Day 12 cont

The #Liberals have a #candidate problem continued:

“The #Coalition’s (#LNP) election campaign is being dogged by a lengthening list of #CandidateIssues, the latest revelation that the contender (#JeffreyKidney) for the #Melbourne seat of #Wills pleaded #guilty to obtaining financial advantage by #deception and was ordered to pay #fines and #compensation worth more than $10,000.”

The poor quality of candidates is beginning to bite the Liberals.

#AusPol / #PeterDutton / #Leichhardt / #Bradfield / #Kooyong <https://archive.md/V0FK2> / <https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/another-liberal-candidate-under-pressure-as-candidate-vetting-questioned-20250407-p5lpw6.html> (paywall)

Day 12 cont

The #Liberals have a candidate problem continued:

“Liberal #candidate #ScottYung and party officials have declined to answer detailed #questions about whether his use of #Chinese celebrities and a public relations firm in the 2019 #StateElection complied with official #guidelines, as the Liberal party confirms an #audit of campaign disclosures.

A private dinner at a “luxurious venue” in #Sydney to raise #CampaignFunds for Yung, featuring the former Liberal prime minister #TonyAbbott, has also been cancelled without explanation.”

…

“Wishing the talented young Chinese Mr #RongSicheng [Scott Yung] has great success ahead and a boundless future! All the best! I’m #ZhangTielin from #Beijing, #China.”

The cursed Liberal Christian name “Scott” strikes again.

#AusPol / #LNP / #Bennelong / #Kogarah <https://theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/10/nsw-electoral-commission-rules-disclosing-celebrity-endorsements-liberal-candidate-scott-yung-ntwnfb>

Day nine cont: The Opposition has a #candidate problem.

Not enough diversity. Amelia is a good candidate, The #AFR describes Amelia as bringing, a “#Millennial edge”. Right pedigree (Dicks Grand niece), #OxfordUniversity educated, lives locally. The problem, I’m a renter …and I’m also a home owner that I failed to disclose.

#Kooyong / #Liberal / #rent / #housing <https://archive.md/zspBW> / <https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/amelia-hamer-pitched-herself-as-a-renter-she-owns-two-investment-properties-20250404-p5lp8f.html>

@mloxton @KathyLK

no

not voting has no blame in the minds of some on the #left

because their personal feeling about themselves is more important than mattering in the world

so voting for a #candidate they feel is impure is so terrible, they don't #vote, then the #right wins

that's #toxidealism in a nutshell:

people whose personal sense of their #ideological purity, how they feel about themselves, is more important than messy impure strategy to get effective change in the world

#VicePresident #KamalaHarris, #Candidate of #Economic #Change, Breaks With Old #Democratic #Thinking.

The key #question remains: have #voters heard her?

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/kamala-harris-economic-record

#CollinAllred claims he #supports #transgender #Texans. Some aren't so convinced.

When #TedCruz #attacked #ColinAllred with #antitrans #ads, the "#spineless" #DemocraticParty #candidate instantly #caved, #spouting #transphobia in his #response.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Texas #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #DINO #DemocraticParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia

https://www.chron.com/culture/article/colin-allred-trans-ads-texas-election-19869117.php

#Republicans #Assumed a #Nebraska #Senate Seat Was #Safe. Then This #Candidate Came Along.

#DanOsborn is still an #underdog, but his mix of #leftish #economics and deep #antielitism has already shaken up #politics in bright-red #nebraska

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/25/opinion/nebraska-senate-dan-osborn.html

#Vicepresidential #candidate #TimWalz shows off his #CrazyTaxi #skills during #Twitch #stream.

198,000 viewers tuned in.

https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/10/28/tim-walz-crazy-taxi-twitch/

#Nonbinary #congressional #candidate #MelManuel i#injects #testosterone in #powerful #campaign #ad.

They are #challenging one of the most #powerful #Republicans in #Congress, #House #MajorityLeader #SteveScalise in a year of unprecedented #attacks on #genderaffirmingcare.

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/10/nonbinary-congressional-candidate-injects-testosterone-in-powerful-campaign-ad/

#Democratic #VicePresidential #Nominee #TimWalz is the #victim of a #disturbing #deepfake #campaign & #Russia is likely behind it.

Fake #AI-generated #videos have been spreading #lies about the #vicepresidential #candidate.

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/10/tim-walz-is-the-victim-of-a-disturbing-deepfake-campaign-russia-is-likely-behind-it/

In the interviews, #JohnKelly expanded on his previously expressed concerns & stressed that voters, in his view, should consider fitness & #character when selecting a president, even more than a candidate’s stances on the issues.

“In many cases, I would agree w/some of [#Trump’s] policies,” he said, STRESSING that as a fmr MILITARY officer he was not endorsing any #candidate. “But again, it’s a very dangerous thing to have the wrong person elected…”