Election debate hype is about sales and ratings, not the national interest

IF you have loins, prepare to gird them now.

Roll up, roll up for a brand new Reality Election. The Chaos Election. The Visual Ambush Election.

The Media Ratings Election. The election where Fianna Fáil has two top guys and no money and where Sinn Féin has loads of money and one top guy who knows nothing. The election where the voting public may decide to undercut democracy by giving Independents the disproportionate personal power demonstrated last week by Jackie Healy Rae and Michael Lowry.