Just in case you've been hiding under a rock or something.... It's on! The election has been called.
So now it begins and I'm going to post an entirely unoriginal blog about how you need to enrol to vote in case you havent already done so, give you the directions to ensure you get it right. Oh and of course some kind of left wing pinko insight to go along with it (most likely written by someone far more eloquent than I) just in case you havent already decided who you are going to vote for.
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Shall we begin?
Tim Dunlop (my fave blogger of late) made some interesting commentary today in relation to Howard's promise to resign if re-elected.
The Liberal leadership position is bizarre and somewhat insulting to the Australian people. Basically it is this: after APEC, Mr Howard asked his cabinet whether they thought he should stay or go. They told him they thought he should go. He decided to stay. His reason was that he thought he was the only person who could win the election. But with his cabinet against him, they came to a compromise where Mr Howard would promise to quit if he was re-elected. So the idea is that Mr Howard wins the election and then quits in favour of someone who he thinks was unable to win the election.
Nice. Couldn't have said it better myself. It still puzzles me to this day how we find ourselves in a situation where the line 'They told him they thought he should go. He decided to stay' is used in reference to a leader of a democratic country. Does it strike anyone else as odd and somewhat disturbing?
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Don't forget to enrol to vote if you haven't done so already. Rolls close at 8pm Wednesday night (17th October).
http://www.aec.gov.au/About_AEC/Publications/Fact_Sheets/Close_of_Rolls.htm
KEVIN07. Woo!
1 comments:
Okay,
I am actually starting to go insane allready. There are quite literally people who want to vote Liberal... Who ARE these people??? What the hell is WRONG with them??? What am I missing here?
What I have also noticed is that the media seems very, very right. And not in the 'journalistic intergrity' but more in the 'wing' way.
So I was thinking; didn't Howard pass legislation earlier this year that made it possible for Murdoch and Packer to monopolise the media industries? The ACCC once blocked cross media ownership to avoid the monopolisation of the media, but I'm pretty sure that particularly nasty thorn in News Ltd and PBL's side has now been eliminated. I wonder if that is to blame for the particularly right winged response we seem to have in the Media at the moment. Damn corporations. You know, one way flights to Aus are only $200!!!
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