tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15539385.post116297396460865903..comments2023-07-05T01:38:40.661+10:00Comments on eCouncillor: US mid-term elections - lessons for Australian politics?Shayne Mallardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13476864231857879099noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15539385.post-1163109729848701142006-11-10T09:02:00.000+11:002006-11-10T09:02:00.000+11:00I agree that the sex scandals have contributed to ...I agree that the sex scandals have contributed to the election disaster for the Republicans - because they have underlined the hypocrisy of the neo con social agenda and helped spotlight the party out there on the isolated hard right of the political spectrum. The result against the trend and lessons learnt by Schwarzenegger show the way forward on social inclusiveness desired by most mainstream people and not the politics of division and wedges playing one group off against the fears or prejudices of another.Shayne Mallardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13476864231857879099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15539385.post-1163019803220805932006-11-09T08:03:00.000+11:002006-11-09T08:03:00.000+11:00LCR ignore the gay sex scandals which also played ...LCR ignore the gay sex scandals which also played a part in the election. You draw far too long a bow trying to blame the loss on religion, even with the tenuous link that "inner city" residents raise this issue with their councillors. If 90% or so of the US population is religious, the illogicality of your point is patent.<BR/><BR/>If the Republicans had spent less, been less corrupt (fiscally <I>and</I> sexually) and done some reforming of social security and immigration, they would not have lost, however religious they were.Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01567244774079355806noreply@blogger.com