Posted on 05/19/2019 8:45:35 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Scott Morrison was not supposed to continue to be Australia’s Prime Minister. Polls had consistently shown his Liberal Party, which is a center-right party, trailing the center-left Labor Party for several months. But to everyone’s surprise, the right-leaning party pulled it out. Morrison, who is an evangelical Christian, called it a miracle. From CNN:
In a triumphant speech Saturday night, Morrison said he had “always believed in miracles.”
“And tonight we’ve been delivered another one,” he told jubilant supporters in Sydney who chanted Morrison’s nickname “ScoMo.”
The result will be devastating for the center-left Labor Party, which had been ahead in every opinion poll during the campaign and had expected to easily form a government after Saturday’s vote.
“This was the unlosable election for the Labor Party. That’s how this was considered,” ABC’s Patricia Karvelas said from the Melbourne Labor event.
What may cause concern for progressives both in Australia and here at home is the framing of this election. The Labor Party’s platform was to pursue more dramatic action on climate change and higher taxes on the rich. From the NY Times:
The election had presented Australia, a vital American ally in the Asia-Pacific, with a crucial question: Would it remain on a rightward path and stick with a political coalition that promised economic stability, jobs and cuts to immigration or choose greater action on climate change and income inequality?…
The candidate Mr. Morrison defeated, Bill Shorten, the leader of the center-left Labor Party, offered an alternative path for Australia: a return to more government intervention on climate change and the economy, and intensified skepticism about the United States and Mr. Trump…
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That's the only possible explanation.
An Australian supporting Australia. Imagine that.
Unexpected...
It was that comment he made, “Grab them by the -——!”, that put him over the top. /s (I think...)
You know... Trump becoming our president has given us a much better world to live in. Our ally Australia is now back in good hands, probably due to Aussies being just a tad jealous, seeing how a Conservative has helped the U. S.
Now maybe they can get their gun rights back, although you don’t generally see nations giving rights back once taken.
At any rate, happy for Australia.
Through Trump, Mueller will emigrate to Australia to investigate.
Sounds familiar. I wonder if hi supporters kept quiet like Trump voters did. The left intimidates people to the point they won’t express their views, rendering polls useless. They only work in a free country.
Great!! Now give the Aussies their guns back!!
Once again, every single damned swamp poll predicted a win for the Left.
Mainstream polling is now all about manipulating perceptions and creating a feeling of defeat for conservative candidates.
When was the last time a swamp poll ever got it wrong by predicting a conservative win? (crickets)
Just mnaybe people around the world are awakening to the complete fraud of the LIB losers.
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