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.

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[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!"