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Question: Who will you be voting for come election time?

Onyer Arse Abbott    
  5 (26.3%)
Julia Gillard    
  2 (10.5%)
Third party    
  10 (52.6%)
Adolf Hitler (he's coming back)    
  0 (0.0%)
Batman    
  2 (10.5%)




Total votes: 19
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Reply #30 - Jun 28th, 2010 at 1:21pm
 

The votes so far:

3rd party = 50%
libs = 30%
alp = 20%

which in reality means, an alp victory !!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Reply #31 - Jun 28th, 2010 at 1:38pm
 
Sprintcyclist wrote on Jun 28th, 2010 at 1:21pm:
The votes so far:

3rd party = 50%
libs = 30%
alp = 20%

which in reality means, an alp victory !!!!!!!!!!!!!


Could go either way sprint, you can give your preference to who ever you like.

You forgot the cape crusader!
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Reply #32 - Jun 28th, 2010 at 3:21pm
 
Deborahmac09 wrote on Jun 28th, 2010 at 1:03pm:
I find this leftard and rightard crap really disturbing.
Let us think who our worst Goverment was/in, then think about leaders like Robert Mugabe, Idi Amin, that wack job in from North Korea, Kim Jong Il. Do you see yet how lucky we are, no matter which Government is in? Both sides act like it is the end of the world.


Agreed. There is not really much separation in Australia between Right and Left anyway. It's not like the US.  The most relevant criteria these days is not between Right and Left, but between Libertarian versus Authoritarian.
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Reply #33 - Jun 28th, 2010 at 3:47pm
 
muso wrote on Jun 28th, 2010 at 3:21pm:
Deborahmac09 wrote on Jun 28th, 2010 at 1:03pm:
I find this leftard and rightard crap really disturbing.
Let us think who our worst Goverment was/in, then think about leaders like Robert Mugabe, Idi Amin, that wack job in from North Korea, Kim Jong Il. Do you see yet how lucky we are, no matter which Government is in? Both sides act like it is the end of the world.


Agreed. There is not really much separation in Australia between Right and Left anyway. It's not like the US.  The most relevant criteria these days is not between Right and Left, but between Libertarian versus Authoritarian.

I don't agree Muso, there is a huge difference between right and left.
Under a moderate Liberal leader,such as Turnbull, there is not a lot of difference between Labor and Liberal, but both of those parties are on the right of politics now days.
But, under Abbott the Libs are a far right neo con party.
Compère Abbotts Libs with The Social Alliance and tell me there is no difference.
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Reply #34 - Jun 28th, 2010 at 3:54pm
 
Lobo wrote on Jun 28th, 2010 at 1:19pm:
Annie Anthrax wrote on Jun 28th, 2010 at 12:52pm:
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I can hear Julia Gillards biological clock ticking all the way from Altonia house


Are you sure that's not the sound of your synapses misfiring?



That has to be a contender for put-down of the week.  Grin



I think it missed its intended target.

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Reply #35 - Jun 28th, 2010 at 5:44pm
 
Agreed. There is not really much separation in Australia between Right and Left anyway. It's not like the US.
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I see Abbott as making the extreme differences LIKE  in the US. Thats what scares me about him.  Shocked
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Reply #36 - Jun 28th, 2010 at 8:33pm
 

Annie Anthrax wrote on Jun 28th, 2010 at 12:52pm:
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I can hear Julia Gillards biological clock ticking all the way from Altonia house


Are you sure that's not the sound of your synapses misfiring?


LOL, Annie - that was priceless!
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Reply #37 - Jun 28th, 2010 at 8:39pm
 

I selected 'Third Party' - as I would never waste my first preference on the LibLabs and I don't like to encourage either of them!

I live in a safe Lab seat. So, being a lefty, my terminating preference will go to the Lab candidate...

However, unless there is a religious-righteous or other nutjob running, the Labs will still only receive my penultimate preference - with the Libs last...

Greens for the Senate!

