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Re: Beverly Cooper-Flynn and Padraig Flynn - A Gombeen Monarchy?

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From: Some Irish Guy
Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 00:00

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Batterburger Liberation Front wrote:

>Some Irish Guy <Ger@r.d> wrote:
>
>> Robert Fahey wrote:
>> 
>> >>None.  In every case the TD was elected by his/her constituents.
>> >
>> >Officially, yes. But a very large number of TDs have been elected
>> >because "his/her father was a grand man", or almost as a "vote of
>> >sympathy", rather than on their own strengths.
>> 
>> And you know better than the voters?
>
>
>Sorry Ger I think he made a valid point. Things are changing, but what
>he is saying still is a very depressing aspect of Irish poilitics.
>
>However there is hope where there was none befrore.

Go read up on Taca Fail some time.  The exact same controversy
occurred in the 60s.  There is nothing new under the sun.

-- 
Gralt Cnygm
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