3rd Party Insurance

A 3rd Party is essential for a strong independent senate.

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[AustralianGreens]

I'm wondering if this is an orchestrated campaign or one person with multiple logins posting effectively the same comment time and again on our videos. Hmmmmm.

[LetumAngelus]

Or it could be people very concerned of the Greens and the coalition it has entered into with Labor. I actually respected you guys about 6 years ago but the Greens have entered into a undeniable relationship with Labor (and apparently the Unions according to symolie) which has shattered the appearance of independance the Greens once had.

You are virtually to Labor what the Natioanls are to the Liberals but without the written accord. Now go ahead and proceed to deny it anyway....

[AustralianGreens]

Best way to deny it is to refer to our policies. The fact that you personally have just submitted effectively the same pro-Democrats comment on half a dozen of our videos does kind of expose your campaign...

[symolie]

Voting Greens is not a safe "independant" vote that will save the environment.

The Greens are more pro-union than Labor.

The Greens are vehemently opposed to all things US -a threat to the ANZUS alliance.

The Greens wont guarantee to not block supply.

For a party that truly is not beholden to unions, big business, or religion, and that is strong on the environment -vote Democrats and Bring Back Balance in the Senate.

[AustralianGreens]

symolie, you are abviously working hard campaigning for the democrats, submitting comments to virtually every video we have posted. We appreciate your dedication, but perhaps you could ensure that your comments are more relevant to the video you are commenting on, and also ensure that they are factually correct.

The Greens are explicitly supportive of the Australia-US alliance and of the USA and its people. We do not support the Bush Administration. There is a big difference.

[novkastelano]

Absolutely, getting rid of Howard is an absolute priority.

If you vote 1 for the Greens, 2 for Labor and last for the Libs, then if the Greens don't win that seat the full value of your vote gets transferred to the Labor Party. So your vote does keep Howard out but also sends a strong message to the Labor party.

In the Senate, the Greens have the potential to hold the balance of power.

So if you want to double or triple the value of your vote, I would vote 1 for the Greens for both Houses.

[kaneb77]

I had to vote alp last time just to try to get rid of Howard, I think the polls are showing that I can start voting Green again! Thank god!

[dankru]

To stand up for democracy and human rights is far more important than kissing the butt of another country.

[dankru]

The Greens stand up for HUMAN RIGHTS. It is a human right to bargain collectively and be able to join and be represented by a union.

[c0mpute]

In todays news, corruption in the highest levels of politics, voting for federal government scandles, the miss use of public money, and they want "US" to vote for their "INCOMPETENCE?" Labor gets on libs backs of miss use of public money, labor dont explain rudds lagit excuse of a house that has wings, and tony abbott gets his own back by admitting libs IR laws just dont cut it. next week, a new inexperienced corrupted gov takin the place of the experienced at corruption. (the old libs)

[LetumAngelus]

What an excellent way to vote for Labor but feel all warm and fuzzy at the same time.

[philipmach]

"... cop all the other Green agendas"? List the parts you find bad.

Compare with Family First's senate preferences: what's their agenda? Not only do you get an extreme version of the Coalition, but you also preference the extreme libertarian LDP (drugs should be legal, gay marriage OK, abortion OK, seat belts shouldn't be mandatory, euthanasia OK, ...). And FF calls the Greens "extreme".

[philipmach]

Vote 1 Greens, 2 ALP. Result? ALP candidate still gets your vote but gets the message that they aren't serious enough on climate change. (Or Coalition if you must as your 2nd preference but you still make the statement that climate change should be top of the agenda.)

[philipmach]

You are assuming that Howard and Costello each count as a whole vote. Don't forget also if you vote coalition you get the Nationals too. I'm not sure all that adds up to even one vote ...