, despite plenty of bullying, runarounds, and vagueness and outright lies by those in power & their mates.
She continues the good fight, and is still meeting all kinds of book passing & delaying tactics to get to the bottom of obvious corruption in this country. The status quo needs to change, people need to be held to account, & I believe this is the lady to do it.
Book passing? Suppose it’s better than her normal off gassing of wind
You lost me at Poisson.
Very good.
Jaysus Moyest. I hope you live in her constituency. It would be terrible to be that obsessed and not be able to vote for her. You don’t have to defend every single comment, you know. Anne-Marie would do it herself if she cared that much.
Anyway – I don’t think I’d agree with 100% of the SocDem’s policies, but I like and respect Anne-Marie. I’d probably vote for her if I could.
“not a dear diary entry.”
meow.. biiiitchy
SD : Social Diary
But Saint Paul feels you don’t even meet one of those criteria Anne-Marie
Wow. You really took her non response to your creepy advances really badly, didn’t you.
They see me rollin they hatin
“Thank you for your continued interest folks! Many apparently missed the point… “…… so says the traditional politician displaying arrogance and contempt for the ordinary folk.
She’s talking to about five idiots in here actuallly
That’s it
That’s the extent of her caucus
Yeah that’s why companies spend money on advertising here. Cause there’s only 5 people reading. If you don’t want to feel like a worthless loser, stop trying to weirdly come on to female politicians on the Internet.
There’s only five people reading this banal pseudo political codswallop and it’s probably you and your four other logins
This is what Annemarie thinks of fair comment, fair speech and her electorate on twitter.
Anne-Marie McNally @amomcnally · 3h3 hours ago
@carolmhunt Thank you!! The trolls are having a field day with that one!
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I may be wrong but people who spend their afternoon on a message board calling someone an ‘idiot’ classify as trolls to me.
.”..they should not have to pretend to be those things by being some wooden character afraid to anger people or say the wrong thing. ”
The reality of government and the inability to magic up some pot of gold will ensure that all political Coppelias will eventually anger their public.
“And that comment about being a whore….well I guess the attitude this entire piece is about is really not all that insidious is it…sigh” It appears that the comment although inappropriate was made in jest. I am guessing Anne was merely drawing a conclusion from the inference that you made in “And yes you may have seen a picture on Facebook of me hugging that guy. Then that other guy.” . I admire though the manipulation of the comment to play to your own narrative .
You won’t convince any floating voters by playing the gender or authentic card. A play to your audience will not increase your votes and this will be SD’s downfall come election time.
Yeah, it was a joke.. as sometimes women are made out to be hooers, for being in the company of different men. These things have to be explained sometimes. You know yourself… Eh, maybe not..
“You won’t convince any floating voters by playing the gender or authentic card.”
Why wouldn’t she?
I’d be more inclined to vote for women I like, than the usual ‘jobs for the boys’ club.
I like authentic people too.
I am taking my glitter ball to the nearest Paddy Power.
I think thhere should be a max body fat criteria for candidates (obvs higher for the females, as thats the way nature intend it) – after Reilly, Cowen, Harney, et al, lecturing us with their greasy gobs I think portly politicos should be illegal.
Minimum penis size too while we’re at it. I want the men in power to be real men.
YES!
I’ve been told by doctors that I have minimum penis size Anne but on reflection I suspect that’s probably not what you mean.
we’ll start our own party, bertie:
little finger gael – what we lack in results we make up for in effort.
“A lot done, a lot more to do…. though you’ll probably need to finish off yourself”.
You might have inside knowledge, that the rest of us aren’t privy to. But In that case, in the interest of equality, there must be a regulation on the minimum sensitivity of clitrois as well.
Ann Marie. Just to clarify you came in on a Twitter exchange I was having with someone else re Syria. There was no abuse from me. You blocked me which I couldn’t care less about but I dislike hypocrisy .
My suggestion to you is to be yourself, if people like what they see they will vote for you. Too many politicians try to be all things to all people, put out your policies and values and leave it at that.
Tl;dr
I’m a woman
Did you hear
That!
A womANNN
Vote Woman
You know it doesn’t have to make any sense
Why are you so angry?
