3 Treadmillian Miles Considering this Whacko Election.

It's still out there, why oh why can't I use it...

Imagine an election where one of the main parties can't muster enough souls brave enough to canvass door to door, where the Taoiseach (PM) elect isn't brave enough to participate in a leader's debate and where the electorate is mad as hell, but not brave enough (or bothered enough) to do any of that Egyptian-style protest.  Yep, it's the Irish election.  Factor into this the fact that we are merely electing a Government to implement an IMF-EU four year austerity plan and you can see why we are less than tickled pink by this chance to express our democratic right to vote.  But despite all this economic Armageddon I've noticed that the hills are still green, the sea is still blue (well, grey-green), the fields are full of grass and heather and the roads are made for running.  So why the hell am I still in a treadmill phase?