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Julian Assange To Run For Australian Senate

Posted by Soulskill on from the say-what-now dept.

New submitter bozman8 writes "Announced recently on social networking platform Twitter, Julian Assange has found a way to run for the Upper House of the Australian Senate, despite being detained under house arrest in Britain. Along with Julian's candidacy, WikiLeaks has announced that they are going to run a nominee against current Prime Minister Julia Gillard in her local electorate."

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  1. Good luck with that. by RyuuzakiTetsuya · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    I hope he wins.

    I don't personally think there's a giant paranoid conspiracy out to get him but I hope he wins so we can shut up the conspiracy minded.

    Plus for the massive disagreement I have with his approach to politics at least he's on the right side of history. Even if he is a scumbag rapist.

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  2. boring by pbjones · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    most people in Oz see him either as a criminal, or some nutter. A senate seat requires a large number of votes across a single state, it just isn't going to happen, it's just hot air and crap.

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