Unfit for office

We have a bit of a problem in Australia.  Our polity is broken and we have no way of fixing it.  And nobody who votes seems to have noticed.

One political party - "Currently in Opposition" - has been captured by the far right wing and their fellow travellers - the *batshit crazies*.  Its leader is rampaging about doing his best to destroy our actual government.  All with a little help from Uncle Rupert and his editors and the rest of the media circus.

And the opposition party MP's keep their heads down and their mouths shut because they are too scared to voice their disapproval - knowing that they would get the "Peter Slipper" treatment if they said anything.

These folks used to be your opposition MP's - but now they know that if voting changed anything they would be out of a job.

The other political party - "Currently in Government" - is doing its best to mimic an actual opposition.  Its leader has stolen the worst elements of the real opposition's *policies* and is doing her best to screw the nation and the people over.  Just because she doesn't know any better.

This mob have a full program of stupid underway - including handing out keys for new US military bases, damaging the nation with a confected and unnecessary surplus, engaging in harsh, cruel and *illegal* treatment of asylum seekers and shafting the unemployed.

And their MP's also keep their heads down and their mouths shut because they are too scared to voice their disapproval - knowing that they would get the "Kevin Rudd" treatment if they said boo to a goose.

These folks used to be your government MP's - but now they are just sheep meandering about in the shearing shed - waiting to be shorn.

Next year both parties will be asking us to select their candidates at the 2013 election.  Won't that be a laugh?

Friends, I wouldn't touch any of them - because IMHO both parties and their *offerings* are unfit for office.