Sat May 19, 2012, 08:09 AM

Hissyspit (40,027 posts)

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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14 replies	Author	Time	Post
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

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Sat May 19, 2012, 08:11 AM

xchrom (90,464 posts)

1. Du rec. Nt

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Sat May 19, 2012, 09:44 AM

KG (23,260 posts)

2. DURec, mate.

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Sat May 19, 2012, 09:47 AM

Vidar (18,335 posts)

3. Marvelous if it happens.

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Sat May 19, 2012, 10:27 AM

rootProbiscus (18 posts)

4. Chen Guangcheng dissident

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.

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Sat May 19, 2012, 11:15 AM

jerseyjack (1,361 posts)

5. In fact, Chen gets a pass to the U.S. (I support this) while Jullian would get

free airfare in handcuffs.

The difference is whose lies are being exposed.

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Sun May 20, 2012, 12:28 AM

freshwest (31,306 posts)

9. I'm thinking: If elected, no arrest as it'd be bad for relations with Australia...

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Sat May 19, 2012, 11:37 AM

cosmicone (3,368 posts)

6. Will he then get immunity from prosecution

as a member of parliament?

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Sun May 20, 2012, 10:41 PM

soaky (122 posts)

12. No

No he won't

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Sat May 19, 2012, 12:48 PM

Peace Patriot (21,520 posts)

7. Ha!

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.

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Sun May 20, 2012, 12:26 AM

freshwest (31,306 posts)

8. May shake the global power structure up nicely. JMHO.

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Sun May 20, 2012, 11:39 AM

yurbud (31,395 posts)

10. Assange represents real democracy not the stage managed, manipulated choices that mask rule by a few

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.

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Sun May 20, 2012, 01:23 PM

Jemmons (412 posts)