I'm one of the gullible fools who voted in the Green Party into government last year. I'm far from happy. The insistence on hiding behind the Mahon Tribunal and refusing to comment on Bertie's shenanigans is grating. Cast your mind back if you will to the heady days of Gormley, Ryan and Sargent in opposition - in the run up to the election last year they were one of the most vociferous voices against Bertie & his cronies. I distinctly remember phrases like "the most corrupt party in western Europe" being slung across the Dail floor, but now all we're hearing is how cabbage is in season now and is a great source of vitamin whogivesafuck (Trevor Sargent press release from yesterday).
I heard 'Minister for Copper Wire Telecoms' Eamon Ryan on Matt Cooper yesterday evening and it was close to denial. He refused to be drawn on the simple question of whether or not he believed Bertie's evidence. "I'm not in a position to give you my opinion on every news story that pops up without knowing the full facts" he said, like this was some story about a dog with five legs or something. It's a "news story" that effects the very moral fibre of democracy in this country! I'm sorry Eamon, but no amount of energy saving lightbulbs or extra insulation in new build housing will get you off the hook for being complicit in the biggest scandal in Irish politics since Charlie robbed money from his good friend Brian Lenihan's liver transplant fund to buy more French shirts.
Grow a spine - whether through solar power or whatever means necessary - and do the right thing.
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