Ireland: a Soft Touch for Corrupt Fianna Fail Politicians

After all these years of observing blatanthave the country’s interests at heart.
corruption in our ‘body politic’, I’m stillOn the other hand we have what passes for an
at a loss to understand how the people of Irelandopposition thinking that it’s a waste of time
are so stupid and shortsighted that they, againmaking a fuss because most of them are about
and again, elect the same shower of crooks thatto leave politics to enjoy their nice little pension
have the nerve to call themselves politicians.and perks and are, understandably, afraid to rock
On the one hand we have a Fianna Fail ledthe boat.
government who’s sole purpose in gettingGranted, they go through the motions of
elected and staying elected is to shamlessly lineprotesting about the almost daily revelations
their own pockets at the expense of decentregarding the monies that were being shovelled to
people who happen to think that this is a greatthat ‘pisspot on the dresser’ Bertie Ahern
country and blindly believe that our political crookswhile he was Minister for Finance.