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Reply #38 - Jun 28th, 2010 at 8:43pm
 
A few minor parties first. Whoever is promoting a tax on carbon (rather than an ETS or Abbott's scheme) will get my first preference. Most likely Labor ahead of Liberal, unless Turnbull makes a comeback.
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Reply #39 - Jun 28th, 2010 at 10:30pm
 
Gillard ...Swanny, together, they will de-seed the planet.

Other than Mark Latham, who I didn't mind actually and even bought his diary's, not one  labor member appeals to me.
Bob was a babbling drunk with a red nose, (Sorry Bob), Keating was too creepy to be a politician,  ....was a bit of a ladys man if I recall and liked to cross-dress also.
Bill Shortons head is disproportionally large in comparison to the rest of his body, Hydrocephalus? Latham was a funny bugger and sharp as a tack at times too, but was too much of a black sheep and pessimist, (I think Gillard slowly poisoned him) and was a bit paranoid and dark towards the end,  (It's labor, who wouldn't be).
I did enjoy Marks writing though,  really liked it actually,and Kim Beazley, well, he was just a jumping castle with an attitude, big loud union mouth who in typical union form used his physical presence to grand stand...plus he was a bit slow I think. Perhaps the fat had mobilised and travelled to his brain, hard to tell.  And Kevin, well....a smug media slut with an abrasive personality is always a treasure, reminded of one of those ventriloquist puppets at carnivals, the way he'd purse his lips and electronically speak was kinda creepy.
A terrible public speaker,(very embarrassing) and I was especially repulsed by the earwax parliamentary appetiser.  
His speeches sounded too cocky, smug and rehearsed.
Gillard, well,  I don't mind her brain, and she puts up a good debate in question time...Imagine her and Costello leading the Liberal party, this or starting a family of their own one day, party I mean..she could be that woman who brings glasses of water around during question time... Wink  Why do they drink so much water?
Or is that just to create the illusion that they're working hard, so must need one?

I don't think Julia is as left as she would have you believe, this or as loyal either Wink

In all, Labor don't have much of a run-up, the best they have is Gillard, but due to their notoriously "mysogenous" parties under-current, the one the public don't get to see until attending their first union brawl,  I doubt her stay will be a long and pleasant one.

Abbott is likeable, the same way John Howard was,(though needs guidance)...which fortunately for him, he has.

And like Howard when he first started, Abbott had that shoot from the hip non-polished  integrity...which is important for a politician I think.
Or else like Rudd they start sounding mechanical, inhuman.
Cossy, he's a classic, very intelligent, he had me in fits of laughter when watching question time with Howard at his side, he just had a way of making the labor candidates look like morons,(not hard).. was like they weren't even there when he'd get going.

Remember Vanstone Amanda I think she's an ambassador for Italy now inst she?

Whenever I see Gillard, I cant help but think of  Clarice Starling from out of Silence of the lambs (Jodie Foster)...I dunno why....Odd!

Perhaps it's her desire to prove herself, her young age (compared to other leaders), in a male dominated profession, and her clumsy erroneous mistakes she makes along the way whilst learning the ropes , this and somehow manages to  land on her feet.
Wayne Swan?  I thought he'd passed away until recently, where was he for all those years? Did he do time, something about bribing the democrats involving the Australian Federal Police?
Fantastic treasurer there Gillard.
Smiley

I think Gillards their last green skin, (no offence to the Greens party)...what I mean by this is she's quite possibly the only labor candidate without a murky past or criminal record.

Night, thanx for putting up with my rant.

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Reply #40 - Jun 29th, 2010 at 9:22am
 
mellie wrote on Jun 28th, 2010 at 10:30pm:
Keating was too creepy to be a politician,  ....was a bit of a ladys man if I recall and liked to cross-dress also.



Well I've never seen that before. The thought of it is hilarious (ever see Keating - the Musical we had to have? )

Keating had his head screwed on right. He had some really good ideas. In my view he was probably the best Labour PM in recent times.  Rudd had some good ideas but lacked the intestinal fortitude to see them though.

Rudd would have been great as an ideas man, a bit like Gordon Brown was to Tony Blair in the UK.

