oneplanetmikey

I have just made a pitch to Chanel Ten for their 2007  federal election telecast.  My idea; and yes I admit it is rather radical, is to dispense with voting at polling booths and to have the election conducted entirely by phone poll and SMS voting.   After all modern politics is about popularity, not ideas. 

I think this radical overhaul of the electoral system will work because politcs is much like the Big Brother House insofar as politicians are thrown in together and must work with people they may not normally associate with, or even hate. 

On election night I propose we dispense with Red Kerry on the ABC and get the very capable host of Big Brother, Gretel Killeen to do the count.  After padding it out  needlessly for a couple of hours, and  interviewing both John Howard and Kevin Rudd about their time in the house and what they would have done differently, Gretel can then evict someone.

It’s time to go……….John!

And there we have it; democracy, pop culture and increased participation in the electoral process all rolled into one.  

Actually John, just fuck off now.