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Re: Does Ricky Muir deserve his seat in Parliament?
Reply #15 - Jul 11^th, 2014 at 5:25pm

Bam wrote on Jul 11^th, 2014 at 5:22pm:

Verge wrote on Jul 11^th, 2014 at 5:01pm:

Under the current system and the current rules, he does deserve his seat.

Stop playing the man, start playing the ball.

Its not his fault he got elected, its the system.

Good news - group voting tickets are being abolished. No more backroom deals. And we will probably see half of the microparties disappear at the next election.

How will that get through the current Senate?

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Reply #16 - Jul 11^th, 2014 at 5:32pm

Aussie wrote on Jul 11^th, 2014 at 5:25pm:

Bam wrote on Jul 11^th, 2014 at 5:22pm:

Verge wrote on Jul 11^th, 2014 at 5:01pm:

Under the current system and the current rules, he does deserve his seat.

Stop playing the man, start playing the ball.

Its not his fault he got elected, its the system.

Good news - group voting tickets are being abolished. No more backroom deals. And we will probably see half of the microparties disappear at the next election.

How will that get through the current Senate?

probably labor and libs will get together on it ...... we can't upset the status quo

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I hope that bitch who was running their brothels for them gets raped with a cactus.

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Re: Does Ricky Muir deserve his seat in Parliament?
Reply #17 - Jul 11^th, 2014 at 5:41pm

John Smith wrote on Jul 11^th, 2014 at 5:32pm:

Aussie wrote on Jul 11^th, 2014 at 5:25pm:

Bam wrote on Jul 11^th, 2014 at 5:22pm:

Verge wrote on Jul 11^th, 2014 at 5:01pm:

Under the current system and the current rules, he does deserve his seat.

Stop playing the man, start playing the ball.

Its not his fault he got elected, its the system.

Good news - group voting tickets are being abolished. No more backroom deals. And we will probably see half of the microparties disappear at the next election.

How will that get through the current Senate?

probably labor and libs will get together on it ...... we can't upset the status quo

Yeas......but PUP sees that coming, and it will not put its own head in a noose. Some time soon, people will realise that Palmer is politically astute, and he does have access to pretty sound advice, even if he has to pay for it.

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Re: Does Ricky Muir deserve his seat in Parliament?
Reply #18 - Jul 11^th, 2014 at 5:45pm

Bam wrote on Jul 11^th, 2014 at 5:22pm:

Verge wrote on Jul 11^th, 2014 at 5:01pm:

Under the current system and the current rules, he does deserve his seat.

Stop playing the man, start playing the ball.

Its not his fault he got elected, its the system.

Good news - group voting tickets are being abolished. No more backroom deals. And we will probably see half of the microparties disappear at the next election.

That is good news.
The smaller parties are a waste of space.
One of the reasons I back FPTP is because it takes the little parties out.

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Re: Does Ricky Muir deserve his seat in Parliament?
Reply #19 - Jul 11^th, 2014 at 6:30pm

Of course he deserves his seat in Parliament.
He put himself 'out there', walked the streets in his electorate and met people and was able to be familiar with the local issues, and obviously many people had faith in him.
Apart from that, he chucks roo poo real far which is an attribute that will come in handy I'm sure.

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Re: Does Ricky Muir deserve his seat in Parliament?
Reply #20 - Jul 11^th, 2014 at 6:51pm

Andrei.Hicks wrote on Jul 11^th, 2014 at 5:45pm:

Bam wrote on Jul 11^th, 2014 at 5:22pm:

Verge wrote on Jul 11^th, 2014 at 5:01pm:

Under the current system and the current rules, he does deserve his seat.

Stop playing the man, start playing the ball.

Its not his fault he got elected, its the system.

Good news - group voting tickets are being abolished. No more backroom deals. And we will probably see half of the microparties disappear at the next election.

That is good news.
The smaller parties are a waste of space.
One of the reasons I back FPTP is because it takes the little parties out.

No, more likely because it effectively silences and disenfranchises a part of the electorate which you, personally, dislike.

That's one HELL of a good reason to oppose FPTP, as I have, do, and will.

