Assange to run for Australian senate: WikiLeaks (AFP)

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46. If his dad gets the Wikileaks party going, and the majority want them to be in a coalition, he could

be grandfathered into party leadership in time.

Maybe I've been reading too much about how the GOP has been running elections and the red states to believe anything is impossible now. If their actions would be found illegal by a court, they load the courts and get away with it. We have a thorough infestation that goes through all levels of government that match the will of the voters in their states.

I don't think Australia is anywhere near as confused, but at this point, I'm unable to say laws are a barrier to conduct. That Julian has remained free while giving the finger to international law, says a great deal. Any attempt to force the law upon him is seen as tyranny.

The masses do not support the law that is holding him from traveling. There is no punishment for anyone unless the masses call for something to be done and that can be a blessing and a curse. If the voters of Australia believe the rhetoric online, they would thumb their noses at those regulations. And the Wikileaks party could change the law. I think some people want the law to get out of this and allow him to go on his way.

I'm not in government, don't know much about Australia other than what people I know who live there, as citizens tell me, and what I see online. What the popular sentiment there is about Julian, I don't know, but emotions change laws.

I'm just saying never say never. I've never seen anything like this circus. I mean, look at O.J. (not comparing the charges, though), who had to surrender in a few hours. The British government has not seen fit to take Assange into custody. Something is holding them back. Since nations make wars, which are violent, they're not afraid of a bit of commotion.

Which means to laymen such as myself, they don't much care about Sweden's court or the treaty, or are listening to the throngs who want Assange to be set at liberty without going through extradition. His fans worldwide don't believe in any of that, and everyday he is not taken in custody is seen as a victory for what they have done online and in the streets.

I don't believe Assange will ever return to Sweden or be tried for anything, period. The government seems powerless. This has gone on too long, when it's out of the public eye, he'll probably fly home.

JMHO.