Aus Federal Politics thread (IV)

[lardbucket]

Aye. All those idiots shouldn't be forced to vote.

[skully]

The Vulture punted from the Lodge

"Prime Minister Julia Gillard may have seen the last of The Lodge after she and her partner were forced to move out of the official residence.

The Labor leader is coming under increasing pressure, from both within and outside her party, to go permanently, with a series of opinion polls showing her approval rating continues to lie in the doldrums."

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An omen, perhaps?

[embee]

Surely she can find a new school hall somewhere to camp out in...

[skully]

An MP who wants to do the right thing by his constituents

"A GOVERNMENT MP clinging to the most marginal Labor seat in Queensland says he will quit politics and force a byelection should Julia Gillard be dumped as prime minister."

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" ''I will not be breaking faith with the people of Moreton. I did it in 2010 and I've been constantly reminded by my voters that I did that,'' he said.

''This is not about loyalty to Julia Gillard or Kevin Rudd, it's about loyalty to the people of Moreton. This is about me keeping faith with the people who put me in office,'' Mr Perrett said."

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Maybe Rob Farkschotte and Tony Windsor-knott-around-the-throat should consider the same thing before they get the right royal blue arse at the next election.

[embee]

They'd argue they are doing the right thing by their constituents ...and Oakeshotte would take 17 minutes to get that sentence out ...

[skully]

Doing the right thing by your constituents is following their will (ala Graham Perrett) and the reason they were voted for, particularly in the case of these two qunts, who had a massive percentage of primary votes (from conservative voters).

[embee]

They would argue ...

...that the Gillard ALP sits in the conservative range of the political spectrum

...that the conservative voters who voted for them rather than the LNP didint actually want the LNP

...Windsor and Oakeshotte are happy to put their names to the Carbon Tax which is something Abbott wouldnt introduce so they couldnt side with him

[Zat]

They would argue ...

...that the Gillard ALP sits in the conservative range of the political spectrum

...that the conservative voters who voted for them rather than the LNP didint actually want the LNP

...Windsor and Oakeshotte are happy to put their names to the Carbon Tax which is something Abbott wouldnt introduce so they couldnt side with him

And there's the whole problem with democracy. Right there. In bold type.

To summarise: Letting people who say they think they know what they want get what they ask for so they can then turn around and say they asked for something but didn't realise they didn't actually want it so now they think they want something different but as they can't have that they want the people they asked for to deliver what the people they didn't ask for are promising.

In other words, people are dumb, and will continue to do dumb things. Repeatedly.

We'd be better off with a dictator.

As long as it was me.

[skully]

[JGK]

I can't tell if that is Howard or Gorbachev.

[skully]

There's no Greece shaped birthmark on the top of his head, ya stoopid pinko.

That's Costello to his left and Abbott to his right.

[JGK]

Sounds like Sophie Mirabella has gotten herself kicked out of PArtliament for 24 hours so the Govt might use the time to get the Malaysian solution legislation passed.

[G.Wood]

LJH was on South Park last week

Obviously they hadn't caught up with the news of the past few years

[vilkrang]

LJH was on South Park last week

Obviously they hadn't caught up with the news of the past few years

I watched South Park last week and don't remember there being any celebrities on there....

Also I don't know what LJH stands for/. I thought John Howard for some reason but that doesn't fit at all....

[G.Wood]

Little JH

Last week in Blighty may have been different to last week here. Probably something to do with daylight savings.

Twas the one about a father's relationship with his son, he magnet from the super collider and space cash. And Finland was destroyed