2007 State Election - Labor or the Coalition/Iemma or Debnam? (2 Viewers)

[jimmayyy]

I agree.
Voting for minor partys in the upper house is a great way to be a democrat.[1]

As for in your local safe labor seat (if it's one the greens have a hope of winning then I'm guessing Balmain or Marrickville if you're in NSW), I hope you didn't vote greens.

Minor partys gaining seats in the lower house, splits the left/right wing vote.
And in the case of the greens, this could eventually lead to there never being any Labor government at any level, unless the Greens and the ALP were to form a coalition, leading trade unions to go the way of the democrats (not that they're already well on their way there). Hence my distrust of the greens.

And while the election is over, the 07 elections are not the elections to make a protest vote in.[2]

1. no, its a way of throwing away your vote, a vote people in some parts of the world would die for

2. how can you possibly advocate that? if now, after 12 years, wasnt the time for a change, when is? when we are waiting years for hospital beds? when sydney trains are hours late?

oh, my bad, i just described our current situation

 

[Nebuchanezzar]

please explain to poor old ignorant me how it is a) foolish b) pre-convcieved and c) should affect you in the slightest that i am a firm believer in my views regarding politics?

i think it is you who are foolish for thinking that because im right wing i am automatically niave.

for your information, i have not always been a liberal fan. for a good part of my younger years i experienced the fascination most people do with socialism when they first learn about politics, but i the more i learnt about life, history, society and politics the more i leant to the right.

problem?

keep it to yourself, then.

I don't think you're ignorant because you lean to the right, I call you ignorant because you go into an election thinking that you're going to vote for somebody because they're on your traditional side of poltics. For Christ's sake, look at the issues.

 

[jimmayyy]

I don't think you're ignorant because you lean to the right, I call you ignorant because you go into an election thinking that you're going to vote for somebody because they're on your traditional side of poltics. For Christ's sake, look at the issues.

like i said in a previous post, Debnam had the right idea (in my opinion) on every single policy discussed in this election, but personally i could not identify with him. thats his own fault, not the party's.

i went into the election knowing we would lose because Debnam was a cock.

the fact that they are my traditional side is mere coincidence, i suppose?

 

[jimmayyy]

and PS, while we are at it

"It was once said that the moral test of Government is how that Government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly; and those who are in the shadows of life, the sick, the needy and the handicapped." - Hubert H. Humphrey

i hope you voted Liberal, because Labour sure as hell have fucked up child care, medicare, education and hospitals since the 70's

 

[Optophobia]

2. how can you possibly advocate that? if now, after 12 years, wasnt the time for a change, when is? when we are waiting years for hospital beds? when sydney trains are hours late?

sorry but the liberals aren't a fan of public services, so i can't see it being any better under them.

 

[jimmayyy]

so its better to carry on like this, in shambles and debt with a (admittedly genuine) but docile bloke at the helm of a labour party who have has 12 years and failed at every turn?

yeah, democracy

 

[Not-That-Bright]

The election is over - I'm going to close this now to keep as a record of the past