http://crookedtimber.org/2003/07/16/australiaamerica/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:00:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://crookedtimber.org/2003/07/16/australiaamerica/comment-page-1/#comment-768 Alan Sat, 19 Jul 2003 14:22:38 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=48#comment-768 I read <a href='http://www.theroadtosurfdom.com'>The Road to Surfdom</a> and I would certainly vote Democrat. So there. I read The Road to Surfdom and I would certainly vote Democrat. So there.

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2003/07/16/australiaamerica/comment-page-1/#comment-767 Ken Parish Thu, 17 Jul 2003 07:06:57 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=48#comment-767 I wonder how many Australian readers of <a href="http://timblair.spleenville.com/">Tim Blair's blog</a> would vote Democrat in the US if they had the vote. Zero is my guess. Of course they may not be typical of conservative voters, but I wouldn't be all that confident. I wonder how many Australian readers of Tim Blair’s blog would vote Democrat in the US if they had the vote. Zero is my guess. Of course they may not be typical of conservative voters, but I wouldn’t be all that confident.

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2003/07/16/australiaamerica/comment-page-1/#comment-766 Alan Thu, 17 Jul 2003 05:46:34 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=48#comment-766 Consider the sad plight of the <a href='http://www.democrats.org.au>australian Democrats</a> who whave little in common with the US Democrats. The Bush war against California would make it more sensible for that state to join Australia. California would get 12 senators out of 88 and 106 representatives out of 171. Federal parliament could meet in alternate years in Canberra and Sacramento. Done the other way the Australian states would get 12 US senators, 20 US representatives and 32 presidential electors. We'd have to think of something to do with Canberra. Consider the sad plight of the