Election 2022 (Poll added)

[Lods]

And away we go....

Personally I'm looking forward to it being over.
There are forces in both major parties that are probably just holding back until there is a result.
The aftermath will be the most interesting part.

[LP]

At The G last weekend a mate asked me this simple question, "Do you see Scomo as a two election winning Prime Minister?". I said no.

I don't see Albanese as one either, I suppose the point he was making was that you can't reward mediocrity. So I suppose I don't expect the alternative to be any better, but is that a good enough reason not to change?

It's almost like a no-win bet!

I'm hoping like hell the nutters do not end up with the balance of power, so for me it's a two party coin toss!

There are some trying to make distinctions between parties using Green or Right wing affiliations, but the reality is for every Labor / Green Eco-Terrorist association you can draw, there is a Liberal / National Neo-Nazis equivalent.

[cookie2]

As one commentator on radio said this morning, it's usually a case of the incumbents losing it rather than the challengers winning it. Favouring Labour at the moment but I guess we'll see.

[Lods]

Albo has a bit of a slip up.
Yep it was kind of a biggie...but best to get those out of the way early.

Watch the journos try to trip up the pollies with questions they should know the answers to in the next couple of days.
The Politicians should hit the books and swot up now.

What is the capital of Ecuador?
Who is buried in Grant's tomb?

They'll need to know all the answers.     

[Thryleon]

Can anyone think of a less inspiring dynamic duo putting their hands up to be prime minister than Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese?

Meanwhile, to highlight why modern politics needs to have a good hard look at itself, I have been a voting adult since the year 2001. 

Since then, only one Prime Minister has been elected and served their entire term (Howard, unless I am mistaken).  The rest have been knifed as sitting prime minister by their own party at least once on each side of the political equation with Scomo finally bringing an end to that equation, but largely because of the pandemic and other matters really being forefront over the last few years, rather than anything he did or didnt do.

There was a saying that people get the leadership they deserve.  I wonder what we did to deserve 5 prime ministers in 11 years?

[Lods]

It could be worse...look at the USA

[capcom]

It could be worse...look at the USA

Come November, it'll be a slaughter as they'll lose control of the House and the Senate by big big numbers.

[LP]

Albo has a bit of a slip up.
Yep it was kind of a biggie...but best to get those out of the way early.

Not really a biggie, I'm a bit with John Howard it was a "Who Cares" moment, if the electorate decide who to vote for based on the old price of milk question then the country is already heading for a loss,

Actually, if I look at Scomo my criticism of his performance is that he gets all the price of milk stuff right but does feck all real work, he's a bit like a Carny selling smoke and mirrors tricks and nothing of substance! Our version of Trump but without all the personal abuse, lies and defamation!

God help us, you know what is going to happen, spuds like Palmer and Kelly will end up winning seats and getting the balance of power!

I can see Palmer and Kelly flying the nationalistic flag to get elected, but in office being far closer to acting as "Better Red than Dead" if the Chinese and Russian dollar$ are good enough. We ought to be worried!

[ElwoodBlues1]

Albo is clueless, ScoMo dodgy and Palmer/Kelly want to take us back to the 60's and the Greens would know more about who won the last Eurovision than they would about global politics.
Albo should win but I don't expect any wins for the economy or average citizen..

[LP]

Albo is clueless, ScoMo dodgy and Palmer/Kelly want to take us back to the 60's and the Greens would know more about who won the last Eurovision than they would about global politics.
Albo should win but I don't expect any wins for the economy or average citizen..

We've seen this coming for years, when they finally reached gutter level the likes of Trump and others had it lowered, and now it's the new global political norm for people like Palmer and Kelly!

Scomo is faking being asleep at the wheel, so he can wake up and claim it wasn't me. Albanese is telling us we must all play nice together as the bully steals his ice-cream. Palmer and Kelly are watching from the side lines and as the Balmy Army states about Warnie they are thinking, "I'm having some of that!"

I'm not sure the outcome is so clearly defined.