Moar pollitiks.

[active_apathy]

So, Brendan Nelson, Liberal MP for Bradfield¹ has been elected as the leader of the Liberal Party of Australia, with 45 votes. His rival, Malcolm Turnbull, polled 42 votes, after Tony Abbott decided that he didn't want his party to be stuck in opposition forever and, therefore, shouldn't run.

Brendan Nelson, charitably described as a malodorous agglomeration of flobberworm entrails² (and an intelligent design enthusiast³) won in a poll that sources are describing as "a choice of two evils", though expert commentators have said it may take some time yet to determine whether the elected evil is the greater or the lesser.

Probably the greater - Turnbull merely flings children out of swivel-pods and steals from the public purse, whereas Nelson has been sighted with Rumsfeld.


Coming soon: a post on Kevin's chosen cabinet, in which we see if the Liberals can even manage to keep their (non-core) promise about trade union officials.

1. Dear sane Bradfield voters,
   
   we don't blame you. You tried.
   
   Yours democratically,
   active_apathy
   
   
2. By me, at the very least, though I'm sure there's less-charitable descriptions.
3. See?
   

Comments

[goblinpaladin.livejournal.com]

Intelligent. Design. Enthusiast.

Can...can you give me a source for that? So I can email every Liberal-voter I know and tell them that THIS IS MADNESS?

Yours in science,

B

[lilacsigil.livejournal.com]

There's a link on his Wiki article - he says he wouldn't mind if "Intelligent Design" (sorry, can't even type it without the airquotes) was taught alongside the science of evolution. While he was Education Minister.

[goblinpaladin.livejournal.com]

Words...fail me. So much wrath.

[also, I adore that icon]

[active-apathy.livejournal.com]

It's a little unfair to what he said, but here be a link. I'd still expect a former president of the AMA to look at ID and say something like "SCIENCE SMASH! ...repeatably. And with a control smashing."

[photosinensis.livejournal.com]

Those exist outside of America? *shock*

[goblinpaladin.livejournal.com]

*bitter, mocking laughter*

Creationism (as -barely- distinct from ID) was exported from Australia to the United States. *sighs*

[photosinensis.livejournal.com]

You mean to tell me that you have a religious whackjob problem down there, too?

[goblinpaladin.livejournal.com]

It's not as strong as it in the US, but they are rising. Oh, yes. They are rising up. The tide of filthy, corrupted evil is lapping on the flagstones of secular government and scientific progress.

[photosinensis.livejournal.com]

Dammit. You replied before I could ETA:

Wikipedia actually says that ID is an American invention, designed to sidestep a Supreme Court ruling that classified creationism as religion and thus unmentionable in public schools.

[goblinpaladin.livejournal.com]

ID is indeed an American invention. However, we exported some creationism to your fine country. My point was just that the evil is not limited to the United States: it comes from all backgrounds.

Hence the bitter, bitter laughter.