Ireland's ruling party suffers worst defeat ever in vote

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From Peter Taggart, For CNN

CNN) -- The main opposition party in Ireland, Fine Gael, is claiming victory in the country's first general election since it accepted a multibillion-dollar financial bailout last year.
The election -- held Friday with the votes counted over the weekend -- has produced a huge swing against the main ruling party Fianna Fail, according to exit polling. It is the party's worst-ever election showing,
Fianna Fail has ruled Ireland for 60 of the past 80 years, but has been hit hard by the fall-out from the economic bail-out and subsequent austerity measures.
Irish prime minister Brian Cowen was so unpopular he had to step down as leader of Fianna Fail before the poll.

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http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/europe/02/26/ireland.vote/index.html?hpt=T2

I hope this is a prelude to the future in Wisconsin, Florida and other places where the politicians are screwing over the people with forced austerity measures in order to pay the fat cats.

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1. banks screwed Ireland and the working people were forced to pay for the bailout. sound familiar? nt

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2. 'shared sacrifice' nt

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3. Epic Fail for Fianna Fail

Sorry, I couldn't help myself.