The Election Aftermath
The US Presidential result will shape the world. Here's my perspective on what we can expect.
You know there's a credibility problem in politics when one can seamlessly go from a committed Green to a Liberal Party candidate overnight.
There must be a severe problem in politics based on the people who actually want to become politicians.
I've always said that pollies were 'special' people, and I never meant it kindly.
To pursue public life requires a particular type of makeup.
You're either in it for a well-paid job, fancy yourself as some great leader or are genuinely motivated by the issues.
For most players, it's a combination of all three.
Once elected, for most, being a politician becomes their sole identity, and they then become trapped in the role, desperately clinging to their status to preserve their pay packet and sense of self.
The real world is different as accountability is measured in a vastly different way to politics. For starters, you usually have to turn up at the office and don't have a coterie of staff to handle most of the work.
But things must be desperate in politics when this person is endorsed as a candidate to run for the Greens Party.
Sky News recently reported Harini Rangarajan wrote a blog post comparing 9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden to Jesus Christ.
And then there's this ACT Greens candidate.
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