Vote delayed as the pogo tide builds

knuckles said :

LSWCHP said :

Jeez…there’s some pretty Shakespearean s*** going down here. A unsuspecting grey-bearded king has been assassinated by an ambitious upstart. Then things turn bad for the usurper.

Has anybody else been thinking of Macbeth, or is it just me?

Pretty sure it’s just you.

C’mon…read the play…think harder…it’s there, and you’ll see it after a while.

LSWCHP said :

Jeez…there’s some pretty Shakespearean s*** going down here. A unsuspecting grey-bearded king has been assassinated by an ambitious upstart. Then things turn bad for the usurper.

Has anybody else been thinking of Macbeth, or is it just me?

Pretty sure it’s just you.

Jeez…there’s some pretty Shakespearean s*** going down here. A unsuspecting grey-bearded king has been assassinated by an ambitious upstart. Then things turn bad for the usurper.

Has anybody else been thinking of Macbeth, or is it just me?

Zeds pure arrogance is never ending.

Alderney said :

johnboy said :

Apparently Zed is thinking of running for Canberra now.

A move that would have been a lot smarter before he told the electors of tuggeranong to what to do to the horse they rode in on.

That horse has bolted for Zed now too.

I reackon he would’ve been a chance if he did that straight up, but now he wouldn’t get up in Canberra if he was on the Labor ticket.

Destroyed by his own ambition one would suspect.

And if the ACT ever-so-narrowly elects Senator Sheikh, and that is the crucial vote which prevents PM Abbott from doing pretty much whatever he wants in the Senate, that would be a crowning achievement. Canberrans may yet have much to thank Zed, and his confrere, for

This is going well.

schmeah said :

HiddenDragon said :

johnboy said :

Apparently Zed is thinking of running for Canberra now.

A move that would have been a lot smarter before he told the electors of tuggeranong to what to do to the horse they rode in on.

Anyway, if Labor switches to Shorten, which seems to be the latest rumour.

Rumour .. headline in the News press, all the same really.

Not just News, Fairfax have obviously got a few bob on Shorten, as well – even if their “Kevin could save the West” stories get more prominence. Shorten’s public positioning reminds me of Abbott’s in the latter period of the Howard years even though, at the time, Abbott seemed somewhat more improbable.

HiddenDragon said :

johnboy said :

Apparently Zed is thinking of running for Canberra now.

A move that would have been a lot smarter before he told the electors of tuggeranong to what to do to the horse they rode in on.

Anyway, if Labor switches to Shorten, which seems to be the latest rumour.

Rumour .. headline in the News press, all the same really.

johnboy said :

Apparently Zed is thinking of running for Canberra now.

A move that would have been a lot smarter before he told the electors of tuggeranong to what to do to the horse they rode in on.

That horse has bolted for Zed now too.

I reackon he would’ve been a chance if he did that straight up, but now he wouldn’t get up in Canberra if he was on the Labor ticket.

No idea how Zed (or Tio) think that this can possibly now end up in their favour.

There was a serious undercurrent that: had these consequences not taken place, the effort of liberal party members to help get Zed elected would have been pretty much naught, bar the foolish group of the young liberals.

For every card carrying liberal, you have a few who perhaps have some of the same ideas or ideals, but are more “swing”. Most of these people, take the logic approach of “who do I want representing me” and “what are the party/member’s policies” rather than the automatic vote to toe the political line.

These other few see what Zed has done, and want nothing to do with it. Here’s a tip Zed: You’re not Julia Gillard, you need a more decisive process to get up in politics than what you’ve done, and if you fail in this. Leave. Just quietly resign, leave this town and try your luck elsewhere. You’re already tainted, if you lose youre about as apporachable as a fukushima reactor