Lexi

I don't have ANY time for either major party and couldn't imagine ever giving either a halfway 'meaningful' vote. Whatever happens, both will share the highest numerical spots on my ballot paper. my LNP member is a useless slug anyway & its never been ALP territory so its not a difficult decision to support the very switched on Palmer candidate. Both ALP & LNP leaders are full of **it, ONLY reason I'd consider placing the witch above the RAbbott is the 99.8% versus 99.9% factor. The One Nation debacle, support for humungous salary grab in 2012 & electoral funding issues put the RAbbott well into the utterly despicable slimeball category. Sure I have no love lost for JooLIAR, but even a feminist **ithead rates a fraction of a whisker higher than a despicable slimeball.

For what its worth, I see in todays Courier Mail that Pauline Hanson is joining the race. What I'd REALLY love to see is the fish & chip lady somehow getting into a position where she can stick voodoo pins in the RAbbott :) :) :) As I've noted previously, I believe we'll only see Big Clive in full flight after the end of June when his 150 candidates have been announced. We've never had a real third option before so there is nothing for comparison. What we do have is a LOT of dissatisfaction with ALP / LNP so the time could well be right for a complete change of direction.

Shadow Minister - voting for Labor after the disaster of the last 2 terms, just because they are going to lose so badly makes no sense

Given the extent of my disgust for the RAbbott, ANYONE else woulde be preferable. As I've just said in another post however, its not relevant to my local situation as the sitting LNP member is the greatest oxygen bandit that ever existed, its not an area the ALP have ever contested to date and the Palmer candidate is full of beans.

Prax,

I haven't really been following the "Big Clive" circus....

But cough! splutter! - did I read right that you quote him as surmising he'll "...end up with as much as 100 seats in the house & at least 30 senate seats..."? (which would be both hilarious and surreal to watch if it actually came about)

But it sounds like fairy land stuff to me.

Someone should stop spiking his sausage rolls......

Dear Prax.,

I like your style!

Poirot

We've never had a third option before, at least not one substantial enough to field candidates in ever house & senate seat. At the same time, we've never had such widespread dissatisfaction with the major parties. Those minor parties & independents which dared to threaten the extremely lucrative stranglehold of the ALP / LNP duopoly have been unmercifully targeted by the majors, Pauline Hanson being the obvious example but by no means the only one. The two major parties have always believed they have sole right to government and consequently there are no depths to which they won't stoop to retain control. When, as has hitherto been the case, the challenger has limited resources, its a simple matter to put them out of business. Big Clive is a horse of a completely different colour, firstly he could easily buy both the major parties several times over, secondly, unlike 99.9% of politicians & contenders, he doesn't regard money / control / consumerism / big-business as supreme Gods, thirdly, he doesn't agree with the established system of 'professional' politicians, fourthly, he abhors lobbying, fiftly, he has a fair-dinkum tried and tested approach re boat-people, sixthly, his candidates to date include **NO** lawyers, failed priests, union heavies, or for that matter any of the other parasites so beloved of the ALP & LNP. I could go on for a about the need for dramatic change to curb the present unholy rorts, whatever, blind freddie can see that sticking with the kind of thinking that landed us with the likes of the Undertaker, Little Johnnie, the KRudd, the red-headed witch, the RAbbott, Teflon Pete, GoAnna the Blight & General Disaster is akin to the definition of insanity, ie doing the same thing that never worked and expecting a different result.

>>secondly, unlike 99.9% of politicians & contenders, he doesn't regard money / control / consumerism / big-business as supreme Gods<<

Yep Poirot, we're definitely down the rabbit hole here.

Cheers,

Tony