austraian labour partyWhy can't the Australian Labour Party get elected? Is it because we all love the Liberal party so much? Is it because we all love John Howard so much? Is it because we like being suppressed as a society?
- NO.
It's because they don't deserve to get elected. They make politicaly stupid decisions and they put no-hopers in charge! The Liberal party must be laughing all the way to the elections. They have taken us into an unpopular war, disempowered the workers of the nation, all but destroyed the union movement and returned the Ozy family to the 1950s in terms of their family values. They have mutilated the democratic system, legislated away freedoms and turned this country into a fearful little nation run by suppressed little men who are afraid of every shadow that might imply freedom of speech or any trace of radical expressionism.
And yet ... they are almost guarranteed to win the next election because the only opposition they have - The Australian Labour Party - can't get it's act together long enough to elect a decent leader. They have capable women, capable men and enough diverse social representation to easily win the next election but no, they choose instead to elect Kevin Rudd as the new leader.
The current leader Kim Beazley, has the personality of a glass of water. He looks insincere even when you know he isn't and let's be honest, no likes the look of him. People don't vote for unattractive people, it's sad but it's also true. Even John Howard had to trim his eye-brows once they became an obvious fire hazard.
Kevin Rudd? Really? That's the best you can come up with? What about Julia Gillard? She would win you the next election without even trying. She would have to come out of the closet as a die-hard Nazi before she could lose. You could even pick a perfect stranger over Kevin and still win. Kevin may be a good politician but he has even less personality than Kim!
This is what happens when you let old men rule too long. They make decisions that are out of date, out of touch and frankly out of steam. The Australian Labour Party is digging an ever deeper grave for itself and sadly, that leaves us with the iron fist of Liberal/Country party repression up the collective Australian Arse.
On a related topic, I must report the death of free speech in Australia this week. A few weeks ago I reported the passing of a law that effectively restricted free speech in Oz. The law says basically that no one can print or broadcast anything which is politically biased unless they also balance it with an opposing viewpoint. Makes you wonder how they're going to advertise themselves in the next election campaign really doesn't it? This week we saw the last episode on television of The Glass House. The most irreverent and politically biased show on telly has left us in the cold, dark room of political oppresssion. You may not notice it yet folks but the lights of our democracy are being extinguished, one at a time.
Zeig Heil!
