That’d be the deposit that’ll be taken away because in Dublin South Central Frank McNamara does not have a hope of getting a seat for the PD’s. Flying in off his piano stool from Dunboyne, (that’s Dunboyne, Co. Meath!) Mr McNamara has spent this afternoon on Liveline defending himself.
One of the last times I saw Frank was himself and his wife addressing a Pioneer Total Abstinence Association youth conference about 16 years ago. (yeah I had a very underspent rather than misspent youth!) So when I heard him being asked by a caller about Civil Unions and same sex partnerships I waited for his reply. And I waited.
The pause ended with him saying that she did not favour same sex marriage but did favour civil unions. And then he hoped that the question went away. (Interesting that a caller thinks that this is an election issue – my post on lesbian and gay issues and the general election is forthcoming!)
Whatever about Colm O’Gorman running in Wexford (he lives there and was born there!) and having a background in social policy and legislation and the like, Frank is more than a bit more removed from his potential electorate and like Rock the Vote, he too seems to believe in April Fools and that the voters of Dublin South Central will too forget the joke and vote for him.
I loved the bit which went something like this:
Caller: Health system failling apart etc your party has been in government for ten years….
McNamara: Well, to be fair, I’ve only been a member for the last two hours.
On civil union, he also said that he presumed that the civil unions bill got stuck in the time crunch at the end of the Dáil term (not true, but a nice illustration of how little attention he’s been paying to politics…)
Lex Ferenda » Doo dur da-do dooh ba-do dur-ba doo-bah-doo-dah // Mar 26, 2007 at 16:07
[...] 3. Gráinne Kenny (Europe Against Drugs), who is to common sense as Mary Whitehouse was to freedom of expression, has a new triumph. She’s arguing that because Brian Cowen appeared on stage with a clip from Chelsea Dagger (watch it here) by The Fratellis. She tells us that a different section of the song uses the phrase “gave me gear” and calls for … an apology. (I want some of what she’s taking). She adds that they should have used Handel’s Messiah instead. Full story, great response here from the Arse End. (Maybe FF could take advice from Ireland’s newest PD, Frank McNamara, whose Liveline appearance today was hilarious). [...]
Well, to be fair, I’ve only been a member for the last two hours.
lol classic. I think the PD’s are just going for seats now rather then ideology. I would say he would disagree with a few party polices
I’m confused about the PDs and DSC – they seem to be running 2 candidates but is the 2nd Bob the B**** as the Irish Times Suggests or is it some unknown called Ben Doyle as breakingnews.ie suggests
For those who don’t remember Bob the B****
http://www.gaire.com/e/f/default.asp?id=148201&nav=1&parent=148201&page=view
Don’t know where Bob is gone – the running mate is definitely Ben. In fact Ian will we start operation Bob watch? How many board meetings of the Equality Authority has Bob attended since he was appointed??
Oh, thanks for the link Ian, THAT’S who you’re talking about… Spent five minutes goin “huh? who?” And now find myself wondering what South Central did to the PD’s to deserve that.
So it was just the Irish Times that got confused !
Operation Bobwatch just discovered this gem below on his bebo page
“Anyhow, I’ve decided to be a lover, not a fighter recently. So when I was in the pub the last night and this big guy spilled his pint on me, I thought, hey, I’m a lover; so I kissed him…turns out he was a fighter!!! (I heard that somewhere…it wasn’t really me) “
Operation Bobwatch just remembered Suzy – For a good year maybe year and a half Bob couldn’t physically attend as he was living in Boston