Sutton Dagger
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Lol these are great, cheers.
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Lol these are great, cheers.
OttomanScribe
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Sky News' logo was red. The Labor party's colour is red.
Just saying, there was a very specific colour.
lolol. That made me laugh more than it ought to. There have been many rumours about the LNP social media team, but this seemingly takes the cake.
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
Maybe the grim reality is that Tony Abbott is the favourite and likely candidate to win and we don't want to admit it because oh god the horror.
Yeah, except he isn't and he won't.
Pretty sure he will.
As much as I hate to think of the prospect of an Abbott government it is overwhelmingly likely.
Uhh, it's pretty clear that had more to do with the elderly most likely having more trouble seeing and/or hearing the actual debate than any kind of inherent bias of the media organisation hosting it.
CrazedProfessional
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AdventureRacing
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At this point it looks pretty damn likely that Abbott will win. Kinda makes you want to sit back and reflect on how things got so fucking bad that he could actually become PM.
I know what you're getting at, but I will take the opportunity to mention this article again anyway.
Things haven't got that bad. Things are fucking great right now by almost any metric, but neither side can sell that message and Western Sydney doesn't want to hear it anyway.
LNP won't win, I've been saying it for ages, and the depressing, pessimistic defeated posts above won't rain on my parade.
Objectively the country is doing great, but the politics have become fucking terrible. Stupid, hateful, short sighted, and just non effective policies are being trotted out as the saviours of a country that doesn't need saving. That is what I mean when I say we are fucked. We are so fucked we don't even acknowledge how unfucked we are.
CrankyKong
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What is leading you to believe that?
CrazedProfessional
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His membership card.
Heh, no allegiance here to anyone or anything political. Fucking fuck that. My lack of a political allegiance has led to a few funny discussions at my place of employment, though.
Supreme optimism. That's all... And not just optimism in the eventual outcome, but in the process that will lead to that outcome and the machinations involved (it's why I'm sitting up watching the Ashes (again) and am going to atleast one of the Ashes tests here in Australia later this year, too!)
You just gotta have it. The alternative is too bleak. Pessimistic and defeatist attitudes don't get you anywhere and having them make you a boring person to be around, so I try to be the complete antithesis of this in everything I do, all the time. It makes for an easy conversation starter if you answer 'how are you today?' with 'terrific', or 'faaaantastic' or 'wonderful' instead of just 'good' (even if you're not, you say it enough and you'll soon change), and that's just the start of my day, each day.
Plus, I thrive on being contrary. It fills my bidet.
CrazedProfessional
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Nah Labor can still come through, there will probably be a 1-2% spike for them when Polling Day nears. Also phone polling these days tends to get mostly Coalition Voters anyway, I mean you might as well use a fax machine if you're still using a landline for polling. On the Street, SMS and moderated internet polls are usually the way to go if you want a larger demographic, Roy Morgan is usually the most accurate; being the poll that pretty much got the 2PP vote in 2010. almost down to the decimal too. The media is mostly right though in that the only poll that matters is on election day.
shanshan310
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I like you. Everything is going to be okay!
Ridiculous, Abbott was getting pummeled for not answering how he was going to pay for his ppl scheme. That line was one of desperation that got him laughs.
TriangleOfCorruption
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I-I really thought this was a joke.
To stop those monsters, one-two-three,
Here's a fresh new way that's trouble-free,
It's got Paul Anka's guarantee ...
Guarantee void in Tennessee.
Just don't look! Just don't look!
Yeah there's a chance. The polling is pretty close so it's really going to come down to individual swings in key seats.
History is on Labor's side too. A change of government tends to only happen in a landslide, which would have happened in Gillard was still PM. 75, 83, 96, 07, all came about due to 20+ seats changing hands. I think it might be slightly different this time around though. The change of PM means the electorate doesn't really feel like they're voting for the incumbent, they're choosing between two new guys. So I have a feeling the landslide thing won't matter this time around.
The coalition are definitely favourite to win, but hey, if denialism gets you through the day, more power to you.
That's just classic Tony Abbott. Have you watched interviews where he's asked a tough question about his policies? He just walks off.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DB7cVFY_LCg
Bulbagarden
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Us in the Pirate Party aren't running any candidates in Western Australia. Instead, we're asking people to vote for someone who's done a lot of work bringing the government to account regarding many important issues relating to the internet. I give you, The Most Interesting Man in the Australian Senate.
It will be a tragedy if Ludlam loses his seat because Assange is an utter toolbox.
Cannold's Wikileaks resignation letter didn't go into much detail, but this one by Daniel Matthews did: http://danielmathews.info/blog/2013...nation-from-wikileaks-party-national-council/
They'd pretty much all agreed to preference Scott and only found out someone had changed the agreed upon deals after they were made public. Scott Ludlam was one of the few elected officials to actually support Assange, so it's a massive stab in the back.
In other words, don't vote Wikileaks, they're fucking idiots. The Pirate Party sound like they represent the same sort of ideals, but with a more grass roots organisation and no autocratic dickweed as their leader.
Cannold's Wikileaks resignation letter didn't go into much detail, but this one by Daniel Matthews did: http://danielmathews.info/blog/2013...nation-from-wikileaks-party-national-council/
They'd pretty much all agreed to preference Scott and only found out someone had changed the agreed upon deals after they were made public. Scott Ludlam was one of the few elected officials to actually support Assange, so it's a massive stab in the back.
In other words, don't vote Wikileaks, they're fucking idiots. The Pirate Party sound like they represent the same sort of ideals, but with a more grass roots organisation and no autocratic dickweed as their leader.
Heh. If only. I have to look at it daily in all of its various guises.
CrazedProfessional
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Yes that's right Tony, Privatizing Medibank solves the healthcare system. What kind of clutz thinks putting more privatization into the healthcare system is a good idea?
Stop watching so much Oprah ;p
ABC23 is the kids channel, so I guess thats the age level of the editorial stuff at courier mail.
Ruthless_Barbarian
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stop the kisses
Is he exchanging votes for kisses?
shanshan310
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Oh god.That is a full on mouth kiss. I'm going to go pour listerine into my eyeballs now.
OttomanScribe
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Dear God. Can't unsee.
ConstructMe
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Wanna give it a rest? we get it, you dislike him, ok.
Agreed, stop discussing policies in a politics thread.
Does this guy ever shut up?
CrazedProfessional
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Huh, I guess we're not allowed to dislike politicians, who knew?
ConstructMe
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Its just, imo, a bit grating seeing everything the man does torn to shreds. Who gives a damn how he is as a person.
Btw id vote labor this time for the NBN.
Btw id vote labor this time for the NBN.
I don't care if it doesn't impact on how he will do his job, but when the bloke has no answer for any hard question (or even normal question, really) and spitballs solutions like privatising medibank, he is worthy of nothing more than derision.
CrazedProfessional
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It's not as a person rather as a party given that it was part of his Healthcare policy announced today which was basically cut jobs and privatize medibank and fall asleep behind the wheel.
Just sayin' not a very attractive policy
Ruthless_Barbarian
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CrankyKong
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Saw Rudd in Geelong today.
He went and had a sausage to eat before he spoke, mustn't have had breakfast yet.
The end
He went and had a sausage to eat before he spoke, mustn't have had breakfast yet.
The end
Ruthless_Barbarian
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Oh shit, this animated video of the Election is hilarious.
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