Wayne Sievers - Independant or CAP or Democrats or WTF?

The Canberra Times reported that Sievers outpolled sitting MLAs Hargreaves & Gentleman during Labor preselections

I have no idea if that’s true or not, but surely preselection numbers would have little relevance in regards to electability. More of an issues I would think were the questions about his record raised here (if true).

Headbonius said :

Never before have I read such self-serving shite in my whole life!!!!!

He’s running for office. What did you expect?

VicePope said :

Headbonius appears to me to have left a gratuitous suggestion hanging in a way that invited speculation

To someone who doesn’t look for things like … ‘gratuitous suggestions’ for example, to me, there was nothing in that comment that invited speculation at all.

Good luck Sievers – the fact that he’s trying again, shows determination. I hope he gets in this time.

PS That bandwagon is getting mighty heavy … even with an ant on board …

Vicepope – thanks for playing the RiotAct police man, you are doing a great job. In short – I don’t care what team he bats for and yes it is irrelevant. I wish him all the best in his quest for election.

@ Thumper and Vicepope, agree.

CanberraResident – I was pointedly ambiguous (because I genuinely don’t care if S has a wife, a husband or any other companion or combination of companions). Headbonius appears to me to have left a gratuitous suggestion hanging in a way that invited speculation – more like push polling than dogwhistling, in retrospect). It had nothing to do with the subject of the post or the remainder of Headbonius’ comments.

I drew attention to this because, on my reading, Headbonius’ comment created a vague slur. I am interested in why Headbonius might be interested in Mr S’ domestic attributes – has he/she a similar interest in Stanhope or Zed or Stefaniak?

and by making comment #10, all you’ve done is stick a fluorescent highlighter over #8’s comment. I, for one, couldn’t see any suggestion of Siever’s sexuality in #8, but your comment #10 brought it out, so to speak.

Headbonius (#8) – the “wife” comment. Was this am ever-so-subtle piece of dog whistling about Mr S’ sexuality? If so, it’s pretty shameful. If he is a liar about his career, that is relevant to his suitability for election. If he is straight/gay/bi/celibate, that is totally irrelevant to it.

Albo, I googled the website. Never before have I read such self-serving shite in my whole life!!!!! Anyone who feels the need to write themselves up like this smacks of fraudlulent claims – please refer to VG”s comments. Does this bloke’s trip to East Timor make him qualified to be a politician? No it does not. It was a group citation for bravery – obviously well earned but read ‘Group’. The way this bloke writes himself up he took on the TNI by himself, bare fisted and won independance for East Timor and simulataneously uncovering high level Government cover-up. Christ he should be wearing a superman suit either that or a clown suit.

Ahhhhh, I see VG, he is a Mike Kelly type candidate – a “Hero” for want of a better word. Another thing – there is nothing more has been than an ex-cop. I wonder what his wife thinks about him running for the Legislative Assembly. Political life can be hard on the spouse.