Is the election over yet?

[lizbee]

Because right now, I'm ready for the insect life of Australia to crawl back under its rocks.

Did you know we have our own Sarah Palin? We do! Here are some now-deleted highlights from her Twitter account:



The former editor of Cosmo, of all people, provides a handy round-up of Family First And Why They Are Evil. I'm even on the verge of unfollowing @fakefielding, because his jokes at the moment are things that people say in seriousness.

And while I'm calling out fail, "Wendy Francis = Crazy Person" is no one's idea of a clever headline, Crikey. I know plenty of crazy people, and most of them are too damn sensible to harbour such stupidity in their heads.

We also have the Victorian state president of One Nation promoting gay bashings, and generally failing to have good manners. (I made the mistake of reading the front page of his Twitter, which was a triggery mixture of Violent Reactions To Rapists and Ugly Misogyny. Good times! I totally don't recommend it!)

On the subject of ... well, more fail, here is a handy collection of Tony Abbott's thoughts on race, poverty, abortion, sex, homosexuality and a woman's right to refuse sex (he thinks it should be moderated).

In conclusion:



DEAR AUSTRALIA, DON'T BLINK.

Comments

[jamethiel]

*TWITCH*

This is horrifying me. They might win! I don't particularly like a lot of Gillard's policies, but SHE IS SO MUCH BETTER THAN ANY ALTERNATIVE JKLFGJ"SDFFGS:J:

[ruuger]

I think there's at least one in every country - ours is Päivi Räsänen, who recently said that attacks against the Pride Parade (a bunch of neo-nazis threw teargas at the crowds during Helsinki Pride) were understandable reaction to the political elite becoming too liberal towards non-traditional values...

[doyle]

Ours here in Northern Ireland is Iris Robinson, who made multiple statements about gay people being worse than child rapists and governments existing to uphold Biblical law, smugly secure in her position as both an MP and the wife of the First Minister; the revelation last year that she was metaphorically in bed with dodgy property developers and literally in bed with the 19-year-old son of her former lover was a fantastic moment, where a divided country got to join together in schadenfreude and WTFery.

[lizbee]

Even Australia got in on that one, although it was more "Ew, old lady sex!" rather than "Ew, Fascist sex!"

[jaydeyn]

These are depressingly TRUFAX. D:

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[jaythenerdkid]

If you want to do something of a signal-boost about the Wendy Francis thing, maybe start telling anyone you know is voting Liberal in Queensland to vote below the line for the Senate this election? The Libs are preferencing to Family First, and while you know I'm not going to say people shouldn't vote Liberal, I for one will be voting below the line so that I can preference Wendy Francis as far down the list as possible, even if it means boosting the Greens or something in return. I know that voting below the line is a lot of work and most people won't bother, but for dedicated Libs who are nonetheless not homophobic dickfaces, it might be an option.

I'll just go back to hiding away from all the political douchiness now.

[lilacsigil]

OMG! Not blinking until the election now!

[lizbee]

If you look Tony Abbott in the eye, you'll become him.

[nixwilliams]

OMG IS THIS TRUE? D:

[lilacsigil]

I looked David Hawker (the former Liberal Speaker) in the eye once, but his was more of a slack-jawed, pallid evil, and not particularly contagious.

[nixwilliams]

i shook peter mcgauran's hand, but it was, similarly, a pallid, slightly clammy evil that came off with a quick application of soap in the school hall toilets and didn't seem to do any lasting damage.

[lizbee]

I have sat in Tony Abbott's lap, and sometimes have to resist the urge to shout FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY! VIRGINITY IS A GIFT! at passers-by.

[nixwilliams]

THAT'S HOT.

[adelheid]

Seen those Wendy Francis tweets far too many times today. Would love her to know that she's driving me back into depression. And yet don't want to give that bitch the satisfaction.

Think I've found a (potential-)politician I hate more than my own local member, Sophie Mirabella...

[st_aurafina]

I love how Wendy Francis thinks that deleting those tweets will make it all go away. It's such a snapshot of the way she views the world. Fucking coward bigot.

That picture! DNW! *is never blinking again*

[purple_smurf]

My mother used to work to count Senate ballot papers, and absolutely hated anyone who voted below the line.

Wendy Francis has become my #1 reason to cite on why I number each and every box.

[sianmink]

DRAMATIC CONSEQUENCES

Couldn't have put it better.

[akashasheiress]

Damn right; I'm a crazy person, and I'd rather not be lumped in with... that.