WE DON'T LIVE IN INTERESTING TIMES

I HAVEN'T POSTED MUCH LATELY, BECAUSE THERE HAS NOT BEEN MUCH POINT. TONIGHT HOWEVER, I WAS PHONED BY ROY MORGAN RESEARCH, AND QUESTIONED ABOUT STATE POLITICS. THE QUESTIONS WERE BASICALLY, DO I PREFER THE LABOR INCUMBENT MARIE ANDREWS, OR WOULD I PREFER JOHN DELLA-BOSCA. ON THE OPPOSITION SIDE, I WAS ASKED IF I PREFERRED CHRIS HOLSTEIN OR JIM LLOYD. I DON'T KNOW WHO COMMISSIONED THE SURVEY BY THE QUESTIONS ASKED,
BUT THE QUESTIONS THEMSELVES ARE AN INTERESTING GUIDE TO HOW THE PARTIES ARE THINKING.
MARIE ANDREWS, I FIND, IS A PRODUCTIVE LOCAL MEMBER, SO, IS SHE GOING TO BE STEAMROLLED BY DELLA? IS HE TOO MUCH ON THE NOSE? IS THE STATE LABOR PARTY THAT STUPID? WE KNOW WHO HE IS. PERSONALLY, I'M OVER HIM AND THE MISSUS. AS FOR THE LIBERAL TICKET, WELL HOLSTEIN IS NO SURPRISE, BUT JIM LLOYD MAKING A COME BACK IN STATE POLITICS? HE SAID AFTER THE LAST FEDERAL ELECTION , THERE WAS NO PLAN "B". WELL, IF THIS IS IT, IF IT'S TAKEN HIM THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS TO COME UP WITH THE CUNNING PLAN OF RUNNING FOR THE STATE PARLIAMENT, WELL JIM, JUST RETIRE AND LIVE OFF YOUR VERY GENEROUS TAXPAYER SUPPLIED PENSION.