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K Rudd was outed going to a strip club and his popularity rating skyrocketed 

A friend was a Greens candidate many years ago.  I think that she would now agree that it was fortunate that she wasn't elected as she was eminently ill-prepared for politics/parliament at the time.  It was apparent to me that she was selected on the basis of the boxes she ticked rather than her ability to do the job.  Almost a quarter of a century later, the Greens seem to have taken the same approach with Thorpe and guaranteed her a seat in the Senate because of what she is rather than whether she is capable of doing the job or whether she is an appropriate person to be a Senator.  It has come back to bite them on the butt big time, but it's also biting Lidia on the butt.

It's interesting to compare Thorpe with the fictional Alex Irving from "Total Control".  Lidia could have done worse than to follow Alex's lead or, indeed, that of the major parties' Indigenous Senators, who manage to perform their roles with dignity and respect.

Exactly a discussion I was having with Mrs Baggers very recently, David. And goes some distance in explaining the calibre of some pollies... in all parties. The ideal of going into politics to be of service to the public has all but evaporated.