Ireland Rejects Lisbon Treaty
Washington Post Foreign Service
Saturday, June 14, 2008; Page A08
DUBLIN, June 13 -- Irish voters resoundingly rejected a treaty designed to modernize the European Union, the second time in three years that European voters have shot down a complex proposal to create more authority and world influence at the bloc's Brussels headquarters.
By defeating the Lisbon Treaty 53.4 percent to 46.6 percent in a national referendum Thursday, fewer than a million Irish voters scuttled a document that would have deeply affected the lives of nearly 500 million Europeans in the 27 member nations.
Justice Minister Brian Lenihan said the results announced Friday marked "a very sad day for the country and for Europe." Prime Minister Brian Cowen said the vote "does bring about considerable uncertainty and a difficult situation," adding: "There is no quick fix."
But jubilant opponents of the treaty called it a David-and-Goliath victory for common people, skeptical of the E.U.'s increasing influence on their lives, over an enthusiastically pro-Brussels European political establishment.
"It is a great day for Irish democracy," said Declan Ganley, a businessman who led the anti-treaty campaign. "This is democracy in action . . . and Europe needs to listen to the voice of the people."
That's what happens when it ain't rigged!
A fair election contested before an intelligent populace. The so called Lison Treaty was such a bunch of mumblygook that no thinking person could vote for it because it was total legal deception.
It looks like the Irish have saved the Europe from the fascists in Brussels for the moment. The main damage to the EU is their unwillingness to submit their "Constitution" to a vote of the population - they are extremely undemocratic.
The Irish would have lost their 12% business tax rate and their soldiers would have been cannon fodder in the E.U.s future role in the zionist domination of the middle east oil. They would have thrown off Cromwell's yoke only to take on a new one.
When pressed, the Irish do the right thing.
I've never been prouder to be Irish!
Nicolas Sarkozy plans to bypass Irish no vote
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From PrisonPlanet, but still worth reading.
...Sarkozy has stated his intention to 'bypass' the Irish referendum result. Gordon Brown has offered him his support in doing so, despite significant opposition to the treaty in the United Kingdom.
Note to an increasingly unpopular French President: For the citizens of Ireland, our constitution still trumps your precious Ermächtigungsgesetz (enabling act), so "bypass" away, Monsieur Sarkozy, bypass away.
Are you Irish by descent, or do you hail from the rain-sodden island itself?
By descent and registered, second generation from South Limerick, where Cork, Limerick, and Kerry intersect - the longest village in Ireland.
That said, I was looking at the vote totals and noticed an unusual distribution in Dublin. Is Dublin really that divided or is their some skullduggery with the vote counting there?
Dublin South and Dublin South East is the natural home of the Celtic Tiger Cub, a species that loves money and status, particularly when it doesn't have to work for it, a species that has over the last decade developed its very own pseudo-posh nouveau-riche accent, pronouncing mortgage as 'murgige', right as 'roysh', car as 'cor' and credit card as 'credit cord'. Being new to money, this species is particularly arrogant and self-absorbed. The species believes that voting Yes on the Lisbon Treaty would have secured their newly acquired economic status when in fact the reverse is true.
Dublin South is also home to a member of parliament (and presumably voters) with distinctly Zionist leanings. Dublin North on the other hand, is traditional Bertie Ahern country, so some would have voted Yes out of misguided party loyalty.
I take it that Ireland still uses paper ballots exclusively?
An election such as this would have been stolen in the districts with Diebold machines here in America for sure.
Yes, this referendum exclusively used paper ballots, although the 2nd referendum on The Nice Treaty reportedly used a combination of electronic and paper ballots, and was (surprise, surprise) passed.
Hopefully the Irish will help throw the zionist Sarkozy back to ziostan and get rid of that lapcurr Merkel.
The Irish have set a standard of democracy that the rst of Europe must now demand.
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