You clearly have not learned all the lesson, mellie.
DON'T make the mistake of being an apologist for communist losses. They will not thank you for that, their eyes simply blaze with quiet hatred at you when you do that.
Watch your back, don't say anything, and go about your business; and be prepared to fight if you have to.

OK, that is a nice sentiment there from mellie, and I think the people making silly comments should take their lead from that, and stop making snide comments, it is poor form, and unacceptable.

The fact that people who have not actually even won anything can be such terrible potential winners should be enough to make you take stock, and some personal responsibility.

I am closing this thread now, but if I see any nasty, stupid comments posted after I do, I will be giving undetermined timeouts.

So good night all, and congrats to the Libs for doing so much better than anyone could have dreamed a few months ago, and congrats to the Greens for doing brilliantly, and good luck to Gillard, and I hope she can hang on to enough seats to keep Abbott out of the top job, but none of us will know that for some time, so celebrate the performance of whoever you support, but do it without snide nasty comments.
Good night.

I was astounded at how poorly the Labor campaign was run, and I think the people who set the tone and direction of the Labor campaign should be sacked from ever trying to run a campaign again.

Now the Libs on the other hand had a bunch of mining billionaires with a very personal vested interest in seeing Abbott win, as he had promised to make sure that 9 billion dollars stayed in their personal pockets, rather than in the public purse, as well as the Tobacco companies supporting them, financially.
If either of these two groups feel that the many millions they spent on advertising for the coalition actually gained them a vote, then they can take their share of the credit for this result being so close.

If we do actually see Abbott get over the line and be able to form a government, we may see him replace the Laptops for schoolkids program with, Free "smokes" for schoolkids, as part of the payback deal, and mining exploration licenses granted for the backyard of the lodge.