Assange Stands 'Real Chance' of Election In Australia

Posted by timothy on Sunday May 20, 2012 @05:44AM from the good-hair-party dept.

Okian Warrior writes "Various new sources are reporting the results of a recent Labor Party poll, indicating that Julian Assange would be elected to the Australian senate, should he choose to run. From the Sun Daily article: 'Controversial WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange stands a real chance of winning an upper house seat in his native Australia if he presses ahead with plans to stand for election, a poll showed Saturday. A survey conducted by the ruling Labor party's internal pollsters UMR Research and published in the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper showed 25 percent of those polled would vote for the whistleblowing website chief.'"

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"Internal Poll" by DesScorp · 2012-05-20 06:03 · Score: 3, Insightful

Because they'd never lie about his chances in an attempt to drum up support. Oh no, that would never happen.

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Re:Ouch by BatGnat · 2012-05-20 07:33 · Score: 3, Insightful

Residents of the U.S.A. elected George W. Bush; how could he be worse than that....
And you call us 'batshit insane'?