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Hissyspit

(45,788 posts)
Sat May 19, 2012, 08:09 AM May 2012

Assange Stands 'Real Chance' of Election in Australia

Source: AFP

ASSANGE STANDS 'REAL CHANCE' OF ELECTION IN AUSTRALIA

AFP May 19, 2012, 4:04 pm

SYDNEY (AFP) - Controversial WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange stands a real chance of winning an upper house seat in his native Australia if he presses ahead with plans to stand for election, according to a poll.

A survey conducted by the ruling Labor party's internal pollsters UMR Research and published in the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper showed 25 percent of those polled would vote for the whistleblowing website chief.

Supporters of the left-wing Greens party were most likely to be pro-Assange, with 39 percent saying they would vote for him, meaning he had a good chance of wresting a Greens Senate spot, UMR's John Utting told the newspaper.

"There is clearly a significant level of support for Julian Assange which crosses party lines and is more concentrated amongst Greens voters," he said.

Read more: http://au.news.yahoo.com/world/a/-/world/13727635/assange-stands-real-chance-of-election-in-australia

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Assange Stands 'Real Chance' of Election in Australia (Original Post) Hissyspit May 2012 OP
Du rec. Nt xchrom May 2012 #1
DURec, mate. KG May 2012 #2
Marvelous if it happens. Vidar May 2012 #3
Chen Guangcheng dissident rootProbiscus May 2012 #4
In fact, Chen gets a pass to the U.S. (I support this) while Jullian would get jerseyjack May 2012 #5
I'm thinking: If elected, no arrest as it'd be bad for relations with Australia... freshwest May 2012 #9
Will he then get immunity from prosecution cosmicone May 2012 #6
No soaky May 2012 #12
Ha! Peace Patriot May 2012 #7
May shake the global power structure up nicely. JMHO. freshwest May 2012 #8
Assange represents real democracy not the stage managed, manipulated choices that mask rule by a few yurbud May 2012 #10
I whish that I could vote for Assange! Just to spite the powers that want to take him down in a kang Jemmons May 2012 #11
Delicious RogerShuler May 2012 #13
Aussie Aussie Aussie! Oi Oi Oi! n/t librechik May 2012 #14

rootProbiscus

(38 posts)
4. Chen Guangcheng dissident
Sat May 19, 2012, 10:27 AM
May 2012

So the blind Chen Guangcheng exposes lies and corruption in China and is a hero, Jullian exposes lies, corruption and murder in the west and is abused more than Chen Guangcheng has been abused by the Chinese.

 

jerseyjack

(1,361 posts)
5. In fact, Chen gets a pass to the U.S. (I support this) while Jullian would get
Sat May 19, 2012, 11:15 AM
May 2012

free airfare in handcuffs.

The difference is whose lies are being exposed.

Peace Patriot

(24,010 posts)
7. Ha!
Sat May 19, 2012, 12:48 PM
May 2012

HA! Sweet revenge!

That would be a joy, indeed! It's a joy just hearing of the poll.

Voters with democratic ideals--committed to our common project as human beings--have a chance in a parliamentary system. We don't seem to have a chance here, except that we did, once, in the 1930s, elect a "New Deal" for ourselves. It may not be our constitutional system that is at fault, but, rather, massive undermining of our system, now by direct corporate control of the voting results, contrived with 'TRADE SECRET' code, owned and controlled largely (80%) by one, private, far rightwing-connected corporation--ES&S, which bought out Diebold. Yup, that might be the difference.

yurbud

(39,405 posts)
10. Assange represents real democracy not the stage managed, manipulated choices that mask rule by a few
Sun May 20, 2012, 11:39 AM
May 2012

Wikileaks represents the democratization of information that makes it harder for the government and big business (or anyone for that matter) to lie to us, and therefore makes real, functioning democracy more likely.

A big part of our problem right now is that we have figured out how to do a lot of things with co-operative, horizontal structures online, but the governments and businesses that have the most impact on our life continue to be fiercely top down, for the benefit of the few, and are even becoming more so as they realize society is going to figure out how to run without them shortly.

Jemmons

(711 posts)
11. I whish that I could vote for Assange! Just to spite the powers that want to take him down in a kang
Sun May 20, 2012, 01:23 PM
May 2012

aro court in the US.

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