Politics is a messy business.

Some say Julia should have waited longer before calling the election, to give herself time to sort things out with Kevin. Oh well. Too late now. Kevin’s much chirpier since he had his gall bladder removed anyway.

Some say it’s just a circus, and if you live in a safe seat, you have no power at the ballot box anyway. You always have some power. There’s only 100,000 people in any given seat. That means you have at least 0.001% of the overall say. Yeah. And anyway, your senate vote is crucial – whether your in a safe or marginal seat. Here’s a great site showing what happens when you let the party decide your preferences. http://belowtheline.org.au/

There are some good videos doing the rounds too.

EG Tony’s views on women from GetUp

Some say there’s no difference between the Labor and the Liberal parties. i totally disagree. Maybe the Australian Labor Party does look like a centre-right populist party full of power-crazed hacks, playing it safe and following the polls. But i’d still rather have them in government than the Liberals who are determined to make an art-form out of deliberate ignorance and mean-spirited prejudice. And i’ll be voting for the Greens – the party of dreamers, who genuinely think we can make this place sustainable.

Oh one video i left out was the foul thing made by a bunch of Christians who say don’t vote for Julia because she’s an atheist.

Foul, ignorant and wrong.

Being an atheist does not mean you are out of touch with Christian values.

To me, “Christian values” is usually understood as being kind, considerate, caring and compassionate, open to forgiving people who treat you wrongly.
Any human person is capable of that, regardless of which organised religion they join or reject.

More videos

Have a cup of tea with Julia (also GetUp)

..a classic from Gruen Nation – this hilarious 1930’s ad where the pollie introduces his family.

“Come to the big scary man” – the Pitch from Gruen Nation focusses on Tony Rabbit

Oh and the Chaser on Mental Health – funny !

Perhaps the best of all was the GetUp / AEC urge to enrol (too late now if you didn’t) – way more action-packed than what’s been happening though.