Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Tumbleweeds, Spar Ads and Sex and the City. Not to mention a hell of a lot of parties.

Its gotta be the Exec Hustings.

Well if you believed that today's hustings were nothing more then a formality and that all the main action had already passed well think again. While Jason's got the moves and Gav's got the Tits out for the lads (and lassies), the award for most outrageous Hustings speech goes to Pat Byrne who used his time to tell a tale of his previous night out leaving the audience rolling with laughter and the next contestant Cait momentarily stunned as she thought to herself "how the fuck do I top that".

While Byrne had a large possie who he referred to as "his lads", his aim of a world wide revolution to make every student "his lad", his hilarious campaign video and the sheer energy he has will make him the heavy favourite for Ents officer as the remaining contestants seem extremely similar and fail to stand out. While the others seem to take the campaign more seriously, it may be only Pat that realises that the Ents position is really as much a joke as he is a party animal.

The position of Fiance officer held another clear winner with Declan Meenagh being the only one who has the experience, ideas and charisma. Conor Curly seemed a tad on the cocky and arrogant side which I presume he meant to be confidence. He held no real or likely policies. Damien Gorman was inaudible at best through his thick accent and didn't seem to convey any idea of what Finance Officer does, except that it has something to do with money. While the two other lads had better sight, they clearly lacked the vision and genuine wit that Declan possesses who won on every question.

Gaelic and Cultural Affairs officer was contested by by two men with similar policies but it was Naoise Ó Cearúil who seemed the more likely man over Caoimhín Ó Caoláin. However his stance on not wanting to join USI and perhaps likely future positions in future elections may cause him to lose votes among more anti-Fianna Fáil students. A Re-Opening of Nominations may be a likelihood for a small and generally ignored position.

Micheál Hughes, while recovering from a session of fire breathing last night spoke out on every issue and his friendly nature an engaging with the issues approach make shim the perfect only-runner in the St. Pats Rep spot.

The U.S.I stance was split down the issue with both Declan, Michéal, Louise and Pat for USI while the others were either opposed or just sat on the fence. The crowd seemed massively in favour of U.S.I which may be a clear indication of its result tomorrow. The 'No' vote was out again today but was pretty watery and largely unconvincing with the addition of small vote no fliers with had the pathetic excuse of "it'll cost you €38,000" the only writing on it.
The Yes campaign was out again with enthusiastic force today with further positive reactions from lecture addresses and its large on campus presence.

Tomorrow will be the voting day and every candidate will be out trying to get those extra few votes from the remaining uncertain voters. Lets hope they don't run on empty until the polls close at 6 tomorrow. Best of luck to all........

For Pats video go to http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1272698090#!/video/video.php?v=104881016201787

-Juvenal

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