Who would vote yes for this 1946 referendum?

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Originally Posted by thefatness

The yes vote was leading the polls at the start of the year.

Imagine losing a soccer match with a 2-0 lead at half time.

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Another soccer analogy

'Yes' campaign team
Played in well funded gear with Qantas and the four 4 banks paying millions to advertise the team. Leading Yes campaigner Marcia Langton scored a few silly own goals and had no idea how to win a game
(Google: Langton called people racists)

'No' campaign team
Played barefoot but had the two best players in the country - Jacinta Price and Warren Mundine

'Yes' team were 2 goals ahead in the first 5 minutes

No campaign comfortably won
The final score was 6 - 4

'Yes' team captain, Albo, accepted the responsibility for the massive loss. He rushed things and was out of touch

Did he shed a tear ?

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Originally Posted by Vincent888

Did he shed a tear ?

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Albo was very upset
The entire country was upset. There were no winners with this

The PM f_cked up a great opportunity to address the Gap, by not being more detailed with the referendum proposal

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Originally Posted by frisson

Both Rudd and Turnbull blamed Murdoch for being knifed in the back by their own parties. Nice scapegoat

Murdoch was the reason I got a speeding fine

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Murdoch does control our government like a puppeteer though. I do think Rudd and Turnbull are hypocrites though because they were fine with it until Murdoch helped sink them with his media outlets. I would have to double check this but I think Julia Gillard might be the only prime minster we’ve had since the 80s who didn’t have an organised dinner with Murdoch on the campaign trail and her only victory in 2010 was barely one at all. I’m sure if a lot of people were as rich as Murdoch they’d use their media companies to influence elections. What good is power if you can’t abuse it, right?

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Originally Posted by frisson

Classic case of distracting from the current discussion

Albo royally f_cked up, but look over there !!

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The reason I brought it up wasn’t to change the topic. Just wanted to point out the people upset over Albo wasting 450 million on this referendum were looking the other way when Liberals pissed 38 billion down the drain. It’s one of many double standards. Didn’t see Andrew Bolt calling on Frydenberg to resign then

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Originally Posted by Sharphorse

Murdoch does control our government like a puppeteer though. I do think Rudd and Turnbull are hypocrites though because they were fine with it until Murdoch helped sink them with his media outlets. I would have to double check this but I think Julia Gillard might be the only prime minster we’ve had since the 80s who didn’t have an organised dinner with Murdoch on the campaign trail and her only victory in 2010 was barely one at all. I’m sure if a lot of people were as rich as Murdoch they’d use their media companies to influence elections. What good is power if you can’t abuse it, right?

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You are very reasonable with your points. Life isn't black and white

Blaming people like Murdoch and avoiding debating the actual issue is to be avoided

Noone reads newspapers anymore. Ask anyone aged less than 30 and they will laugh at you

As I said, Murdoch made me get a speeding ticket. Damned Murdoch!

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Originally Posted by Sharphorse

The reason I brought it up wasn’t to change the topic. Just wanted to point out the people upset over Albo wasting 450 million on this referendum were looking the other way when Liberals pissed 38 billion down the drain. It’s one of many double standards. Didn’t see Andrew Bolt calling on Frydenberg to resign then

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Both are terrible wastes of money. True one is at a far larger scale and I totally agree with your point. You are very balanced in your discussion

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Originally Posted by Sharphorse

Julia Gillard might be the only prime minster we’ve had since the 80s who didn’t have an organised dinner with Murdoch on the campaign trail

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Let's face it. If anyone was untalented with no merit, and were in Federal politics, most would invite Satan himself to dinner (Murdoch is a businessman by the way) if it secured a position after the next election. That's life

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Originally Posted by frisson

Another soccer analogy

'Yes' campaign team
Played in well funded gear with Qantas and the four 4 banks paying millions to advertise the team. Leading Yes campaigner Marcia Langton scored a few silly own goals and had no idea how to win a game
(Google: Langton called people racists)

'No' campaign team
Played barefoot but had the two best players in the country - Jacinta Price and Warren Mundine

'Yes' team were 2 goals ahead in the first 5 minutes

No campaign comfortably won
The final score was 6 - 4

'Yes' team captain, Albo, accepted the responsibility for the massive loss. He rushed things and was out of touch

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Spot on bro. The drag queen singing you’re the voice was another own goal.

The 6-4 is also an accurate depiction of how Australia voted

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Originally Posted by thefatness

Spot on bro. The drag queen singing you’re the voice was another own goal.

The 6-4 is also an accurate depiction of how Australia voted

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Sh_t bro. I didn't know this

The Yes campaign had a drag queen singer? Nothing against drag queens, but did that really happen??

How does a drag queen convince undecided Western Sydney voters? What a clusterf_ck! The reckoning get worse ever day!