Blah blah blah
I like that she is out there and trying. It’s easy to become cynical about politics after been let down time and time again – especially by the current crowd. The Social Democrats look like they have a bit of principal and passion. We need to encourage people to get involved in politics not constantly demean them. Good on you Anne-Maire, unfortunately, you are not in my area – but I wish you well in the forthcoming election. Social Democrats should benefit from the demise of the Labour party.
Principal? They sure have a of of semi literate support
Ah here Marie
If you’re that socially medial savy you should surely recognise when you’re being trolled
Barbara wasn’t trolling you
She was flaming, fishing etc
And you bit
Hook Line and Blocker
Labelling people trolls cause they’re smarter than you makes you the Denis O’Brien/ Phil Hogan/ Alan Shatter/ Michael Lowry of the Social sponsored by Cadburys Democrats
And if you really want to let on that you’re just one of the girls and good craic on a night out…. Ditch the twin set cardies
Like Smitty said
Kinda sorta
I don’t care if you’re nice, And like a night out
Like the rest of us
But I have enough friends
So what the û(k are we really getting with you?
What will be your sit in event ?
What’ll have you in trouble with the Ceann Comhaile
If all the stars align and Shinners blow themselves up …. What portfolio would you be shortlisted for?
Will you be living off the AIW and remitting the surplus to SDHQ?
So Anne Marie
What exactly is your story
Ah go way and sh^te Frilly.. she was baited coz she blocked someone, which makes them cleverer or something..
There’s an awful nasty bang off ya sometimes.
Give her a break would ya.
Nothing you’re asking is genuine.
What the fupp is wrong with some of ye at all? I’d say it’s the post Christmas blues but yer ars*holes all year round.
: D
yizzer all as bad as each other
don’t ever change
It’s like the Loose Women omnibus tonight.
* curls in a ball awaiting kicking *
Thanks BB.
You’ll get us both killed.
Well I don’t know about you but I’ve had a good innings :)
If only every internet commentator was as nice and polite as you, Anne
I know shur :)
I’ve no idea what this girl’s politics are
Other than her current bosses’
But she’s landed a nice window front here for her canvass
Thanks to her boss
Broadsheet better make sure this girl delivers a seat
‘Cause if she doesn’t
After all this road frontage
And one way traffic
It just shows Broadsheet as a has been
Like last years mouldy flip-flops
If Anne Marie can’t handle herself in a bout of 140 characters a round
She has no hope
And no place
Representing women in the next Dáil
When there’s an important referendum that needs passing
She has no hope in the Dail coz she wasn’t ar-sed slugging it out on twitter with someone? Hmmmmm. k
I think you’re reading too much into her posts here at Broadsheet.
You don’t know if BS went approaching people they wanted here or wha.
And you don’t know how beneficial it is to Anne-Marie.
I don’t know how you expect to learn anything about her with the tone of your questioning. I’ll tell ya go and sh*te myself..
You don’t get to dictate what they put up here either.. I scan half the stuff myself.
The world doesn’t revolve around what you want like.
So you’re basically saying Anne Marie McNally is an empty shirt
And I’m not allowed asked her policy questions
Cause
Like
Sur it’s only all a bitta craic around here
Besides you are right
I don’t know who else other Dan Boil and A Mac the Broadsheet offered a weekly to
Nor do I know who, if any, approached Broadsheet
Perhaps they can comment
Bodger?
You watching?
Ask away.. I think she’s clever enough to not engage with you.
Not the way you’re asking um. You know that too, you’re not an idiot.
You’re not asking questions, you’re slagging her off.
You’ll be on the next thread though harping on that she never answered your ‘questions’.
Bodger that’s a trap don’t walk into it
Carrying over sh1t from one thread to another?
You sure ’bout that
With the perfectly valid exception of encouraging people to note Bodger’s claim of independence on the GE16 call up thread here today
I’ve never
Never
In wha’ ?
2000+ posts here
Brought sh1t from one thread to another
Saint Paul says
” > 2000 posts” on here – says it all
I’m.
…a blatant troll with more Broadsheet accounts than replies.
Sayin that did you not
Like his proto leftie personas?