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Reply #15 - Jan 6^th, 2016 at 3:43pm

sir prince duke alevine wrote on Jan 6^th, 2016 at 3:27pm:

longweekend58 wrote on Jan 6^th, 2016 at 3:25pm:

sir prince duke alevine wrote on Jan 6^th, 2016 at 3:19pm:

longweekend58 wrote on Jan 6^th, 2016 at 3:10pm:

time to move on merlin. there is a choice in PM - Turnball or Shorten. if you choose shorten you are an idiot.

So youre ok with having a pm who wasnt democratically elected?

he was... by caucus as per the constitution. simple really.

how you handling putin who despite russia's constitution having term limits simply ignores it and remains in power?

id you want undemocratic I suggest you look no further than russia.

Oooh so noooooow pms get elected by caucus. Before you never seemed to think so. Hypocritical much?

Many are confused in the public arena by the belief that the people elect the PM.... one reason I'm a Republican.... but not Wee Johnnie's kind of 'republican'.... the Clayton's Republic...

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Reply #16 - Jan 6^th, 2016 at 3:48pm

Grappler Deep State Feller wrote on Jan 6^th, 2016 at 3:43pm:

Many are confused in the public arena by the belief that the people elect the PM....

It astounds me how many people believe that nonsense.

I've mentioned this a few times before, however, I've met people who swear that when they went to vote they had "Beazley" and "Howard" on their ballot papers, or "Rudd" and "Abbott" etc.

Some people should never be allowed near a polling booth.

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Reply #17 - Jan 6^th, 2016 at 4:03pm

greggerypeccary wrote on Jan 6^th, 2016 at 3:28pm:

longweekend58 wrote on Jan 6^th, 2016 at 3:25pm:

sir prince duke alevine wrote on Jan 6^th, 2016 at 3:19pm:

longweekend58 wrote on Jan 6^th, 2016 at 3:10pm:

time to move on merlin. there is a choice in PM - Turnball or Shorten. if you choose shorten you are an idiot.

So youre ok with having a pm who wasnt democratically elected?

he was... by caucus as per the constitution. simple really.

Nope.

There's no mention of the office of Prime Minister in the Constitution.

Regardless of weather its mentioned in the constitution or not, when people voted at the last election, they were voting for abbott, not treacherous turncoat. They expected abbott to be in their until the next election. Turncoat knows they would not have voted for a weirdo freak like himself, that's why he had to steal the job.

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Reply #18 - Jan 6^th, 2016 at 4:16pm

Merlin wrote on Jan 6^th, 2016 at 4:03pm:

greggerypeccary wrote on Jan 6^th, 2016 at 3:28pm:

longweekend58 wrote on Jan 6^th, 2016 at 3:25pm:

sir prince duke alevine wrote on Jan 6^th, 2016 at 3:19pm:

longweekend58 wrote on Jan 6^th, 2016 at 3:10pm:

time to move on merlin. there is a choice in PM - Turnball or Shorten. if you choose shorten you are an idiot.

So youre ok with having a pm who wasnt democratically elected?

he was... by caucus as per the constitution. simple really.

Nope.

There's no mention of the office of Prime Minister in the Constitution.

Regardless of weather its mentioned in the constitution or not, when people voted at the last election, they were voting for abbott, not treacherous turncoat. They expected abbott to be in their until the next election. Turncoat knows they would not have voted for a weirdo freak like himself, that's why he had to steal the job.

Turnbull didn't steal anything.

He was voted in as leader of the Liberal Party, by the Liberal Party.

We don't elect Prime Ministers.

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Reply #19 - Jan 6^th, 2016 at 4:31pm

Grappler Deep State Feller wrote on Jan 6^th, 2016 at 3:43pm:

sir prince duke alevine wrote on Jan 6^th, 2016 at 3:27pm:

longweekend58 wrote on Jan 6^th, 2016 at 3:25pm:

sir prince duke alevine wrote on Jan 6^th, 2016 at 3:19pm:

longweekend58 wrote on Jan 6^th, 2016 at 3:10pm:

time to move on merlin. there is a choice in PM - Turnball or Shorten. if you choose shorten you are an idiot.

