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http://www.ozpolitic.com/forum/YaBB.pl General Discussion >> Federal Politics >> Why aren't the Aus Democrats relevant any more? http://www.ozpolitic.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1214475475 Message started by RecFisher on Jun 26^th, 2008 at 8:17pm

Title: Why aren't the Aus Democrats relevant any more?
Post by RecFisher on Jun 26^th, 2008 at 8:17pm

Sad time in the Senate and politics in general (if you're a Democrat I suppose). Just wondering where people think they might have gone wrong. GST? Have other minority parties stolen their "protest" votes?

What do you all reckon?

Title: Re: Why aren't the Aus Democrats relevant any more?
Post by freediver on Jun 26^th, 2008 at 10:03pm

No idea. Too sensible maybe. I liked their environmental policy, but they didn't have the extremism or economic buttheadedness of the greens. I think they were just too prepared to make the unpopular decisions. They didn't pander to opinion polls.

Title: Re: Why aren't the Aus Democrats relevant any more?
Post by sprintcyclist on Jun 26^th, 2008 at 10:14pm

They had women leading them.
That was what went wrong.

And they stood for nothing.