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Bennelong's back.
Aug 18^th, 2010 at 1:03am

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........The seat-by-seat findings show Bennelong, which Labor's Maxine McKew took from John Howard in 2007, falling to the Coalition.
It comes as the betting odds in the seat closed after a flurry of bets on the Liberal candidate, John Alexander.

The poll shows Labor trailing in Bennelong by 47.5 per cent to 52.5 per cent, a 4 percentage point swing against Ms McKew.
In Lindsay, the poll picks up an 8.2 point swing against Labor.
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http://www.smh.com.au/federal-election/poll-has-abbott-reeling-20100817-128lf.ht...

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Please delete Gold Member Offline Please delete this smacking PROFILE Posts: 2936	Re: Bennelong's back. Reply #1 - Aug 18^th, 2010 at 4:28am Why don't you post the whole article, sprint?
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Re: Bennelong's back.
Reply #2 - Aug 18^th, 2010 at 7:41am

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........The seat-by-seat findings show Bennelong, which Labor's Maxine McKew took from John Howard in 2007, falling to the Coalition.
It comes as the betting odds in the seat closed after a flurry of bets on the Liberal candidate, John Alexander.

It probably just proves Sprint that the seat "per se' " is insignificant to a large degree.
McKew is a journalist by trade and has hardly been heard from in the media for the past three years.

The real significance of the seat of Bennelong in regards to the rest of the country is very minor. It was only significant because Howard was placed in that once relatively safe Liberal seat.

A seat is just a seat, and whether it be McKew or Alexander who wins it, it is not of any greater importance to the nation as a whole than any other seat voted upon.

I get the impression Sprint that you are implying that Bennelong has some cultural significance above all other seats because Howard was once systematically placed there by the party that he should have been faithful to and wasn't.

There are no "Mecca's" in a democracy, not Gallipoli either.i

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Sprintcyclist Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 40723 Gender:	Re: Bennelong's back. Reply #3 - Aug 18^th, 2010 at 9:03am every seat we win is significant, this one moreso than others.
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Re: Bennelong's back.
Reply #4 - Aug 18^th, 2010 at 9:12am

Sprintcyclist wrote on Aug 18^th, 2010 at 9:03am:

every seat we win is significant, this one moreso than others.

LOL...judging by the patently partisan local papers, that I read when I visit my parents in Bennelongland, I'd suggest that: the Local libs are totally obsessed with the significance of regaining Howard's former seat - to the point of looking like fundamentalcases...

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Reply #5 - Aug 18^th, 2010 at 9:18am

Equitist wrote on Aug 18^th, 2010 at 9:12am:

Sprintcyclist wrote on Aug 18^th, 2010 at 9:03am:

every seat we win is significant, this one moreso than others.

LOL...judging by the patently partisan local papers, that I read when I visit my parents in Bennelongland, I'd suggest that: the Local libs are totally obsessed with the significance of regaining Howard's former seat - to the point of looking like fundamentalcases...

Thank you for your unbiased and non fanatical opinnion. Grin

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Reply #6 - Aug 18^th, 2010 at 9:22am

aussiefree2ride wrote on Aug 18^th, 2010 at 9:18am:

Equitist wrote on Aug 18^th, 2010 at 9:12am:

Sprintcyclist wrote on Aug 18^th, 2010 at 9:03am:

every seat we win is significant, this one moreso than others.

LOL...judging by the patently partisan local papers, that I read when I visit my parents in Bennelongland, I'd suggest that: the Local libs are totally obsessed with the significance of regaining Howard's former seat - to the point of looking like fundamentalcases...

Thank you for your unbiased and non fanatical opinnion. Grin

1. I grew up in Bennelongland and my parents still live there and therefore I have a valid and special interest - have you ever lived there!?

2. Have you personally read the increasingly-biased pro-Lib pages of the TWT over a number of years - and can you refute what I claim!?

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Darwin Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 1037	Re: Bennelong's back. Reply #7 - Aug 18^th, 2010 at 9:33am LOL a 300-sample poll, Moe of 6-7% so that poll can be Maxine winning it quite easy. The money going on to former tennis “great” (and lousy commentator) is probably by Lib zealots who don’t understand statistics. LoL! Formerly held by our worst-ever Treasurer and worst-ever PM, the second PM ever to lose his seat!
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Reply #8 - Aug 18^th, 2010 at 1:16pm

Equitist wrote on Aug 18^th, 2010 at 9:22am:

aussiefree2ride wrote on Aug 18^th, 2010 at 9:18am:

Equitist wrote on Aug 18^th, 2010 at 9:12am:

Sprintcyclist wrote on Aug 18^th, 2010 at 9:03am:

every seat we win is significant, this one moreso than others.

LOL...judging by the patently partisan local papers, that I read when I visit my parents in Bennelongland, I'd suggest that: the Local libs are totally obsessed with the significance of regaining Howard's former seat - to the point of looking like fundamentalcases...

Thank you for your unbiased and non fanatical opinnion. Grin

1. I grew up in Bennelongland and my parents still live there and therefore I have a valid and special interest - have you ever lived there!?

2. Have you personally read the increasingly-biased pro-Lib pages of the TWT over a number of years - and can you refute what I claim!?

1. No
2. No - yes. The last section of your rant (especially) isn`t based on fact, rather conjecture and an emotional figment of your masturbation imagination. Cheesy

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