{"id":610,"date":"2006-03-02T22:08:00","date_gmt":"2006-03-02T12:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/2006\/03\/02\/so-who-instead\/"},"modified":"2006-03-02T22:08:00","modified_gmt":"2006-03-02T12:08:00","slug":"so-who-instead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/2006\/03\/02\/so-who-instead\/","title":{"rendered":"So who instead?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Andrew asks So who instead?<\/a><\/p>\n

The problem is (as I said in my last post<\/a>) – I don’t know. I don’t think there are any good contenders. At best there’s “okay”.<\/p>\n

Hence the saddness in the Australian political arena.<\/p>\n

I think there’s some good people around – but being good seems to take second place to backstabbing and arguing like 3 year olds. Question Time is a great thing to watch on TV – it makes you feel mature – even if you just pulled your sisters’ hair to make her cry (especially if you don’t have a sister).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Andrew asks So who instead? The problem is (as I said in my last post) – I don’t know. I don’t think there are any good contenders. At best there’s “okay”. Hence the saddness in the Australian political arena. 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