tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37871177.post1585242125426085967..comments2024-03-01T07:24:14.288+10:00Comments on Jeanie in Paradise: The Democratic Processjeaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17322709527738134797noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37871177.post-28870463549905715822007-11-27T06:09:00.000+10:002007-11-27T06:09:00.000+10:00Congratulations to MagicBellybutton and Jen, you t...Congratulations to MagicBellybutton and Jen, you the below the line voters - I did actually look at all the party names before I closed my eyes and chose - does that make me more politically aware?<BR/><BR/>LOL - I did make sure I would definitely miss a few of those parties. If I had voted below the line, I think I would have started with 65 and gone backwards.<BR/><BR/>Too funny, BrissieMum2. Unfortunately I ran the gauntlet of the Lib and ALP HTV hander-outerers and whoops - straight to the front of the line. Even got to choose who would hand me my card!<BR/><BR/>Shelley - I chose not to believe there is much soul left by the time the pollies have made it through local branches and risen to the lofty heights of candidate, but I do understand the processes. It makes it sadder in a way.jeaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17322709527738134797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37871177.post-46598028803858581142007-11-26T09:34:00.000+10:002007-11-26T09:34:00.000+10:00I voted below the line. It was only 46 in South A...I voted below the line. It was only 46 in South Australia so not TOO hard. I have found myself standing there trying to figure out which number I'm up to and trying to figure out who should be the last one.Jen at Semantically drivenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14643066498784270991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37871177.post-31763255113859916852007-11-26T00:13:00.000+10:002007-11-26T00:13:00.000+10:00Rofl! Daughters the same age and now we vote the ...Rofl! Daughters the same age and now we vote the same!!! Baahaaa! You aren't a lost cousin, are you??!! I had no idea who I was voting for until the last minute but there was traffic chaos outside our voting booth and a line of about 100 people in front of me waiting to get marked off the role when I arrived, so I had a lot of time to think about it! <BR/><BR/>And pmsl @ Salina's voting advice! My son thought that Kevin '07 was the man purely because he went on Rove Live and that automatically made him 'cool'! Ahhh, if only it was that simple!!! <BR/><BR/>And I don't know how many trees were knocked down in the name of democracy during this election but if my letterbox was full of one more pamphlet hailing the wonders of whichever candidate it was advertising, I swear that the whole letterbox would have collapsed! Far out! What a waste of paper!<BR/><BR/>And I can thankfully say that our local candidate was ousted (although didn't quite make it to that shredder as it was too close to call!). I can honestly not tell you one thing that he has ever done for our electorate! How sad is that! <BR/><BR/>Oh and Channel 2 were ok but we switched halfway during the night cause they were actually behind time-wise. Channel 9 seemed to have the most up-to-date information as it was constantly changing!<BR/><BR/>And pmsl @ Magic Bellybutton! You need a jellybean for voting below the line. I took one look at it and decided that it would take far too long! <BR/><BR/>Oh and what ever happened to the days when politicians did door knocks?Brissiemum2https://www.blogger.com/profile/11933172169962612609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37871177.post-87232846188762974362007-11-25T11:57:00.000+10:002007-11-25T11:57:00.000+10:00For not liking politics, you "talk" it very well. ...For not liking politics, you "talk" it very well. Must be that family influence. I'm not very political, and love your description of a politician (humans who have had their blood sucked out and replaced with politics). An old woman I once knew said that politicians were people who were to "sorry" to be anything else. I don't know how an Aussie translates the word "sorry," but it didn't mean apologetic lol!<BR/>I'm glad your voting is done, and now you can just watch and see what happens.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37871177.post-59142853546900404772007-11-25T11:26:00.000+10:002007-11-25T11:26:00.000+10:00I voted below the line. Yes, I am sad. But I did...I voted below the line. <BR/><BR/>Yes, I am sad. But I did get to stand in front of an air conditioner after walking for 10 minutes (mostly uphill) to the polling place. It was my reward.Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15852372393059248458noreply@blogger.com