Obviously not directly, but the Liberals under Malcolm Turnbull closely aligned themselves with some of the policies of Trump. Trump in one of his first official phone calls to Turnbull in early 2017 did a 'mr angry' routine yet Turnbull still sucked all the sweat off Trump's salty balls anyway.

Well Turnbull got rolled by his own party and now in the bye election that resulted, the seat has changed hands. Wentworth was possibly the safest of Liberal seats, which is what you'd expect if it's the PM's. This wasn't an ordinary protest vote, as the Govt, only had a majority of one.

We now have a minority govt and a disaster for the politics of greed and government for the wealthy. The libs also believe the wealthy need more tax cuts.

After two years and in spite of endless spin, we may perhaps be seeing a turning of the tide and a repudiation of the ugliness that Trump has unleashed.

Or maybe not.

MnSpring wrote on 10/20/18 at 07:10:58:


Oh, brother...  

Careful eau,... the queen may order your head on a platter...  

So exactly how does this melodrama


I already answered that. Let me say again, I asked the question is Australia's repudiation of the policies of Trump, namely tax cuts for the wealthy, climate inaction and kowtowing to dictators, perhaps a bellwether for what is to come in the US mid terms. Especially seeing as Trump saw Brexit in the same way, namely a sign that the US was ready for Trump, or at least Bannon did.


And what do you mean exactly by 'free country'?

What exactly do you think we are going to 'see' in a couple of weeks?

Little will change.

Well little will change for you, I already knew that, but do you think then that the house won't change hands?

Also the economy has been on an upward trend the entire time of Obama's tenure. But the Democrats lost, mainly due to the electoral college, (see my sig below)

eau de sauvage wrote on 10/20/18 at 15:30:29:


I think it might, however, it will have little effect.
Either way, not enough seats will change to give any party a super majority.
It will stay pretty much as it is now, nothing more than a bully pulpit for folks to spout off nonsense that won’t move society forward as a whole.
They have enjoyed even lower approval numbers than Trump, and that was way before Trump even got a hard on  

The senate I see the republicans gaining a few, but again, won’t make any difference.
2020 will answer just how much the folks really want change, getting rid of the so called swamp.
It’s just a continuation of what spawned the Tea Party energy, except instead of just effecting the Republicans, it has moved into the Democrats as well.
You have that party splitting up from the FDR/JFK type, blue collar, working middle class, to a new socialist bent that has disenfranchised many folks.
I find myself in that group.
Those folks, and the Trumpers, and old guard republicans, split that party, might unite in a whole new force to be reckoned with???
Not to even mention that most of the incumbents of both parties are just too darn old, so that and death will create new blood into the system as well.
Where it all ends, who knows....

Most of it is strictly for are own entertainment, the power that really dictates how the world turns will stay the same, they will never willingly allow that power to be decided by a democracy.

As to Obama, yeah, he inherited a load of crap, however, according to your testimony he was righting the ship, so it seems you beech about Trump solely based on his persona, for look, that SAME economy is trucking along just fine under his stewartmanship  

My take on Obama’s was he abandoned what he represented/campaigned on, as the Pelosi/Clinton powers of the party told him what he was going to do...
I believe that is why he had historical loses in his very first midterm, and went downhill hill from there....
Folks really wanted him to succeed on what he CAMPAIGNED on, NOT what the DNC told him to do, or else....

And that’s my take, strictly my perspective and opinion.
If any need to call me names, be my guest, I care not one twit what idiots mutter to themselves