You're not the only one making this statement Chris, so I'm going to
debate the point to the contrary ...
Julia Gillard most certainly was elected!� And by a highly democratic
process which is very widely publicly known:
- We voted for members of parliament (MPs) and the senate -
parliament is the focal, though not highest, ruling body.
- We voted in more Labor MPs at the last election.
- The elected ruling party may at any time elect
their own leader internally, by their own private choice of leadership
selection process.
- As it turns out Labor chooses to use a democratic internal
process to elect their Parliamentary leader, who then is our Prime
Minister.
When you go to an election in Australia, the only thing you get to vote
for is which human being you want to represent your residential
geographic location in various levels of government.�
- You do NOT vote for a party, although people are confused and
think that you do.�
- You do NOT vote for a leader, although people are confused and
think that you do.��
- The person you elect may switch parties after election, and you
have no recourse as a voter.
- The party who elected by majority may switch leaders after
election, and you have no recourse as a voter.
Even Rudd tried to induce this "but I was elected PM" confusion upon
exit by saying he personally was elected to lead the country.� Absolute
TROLL-BAIT.� And he knows it VERY well.� His declaration that he was
elected by the people of Australia and not by some Union leaders was a
"scorched earth" retreat from his defeated position and I have
absolutely no respect whatsoever for his choice to lay a resentful
trail of damage upon his exit.
Please everyone, know your system and act either within it or to change
it - but give up acting surprised when people in the system act
correctly within the rules of the system.
All these politicians are so similar that it's not worth this fuss of
distinguishing them anyway.� The entire process is a fanciful
fabrication to merely keep the stockman's swelling herd penned and
producing milk.
Ribman.
On 24/06/2010 11:26 AM, Chris wrote:
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Does anyone else think it immensely sad that Australia's first female
PM is unelected?
- Chris