WA By-election
- Thread starter Admiral Byng
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- Sep 27, 2014
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Racism?
Ratts of Tobruk
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- May 1, 2013
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Really? Labor cut pretty much everything when trying to find a surplus. I was sure defence spend went <2% which is why the Libs pledged to put it back.
And I also know a few people who are into the army in Vic, and they aren't One Nationy. I asked someone in the general SRP thread and didn't get any takers on it, but my general takeaway from living in Perth was that people there were more likely to be One Nationy, so I don't know if that's where your service experience was? Even gun-lovers, who you'd normally assume were more pro-LNP, often don't conform to the stereotype. It reminds me of a bloke I met in Sydney who hated Labor because they privatised things and the Libs didn't. It seemed crazy to me, but someone had got in his ear, and he was convinced. I think that sort of stuff is more important than the vocation they choose.
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Yeah man. Soliders trend towards hating Muslims, loving guns, think flag burners should be shot, support capital punishment, and so forth. Its why I left years back. I still find myself deleting people I used to know every now and then fro FB when the inevitable reclaim australia rally s**t pokes up on my newsfeed.
Showbags
Norm Smith Medallist
- Jul 21, 2013
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Looking like we will get another hate filled warmonger in parliament in Hastie. We certainly dont have enough of them.
Keogh is far and away the better candidate but Canning obviously deserves a parachuted candidate that couldnt give a toss about the electorate.
Keogh is far and away the better candidate but Canning obviously deserves a parachuted candidate that couldnt give a toss about the electorate.
Borry
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- Aug 15, 2004
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7 percent swing, obviously not going to stop Hastie winning it though.
25% counted, Antony Green calling it for the Liberals.
- Sep 18, 2013
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8.2 swing to labor. Swing against the three other parties. They're saying this may be misleading being a safe liberal seat. They say it could be a lot worse in more marginal or typically swinging seats.
GOAUS!
Norm Smith Medallist
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Overall swing is at 6.1%, which is about what Don Randall's personal vote was at.
- Sep 27, 2014
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Canning sucks.
Yeah not a lot to see here. Palmer's vote has halved, so there's some lulz there I guess. Lib Dems running dead last.
What the result would have been with Abbott at the helm.....we'll never know.
"I never met Don"
What an opportunist.
What an opportunist.
Smeg Head
Just take a bite
Those saying its a safe Lib seat. Its a wildy diverse seat from Mansion lined canal suburbs in the City of Mandurah to working class Armadale and country towns.
Still Greens vote down, those hypocrites.
Still Greens vote down, those hypocrites.
- Jun 19, 2006
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One more vote for the rabid right wingers in the liberal party. It's a pity that the result clearly swung due to a more moderate leader and as a result we get a raving partisan warmonger. Oh well. Such is life.
Ratts of Tobruk
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- May 1, 2013
- 9,168
- 5,975
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- Carlton
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He does come across as a full-on conservative. Complaining about Labor visits to the frontline but happy to have visits from Liberals. Unable to explain why he kept claiming Labor didn't have his back on tour. Complaining about the media, "Canberra politics and tricky games" like he's Sarah Palin.
i.e. All the crap Murdoch and Abbott's conservatives encouraged.
i.e. All the crap Murdoch and Abbott's conservatives encouraged.
- Oct 20, 2014
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So, judging by your bitching, I can assume he won then!
Pretty much. Fairly normal swing against a sub-normal government in a by-election. If anything, slightly in favour of Libs as they seem only to have lost a strong personal vote; and swing expectations were much higher in the lead-up.
Perhaps more telling will be if the difference between pre-polls and regular booths are is any way unusual, given the timing of the Lib spill.
Power Raid
We Exist To Win Premierships
I'm not sure how it works but perhaps someone missed out on a bonus
it could explain the bitching
Ratts of Tobruk
Cancelled
- May 1, 2013
- 9,168
- 5,975
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- Carlton
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- ATV Irdning
So you take a reference to Hastie bitching despite winning and think you can retort that by suggesting I'm bitching. Interesting logic.
And, no, we don't believe you didn't know Hastie had won. The many posts before mine talking about Hastie winning are a bit of a give-away.
Went to Uni with Matt Keogh back in the day, shared various law and politics classes.
Would never have called him a good friend but he was nice enough guy, and he's gone on to be heavily involved in the area actually fighting to make things better. Hopefully he can get up next time.
Would never have called him a good friend but he was nice enough guy, and he's gone on to be heavily involved in the area actually fighting to make things better. Hopefully he can get up next time.
