Voted early - way to go.

An election story that might amuse some here. Back in 1973?? when Whitlam got the sand shoe out of government I was wandering through Caringbah shopping centre with my mate on the eve of the election and lo and behold who should pull us up but Tom Uren. For those who are not aware of him he was a minister in the Whitlam government and thought that the Liberals were a scourge put on this earth but he could never figure out what the reason was that they existed, to put it in a few words he hated them. Anyway he starts his spiel and it soon became obvious that we were not really happy with the Labor Party due to their performance in government so he started to literally abuse us and it stopped most of the pedestrians walking by in their tracks because they could not believe what they were seeing. Tom was the salt of the earth but I think he had had enough by then in an election Labor was never going to win.

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Originally Posted by Chris Parks

An election story that might amuse some here. Back in 1973?? when Whitlam got the sand shoe out of government

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it was 1975 when the "great man" got booted by the then GG -- the one that was characterised by "Well may he say 'God save the Queen', because nothing will save the Governor General."

They seem to have rewritten history on Whitlam as a great leader of this country. I can only remember the time as the hardships and despair he brought to us.

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They seem to have rewritten history on Whitlam as a great leader of this country. I can only remember the time as the hardships and despair he brought to us.

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I always understood that the "great man" attestation referred more to Whitlam's height and intellect than his ability to run the economy.

Then again, his predecessor (Billy (big ears) MacMahon) wasn't great shakes as an economic manager either.

Whitlam got elected, then spent the accumulated budget surplus of 30+ years of responsible financial management of the economy.

Not satisfied with that they then tried to borrow more money to squander in what became known as the Khemlani Affair.

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Originally Posted by AlexS

I prefer to vote on the day at the local school, get my democracy sausage and a cake to support the P&C.

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Alex I'm shocked you'll upset the Greens by supporting meat lovers & polluting the environment with gases produced after eating said sausage & onion sanga. Will the cake be Vegan?

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Originally Posted by wheelinround

Alex I'm shocked you'll upset the Greens by supporting meat lovers & polluting the environment with gases produced after eating said sausage & onion sanga. Will the cake be Vegan?

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The childcare centre BBQ had Veggie burgers in 2013 and we're in a fairly conservative electorate

I suggested some time back that the best way to respond to radical animal rights activists invading private property would be to invest in substantial quantities of australian meat products and consume them with smug delight in the company of family and friends.

Australians vote for staibility above all else. In 76 Fraser was the most hated man in australia but he didn't just win that election it was one of the biggest landslides in our federal history. The people could put up with Whitlam's communist inclinations, but not the utter chaos his government brought. He literally couldn't... manage a business transaction with a lady of the night.

What amuses me more is the left's relentless attempts to reinvent the Hawke years. He led the most radical right wing government in our history and their fanatical embrace of economic rationalism tore our society apart. Poverty and extreme wealth both doubled between 1984 and 1994 (BOS). Real wages went backwards, the unions amalgamated and became less representative and a small group of "entrepreneurs" were let loose on us to pillage the country leaving the middle and working class to pay the bill when the music stopped.

Perception is a remarkable thing. I know intelligent and articulate people who actually believe labor is the friend to the working class and protector of the vulnerable and others who actually believe the coalition are better economic managers. If you account their track records, what they have done rather than what they claim, there isn't a cigarette papers width between them.

South park summed it up best, but it's too rude to type here...

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What amuses me more is the left's relentless attempts to reinvent the Hawke years. He led the most radical right wing government in our history and their fanatical embrace of economic rationalism tore our society apart. Poverty and extreme wealth both doubled between 1984 and 1994 (BOS). Real wages went backwards, the unions amalgamated and became less representative and a small group of "entrepreneurs" were let loose on us to pillage the country leaving the middle and working class to pay the bill when the music stopped.

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Hawke taking his party so far to the right is what we have to blame for the Greens getting any traction at all in the political sphere.

In the Hawke era we had the choice of two Liberal parties and no Labor party. The true "Lefties" who did not follow Hawke's Labor to the right on the back of Bob's "charisma" jumped ship and got behind the Greens.

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So since I was 18 I've always voted independent or minor party.

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Likewise, for similar reasons. I live in a blue ribbon Liberal seat. When the liberals are in power we are ignored because they think they are never going to lose it. When Labor is in, they know they'll never win it. the only hope is to make the seat marginal. I always vote for an independent or minor party, with 2nd preference to Labor, not because I necessarily want them in, but to try to reduce the Liberal margin.

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Now that's unfair Doug. The Skipper didn't wear glasses and Gilligan wasn't a wingnut.

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Bummer. And here I was just about to tell everyone to have a collective uprising over Section 43 of the Trade Practices Act....

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Originally Posted by BobL

You were able to get a sausage at the pre-poll place!

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Exactly. The Democracy Sausage is important!

Who would deny the masses the chance to get the Democracy Sausage forcibly jammed in them by a politician!

Take the Sausage, Citizen!

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Bummer. And here I was just about to tell everyone to have a collective uprising over Section 43 of the Trade Practices Act....

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You might as well tell us. We're all going to Hell for this thread anyway. :rolleyes: