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Has Labor found a winning coalition? : Comments

By Phil Senior, published 26/7/2006

The importance of restoring the ALP's natural constituency shouldn’t be overlooked.

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Oow the hog’s a hankering for a fight.

I be nice and gentle and he be as prickly as a porcupine.

Shame on him, for not upholding a friendly and respectful tone of debate. It’s all too easy for some to get nasty at the first sign of disagreement. And apparently it is extremely difficult for them to even contemplate being decent and tactful, and respectful of differing views.

There is NO real choice when it comes to our politics. Those that were on the other side of the political spectrum – the Greens, Democrats and One Nation, have been either blown away, relegated into insignificance or have joined the ranks of the big-business and profit-motive panderers.

I wrote; “Many people voted for Howard because they perceived him as being the lesser of two evils. Labor has to wear a lot of the blame – for not setting themselves apart from the Libs as a realistic alternative.”

And by crikey, ain’t it the truth – absolutely!

The notion that people necessarily vote for a particular party because they support their initiatives and policies is bunkum. It is VERY much the case for a large portion of the voters, that they vote for a party that they don’t really support.

And it is also a case for many voters, of not voting for either main party, and not wishing their vote to trickle down to either main party, but having their vote hijacked and count for one of the main parties. Such is the rort of the compulsory preferential voting system.

So there is no way in the world and that everyone who voted for Howard deserves what we are now seeing – rising fuel prices, rising interest rates and poor job security.
Posted by Ludwig, Friday, 4 August 2006 8:56:34 PM
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OH yes they do Ludwig, oh yes they do. Howard and his real agenda have been around for 25+ years.
Posted by hedgehog, Monday, 7 August 2006 9:23:25 AM
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