The life of an election candidate

During an election campaign each party tries to convince the public that they can do the best job at running our country. And how do I feel they're going? Well so far I don't know that any of them is capable of running our country at the moment.

Miss Gillard I believe has done an excellent job of not committing to do anything wrong. In fact I'm not sure that she plans to do much of anything. She has evolved in a great way physically. She's been re-styled and given some guidance to speak in a way that's more appealing to the public. Which makes her slightly better to look at on the television. However during the very serious electoral debate the only thing anyone could focus on was her larger than average ear lobes. This may say more about the voter than her ability to speak but I like to give Australians the benefit of the doubt and just conclude that she had very little to say that was of much interest to us. Although in the more recent debate at Rooty Hall, I will have to agree with you Miss Gillard, it should be "...about the economy and keeping it strong." I guess we will have to wait and see the "real Julia" the one that will have Australia "moving forward,"

I understand that at the end of the day an election is just a glorified popularity contest (as much as we'd like to argue it's not) but I would think that Mr. Abbot could reel back his desperate attempts to win over the women's vote. Please give the women of Australia a little more credit. We have little need to see Mr. Abbott affectionate with every women who is part of his campaign. It is however a lovely break from talk of Mr Abbott's success in his speedos during the Iron man triathlon. I am glad that Mr Abbott has been so candid in his plans for Australia, the ones we all want to hear anyway. However how can we be comfortable electing a man who tell us so openly that we can't believe everything he says as the "gospel truth." But then if we can't trust a politician who can we trust?

In my opinion the Greens just aren't strong enough to run the country and I never really consider them as part of the race. They always just feel like that nagging voice in the back of your head that says "don't put that half load of dishes through the dish washer cos you're waisting water." They serve their purpose. They are a useful extra vote for those people who don't want to feel bad about voting for one of the pitiful excuses for candidates above. Of course that vote just goes to Miss Gillard in the end doesn't it. Maybe we should all just donkey vote and be done with the system.

I will probably vote Liberals at the end of the day because I believe that they can do more for my country and if a politician is going to lie to us they might as well be honest about it. There's still time for Gillard to convince me though.