Presidential Election and all that.

Fine Gael imploded.Fianna Fail got it as wrong as wrong could be.The young didn't vote.The electronic and printed media ,particularly the Independent are anti Republican ,the latter being dominated  by anti Irish and pro British journalists ,owned by a Knight of the realm ,which never miss a chance to stick the boot into those who bloodied the nose of their beloved Empire over the years.( This includes English lovers by birth and inclination and partitionists.).
RTE and TV3 and their pet panellists pander solely to the Dublin luvvies and their groupies and are virulent anti Catholic.A la ca rte Catholicism is a cloak to be worn or discarded at a whim and atheists are now reinventing themselves as "spiritual " beings.
Avoiding straight answers is the new fashion as aspiring candidates strove mightily to avoid answering searching questions.Appearance, not substance, is the new yardstick.
Journalism has reached a new low as they stampeded to the gutter to see who could hit the most hurtful ,sneaky and mortal blow to those they opposed.As they reaped so shall thy sow.What goes around comes around.Or so one hopes.    
Feminism persists in the Aras,as two women are succeeded by an ardent feminist.
Cromwell is  spinning in his grave as the Westies occupy all the main political offices,Taoiseach,Tanaite and President.
Dublin is on a different planet,culturally and politically from the rest of the Country.Every where bar Dublin,the natives support their own ,even those with remote claims to an area.Dublin seems to despise their own.What is wrong with them.Are they ashamed of their own and in awe of others.
Personally I wouldn't be a supporter of Gay Mitchell,but he is a true blue Dub.Must count for nothing.No loyalty there at all.Maybe the Dubs have been over run in their own county.
Michael Martin was true to form.He made a balls of it,because he has none himself.There are plenty of Fianna Fallers in the Country who clamored to Gallagher and some even voted for Higgins.
Young Dev,was right .He should have run.He is as clean a politician as there is and the pedigree is head and shoulders above the rest.He would have romped home as the electorate have already extracted revenge on the Party and realise that Tweedledum is no different than Tweedledee.
In a way the Republicans have had a resounding victory.Labour has been hijacked by the Workers Party,the political front of the former Official IRA,Sinn Fein increased its vote,and Gallagher picked up the Fianna Fail (the Republican Party )vote and "Old Labour"faction of the Labour Party has as its icon James Connolly who died in combat in the against the Empire.Even Fine Gael pays tribute to Michael Collins a courageous and brave fighter against the Empire.
So Republicans won the day.Just a matter of the hue.