Hanging Chads

Remember the "Hanging Chads" issue way back in the US Presidential Election of 2000 when Al Gore actually won the election but George W Bush stole it through a variety of means - some legal and some not quite so legal.

Well that was the template that the ultra conservatives have used to perfect their election winning strategies ever since.

And they will be doing their version of the "Hanging Chads" outcome here in 2010. Because they were "Born to Rule" and well Jesus wouldn't let them lose would he? Besides someone has got to help Rupert make it through the next 3 years ;-)

Before you shrug this off as a political impossibility - take a moment to reflect on the 8 years of George W Bush that resulted from the extraordinary election outcome in 2000.

And then take another moment to reflect on whether you want something similar in Australia for the next 3 years?

PS - My colleagues and I have some ideas about how the Monk is going to engineer this confected outcome - but I will leave that for another post.