What I feel has happened is that the political caste and the media caste have completely separated from the reality of their constituents and now exist in a free floating bubble.
Yep. And their constituents know it, and they know how much contempt these elites have for ordinary people. There's a burning desire out there in what used to be the Labor heartland in suburbia to give Labor a kicking they'll never forget.
The ill-advised alliance with that most arrogant and elitist (and extreme) of all political parties, the Greens, just makes that desire even stronger.
I look back on my Labor Party days with shame. They're like the Mafia but without the sense of honour. They're basically thugs.
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jack_ryder) wrote2012-02-27 08:23 am
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have completely separated from the reality of their constituents and now
exist in a free floating bubble.
Yep. And their constituents know it, and they know how much contempt these elites have for ordinary people. There's a burning desire out there in what used to be the Labor heartland in suburbia to give Labor a kicking they'll never forget.
The ill-advised alliance with that most arrogant and elitist (and extreme) of all political parties, the Greens, just makes that desire even stronger.
I look back on my Labor Party days with shame. They're like the Mafia but without the sense of honour. They're basically thugs.