So youre ok with having a pm who wasnt democratically elected?

he was... by caucus as per the constitution. simple really.

how you handling putin who despite russia's constitution having term limits simply ignores it and remains in power?

id you want undemocratic I suggest you look no further than russia.

Oooh so noooooow pms get elected by caucus. Before you never seemed to think so. Hypocritical much?

Many are confused in the public arena by the belief that the people elect the PM.... one reason I'm a Republican.... but not Wee Johnnie's kind of 'republican'.... the Clayton's Republic...

I just remembered another thing that happened, back when it was Beazley Vs Howard.

I was in Beazley's electorate, and queued up at the school waiting for the booth to open.

The couple in front of me had their 19 year old daughter with them, who was voting for the first time.

She pointed out that while Kim Beazley's name was on the how to vote cards, she didn't see John Howard's name on them (OK, she was only 19 - I can cut her some slack).

However, once she brought this to the attention of her parents they were at first mystified, and then horrified.

They assumed that Howard had been replaced overnight by Don Randall (the local Liberal candidate), and they were disgusted.

They had come to vote for Howard, and were outraged that that opportunity had been taken away from them.

I hope that girl moved out of home real quick - she had no chance with parents like that.

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Reply #20 - Jan 6^th, 2016 at 4:40pm

greggerypeccary wrote on Jan 6^th, 2016 at 4:31pm:

Grappler Deep State Feller wrote on Jan 6^th, 2016 at 3:43pm:

sir prince duke alevine wrote on Jan 6^th, 2016 at 3:27pm:

longweekend58 wrote on Jan 6^th, 2016 at 3:25pm:

sir prince duke alevine wrote on Jan 6^th, 2016 at 3:19pm:

longweekend58 wrote on Jan 6^th, 2016 at 3:10pm:

time to move on merlin. there is a choice in PM - Turnball or Shorten. if you choose shorten you are an idiot.

So youre ok with having a pm who wasnt democratically elected?

he was... by caucus as per the constitution. simple really.

how you handling putin who despite russia's constitution having term limits simply ignores it and remains in power?

id you want undemocratic I suggest you look no further than russia.

Oooh so noooooow pms get elected by caucus. Before you never seemed to think so. Hypocritical much?

Many are confused in the public arena by the belief that the people elect the PM.... one reason I'm a Republican.... but not Wee Johnnie's kind of 'republican'.... the Clayton's Republic...

I just remembered another thing that happened, back when it was Beazley Vs Howard.

I was in Beazley's electorate, and queued up at the school waiting for the booth to open.

The couple in front of me had their 19 year old daughter with them, who was voting for the first time.

She pointed out that while Kim Beazley's name was on the how to vote cards, she didn't see John Howard's name on them (OK, she was only 19 - I can cut her some slack).

However, once she brought this to the attention of her parents they were at first mystified, and then horrified.

They assumed that Howard had been replaced overnight by Don Randall (the local Liberal candidate), and they were disgusted.

They had come to vote for Howard, and were outraged that that opportunity had been taken away from them.

I hope that girl moved out of home real quick - she had no chance with parents like that.

dont blame the parents entirely. but the donkey vote is quite powerful and truly ignorant.

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greggerypeccary Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 139947 Gender:	Re: TURNBULL PUB TEST Reply #21 - Jan 6^th, 2016 at 4:43pm longweekend58 wrote on Jan 6^th, 2016 at 4:40pm: dont blame the parents entirely. but the donkey vote is quite powerful and truly ignorant. I'm not concerned about the donkey vote. I'm concerned that they expected to see both "Beazley" and "Howard" on their ballot papers. Unbelievable.
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Reply #22 - Jan 6^th, 2016 at 4:50pm

Merlin wrote on Jan 6^th, 2016 at 4:03pm:

greggerypeccary wrote on Jan 6^th, 2016 at 3:28pm:

longweekend58 wrote on Jan 6^th, 2016 at 3:25pm:

sir prince duke alevine wrote on Jan 6^th, 2016 at 3:19pm:

longweekend58 wrote on Jan 6^th, 2016 at 3:10pm:

time to move on merlin. there is a choice in PM - Turnball or Shorten. if you choose shorten you are an idiot.