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Re: Does Ricky Muir deserve his seat in Parliament?
Reply #21 - Jul 11^th, 2014 at 8:20pm

Aussie wrote on Jul 11^th, 2014 at 5:21pm:

TheGreenLight wrote on Jul 11^th, 2014 at 5:05pm:

Aussie wrote on Jul 11^th, 2014 at 4:32pm:

TheGreenLight wrote on Jul 11^th, 2014 at 4:22pm:

The man is a brain-dead idiot, who can't even articulate what the balance of power is. He got 0.5% of the vote, and yet here we are the taxpayers, paying him nearly $2000,000 for six years.

So, what is your problem?

Stupidity and ignorance have never previously been bars to election as a politician. Is it that he won on such a small primary vote, but preferences in his favour carried him over the line? It can't really be that as many politicians have been elected in a similar fashion. It can't be the money, as they have always been paid. I think I know what is really pissing you off.

Then tell me, dear psychologist.

Matty, you know as well as I do that if Muir were lining up as part of the LNP Senate bloc, you'd be his greatest cheer leader.

Matty?

I am not an LNP supporter. At the present moment I don't support either Liberal or Labor. This thread was opened for oneurpose only, that I saw this dipshit on youtube and despaired at the quality lack thereof that we have in Parliament, and the fact he got in on 0.5% of the vote.

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Aussie Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 38876 Gender:	Re: Does Ricky Muir deserve his seat in Parliament? Reply #22 - Jul 11^th, 2014 at 8:25pm I did not expect you to out yourself Matty.
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Reply #23 - Jul 11^th, 2014 at 8:41pm

the country is fkd, it only too 100 years of voting to produce a result that basically hamstrings the elected governments, labor got screwed by the greens, LNP will get screwed by PUP.

And who pays the price of this garbage.

You and I.

I hope Abbott goes for a DD and people finally see how voting for minor parties causes massive problems.

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Reply #24 - Jul 11^th, 2014 at 8:43pm

chicken_lipsforme wrote on Jul 11^th, 2014 at 6:30pm:

Of course he deserves his seat in Parliament.
He put himself 'out there', walked the streets in his electorate and met people and was able to be familiar with the local issues, and obviously many people had faith in him.
Apart from that, he chucks roo poo real far which is an attribute that will come in handy I'm sure.

out of 12 million registered voters you know how many first preferences he got??

1500.

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Aussie Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 38876 Gender:	Re: Does Ricky Muir deserve his seat in Parliament? Reply #25 - Jul 11^th, 2014 at 9:07pm Can someone go to Matty's house and close tight the sock drawer?
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Re: Does Ricky Muir deserve his seat in Parliament?
Reply #26 - Jul 11^th, 2014 at 9:10pm

Bam wrote on Jul 11^th, 2014 at 5:22pm:

Verge wrote on Jul 11^th, 2014 at 5:01pm:

Under the current system and the current rules, he does deserve his seat.

Stop playing the man, start playing the ball.

Its not his fault he got elected, its the system.

Good news - group voting tickets are being abolished. No more backroom deals. And we will probably see half of the microparties disappear at the next election.

Do you have a link, Bam?

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greggerypeccary Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 140099 Gender:	Re: Does Ricky Muir deserve his seat in Parliament? Reply #27 - Jul 11^th, 2014 at 9:12pm Aussie wrote on Jul 11^th, 2014 at 9:07pm: Can someone go to Matty's house and close tight the sock drawer?
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Re: Does Ricky Muir deserve his seat in Parliament?
Reply #28 - Jul 11^th, 2014 at 9:15pm

woof woof wrote on Jul 11^th, 2014 at 8:43pm:

chicken_lipsforme wrote on Jul 11^th, 2014 at 6:30pm:

Of course he deserves his seat in Parliament.
He put himself 'out there', walked the streets in his electorate and met people and was able to be familiar with the local issues, and obviously many people had faith in him.
Apart from that, he chucks roo poo real far which is an attribute that will come in handy I'm sure.

out of 12 million registered voters you know how many first preferences he got??

1500.

I didn't realise Victoria had 12 million voters.

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"What does this mean? It means that we need to do practical things that actually reduce emissions."

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Grendel Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 28080 Gender:	Re: Does Ricky Muir deserve his seat in Parliament? Reply #29 - Jul 11^th, 2014 at 11:46pm re the topic Quick answer... IMO NO.
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