Armchair_Politician wrote on May 3
rd, 2012 at 2:38pm:
Sir Spot of Borg wrote on May 3
rd, 2012 at 8:56am:
Armchair_Politician wrote on May 3
rd, 2012 at 6:36am:
This topic belongs in "extremist rants"...
Which is sad because it was obviously tongue-in-cheek and some idiots take it so seriously as to get upset.
SOB
There is joking and then there is slander. I think Abbott can take a joke, but this topic is taking things way too far.
Slander only works if you're saying something mean. There's nothing wrong with being straight. 50% of the population are breeders. It sounds to me like you're the one who's descriminating.
As we know, the rest of society is gay, bi, lesbian, transexual, and bi-curious. This means that if people voted along straight/queer lines alone, Mr Abbott could cash in.
Think about it. Juliar is straight. She can pick up a few breeders who don't listen to Alan, but the rest, forget about it.
If Mr Abbott laid his cards on the table and came out, he'd be guaranteed an easy 50%. With all the other votes out there, on a two-party preferred basis it would be a landslide.
Right now, Mr Abbott is going for the conservative Christian demographic. Lay-Catholics, priests, monarchists, old boys and bores. How many of them are there?
This strategy is folly. Mr Abbott needs to broaden out. If he appealed to the rest of the population, he'd have a mandate to do anything. Mr Abbott would not be elected, he would be annointed.
The gay vote is there to be taken. All Mr Abbott has to do is declare his hand. We know that he had a number of boys at school and some older men in the seminary. Today, he enjoys the odd chance encounter at the gym. He's doing some weights, he's checking out the other guys, he catches someone's eye, they're both working up a sweat, and one thing leads to another.
What's wrong with it? It's perfectly natural. Australians would understand, and many would support him in spades.
I really don't understand why more Liberal voters don't demand that Mr Abbott comes clean.