Politics,what else!

The recent General Election is still having serious repercussions....nobody wants the PD's ,not even the PD's....newly elected government gone into exile....now Pat Rabbitte has pulled a fast one on Brendan Howlin thereby losing us the two most experienced leaders for the Labour Party and half the opposition clout , in one stroke....and whatever happens at the Mahon Tribunal, Bertie will once again emerge as the 'white-haired' boy,....the litany of disasters will continue...and those who re-elected Fianna Fail (41% of the electorate ) , will still believe they did the right thing.
In the meantime Gordon Brown has confidently taken over the reins from Tony Who?, calmly dealing with a succession of potentially serious problems, whilee our crowd of gombeens can't even get our newly privatised national airline safely off the ground...
Thats the difference between reasonably intelligent politicians and a collection of greedy 'cute hoors'whose only motivation is their own personal (and family ) advance ment.Consider the following quote from' The Cosgrave Legacy',by Stephen Collins:''in the 1961 general election Fianna Fail lost eight seats while Fine Gael gained seven.It was a good performance by the Opposition party but a majority of theIndependents ,who held the balance of power, decided to support a continuation of the Lemass Government because Fine Gael and Labour had both set their faces against coalition at this time.'' That was 46 years ago but as far as Irish politics is concerned it could have been yesterday......nothing really changes....not even the family names(except where marriage names are involved)
At that time in Fine Gael a Cosgrave has just taken over from a Cosgrave,a Dillon had followed a Dillon ,a Barry had followed a Barry,a Costello following a Costello etc ,and thats only the Fine Gael party.
In our incoming Dail we have at least two families with 3 siblings each ,sets of brothers ,cousins ,husbands and wives,uncles and aunts and overriding all this we have the historical connections, DeValeras,Lemasses,Collins',Lenehans,etc,.etc.etcetc...ad nauseam...
Oh yes we live in a democracy alright,but if you don't inherit a safe seat or if one is not shown the right path, the decendents of these same people will still be in power in another 50 years.