So youre ok with having a pm who wasnt democratically elected?

he was... by caucus as per the constitution. simple really.

Nope.

There's no mention of the office of Prime Minister in the Constitution.

Regardless of weather its mentioned in the constitution or not, when people voted at the last election, they were voting for abbott, not treacherous turncoat. They expected abbott to be in their until the next election. Turncoat knows they would not have voted for a weirdo freak like himself, that's why he had to steal the job.

look merlin, ya big git! it is what it is and your juvenile whining is getting old. go vote for Shorten if you want, but if you dont vote for the Libs then you lose the right to comment on liberal leadership.

grow up.

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macman Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 2435 australia Gender:	Re: TURNBULL PUB TEST Reply #23 - Jan 6^th, 2016 at 4:56pm So conversely, we shall be hearing no more from yourself regards labor leadership?
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Reply #24 - Jan 6^th, 2016 at 5:02pm

greggerypeccary wrote on Jan 6^th, 2016 at 4:16pm:

Merlin wrote on Jan 6^th, 2016 at 4:03pm:

greggerypeccary wrote on Jan 6^th, 2016 at 3:28pm:

longweekend58 wrote on Jan 6^th, 2016 at 3:25pm:

sir prince duke alevine wrote on Jan 6^th, 2016 at 3:19pm:

longweekend58 wrote on Jan 6^th, 2016 at 3:10pm:

time to move on merlin. there is a choice in PM - Turnball or Shorten. if you choose shorten you are an idiot.

So youre ok with having a pm who wasnt democratically elected?

he was... by caucus as per the constitution. simple really.

Nope.

There's no mention of the office of Prime Minister in the Constitution.

Regardless of weather its mentioned in the constitution or not, when people voted at the last election, they were voting for abbott, not treacherous turncoat. They expected abbott to be in their until the next election. Turncoat knows they would not have voted for a weirdo freak like himself, that's why he had to steal the job.

Turnbull didn't steal anything.

He was voted in as leader of the Liberal Party, by the Liberal Party.

We don't elect Prime Ministers.

While you are correct I seem to recall the Liberal supporters were all saying the exact opposite when it was Rudd and Gillard ?

Apparently it made them very horrible people - one was even a witch you know.

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Reply #25 - Jan 6^th, 2016 at 5:05pm

longweekend58 wrote on Jan 6^th, 2016 at 4:50pm:

Merlin wrote on Jan 6^th, 2016 at 4:03pm:

greggerypeccary wrote on Jan 6^th, 2016 at 3:28pm:

longweekend58 wrote on Jan 6^th, 2016 at 3:25pm:

sir prince duke alevine wrote on Jan 6^th, 2016 at 3:19pm:

longweekend58 wrote on Jan 6^th, 2016 at 3:10pm:

time to move on merlin. there is a choice in PM - Turnball or Shorten. if you choose shorten you are an idiot.

So youre ok with having a pm who wasnt democratically elected?

he was... by caucus as per the constitution. simple really.

Nope.

There's no mention of the office of Prime Minister in the Constitution.

Regardless of weather its mentioned in the constitution or not, when people voted at the last election, they were voting for abbott, not treacherous turncoat. They expected abbott to be in their until the next election. Turncoat knows they would not have voted for a weirdo freak like himself, that's why he had to steal the job.

look merlin, ya big git! it is what it is and your juvenile whining is getting old. go vote for Shorten if you want, but if you dont vote for the Libs then you lose the right to comment on liberal leadership.

grow up.

You seem to have breached that same rule over Labor leadership about 200,000 times over the last 3 years ?

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Reply #26 - Jan 6^th, 2016 at 5:13pm

Regardless of what you guys think, MOST people care less about politics and only think about it as they are about to go and VOTE.

