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

[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.