FG tries to win swing vote via FF/SF ‘love-in’
After all the talk of letting the politics of hope defeat the politics of fear, Fine Gael’s message could be distilled down into four words: “Vote Bertie, get Adams”.
Playing the Shinners card may smack of desperation, but in a tightening race it also just could frighten enough middle class voters away from Fianna Fáil to make a difference.