I asked a couple of young (in their late 30s) recently what they thought of Malcolm Turnbull and Bill Shorten and their look of complete astonishment was evident, they had no clue who these people were, obviously.

Then I said "who is the Prime Minister?" and one said "John Howard" and the other said "Tony Abbott". I kid you not .... this is CANBERRA and the young people have no clue who the Federal Government is or what it does. Nor do they care, obviously. Ask some people in your region the same question and see how many know. NOT everyone over 15 watches the ABC News at 7 (or is it 7.30?)

Only the political tragics on OzPol care about politics. Most of us are more interested in CURRENT AFFAIRS (murders) and so forth. Wink

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Reply #27 - Jan 6^th, 2016 at 5:15pm

Neferti wrote on Jan 6^th, 2016 at 5:13pm:

Regardless of what you guys think, MOST people care less about politics and only think about it as they are about to go and VOTE.

I asked a couple of young (in their late 30s) recently what they thought of Malcolm Turnbull and Bill Shorten and their look of complete astonishment was evident, they had no clue who these people were, obviously.

Then I said "who is the Prime Minister?" and one said "John Howard" and the other said "Tony Abbott". I kid you not .... this is CANBERRA and the young people have no clue who the Federal Government is or what it does. Nor do they care, obviously. Ask some people in your region the same question and see how many know. NOT everyone over 15 watches the ABC News at 7 (or is it 7.30?)

Only the political tragics on OzPol care about politics. Most of us are more interested in CURRENT AFFAIRS (murders) and so forth. Wink

Why are you here then? To dazzle us with your ............... umm........

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Reply #28 - Jan 6^th, 2016 at 5:23pm

bogarde73 wrote on Jan 6^th, 2016 at 2:33pm:

Merlin is divorced from reality. Maybe his magic powers have gone and his sword is still stuck in a rock somewhere.

Does he want an Australian PM to talk like a wharfie? Or maybe like a non-English speaker from some god-forsaken third world garbage dump?

Mr Turnbull is a highly experienced lawyer & merchant banker who is used to speaking in an educated manner. How the fck do you expect him to talk?
He has got a temper and he can swear with the best - would you like him to do that on TV?

he would prefer him to say things like.

WHY HAVENT YOU GOT A F(*&%$ HOT PIE...

you f.&^*%^ stooooooopid shopkeeper who has just lost my F&#@$% business..

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Reply #29 - Jan 6^th, 2016 at 5:26pm

Aussie wrote on Jan 6^th, 2016 at 5:15pm:

Neferti wrote on Jan 6^th, 2016 at 5:13pm:

Regardless of what you guys think, MOST people care less about politics and only think about it as they are about to go and VOTE.

I asked a couple of young (in their late 30s) recently what they thought of Malcolm Turnbull and Bill Shorten and their look of complete astonishment was evident, they had no clue who these people were, obviously.

Then I said "who is the Prime Minister?" and one said "John Howard" and the other said "Tony Abbott". I kid you not .... this is CANBERRA and the young people have no clue who the Federal Government is or what it does. Nor do they care, obviously. Ask some people in your region the same question and see how many know. NOT everyone over 15 watches the ABC News at 7 (or is it 7.30?)

Only the political tragics on OzPol care about politics. Most of us are more interested in CURRENT AFFAIRS (murders) and so forth. Wink

Why are you here then? To dazzle us with your ............... umm........

I could ask the same of you, you Old Fart. I can't recall you showing your REAL leftard colours in any POLITICAL topic.

Please NOTE the highlighted portion of my original post. Mr Magoo needs to seek out Spec Savers. Wink

I Have Not Brought My Specs With Me.

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Question: DOES TURNBULL PASS THE PUB TEST ?
NOONE IN ANY PUB TALKS LIKE TURNBULL 1 (25.0%) NO TURNBULL SPEAKS ANOTHER LANGUAGE 0 (0.0%) NO HE IS TOTALLY OUT OF TOUCH WITH AUSSIES 3 (75.0%) Total votes: 4 « Created by: Merlin on: Jan 6^th, 2016 at 2:22pm »