Are Voters Really Going to Go For "Same Again" ?

To make a difference, this Election must produce a Dáil with a contingent of TDs who are outside the "group-think" that caused the disaster that we will now have to live with for years.

Unfortunately, if the media are reliable, the voices dominating the campaign and attracting most support are, with some exceptions, firmly within the "group-think". Even when they are not quite in there - I think of Labour candidates like Paula Desmond in Cork SC - we know that they will be combining, one way or another, with the Establishment's Alternative (FG).

Are the media reliable, though ? (I don't mean that in a general sense, but as regards the perception that there will be no real change as a result of this election). The live polls on boards.ie tend to suggest so; a scattering of celebrities aside, the "group-think" seems well enough on the way to continued dominance.

Are we really going to do this to ourselves ? How can we complain about the IMF, the banksters and the like if, when given the choice, we choose "same again" ?