Comments on: The Demise of the Australian Democrats http://www.billmuehlenberg.com/2006/10/24/the-demise-of-the-australian-democrats/ Bill Muehlenberg's commentary on issues of the day... Sat, 13 Mar 2010 22:13:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Rick Brouwer http://www.billmuehlenberg.com/2006/10/24/the-demise-of-the-australian-democrats/comment-page-1/#comment-1052 Rick Brouwer Wed, 25 Oct 2006 01:18:57 +0000 http://www.billmuehlenberg.com/2006/10/24/the-demise-of-the-australian-democrats/#comment-1052 Thanks Bill, To enforce the Democrats line about limiting church goers in parliament, they should propose that on entry to beginning of parliament, each parliamentarian swear, "I did not attend or step inside a church over the parliamentary recess" (Oh, but I did attend a wedding in a church, and oh yes a funeral service a few weeks ago... and yes, I did light a candle and say a prayer some months ago on the anniversary of the death of my mother... please forgive me Democrats, for I have sinned against you and the parliament....can I come in now?) Rick Brouwer, Victoria Thanks Bill,
To enforce the Democrats line about limiting church goers in parliament, they should propose that on entry to beginning of parliament, each parliamentarian swear, “I did not attend or step inside a church over the parliamentary recess”
(Oh, but I did attend a wedding in a church, and oh yes a funeral service a few weeks ago… and yes, I did light a candle and say a prayer some months ago on the anniversary of the death of my mother… please forgive me Democrats, for I have sinned against you and the parliament….can I come in now?)

Rick Brouwer, Victoria

]]> By: Bill Muehlenberg http://www.billmuehlenberg.com/2006/10/24/the-demise-of-the-australian-democrats/comment-page-1/#comment-1047 Bill Muehlenberg Tue, 24 Oct 2006 22:21:07 +0000 http://www.billmuehlenberg.com/2006/10/24/the-demise-of-the-australian-democrats/#comment-1047 Thanks Michael But of course it might be more accurate to say that you consider the Democrats to be moderates because of your own radical leftwing views. And thanks, but I am quite familiar with the policies of the Greens, which is why I am so worried about them. Bill Muehlenberg, CultureWatch Thanks Michael
But of course it might be more accurate to say that you consider the Democrats to be moderates because of your own radical leftwing views.
And thanks, but I am quite familiar with the policies of the Greens, which is why I am so worried about them.

Bill Muehlenberg, CultureWatch

]]> By: Michael Boswell http://www.billmuehlenberg.com/2006/10/24/the-demise-of-the-australian-democrats/comment-page-1/#comment-1033 Michael Boswell Tue, 24 Oct 2006 12:16:32 +0000 http://www.billmuehlenberg.com/2006/10/24/the-demise-of-the-australian-democrats/#comment-1033 Bill, Sorry to disagree with you but the Democrats are not lefties. But to fundamentalist like you, everyone who does not tow the neo-conservtive line are lefties... Oh well, The Democrats started as a middle of the road party with a strong libertine streak. Before Don Chipp founded the Democrats he was a minister in the Gorton Liberal Government responcible for censorship. He removed most of the bans on the importation of books in to Australia. He called on the other get libertine element at the time, the Australia Party. With the rements of the old Liberal movement in South Australia, Chipp formed the Democrats. I am a proud member of the Greens. We alwasys had problem wiht the democrats because they were truely small 'l' liberals and not from the Labor side of politics. If you interested in the origins of the Greens, I suggest you look at the 1984 Federal ALP policy debate on the three uranium mines policy. It took seven years from there but ,,,, The rest as they say is history... Michael Boswell, Perth  Bill,

Sorry to disagree with you but the Democrats are not lefties. But to fundamentalist like you, everyone who does not tow the neo-conservtive line are lefties…

Oh well, The Democrats started as a middle of the road party with a strong libertine streak. Before Don Chipp founded the Democrats he was a minister in the Gorton Liberal Government responcible for censorship. He removed most of the bans on the importation of books in to Australia.

He called on the other get libertine element at the time, the Australia Party. With the rements of the old Liberal movement in South Australia, Chipp formed the Democrats.

I am a proud member of the Greens. We alwasys had problem wiht the democrats because they were truely small ‘l’ liberals and not from the Labor side of politics.

If you interested in the origins of the Greens, I suggest you look at the 1984 Federal ALP policy debate on the three uranium mines policy. It took seven years from there but ,,,,

The rest as they say is history…

Michael Boswell, Perth 

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