The most competant leaders lack charisma. The most charismatic leaders lack nouse. Hawke was a total reprobate, but he was charismatic. His best asset was Keating.

Malcolm Turnbull was a wasted opportunity. He could have been good for Australia.


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Reply #41 - Jun 29th, 2010 at 9:53am
 

I too am a Keating fan - and I agree that Mal T was the most user-friendly option that the Libs have had in decades...

He would have probably made an ideal statesman - so I'll never understand, how unsavvy his party was, to his electoral potential...

He could have won over the electorate, if he had not been so savagely undermined from within...

BTW, the same cannot be said for Rudd!

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Reply #42 - Jun 29th, 2010 at 10:45am
 
Mal isn't a peoples person,(has a brain, but isn't likeable enough)... and whilst he appealed to the elite ruling class, ... Abbott is a likeable character warts and all.  I recall another PM like this...  when he first started out.

Howard!

Ironically, Howards Abbotts mentor, so lets hope he's a chip off the old block.
I think he will be, (he has some fantastic advisor's) just wont rule with the same iron fist war-lord style the way Howard did, this was Howards short coming i'm afraid.
And despite people saying Liberal would have been re-elected if Howard had have stepped aside, and let Cossy lead, I think Australia were ready for a new government, and needed this slack-ass labor government to remind us all to thank god/whatever for small mercies.
None the less, Howard and Costello are responsible for having saved us from enduring a what other nations did global crisis wise.

And of course, Rudd will tell you it was he who save the day....ahahahhahahahahahahaha what a joke!

All he did was set us back about 3 years, had he not squandered funds and invested in useless programs and policies....we may be able to afford to pay our electricity bills and mortgages.

A good indicator is how many people have pulled their kids from private schools and have cancelled private health insurance policies, and many insurance policies in fact...this and aren't in a position to take out mortgages or accumulate anymore debt. And believe me, it's not because they think public health and education are on the mend, quite to the contrary in fact, with recent opinion poll findings.

Polls suggest that on the whole, Australians are quite pessimistic/uncertain about their future, major concerns being health, increasing decline in social values, discipline, youth violence, job losses, mass immigration, which they believe have altered the Australian way of life.  
When people stop dreaming about the future, this and having faith in their future/economy, things are not good.
They stop spending, this and taking risks...are less inclined to buy that holiday house, or even first home.

On the whole, Australians were happier under a Howard government, were better off, this and felt more secure.

Rudd lashed out on useless policies and projects, wasted funds,  to try and accommodate our ethnic sprawl (and an increasing unemployment rate).....unemployment figures haven't been this bad in Australia since the 1960's.  Shocking!!!

This said, why are we still immigrating?
Roll Eyes

Even those who come here with a view to work and ultimately gain permanent residency are going back home...due to their not being able to find work when they get here.
Recall the Indian Toddler living in an overcrowded dwelling in Melbourne who was murdered by a family friend and former house-mate?
This couple had become increasingly depressed because they couldn't find work, so had planned to go back to India just a week before their son was murdered.

Don't kid yourself, times are tough, even for immigrants and international students, hence our leading export (education) is currently of concern.

And where are these failed Rudd policies/projects now?

RUDDundant!


What a mess eh?

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Reply #43 - Jun 29th, 2010 at 10:50am
 
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Rudd lashed out on useless policies and projects, so as to try and accommodate our ethnic sprawl, (and an increasing unemployment rate).....unemployment figures haven't been this bad in Australia since the 1960's.  Shocking!!!


Really? LOL Roll Eyes Grin Cheesy
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Reply #44 - Jun 29th, 2010 at 10:56am
 
skippy. wrote on Jun 29th, 2010 at 10:50am:
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Rudd lashed out on useless policies and projects, so as to try and accommodate our ethnic sprawl, (and an increasing unemployment rate).....unemployment figures haven't been this bad in Australia since the 1960's.  Shocking!!!


Really? LOL Roll Eyes Grin Cheesy


Yes, unemployment figures haven't been this bad since the 1960's, need proof?

Or are you capable of googling these stats for yourself?

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