Three years ago the democratically elected Prime Minister of Australia was ousted from his position by a coterie of backroom boys worried that some of his policies were upsetting the mining companies by threatening to *gasp* request that some of their profits get diverted away from the boardroom and into the Australian economy via the tax office. This was causing some (corporate funded) bad publicity in the run-up to an election and so he had to go.
Fast forward three years - his replacement has weathered a tough hung election and has somehow managed to keep the reigns of power via a loose affiliation of Labor (sic) and independent MPs. However an election is coming and she seems to be running out of ideas to keep the voting public entertained, and so last night the knives were out once more. Gillard "the Pretender" is out and Rudd "the incumbent" is back in again, although this time the roles are reversed & Rudd is the one that is ousting the elected official. So in essence you don't vote for a Prime Minister if you vote for the ALP, you vote for the party and some people you may never even know the name of will decide who gets the top job. Based on either the responses from opinion polls or the positions offered for the service, depending on your level of cynicism.
All of this would be funny if it wasn't for this man, the mad monk who is looming in the wings and waiting to ascend to the top step come the next election.
Yes, this right-wing, excessively conservative Christian homophobe who's only policies seem to be denying those of the opposition - that's when he can remember the scripted lies that his team have put together for him to parrot out - will almost certainly be our next prime minister.
If politics is a circus then all we seem to get are the clowns.
Fast forward three years - his replacement has weathered a tough hung election and has somehow managed to keep the reigns of power via a loose affiliation of Labor (sic) and independent MPs. However an election is coming and she seems to be running out of ideas to keep the voting public entertained, and so last night the knives were out once more. Gillard "the Pretender" is out and Rudd "the incumbent" is back in again, although this time the roles are reversed & Rudd is the one that is ousting the elected official. So in essence you don't vote for a Prime Minister if you vote for the ALP, you vote for the party and some people you may never even know the name of will decide who gets the top job. Based on either the responses from opinion polls or the positions offered for the service, depending on your level of cynicism.
All of this would be funny if it wasn't for this man, the mad monk who is looming in the wings and waiting to ascend to the top step come the next election.
If politics is a circus then all we seem to get are the clowns.
Clowns are funny! It's been quite a circus in the last 3-4 years and looks like it will continue like this for the next 3-4 years....so it's poor picking for the voters. That is why I hate the compulsory voting system. It's idiotic.
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ReplyDeleteWell written Mikey.
Gordy
Summed it up nicely. Well done Mike.
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