borne in some tea-party room.
Bonmot,
Ah well, never mind, go & have a cuppa with Poirot.

Belly, Your ALP leader in Queensland can thank The Greens for saving her own political skin and saving her the embarrassment of doing a 'Stanly Bruce' like John Howard did. In the seat of South Brisbane a strong 'Labor' electorate Bligh ALP 39% LNP 38% Greens 18% KAP 3%. Yes runner Katter did particularly well in the deep north with his parish pump politics. People like Katter will always appeal to the LCD. I must admit even though i don't agree with much of what Bob Katter has to say I do hold a begrudging admiration for The Mad Katter, what you see is what you get.
Belly "the Greens are destroyers of Democracy." please! next thing you will be accusing us of stealing Christmas. A bit rich when you yourself talk about wanting to see a sneaky sleazy scheme being hatched where Gillard is replaced by Shorten, Gillards payoff would be a ministerial plum. Please tell me how is that democracy?

Even staunch labor voters don't like to be lied to.

There is a strong message here and Julia has a huge hole, she has dugg for herself and I seriously doubt she can get out of it.

She will be under tremendous preasure now to call an election, I just hope she listens to THE PEOPLE and not her people, as they will be in major damage control.

BTW, still no apology to CN and his family.

What a disgrace that government was.

Three cheers for CN, we always knew we just needed a leader, and the voters would do the rest.

I sincerely hope that the new Queensland Premier
will not disappoint and will turn out to provide
Queenslanders with no reason to regret the choice
they made.

Unlike in NSW and especially for us here in Victoria -
cracks are beginning to appear. The promises that
our Liberal Victorian Premier made regarding improving
the state's education (amongst others) he's already reneging
on. Cuts are being made. No surprises there.

Still, I guess one can only choose on party platforms
at the time of an election. And undoubtedly after 20
years of one party - the inevitable outcome had to be
a change. Good or bad - Queenslanders will eventually
find out for themselves.

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8441043
My morning started with a laugh and it gets better.
RObert,without the greens,[and do not hang CJ on me], do you think their voters would vote LNP?
Is it not true many Greens are protest Labor voters who give preferences back to us.
I said what I think, lets be honest.
Am I wrong to say,or is it not true, more Australians DESPISE the Greens than will ever vote for them?
My link , from one of the world biggest manufacturer, said to be a victim of carbon tax, tells it like it is.
Politics is not about our thoughts,our loyalty's, it is *best possible outcome*, putting together the thoughts and ideas of the most.
Greens never tried that never will State Labor,and federal, with great policy's, but no salesmen.
Should reconsider its reliance on its paths and Abbott dysfunctional ways.
He is selling shoddy goods but its the buyers we must fear.
Bill Shorten must be given his chance.
Who thinks Gillard can win, is the ALP banking on Abbott being rejected?
It is not good enough to plan for defeat mid term.
Bonmot Indy lacks understanding and is never going to change.
Ultimately, what is so wrong with one value for a vote ? why not just vote once? who wants third placed candidates winning seats?

Belly,

It is thanks to the greens that Juliar had to break her promise to the voters and introduce a carbon tax. It is at this point that the voters stopped listening.

The analogue with Anna Bligh is clear. Anna broke a solemn promise to the voters, and lost their respect and never recovered in the polls. Juliar has now lost the trust of the voters, and that can never be won back. Anna in her own words recognised that Labor cannot rebuild with her at the helm, and Juliar should too.