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Old 10-11-2004, 04:12 PM   #11
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Aussie Elections

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Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
it pains me to disagree with you R, but the Spain switch was big news, why wouldn't Australia rejecting the same change be news?
Was there a train bombing in Sydney that I missed?

I'd imagine that the reason relates to a combination of (1) the absence of an attack overshadowing the election, (2) the (slightly) increased difference in time, and (3) the continuation of the status quo is never as big of a story as change, and (4) some newsrooms didn't see the upside in trumpeting this as a validation of Bush's policies, so they left that task to News Corp.

That said, bilmore's answer is more succinct and snappier, kinda like GWB's answer on abortion. So, let's go with that.

ETA: Correction. Bilmore's was "knowing satire." Of course, forgive me.
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