Originally I was angry about the donkey voting fever that swept the nation. The only silver lining I could see in the indecisive chaos was that the bumper stickers were going to be really simple:
“Don’t blame me, I VOTED!”
Or for those of us keen to name and shame
“Don’t blame me, blame Mark Latham.”
I do find it interesting that a lacklustre politician has now put himself in a position where he will be remembered forever after as the “donkey king.” If the only political voice these poor lost souls heard was Mark Latham, then Australia pretty much got what was coming to it.
Because it’s our fault too. We, the dutiful voting public, have failed to convince our donkey voting friends and acquaintances that it was worth doing, and we should cop some of the blame. We don’t like to talk politics in Australia. I mean we do now, now that we’re stuck in this idiot position. Now we’re keen to tell people how preferences worked and why they are a complete dickhead for voting Liberal. Now we’re openly telling the Labor voters they missed the memo and the Green voters they’re a pack of pretentious wankers. But before the election we were all deathly quiet and a real political discussion was hard to come by.
At the end of the day it’s our own fault that so many donkeyed out.
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| Maybe not the most convincing reason... |
PS.
Please visit Compulsory Voting, NOT and see if you find them convincing...Compulsory Voting, Not
