So who the f**k am I supposed to vote for then?

[Fatt Max]

Phew, lucky I'm over 20 and don't wear baseball caps anymore.

It seems a majority of poeple I talk to say there is no one to vote for. But everyone of those people say the have to vote. What would happen if all those people didn't vote and they get a very dismal turn out at the polls? Would politicians go, "shit there's something wrong there", and do something about it? Or will they show their true colours, just be happy they get to sit on a cushy green seat, and not give a toss about the low turn out?

I reckon the latar. Even though the media itself is saying what bullshit campaigns everyone is running and everyone is as bad as each other.



It's pretty sad when this is so true.

Well said mate, good point...!!

[Crisis management]

Their arrogance toward the electorate and repression of personal freedoms and civil rights has done and will do far more harm than the 'capitalism' (which would barely be recognised as such in the likes of the USA) of the National Party.

Again I agree, (bugger, I'm agreeing with every wacko today...) it's Act that concerns me with their hand up Keys bum.

It really feels like a game of chance trying to pick the lesser of two evils.

[sunhuntin]

im not liking any of the pollys either. they are all damn scary when you think about having them in charge. none of them are trustworthy.

[s_devo]

I'm going Green because...

They want more people on bikes.

They have the best adverts in this election - even Rodney Hide (Mr I'm going to protect people's property's rights and let's lock them all up for life) had to steal the Green's advertising as they are doing better than his yellow swandrai .

They brought in an amendment to s59(c) of the Crimes Act giving children "the same rights as animals". Because the courts had decided that it was ok to beat your child with a plank of 4x2 but not with a fishing rod. (Please note that 'smacking' was not mentioned anywhere in the amendment - and never has been. That was purely a creation of the media to up their ratings and sell more advertising - and you were all sucked into it).

My cousin's on the list at no. 40 - and he's going to need a shit lot of votes if he's going to get the job.

Sue Bradford's one of my heroes because when she was 1st elected to parliament they had to remove a trespass and restraining order so that she could take her seat in the house - now that's the kind of determined people we want in parliament! Willing to get arrested to create some change in this country.

Jeanette's the most trusted politician in NZ.

Al Gore's film was pretty convincing.

Besides I don't want to see Kiwi bank or kiwi rail go - the nat's will sell it off to their mates and make a mint when they onsell them to overseas interests - they've already got the buyers lined up. I'm old enough to remember them selling off the BNZ for 4 billion when it was making 2 billion a year. Unfortunately it was a bit too hot with what Winston had lined up in his wine box. Of course they're not going to do it now but soon.

Exercise your right to choose what's right for you.

[Clockwork]

Y'know, I'd be taking the same approach, if it weren't for Labour's systematic destruction of their own credibility with the likes of the Electoral Finance Act.

Their arrogance toward the electorate and repression of personal freedoms and civil rights has done and will do far more harm than the 'capitalism' (which would barely be recognised as such in the likes of the USA) of the National Party.

IMHO the EFA was a perfectly reasonable if hamfisted attempt to ensure our democracy isn't bought (buy ) the highest bidder.

One man, one vote, over one dollar one vote every time

[James Deuce]

I'm going Green because...

Jeanette's the most trusted politician in NZ.

Al Gore's film was pretty convincing.

Fuck me, you poor bastard.

[RantyDave]

I don't see the point of voting for a party or person that you know won't get in.

Because they get an uptick. Because if ALCP's share of the vote goes from 0.001% to 0.01% then that's a very serious improvement in the visibility of the cause. The Green party was a funny concept once, too.

Dave

[short-circuit]

Fuck me, you poor bastard.

Yes that's right Fuck you

(may as well get red repped right the fuck out of redneck rider forums)

So so tiresome

[James Deuce]

Ah yes, sympathising with people for being sucked in by unsubstantiated pseudo-science is an unforgivable crime these days.

Sorry, my bad, I forgot.

[short-circuit]

No, but being a knowing sympathiser for real (big money corporate) cronyism, failed ideology and outright greed should be worth at least a good kicking in my book.

Someone put me out of my misery and ban me.

[Tank]

I see on STUFF that the unemployment figures have gone up to 4.2%.

Helen has said vote for me - I can make it 5% within 6 months.

[Max Preload]

No, but being a knowing sympathiser for real (big money corporate) cronyism, failed ideology and outright greed should be worth at least a good kicking in book.

You mean like Al Gore and his company Generational Wealth Investment? And Enron's Kyoto Protocol? I'll say!

[Tank]

You mean like Al Gore and his company Generational Wealth Investment? And Enron's Kyoto Protocol? I'll say!

Is that the same Al Gore who uses more electricity at his home than a normal american family uses in nearly two years?

....

Last night, Al Gore’s global-warming documentary, An Inconvenient Truth, collected an Oscar for best documentary feature, but the Tennessee Center for Policy Research has found that Gore deserves a gold statue for hypocrisy.

Gore’s mansion, [20-room, eight-bathroom] located in the posh Belle Meade area of Nashville, consumes more electricity every month than the average American household uses in an entire year, according to the Nashville Electric Service (NES).

In his documentary, the former Vice President calls on Americans to conserve energy by reducing electricity consumption at home.

The average household in America consumes 10,656 kilowatt-hours (kWh) per year, according to the Department of Energy. In 2006, Gore devoured nearly 221,000 kWh—more than 20 times the national average.

Last August alone, Gore burned through 22,619 kWh—guzzling more than twice the electricity in one month than an average American family uses in an entire year. As a result of his energy consumption, Gore’s average monthly electric bill topped $1,359.

Since the release of An Inconvenient Truth, Gore’s energy consumption has increased from an average of 16,200 kWh per month in 2005, to 18,400 kWh per month in 2006.

Gore’s extravagant energy use does not stop at his electric bill. Natural gas bills for Gore’s mansion and guest house averaged $1,080 per month last year.

“As the spokesman of choice for the global warming movement, Al Gore has to be willing to walk to walk, not just talk the talk, when it comes to home energy use,” said Tennessee Center for Policy Research President Drew Johnson.

In total, Gore paid nearly $30,000 in combined electricity and natural gas bills for his Nashville estate in 2006.”

[Mikkel]

Well, if you believe in the democratic system but don't feel that any of the parties are able to represent you, then you ought to turn up and hand in a blank vote (or cross everything off if you are the paranoid sort).
Alternatively, if you have something you feel strongly about and would like to make a difference, enter politics.

Personally I have very little faith in democrazy in its current form and have not voted for quite a few years. Thankfully not everybody are as cynical as me, but I just can not be bothered. Nothing like election campaigns to send my bullshit-o-meter past the red-line.

[Badjelly]

Is that the same Al Gore who uses more electricity at his home than a normal american family uses in nearly two years?

And he's fat. So obviously global warming isn't caused by humans. I mean they have global warming on Mars. Is that caused by SUVs? And the scientists said in the 1970s that it would cool. It's all the sun, I tell you. Or cosmic rays.